smiles13

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1. Handwashing and hand sanitizer killing my hands... help!

   smiles13 replied to smiles13's topic in General Nursing

   thanks everyone

2. oldest nursing student?

   smiles13 replied to grammyd's topic in Career Support

   My thoughts and prayers are with you

3. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   smiles13 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   It's really sad , but nice to hear others talk about having a mental illness and being a nurse. I'll never forget some of the things that were said to me while I was in school WORKING on my depression and recovery from an eating disorder (I always m...

4. Handwashing and hand sanitizer killing my hands... help!

   smiles13 posted a topic in General Nursing

   OK... between handwashing and the "conditioning" hand sanitizers 5days a week, 8hrs a day, my hands are SO red and painful regardless of using STRONG lotions after I leave the hospital. I work in the NICU, and I have to be pretty careful abou...

5. Why do so many nurses seem to dislike working in Med/Surg

   smiles13 replied to LovePeaceJoy's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry MryROSE! :) Everybody has their area they are meant for in nursing... I disliked med/surg because it was very physical for my small frame... if you like to dig in and multi-task, you will do GREAT! I was rarely bored, although sometimes...

6. Question from a HS Senior - How to become a NICU Nurse?

   smiles13 replied to Meg05's topic in NICU

   Go for it! I graduated in December and started in Feb. in the NICU. I knew I would like to work in peds, OB, or the NICU when I first started school, but my advice is to use nursing school to explore where you belong. My last semester experience wher...

7. How did you know NICU was right for you?

   smiles13 replied to Nurse Tammi's topic in NICU

   I just started in the NICU 2 weeks ago... Right now I LOVE it. I NEVER had any NICU experience. I went into it after doing an OB rotation, I love working with the sicker babies (I guess I like a challenge :) ), I like teaching parents, and I am feel...

8. Getting Rid of Urine Smells

   smiles13 replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in Career Support

   I think a lot of times it's a nose thing... I come home and even though I know there is nothing on me, the smell is there. At work, I make sure my hair is back and other items (name tags, etc.) could not get into anything... Then I usually take off m...

9. Question for BSN students re: Pharmacology

   smiles13 replied to SarasotaRN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing

   i would not take pharm. over the internet if you really want to understand it, or you learn well that way! we did not cover pharm in patho, but i do not think you need pharm until at least med/surg. i think patho is so important! good luck however y...

10. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

    smiles13 replied to agent's topic in Male Students

    Sorry guys, I'm a curious female... I had guys in my class and at times when we were reading our nursing books, etc. I think I felt more angry than they did about how stereotypical things are :angryfire ! I remember one clinical my male friend was a...

11. What Freaks You Out?

    smiles13 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel dumb asking, but what is a code brown?

12. What Freaks You Out?

    smiles13 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I can stomach ANYTHING, but watching newborn male circumcisions gets me light-headed. I'm female... but it still really gets me. Burns also really bother me...

13. How did you find out about allnurses?

    smiles13 replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I was searching on Webcrawler for NICU nursing information. I just about went back to my search, but I looked around and was suprised :yelclap: I plan on telling my friends about it!

14. Where do you nurse?

    smiles13 replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

    I start in the NICU at a Children's Hospital in 2 weeks :)

15. Nursing School Bloopers

    smiles13 replied to Jabber964's topic in Humor

    From babysitting I realize that once baby boys are undiapered, they usually pee... So, in the nursery I tried to be careful and cover them ASPA. One night I wasn't so lucky... changing a one boy, I got myself of the forehead. Then... I had to weigh a...