Alicia18

Alicia18 specializes in Geriatrics.

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1. Review of A&P I and II -- Let's Help Each Other Out

   Alicia18 replied to Alicia18's topic in General Students

   I truly must not have understood this concept when I studied it. I kick myself now for selling my book. Would you say that, following the definitions given below, that extrinsic hemostasis is the same as primary hemostasis and that intrinsic hemosta...

2. Review of A&P I and II -- Let's Help Each Other Out

   Alicia18 replied to Alicia18's topic in General Students

   Hemostasis is involved in creating a blood clot. A good link with a mini-video is http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/Esp/folder_structure/tr/m1/s7/trm1s7_3.htm I believe that the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisims is that...

3. Review of A&P I and II -- Let's Help Each Other Out

   Alicia18 replied to Alicia18's topic in General Students

   For whoever mentioned it on the summer break thread, I that find hemostasis, intrinsic and extrinsic, has slipped my mind. Will research on my own, but might cool to have discussion or something.

4. Review of A&P I and II -- Let's Help Each Other Out

   Alicia18 posted a topic in General Students

   As posted by someone in the thread about all our summer plans, some of us might want to use this break time to get to truly understand stuff that we learned for the tests, but are now hazy for us. I was thinking that there would be no better place to...

5. What are you doing this summer?

   Alicia18 replied to fnlyRNstudent05's topic in General Students

   Gahhh. I need to review that info, obviously. I recognize all the terms you mention, but I only really feel like I could perhaps b.s. an explanation of electron transport and glycolysis. I better take a look at my old A&P tests and really UNDERST...

6. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   Alicia18 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   teehee.... me!!! i also tend to jump when i hear any callbell-like sound anywhere. i'm like, oh, darn, who's ringing for me? i'm off work, for cry'n out loud! i also hear callbells whee there are none and find myself assessing my own urine and stool...

7. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   Alicia18 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   YES!!! A MILLION TIMES, YES!!! I've had labpartners say that looking at the cat makes them hungry. They usually instantly disgusted at themselves. lol

8. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   Alicia18 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   "1. you can't never remember the last time you pee'd. 3. You don't answer the phone until after you've ascertained that it is not work calling to ask you to come it after just pulling a double. 4. If said call is picked up, you often cave in and work...

9. You Know You're a Nurse When...

   Alicia18 replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

   I definitely wear at least scrub bottoms to bed! lol Those things are COMFORTABLE, darn it!

10. How often do you take a break?

    Alicia18 replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    Only take those naturally-made breaks -- the quiet periods of the day (or night) when all my nursing home residents are snoozing. I don't clock out for them, though, b/c the minute something happens, whether I'm eating or not, I'm up. I don't plan my...

11. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    Alicia18 replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    When I finish school, I'm hoping to do Hospice or SOMETHING with the Dying if not Hospic in particular. If I don't do that, I can see myself staying in Geriatrics like I am now. I know I don't freak out when I'm with people who are dying, and I'm cur...

12. Day Shift vs. Night Shift

    Alicia18 replied to RNtugladimurnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer dayshift b/c I'm much more a morning person. I DO miss the busyness of nightshift, though. Heh, extra pay for nightshift? I wish.

13. Nursing Shoes-Where are the best and most comfortable

    Alicia18 replied to nursinginga's topic in General Students

    I'm a CNA, like Karmyk, and during breaks from school, I work nighshift, dayshift, whenever-they-want-me shift at a retirement home/nursing home. I've found that Reeboks have been very nice to my feet. I'm still using the pair that I got when I start...

14. 1/4 Nurse!

    Alicia18 replied to c_loveya's topic in General Students

    YAY!!! (party) 1/4 a nurse here!

15. To roomate or not to roomate????

    Alicia18 replied to Nony's topic in General Students

    I get along fine with my 1st roommate, and look forward to sharing a room with my second one. The key thing is that I'm never in the room unless I'm asleep. I always study elsewhere. Also, both roommates have sleeping patterns very similar to mine, s...