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1. graduate school for nurses

   homehealth replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate

   I am going to start graduate school this fall and am looking forward to the challenge. I always wanted to be a nurse practioner but the program is lengthy and expensive. I am going to go for nurse educator. I do my classes on line so I don't have ...

2. angiocath versus butterfly

   homehealth replied to actioncat's topic in General Nursing

   I am a home health nurse. Since we do a lot of home IV therapy we have to make sure we have a good IV. We use abbocaths for all IVs. Using a butterfly for IVs makes it easier to lose the IV because it is a needle not a flexible abbocath. We used ...

3. What squicks you out?

   homehealth replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

   From Home Health I can honestly say I have been there done that. I don't remember any of the things talked about in this discussion as bothering me too much today. You need to learn to breathe through your mouth not your nose. In a nursing carrer ...

4. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

   homehealth replied to browsing's topic in General Students

   From Home Health I got my ADN in 1979 and worked for many years before considering my BSN. What I experienced in the workplace was that BSN graduates with no experience felt they were better than ADN graduates. They didn't seem to have as good clin...

5. Are you a nurse from a dysfunctional family?

   homehealth replied to jenpstudentrn's topic in General Nursing

   I came from a very dysfunctional family. My mother was a nurse too and her family was dysfunctional also. I think I have finally broken the cycle. My son is not depressed or into drugs or any acting out behaviour. I have had a lot of counseling a...