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  1. Open toed shoes to interview?

    mandana replied to mandana's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! I'm super excited. Like a maroon, I just ate chili, so now I'm hoping that I'm not suffering

  2. Open toed shoes to interview?

    mandana replied to mandana's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of magazines are you reading?!?! LOL. I'm wearing slacks and a button down shirt, no cleavage to speak of so none will be revealed (nonetheless, I'll be buttoned) and they are dress shoes...

  3. Healthier Fast Food?

    mandana replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on your weight loss. That's an impressive accomplishment. Look, if those snack packs help, great. But...like Marie just said, the same thing can be done with ziploc bags and/or label...

  4. Most Memorable Patient

    mandana replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I just posted about mine the other day. It was a fairly young man, 45-ish, with ALS. Some magic happened that day and all my other patients were off the floor, so I had all day to spend with him. We...

  5. Most Memorable Patient

    mandana replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you kidding? That is a wonderful, wonderful story. What a great moment.

  6. Healthier Fast Food?

    mandana replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    No, they are terrible. That's why if I'm going to splurge, I'll take the real oreos over the snack pack kind.

  7. Healthier Fast Food?

    mandana replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    You are so right. It's also like those "100 Calorie Snack Packs" they have now. Sure, you can eat 30 little flavorless cookie bits, or you can eat just TWO regular cookies and it's the same calorie...

  8. Healthier Fast Food?

    mandana replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to hear it. There's no reason FF restaurants shouldn't use better oils. Of course, no matter how you cut it, it's still a little piece of deep fried potato and I'll never believe that it's...

  9. Ok guys - I've got the interview!

    mandana replied to mandana's topic in Operating Room

    Argh. Since I have no real OR experience, that's going to be tough to deal with. Thanks for the heads up.

  10. Ok guys - I've got the interview!

    mandana replied to mandana's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for asking. It's actually Monday AM, so I'll still take any tips. I don't have any surgical experience, I'm still a student but I really have loved all my OR rotations.

  11. But How Do You Know?

    mandana replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    It was the most challenging aspect of my mental health rotation for me. There are those people who have a mental health diagnosis and after 10 minutes of talking to them, you can say to yourself,...

  12. Pre/post-hospital shower?

    mandana replied to Dewgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I leave my scrubs and shoes in the garage. My shoes never come in, and my scrubs don't come in until I'm ready to throw them in the washer. I do use Chlorhexidine to shower if I've had a particularly...

  13. Best and worst Nursing School Experience

    mandana replied to cdk001's topic in General Nursing

    My best, hands down, was having a full afternoon to spend with a gentleman who had ALS. All of my other patients ended up going for procedures, so I had all the time in the world for this dear man...

  14. My fear....I need advice

    mandana replied to Smiley:)'s topic in General Nursing

    You may also want to keep an open mind and see how you do the next time. I recently had my first clinical day in a busy trauma ER. I was completely shell-shocked when I came home and was dreading,...

  15. precepting nursing students?

    mandana replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think I'm in love! Preceptors with attitudes like yours just breed learning. Thank you.

  16. 2nd semester all over again

    mandana replied to purplehaze's topic in General Nursing

    You've gotten really great advice already. I also just wanted to tell you that some of my classmates who I think will be the BEST nurses are not necessarily the best academically. Some people have...

  17. precepting nursing students?

    mandana replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    CardioTrans - The only way I am sure that you aren't actually speaking about me is because my uniform isn't white! The rest is pretty much how it was.... :rotfl:

  18. precepting nursing students?

    mandana replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I was the student in the ER yesterday. First day there, no orientation, thrown into crash. The RN that was tolerating me was awesome, super smart and very kind as well. I just wanted to tell you...

  19. Questions about ER

    mandana replied to elliesmom's topic in Emergency

    Thanks so much. I know it seems like a silly thing, but I really love IV's and IV therapy - but I also really do like the OR. Maybe if I seek out the opportunities, I can find them. I'm sure some of...

  20. Questions about ER

    mandana replied to elliesmom's topic in Emergency

    I can't tell you how thrilled I am to read this post, especially at this exact moment in time. I'm graduating in 2 months. I've got interest from an IMC and an OR, both of which are appealing to me....

  21. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    mandana replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that heads up. I will continue to watch her closely, but I do feel a little better now sending her off to preschool. I'm not going to be serving any PB sandwiches, but at least I don't...

  22. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    mandana replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    The other great thing about primary care providers having this information on file, is that a critically ill patient being admitted to the hospital could just say, "contact Dr soandso's office"....

  23. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    mandana replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I just got back from taking my daughter in for skin testing (she didn't react to peanuts - YAY!!!). The MD and I talked about heritability of allergies at length because for whatever reason people...

  24. Questionable Allergies?

    mandana replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dh and DD went out of town with DD on augmentin (her first pen exposure and she does have a hx of allergies). DH calls me after about her fifth day of meds and says that's she is having a terrible...

  25. Questionable Allergies?

    mandana replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no doctor, but that sure sounds like an allergy to me. I think I'd stick with the self-medicating ahead of time!