dtice

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1. Holiday time!!!

   dtice replied to blue heron's topic in General Nursing

   I live just north of Amarillo, Tx and I highly suggest visiting here. I am proud to live in the friendliest part of the world. The people here are very nice and we have great Bar-B-Que. Feel free to email me if you have any questions about my area...

2. Help please...phlebotomy

   dtice replied to sticker 2's topic in General Nursing

   The best advice I got about phlebotomy is to go for the ones you can feel. It is good to know the general anatomy to give you a starting place. I put on the tourniquet, then palpate with only my index finger. Veins feel like your finger is bouncin...

3. question about reporting something!

   dtice replied to stephera's topic in General Nursing

   Where I go to school, we were told to report anything that they might find on our record. I have a friend who was 17 and got in a fight at school with a 16 year old and was charged with assualt on a minor. At the time she was told that it would nev...

4. health fair

   dtice replied to rtoi123's topic in General Nursing

   In my part of the world( the Texas Panhandle ), the local blood bank often holds blood drives in conjunction with health fairs. It usually take about a month to schedule one here. The Red Cross is another organization often present at our health fa...

5. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   dtice replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   I am also a nursing student with ADD. I am doing an LVN program in Texas where you finish pre-reqs and all in one calenda year. So far I have survived and made good grades. I have two study only 15 minutes at a time and then take a short break. I...

6. Online Nursing Journals for a research articles

   dtice replied to button2cute's topic in General Nursing

   I have had the same problem throughout school. I always end up getting of my **** and physically going to the library. From personal experience, the library, can be a very mentally stimulating environment. My work usually turns out better since th...

7. What are the signs of calcium defiency in young children?

   dtice replied to sunnyday1's topic in General Nursing

   My daughter has had this problem since she was 2 and today is her fourth b-day :balloons: Our pediatrician told us that it had to do with calcim deficiency and rapid bone growth. He suggested calcium soft chews ( 1 a day). This helps if her forge...

8. fainting for no obvious reason

   dtice replied to 2spr0ut02's topic in General Nursing

   My sister had this problem, but she was physically ill for at least two days after fainting. Her family practioner kept telling her it was hypoglycemia or hormones from her birth control. She went to the gyno, and found nothing out of the ordinary....

9. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

   dtice replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

   Hi ya'll. My name is Deidre'. I am 27 and have 2 kids. Reilly and Addison are only 14 months apart. I am starting my nursing classes this month and will be done with my LVN in May (very fast program). It's going pretty well so far. Hope it conti...