NoWhereNear

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1. Manic Nurses.

   NoWhereNear replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   I was diagnosed bipolar 11 years ago and in that time I've gone years on meds and years off. Whenever I ask myself "Am I reacting like a 'normal' person here?" and find that maybe I'm not, I get back on the meds. Lately, after almost 3 years of being...

2. good heaven's....

   NoWhereNear replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   To me a 10 is crazy mind-numbing think-you're-dying didn't-know-anything-could-hurt-this-bad pain. Basically I compare everything to the time I was recovering from major opened-like-a-trout abdominal surgery and something went wrong...I don't know if...

3. Over reacted

   NoWhereNear replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

   NEVER worry about overreacting. My little brother had a cold that he was taking a long time to recover from and my mom was going to take him to the doctor, but he didn't want to go. She decided it was no big deal. The next morning she found him semi...

4. Am I crazy???

   NoWhereNear replied to Portigee's topic in General Nursing

   You might want to consider Physician Assistant. It's more school than an RN, but it's still far less than for PreMed + Medical School. It's a nice compromise. "Are you more heavily drawn to the science aspects than the interpersonal aspects of medic...

5. The Hospital Spa

   NoWhereNear replied to Medic2RN's topic in General Nursing

   No, really! It's totally relaxing...You don't even have to breathe for yourself, they have fancy machines that'll do it for you! You don't have to get up to go to the bathroom, or eat or anything. If it's something you need to do, they have a tube th...

6. Leave your high stress career for....nursing!

   NoWhereNear replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   This is an article written by someone an internet marketing company to get people to fill out forms to go to the colleges promoted when you click the links in the article. Every time someone fills out one of those forms, the company makes money. Woul...

7. Physician Assistant vs. Nurse Which would you choose?

   NoWhereNear replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

   A number of people have started as nurses and then became PAs. I'm actually considering doing something along those lines. My tentative plan is to get my ADN, then do the RN to BSN bridge while I'm working as an RN. By the time I get the BSN, I've ha...

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

   NoWhereNear replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I start my pre-nursing classes in the fall, but I suppose my reasons will still be the same when I actually become a nurse as they are now. Me: Born almost 3 months early, lots of time in the NICU, followed by 2 years of surgeries and hospital trips,...

9. Phobias anyone???

   NoWhereNear replied to danissa's topic in Psychiatric

   I have had a horrible phobia of headwounds for years. Just the insinuation in a movie (gun to someone's head etc.) was enough to make me dizzy, and my heart pound. Since I've decided to go into nursing, I figured I'd better fix it. A friend of mine w...

10. Nurse Phobias?

    NoWhereNear replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Headwounds. I have a severe phobia of headwounds. Even insinuated headwounds in movies (someone with a gun in their mouth/held to the head) used to get to me. I've been trying like crazy to desensitize myself, since I decided to go into nursing. (Sti...

11. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    NoWhereNear replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Grace90: Yeah, my brother was challenged too, so we had a heck of a time telling when anything was wrong with him, because he wouldn't say anything. It took two days once to figure out that he had a concussion and he once walked around for a week wit...

12. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    NoWhereNear replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    For the record, laypeople don't always know when it's an emergency. My brother was sluggish and just kind of out of it after getting over a cold. My mom tried to get him into their regular doc, and he didn't want to go (typical difficult teenager), s...

13. About the drug Narcon

    NoWhereNear replied to SoonerTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I should preface this with the fact that I'm not a nurse, but I do have a LOT of experience with the ICU. My mom has been in about half a dozen times--the last time for almost a week. (diabetes, COPD, Congestive Heart Failure...she's a mess). Now, I ...

14. Am I assessing today's nursing situation accurately?

    NoWhereNear replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be starting my pre-nursing classes next fall, but have been talking to a lot of people and doing a lot of research. I've been told in no uncertain terms by one nurse I know (she has been in the profession for about 40 years now) to learn what I ...

15. I'm really worried I may not be suited for this....

    NoWhereNear replied to FuturoEnfermera's topic in General Students

    Wow, those lectures DO sound frustrating... A word of advice on viewing the ICU as an "out" to be able to focus on the technical/machiney stuff: While there may not be as much patient interaction--Families can be VERY difficult in this situation. My ...