Messink

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1. Taking a child off life support

   Messink replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

   I can understand that the mother does not want to let her son go but the kid's braindead which is pretty logical when you consider the fact that he shot himself in the neck with a 9mm round. As an outsider I would say that the hospital is completel...

2. What does your nursing uniform look like?

   Messink replied to Princess74's topic in General Students

   White pants and a white short labcoat. Here it doesn't matter what kind of shoes you wear, as long as they're easy to clean and comfortable to wear. We actually wear the same type of uniform as the nurses themselves are required to wear. Here in the ...

3. Favorite Wrist Watch?

   Messink replied to tanner523's topic in General Students

   Are watches not considered to be an infection hazard in the US? Here in the Netherlands they are and we're even forbidden to wear watches while at work.

4. extra clothes

   Messink replied to nursecher's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Luckily I don't have to buy any uniforms myself. Everything is provided for by the hospital so if my uniform were to get dirty I would simply grab a new one(first clinical in one month)

5. My Sweet Little Angel Patient Passed Away Today

   Messink replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

   Brita, my condolences for your loss. I wish there were more people on this planet like you. It takes a special person to care for someone for three years. I'm confident that your patiënt is in heaven now, having the time of her life so don't be too s...

6. Atheist or Agnostic?

   Messink replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

   That woman has gone completely insane. What she did their has got nothing to do with Christianity. It's people like her that I fear and hate the most. Extremism of any form is wrong, because it will always hurt someone else. If you ask me, than ext...

7. Atheist or Agnostic?

   Messink replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

   I myself am a Christian but I'm also convinced that all religions are valid. I don't think that there is one single religion that is The Truth. If you ask me than Islam is just as valid as Christianity or Budhism. I do believe in the existence of one...

8. are you born a nurse or do the nursing instructors make you a nurse?

   Messink replied to misouritraveller's topic in General Nursing

   I think that having a "calling" to become a nurse is very well possible and I think that there are most certainly nurses out there who are in the profession because they have what they experience to be a calling to be a nurse. For me personally, I fo...

9. What's the weirdest baby name?

   Messink replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That one's been posted a thousand times already Greenjanell. Please think of something original.

10. first clinical in two months - any advice on stuff I need?

    Messink replied to Messink's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the advice guys.

11. first clinical in two months - any advice on stuff I need?

    Messink posted a topic in General Students

    People, in two months I'm going to have my first clinical in a hospital. Except for good shoes, do you guys any advice on stuff I absolutely need? Appreciate any advice you could give me.

12. Vaginal breech

    Messink replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the explanation ChayaN.

13. Vaginal breech

    Messink replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    May sound stupid, but could somebody explain to me exactly what a breech delivery is?

14. Where are you from?

    Messink replied to suzanne4's topic in General World

    I'm a nursing student in the Netherlands. I don't have any plans to go to the US. Life is to good here. Bye, Michiel Messink

15. Cost of LPN school these days?

    Messink replied to flasandy42's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    aaargh. 20000 US dollars for one year of school in the US? Here in the Netherlands I only have to pay about 2500 Euros/3000 US dollars a year for nursing school, and that includes books. Uniforms are provided by the hospital. I guess I have to consid...