ttpurtee

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1. Medical Staffing and Home Health

   ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in Home Health

   I am not a nurse, I am debating on becoming one. I was refering to medical health, dental insurance.

2. Medical Staffing and Home Health

   ttpurtee posted a topic in Home Health

   I have a couple questions if you work for a medical staffing place do they give you insurance as a Registered Nurse? Also, if you work for Home Health is that taking care of a person in their home? Is that as good of pay as a hospital? Would a job ...

3. Advice Needed

   ttpurtee posted a topic in Career Support

   I am struggling, because I want to make some type of career change, but I don't know exactly what to do. I am a high school math teacher, who does not enjoy high schoolers. I have thought about getting certified for elementary, but the job possibili...

4. Tonsillectomy

   ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

   Well, as some of you know, I have considered going into nursing. However, I struggle with vomit, so I thought that meant I would not make a good nurse. Also, my DD just had her tonsils removed and she was in really bad pain, which really upset me, I...

5. Calories

   ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a nurse, or medical professional, is it valuable information to know how many calories a patient eats per day? I have a friend who is a RN and she says that is valuable information, but I can't see how that would be important. TIA

6. Nursing Job

   ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a high school math teacher and somedays when I am done with the school day, I am beat. I have nothing left to give my own family. It is not like that everyday but somedays in addition by friday for sure, I am whipped I can hardly do anything e...

7. Brain of a Nurse

   ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

   Would you say that a registered nurse, needs to be very analytical (detail oriented) or not so much. Thanks for you input.

8. Nursing Career Question

   ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have considered becoming a nurse, however, I have a question. As a nurse, do you bring work home with you? I am thinking that you would not, but I thought I would ask just in case. Also, if you are asked to work over your shift are you black liste...

9. Nursing Homes and Jobs

   ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am considering getting into nursing and going to nursing school, but I wanted to get a feel for if I would like it or not, by becoming a nursing assistant at a nursing home. My question is do you think if I like being a nursing assistant then I w...

10. Birth Control Pill Question

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it weird that bc pill makes me feel better? They also help me lose weight. I don't know why. I have less/ more tolerable PMS when on birth control pills. I have two kids and since my second child was born I have had horrible PMS, for like two ...

11. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't feel comfortable giving me your thoughts on this situation that is fine. I just wondered from actual nurses what they thought about it. My father is a RN, but he is to close to the situation to talk about it with me.

12. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses acually told me that she was not getting enough oxygen to her brain becaue she kept fainting. She was also in moderate (it seemed like it got worse after all this happened) alzheimers. I don't know if alzheimers has anything to do with n...

13. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    It also may give more information, I don't know if it will or not, but she also had alzheimers.

14. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    There was one full day that she was not getting enough oxygen to her brain because she kept fainting in her bed. She was moved out of ICU, but when she started fainting they put her back in ICU and that next morning they got her up to walk and she c...

15. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother had a widow maker heart attack and was in ICU, well the she died 4 days later in the hospital. My question is why did the nurses not tell me that my grandmother had such a severe heart attack and was not expected to leave the hospital...