Saija

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1. US Citizen moving to Germany for nursing school

   Saija replied to lrwilks's topic in General World

   Hi Just1girl, You're in luck, I was sent an email informing me of a reply. x) But umm.. could you enable private messaging to your account? Maybe I could answer your questions better through that. Or send me a private message.. if I have it enabled (...

2. Pregnancy and dismissal from nursing school

   Saija replied to Bronxtale's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Well I have been married for coming up on 4 years now, and have never been pregnant, HOWEVER.. I am also aware that no matter what protection we use and no matter how responsibly we use it, there is always a small possibility of an accidental pregnan...

3. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   Maybe you're right. Maybe I'll feel more comfortable once I actually start to understand the drugs better. I think a lot of my fear right now has to do with feeling completely vulnerable because I don't know what drugs are dangerous or how to protect...

4. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   Many chemotherapy drugs are known human carcinogens, as well has having other nasty side effects. For instance, here where I live pregnant nurses are not allowed to hang chemotherapy drugs, because of studies finding a significant increase in spontan...

5. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   Thanks. I have a very supportive family that I've talked to about this, I just wanted to talk to a few nurses too who would understand better why I'm concerned in the first place, who actually have some knowledge about these drugs. My family is great...

6. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   OCNRN63, yours was not a comment that offended me, nor were most of the others. I agree that if it's a fear I cannot overcome then hospital nursing is clearly not for me, that is what I said in my post afterall. Though the assumption that I need to g...

7. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   Are you serious? If a nurse is concerned about her own safety when dealing with drugs listed as hazardous by NIOSH then she is self-absorbed and shouldn't be in nursing at all? I'm sorry, but you don't know enough about me to judge me like that in a ...

8. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   I was in the oncology ward for 5 8-hour shifts a week for 2 weeks. And yes, I know it's irrational to obsess over getting cancer due to that minimal exposure. It still helps to hear it from others, even if you all think I'm a little crazy now. xD Lik...

9. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

   Saija replied to Saija's topic in General Students

   Thanks everyone for your replies. I feel like what bothers me is that no one handles these drugs any differently than any other drug - no one even told me that they were hazardous drugs and no one used the extra PPE that I thought NIOSH recommended f...

10. SCARED of being a nurse - hazardous drugs

    Saija posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone, I'm a nursing student and I posted a little while back about being frightened to go to a 6-week oncology ward rotation because of the chemotherapy drugs. During the time I was there, I spent about 45 minutes in the pharmacy in the clean ...

11. Pregnancy and dismissal from nursing school

    Saija replied to Bronxtale's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    This is horrible! In Finland, whenever you get accepted into school you have like 1-2 years that you are allowed to take off in the middle of it if something unexpected happens like illness, pregnancy, etc. So if you get pregnant, you can leave schoo...

12. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    Saija replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    1. Making your tests so easy that people who didn't even read the material get the same grades as people who studied really hard is not going to make you a more popular teacher, it will just lose you respect. 2. Please prioritize our classes better. ...

13. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    Saija replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    1. I'll loan you my notes happily if you miss class occasionally for a good reason. However if you're too lazy to come to class so much that I only see you once or twice a month, don't you dare ask me for all of my notes. Asking a few days before the...

14. I feel so embarrased and feel like harrased...

    Saija replied to neeke816's topic in Relations

    I have a feeling the OP is young and somewhat inexperienced or naive about men. And/or has had a very sheltered upbringing. Not to get into OP's personal life, just saying she comes across as how I would expect a 14-year-old girl to react, thinking t...

15. Why RNs cannot say 'That's not my job'

    Saija replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't read all of these posts, but just in reply to the first post and first few responses.. I agree with NightNurseCarol. That isn't your job, although it's nice of you to do those things. However, I'm surprised you listed fixing the TV, cleaning t...