TiddlywinksMom

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1. Starting a website

   TiddlywinksMom posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have an idea for a website. I'm really pretty excited about it, but I'm going through prepartum moodswings, alternating between thinking it's a great idea, and thinking it's a dumb crazy idea. So I want to throw it out here and see what the respons...

2. Homeopathy

   TiddlywinksMom replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

   I can't find a lot now, and don't feel like spending all day looking. I did come up with a couple of web pages: http://www.normanallan.com/Sci/bs.html http://jacques.benveniste.org/pr-death_en.html

3. Homeopathy

   TiddlywinksMom replied to CharlieNylund's topic in Holistic

   I also was highly sceptical of homeopathy, and couldn't see any reason why it should work, but I came across some info on the web about the work of Jaque Benveniste, who apparently got WBCs to exhibit a reaction to a homeopathically diluted solution ...

4. Labor, birth and spectators

   TiddlywinksMom replied to KRVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This is a birth, not a wedding!! It's not about who feels bad because they didn't get invited and so-and-so did. And it's not just about modesty; if your experience is anything like mine and my women friends, by the time you're in transition, the las...

5. Can our medical histories be used against us?

   TiddlywinksMom replied to Nurse Jeni's topic in General Students

   The Americans with Disabilities Act not only prohibits discrimination in hiring, promotion, etc. for persons with an "an emotional or physical impairment," but also upholds that person's right to not disclose their diagnosis throughout the hiring pro...

6. trying to get up to speed for school

   TiddlywinksMom replied to TiddlywinksMom's topic in School

   No, doesn't sound weird at all - it's sort of along the same lines as volunteering - I'm working on it. I've looked into refresher courses too, and it's a possibility for next year if I'haven't found a school placement yet, although the focus wouldn...

7. trying to get up to speed for school

   TiddlywinksMom posted a topic in School

   I've been out of nursing for quite a while, and now an planning to start working again as a school nurse. I have a BSN, which is all that is required in my area. But my clinical backgroung is very weak - a year of psych, a year in an SNF, a smatterin...