farishtaRN

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1. Macrophages and phagocytes

   farishtaRN replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pre-Nursing

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocyte http://www.cellsalive.com/mac.htm Here are a couple of sources that you might want to check out. Hope they are helpful!

2. dealing with excessive absences?(Long)

   farishtaRN replied to sconoli's topic in School

   At the school where I work, children who are going home sick must come through my office. I know that isn't the case everywhere, but it certainly makes it easier since kids can't just call mom and say "I'm sick" - the call must come from my office. ...

3. Do you tell nurses ands Dr's that you are a nurse when you are the pt?

   farishtaRN replied to FlyLady's topic in General Nursing

   I usually tell; I don't make a huge issue out of telling, but I have found that I get better answers and more info when they realize that I actually know what is being talking about. Especially with my kids; I want the staff to realize that I am ver...

4. Do you regret being a nurse

   farishtaRN replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

   It is a job which of course has it's good and bad points (just like any career I'm sure!), but no, I have never regretted becoming a nurse.

5. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

   farishtaRN replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois

   Ok so I'm in Thailand right now, but I am licensed in IL and last worked in Naperville.

6. Age when you had your first child?

   farishtaRN replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Had my son and daughter (twins) when I was 22 ---- I'm glad that I'm as young as I am because I need all the energy I have to keep up with them! They are entering "the terrible twos"!

7. The Ban On Knit Pants and Shirts (take 2)

   farishtaRN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I've never had a choice; we had to wear scrubs. Personally, I love the fact that I essentially get to work in pjs and sneakers - for the kind of work that we do, at least we can be comfy! I do however like to wear long-sleeve knits under my scrub t...

8. hi

   farishtaRN replied to dannysgirl129's topic in Indiana

   I was a CNA/ PCT in southern IN several years ago, and made $11.50/hr working in a hospital - only $9.00 when I worked in a nursing home. The hospital was great experience though (I worked while getting by BSN). Good luck!

9. Head lice policies

   farishtaRN replied to farishtaRN's topic in School

   About half of the kids had active lice, the rest were fairly equally divided between nits and eggs. Also, the 1st, 2nd, and K teachers also had nits. I should also probably mention that I work in a private international school in Thailand, so the ri...

10. Head lice policies

    farishtaRN posted a topic in School

    just wondering what your various policies on head lice are? we currently have basically a zero-tolerance policy, and if we find eggs or nits we send them home. i didn't make the policy so i'm just following what we already have in place, but today ...

11. Need help with Med. Terminology!!!!!!!!!!

    farishtaRN replied to smiley12face16's topic in Student Assist

    It sounds like you could use some worksheets etc. of prefixes and suffixes - if you can't determine what those are then you won't be able to break down the words (intra, inter,-ologist, -oma, etc.). I loved med terms, but it really is important to l...

12. medical terminology?

    farishtaRN replied to tutusandfrogs's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I like this one: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp To bad you can't take the class...... it was one of my favorites! Lots of fun.... Good luck, hope this is helpful!

13. Physician bullying/sarcastic comments to nursing staff

    farishtaRN replied to carachel2's topic in Relations

    I once had a doc send a tech to get me out of a patient's room (where I was involved in a procedure) and when I get to the doc (who was in another pts room) found out that he had called me because he wanted me to put the bed in trendelenburg............

14. i need help!!!

    farishtaRN replied to langmaicpeh's topic in Career Support

    A agree; the best thing you can do is get a job as an aide in some sort of nursing facility. I started out working for a nursing home who paid for me to undergo CNA certification and that helped me later in getting a job in a hospital. It will be a...

15. How many Pt do you take care of?

    farishtaRN replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work (now I'm a school nurse in Thailand --- but this applies for last year) in a hospital in IL in cardiac tele and CICU. 4-5 pts per RN, 7-9 pts for PCTS (and usually one floating PCT to do blood sugars etc.). This was 6am-6pm.