SaturnGirl

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1. What rules have you broken to help a patient?

   SaturnGirl replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Dottie, Thank you for the good wishes. I already know how hard it's going to be, but I feel like I've wanted this all my life already. I just had to take the right road to get here, and I finally have. My friend, Julie, and I were discussing how ...

2. Blood donation

   SaturnGirl replied to willie2001's topic in General Nursing

   I hit my 8 gallon mark in January of this year. I just gave again two days ago, and it was the most painful I've ever had!! I love giving, and have talked my 17 year old son into it recently, and I've never had the burning/pinching/poking pain I ha...

3. What rules have you broken to help a patient?

   SaturnGirl replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I am so in tears here, after reading your stories. Now I KNOW I've made the right decision when I enrolled in college last month for nursing. Thanks for making my day.

4. Unusual diseases, disorders, syndromes. What have you seen??

   SaturnGirl replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   A few years ago my dad had something wrong with his face. You could almost WATCH the flesh just dissolving slowly on his jaw. He went to the dr. one day. The doc called Atlanta and someone from the CDC was en route to the hospital immediately. I ...

5. new "over 35" thread

   SaturnGirl replied to kats's topic in General Students

   Wow, and I thought I'd be in a very small minority. It is SO encouraging to see so many people over 35 yo. I'm Sherri...36...FINALLY getting around to doing what I should have been doing half my life ago. I guess I had to travel other roads before...