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    Help with an annoying classmate

    SaraO'Hara replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks to both of you Yesterday, when she corrected me on bed-making, I just said "Thank-you, X, but I can do this myself." I think I'll stay in that vein. I should clarify that nobody comments...
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    Finishing CNA classes and wanna start LPN

    SaraO'Hara replied to spoiledbrat0627's topic in General Nursing

    I finish the first week (out of six) of my CNA training tomorrow I plan to study for my LPN certification in a year or
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    Nursing with a Southern Accent

    SaraO'Hara replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    Sometime in my life I managed to pick up a mild English accent (probably because I made an effort to pronounce things distinctly). It drove my classmates absolutely insane in high school because,...
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    Does anybody work as a CNA?

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm a pre-nursing student, about to start my first job as a CNA on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I'll have to work full-time in the autumn... and be unable as far as I can see to take any college classes....
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    What do I need in my pockets?

    SaraO'Hara replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    About my "timepiece" - it is an inexpensive wristwatch, which I bought because it has 24-hour numerals under the usual ones, plus luminous dial and hands. Unfortunately, it's too large for my wrist...
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    Wearing scrubs home??

    SaraO'Hara replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    I thought TB was caused by a bacterium, not a virus? I'm just plain going to -have- to wear my uniforms home (from CNA job, as I'd have to catch a bus fairly quickly after shift), but I intend to...
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    I'm considering becoming an LVN....need advice :)

    SaraO'Hara replied to tranquilskies's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is one of the least meaningless jobs I can think of, but if you're only wanting to go into it because "it's a job," then you're sunk from the beginning. It's too important in so many ways to...
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    Guys in Support Hose?

    SaraO'Hara replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

    Dayray, support hose wouldn't tug your hair. I don't shave my legs (female, but I always keep them covered), and tights don't pull on my leg
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    Nursing School Dress Code: All White Scrubs

    SaraO'Hara replied to mad9's topic in General Students

    I'm glad I read this thread. I start work as a CNA on Tuesday - and our uniforms are all white (scrubs, but I was allowed dresses due to personal beliefs)! I'm never sure what to do with stained...
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    Hepatitis C transmission

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I'm a pre-nursing student, and a friend of mine just called me up in a dither for some medical information. He works as a waiter in an assisted-living facility, and one of the cooks has been of...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    SaraO'Hara replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    There's a similar story about the old Waverly Hills TB Sanatorium near Louisville,
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    SaraO'Hara replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Now this one creeped me out. This is the first time I've told this story... On 10 September 2001, I was walking home from school (8th grade), and I noticed an interesting cirrus cloud formation - I...
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    Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    SaraO'Hara replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    http://www.shands.org/health/information/article/003090.htm The site behind the link indicates that rubbing alcohol should not be used because it can be easily absorbed through the skin. Isn't...
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    Bilobectomy quesitno

    SaraO'Hara replied to zacarias's topic in Pulmonary

    I'm just a pre-nursing student, but I have read that patients who have undergone pneumonectomy sometimes display adventitious lung sounds from the remaining lung, which are audible on the...
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    How do you deal with death?

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let me put forth that I am a pre-nursing student, working on pre-requisites to an ADN program and planning to begin work as a CNA this summer. Just over a week ago, a casual friend of mine was...
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    :( Sad - LPN (little pretend nurse comment)

    SaraO'Hara replied to Amyjosonata's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Well, I know that, but what do they
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    RN Scrubs

    SaraO'Hara replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    I have a tiny bit of an odd question too. I'm going to train as a CNA when I turn 18 in August, but I seriously dislike wearing trousers. I haven't worn them in years. I realise that dress codes...
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    :( Sad - LPN (little pretend nurse comment)

    SaraO'Hara replied to Amyjosonata's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    *hugs* I've met people who think I'm selling myself short for wanting to do CNA, then LPN, then ADN / RN, instead of BSN. It doesn't follow. The LPNs at my mother's workplace are some of the nicest...
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    Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    SaraO'Hara replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    It's either nursing or the convent Seriously? I could go on listing all sorts of pat reasons: I love caring for people; I'm fascinated with the human body; bodily fluids don't faze me. It's all...
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    RN Scrubs

    SaraO'Hara replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing department at my college wears white for clinicals.. it seems most people pick white scrubs, but dresses are allowed. I have two rather nice white nursing dresses that are a heavy but...
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    Nurses struggling with mental illness

    SaraO'Hara replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm okay, really. The suicidal stuff stopped when I dropped out of high school and got a rest for the summer. Most of what I have now are negative symptoms like lassitude and lack of motivation. I...
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    Nurses struggling with mental illness

    SaraO'Hara replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm working on the pre-requisites to nursing school. I've had major depression since I was a sophomore in high school (almost three years now). I'm able to shake the bad feelings, the sadness and...
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    Need help with realistic medical sit's. (in a story)

    SaraO'Hara posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope this is allright to post. A friend of mine and I are working on a story, slightly springboarded from the 1993 film Tombstone, with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. The basic premise is that Doc...
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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    SaraO'Hara replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mum, who works in LTC, told me this one. A few days ago, one of the female residents, who tends to be fractious and irritable, starting whining that nobody loved her and the staff all wanted to...
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    Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    SaraO'Hara replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Criminy. I'm only a pre-RN student (working on the pre-requisites to the pre-requisites to the nursing program), and I find this thread and others like it hilarious. I hope that isn't an indication...