chysyl

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1. Jobs in Kuwait

   chysyl replied to hamish7756's topic in Travel

   I am also interested in getting nursing jobs abroad. I am a Nigerian, currently working as a staff nurse here but i would like to study and work abroad. I will appreciate any info as to how to go about it. Thanks.

2. How would seeing a dead patient affect you personally?

   chysyl replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

   i've been a nursing student for 2years plus and i've watched some of my patients die. there's always that feeling of saddness even if its not for the dead but for those who will have to carry on. sometimes too i cant just define my feelings esp in pa...

3. DO somthing good, save my life! At least my sanity!

   chysyl replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

   You can use the common drugs used in the hospital where you carryout your clinicals as a study guide and know your dosages very well.

4. Tips, Tricks And Advice

   chysyl replied to blueyesue's topic in General Students

   I put every easily forgetable things in my uniform's pokets on the previous day , jotter, pens and extra incase i run out of ink, name tag and id card,seth and nurses' watch. Keeping my phone on vibrate prevents unecessary attention on me whenever i ...

5. What is the psych rotation like?

   chysyl replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   I loved my psych posting, we worked in a mental hospital for 3wks. It wasnt as stressful as the normal usual hospital posting.We worked in different units, like the wards, adolecent and out patient dept. On the wards we didnt have much to told we had...

6. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   chysyl replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I became a nurse after several attempts of writing exams to get addmission into the university failed. While i was in primary sch i always wanted to work in the hospital and i grew up thinking that the only way to do so was to be a doc. An uncle told...

7. What's it like the first time you...

   chysyl replied to flygirls2's topic in General Students

   The frist time I gave i.m inj i was really scared, I thought i'd broken a nerve or something, i couldnt wait to go back the next day to check on the patient but it was easy. I've never inserted an i.v but i will soon. Where i'm training nurses are no...

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

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

   hi i'm chioma, 25yrs, single and in 3rd year of a 3 year rn program. i'll finish next year may.

9. Question for nursing graduates or those getting ready to graduate soon.....

   chysyl replied to SmetRN2008's topic in General Students

   I found the second semester most hectic while I enjoyed the thrid semester.Because during the 2nd semester i had about 92 med/surg topics, 17 pediatrics, and in pharmac the drugs for all the systems to cover in 11 wks.

10. Seriously.....5 Patients????

    chysyl replied to TxNurse2Be's topic in General Students

    Well in my own country nurses are usually short staffed,sometimes it's one nurse to 17patients.During my first year clinical posting i had 20patients and we were 4student nurses on duty,so we each had five patients to nurse.Of course we were being su...

11. Your Worst Mistake

    chysyl replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    My worst mistake was the day i was supposed to add 130mg of quinine into 130mls of 4.3% dextrose saline via a buretrol but i ended up putting it through the wrong opening of the buretrol so the whole quinine poured out. What really made me feel bad ...

12. What medical shows do you watch?

    chysyl replied to shellsgogreen's topic in General Students

    I love watching CHICAGO HOPE it's still on and ER anytime I can.

13. Care plans + finding Nsg articles: 2 really good websites everyone should know about!

    chysyl replied to IvoryLena's topic in General Students

    THANKS A LOT. Those websites really came in handy.

14. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    chysyl replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Through the search engines and i'm having a great time.

15. MultiCultural Assignment.....would anyone be willing to help???

    chysyl replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in Student Assist

    Ibo,Nigeria I believe that a persons state of mind and feeding habits have great influence on your health and well being. I sometimes think that some illness like cancer have supernatural origins. Self medicatons and traditional medications None Pra...