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1. Help re DD's Knee/Feet!

   valk replied to alphafe's topic in Orthopedic

   So sorry to hear about your daugter's injuries. My daughter has been fencing foil for 3 years. So far her only injuries have been lost toenails btw she also has flat feet. Her team's A1 is in PT 3x...

2. PLEASE HELP - Need ideas fast!

   valk replied to mandykatrn's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.intransit-international.com/life_paris_hospital_health.html Check out this web page, it has information on English speaking Pharmacies, American & British hospitals etc. in France....

3. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

   valk replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

   Veetach, A cynic is what an optimist calls a

4. How do you wake up in the am

   valk replied to iliel's topic in General Nursing

   Babs, you are not alone. I have a dual alarm across the room & another by my bed all set a few minutes apart & all are loud & obnoxious. This usually gets me out of bed on

5. non-clinical nursing???

   valk replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

   If you can make it through a year or two in the hospital the nursing world will be your oyster. It will be nearly impossible for you to be hired in another settings based on your degree alone...

6. Roaches are going to drive me out of home care!!!

   valk replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Adult protective services will do a heavy duty cleaning, but they really only scratch the service. I went into an apartment after a heavy duty cleaning & when I opened the kitchen cabinets a...

7. Cranial nerve mnemonics

   valk replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Students

   These are the ones I remember from way back when. Oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel a girl's lady parts, ah heaven. On old Olympus's tippy top a fat azz German viewed some

8. Sports Physical Frustration

   valk replied to Mrs.B's topic in School

   In my experiance a physician must perform the sports physical. Usually the form is sent home on enrollment or at the end of the school year to be returned when school resumes in September, the...

9. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

   valk replied to dherb's topic in School

   dherb, Just came across this report & thought of you. medscape is free to register. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/450109 Context of Pediatric Headache Points to School-Related Stress...

10. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

    valk replied to dherb's topic in School

    Absolutely, it's a classic, they usually come in @ 10:30 with the no breakfast headache. It's not just middle school students who skip

11. Is there an increase in headaches among junior high students in New york?

    valk replied to dherb's topic in School

    I work in a Pre-K to 8th Grade school in N.Y. In my experience I am seeing very few headaches in the upper grades, most are in conjunction with flu like symptoms or in students who refuse or forget...

12. Advice for the First Aid tent

    valk replied to sleepy247's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice from flowerchild. Just a few more things. You will also need a box of gloves & some zip lock bags to make ice packs unless you will be using chemical cold packs. If it's an event...

13. Has anyone ever heard of this? Can you give me some information on it if you have.

    valk replied to nursecheryl's topic in General Nursing

    Acquired epispadias? Epispadias is congenital, yet it seems to fit. http://www.atlasperovic.com/contents/11.htm Unbelievable that people really can be born with a member split like a hot dog bun. Be...

14. Maggots?

    valk replied to nurs2bhopefully's topic in General Nursing

    The one and only time I saw maggots in a wound was 19 years ago as a brand new RN. To the best of my memory a young man was admitted p mva with multiple fx & soft tissue injuries. He had been...

15. Funny Names for Nurses

    valk replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to drive by an ob/gyn office in Woodbury NJ with a sign outside reading Dr Wan B.