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susanRN I am the same. My story is about a corpse on its way to the morge, all goes well until putting the body into a tray in the fridge, someone never closed the outside door from where the mortuary van takes the bodies. The body shot off the tray ...

My weakness is sputum, green, white, black all alike my stomach is already churning.

http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/convers.html hope this helps

Well said, fgreen

I learned that God is most precious and allnurses.com is the place to be.

If its experience you need take it, the area and location are perfect for you. Use each job as a stepping stone in your career, complete each tasks to the best of your ability and learn. Life is a journey experience it.

Remember when studying if you don't know how to apply the work, it will never make sense. The head bones are connected to the neck bones, now name them, the bones and blood vessels and nerve supply. All the work is a long story book, get old exam pap...

This topic was discussed by myself and 2IC (second in charge) yesterday! One hospital has incentives and a point system that if a patient is happy with the service, you give them a card and they tell management how wonderful you are. After receiving ...

Nursing is a culture, a way of life, it is exciting you live , eat and breath nursing. All who enter should aquire knowledge and skills that enable nurses to cope with stress. All must be treated with dignity and respect including the nursing staff. ...

Had such severe migraines found out I was hypertensive , the medication cleared most of the migraine's. Maybe check your blood pressure! lol.

People who enter nuring in our country have an attitude that standards and values must be according to their practice and not ours. As I have seen many people go through our wards, they need you to teach with kid gloves. To go over and over material,...

I know of many South African nurses who have gone to work abroad eg: Saudi they donot have the four course but two year RN diploma.

I am one of the older nurses, my shift starts when I wake at 4.45 am make java, wonder around and thank God that I am employed. I love nursing and try to plan my day mentally and go through issues like communication and treatment of personnel and how...

How much oxygen is the patient getting during a seizure if they are blue, none! Cautionary measures, call for doctor, or summons help. Turning a patient on your own left arm to right shoulder, left leg over right remember to bend your legs and shift ...

I too spend many hours at the computer when I study, balance is that my children are grown up. My mom-in-law lives with us and cooks like a dream, two woman in the kitchen really does not work. I have recently stopped my studies at vasity because I s...

They call it sunny South Africa, and a land full of potential. We have two systems of health care. One is private nursing where the people of the country pay a certain fee every month and are able to enjoy medical benefits, clean linen and medical su...

If you can't say no, try definitely not! practice in front of the mirrow

Not Crazy I have been employed in a very busy surgical unit, orthopedic, urology, gynae, ENT etc unit. The communication skills and interaction with your collegues will ensure a safe journey, relax, keep learning and enjoy the ride, it is a roller co...

hi all, i have recently enrolled at university in south africa, johannesburg. I would have great satisfaction in completing nurse educator course, diploma one year. My question is that I am currently trying to master the historical development in Sou...

INTERPERSONAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT The beliefs and practices that have been shared from generation to generation are known as cultural or ethic patterns. They are expressed through language, dress, dietary choices, and role behaviors, in percep...

HEALTH/ILLNESS AND COPING A holistic approach to health reconnects the traditionally separate approach to mind and body. Factors such as the physical environment, economic conditions, social/cultural issues, emotional state, interpersonal relations...

Family structure - the family structure of the rural people is extended and every communal in nature. Problem is accommodation and basic amenities will be inadequate and expensive to be able to maintain the livelihood of an extended fa...

Dear TreeSawRN I am an RN completed the course at afrox nursing college, now to further my studies I have enrolled at varsity, to do a one year diploma course as nurse educator. I have an assignment to do! As an english speaking south african [lol] I...

hi all I have taken the long walk through the corridors of the university of Johannesburg, paid money and was given books. Excitment oh yea! My dream nurse educator. Please help what are the diffences between human resource manangement and personnel ...

Oh well nurse, my helper may still be running backwards down the passage with the patient, to who knows where? ha-ha