abigailk

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1. Career Change-Going Into Nursing

   abigailk replied to Paleobug's topic in General Students

   I'm 54 and will graduate in Dec. '03. I'm really looking forward to my last career. I've worked for 5 years as a Resp Tech, and 15 as an EEG Tech, 1 1/2 years as a student nurse's aide( My hospital hires us as aides after our first semester and sup...

2. nursing at 40

   abigailk replied to carz's topic in General Students

   I'm 54 and will graduate in December of this year. I'm in the top half of my class and am actually not studying as much as I should;). My age is an asset. Also, social security doesn't give me full benefits until 66 or 67, I figure there's at leas...

3. More Strange Baby Names

   abigailk replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Lot's of people from the south use Last names as first names, Meredith, Randall, Scott, Bailey. It was originally done to show people that you came of good family. My friend's name is Pat, she married a man whose last name is Boon. We had a Dusty R...

4. Chronic Tardiness

   abigailk replied to Tweety's topic in Professionalism

   I'm surprized that no one mentions that chronic tardiness might also be a form of passive-aggression. I've been late for almost every event in my life. Arriving prematurely for my birth may have convinced me subconsciously either that earliness is ...

5. Always on your Feet?

   abigailk replied to nrw350's topic in General Nursing

   I had the surgery on a very painful bunion several years ago, and I'm so glad I did. It was still tender for several months afterwards but the discomfort diminished noticeably as the days went by. My shoes fit now! I don't wake at night from the p...

6. Always on your Feet?

   abigailk replied to nrw350's topic in General Nursing

   I had the surgery on a very painful bunion several years ago, and I'm so glad I did. It was still tender for several months afterwards but the discomfort diminished noticeably as the days went by. My shoes fit now! I don't wake at night from the p...

7. New Nurse Prevention!

   abigailk replied to researchrabbit's topic in General Nursing

   SEVERAL girls fainted??? Was this real fainting or swooning? Teenage girls tend to get rather dramatic. Last year we had several girls from the same dancing class start to have generalized seizures. Funniest thing, they all had normal EEG's and a...