Jenzee

Ellean, I am going to attempt to answer your post as nicely as possible seeing as I find it highly offensive. I'm not constantly pregnant....I became pregnant ONCE while in nursing school. I am still an good student and am actually even a student rep...

It is soooo do-able!! I am in my last semester of nursing school. Right smack dab in the middle I got pregnant with my 5th child. All of my children are young as well 9, 6, 5, 3 and now 1. My husband is VERY traditional so I have kept up with all of...

So you truly believe all of the people with this DX are hypochondriacs?

I'm not sure I get what you are saying here, you do not believe in ADD/ADHD/ODD? Ever know someone personally that has been DX with any of those? I use to work with children with ADD/ADHD trust me they are real.

Even after reading all of these emails from people who suffer from "fibro", or know someone who suffers from it, you can still claim that they are hypochondriacs? That's a little insensitive, in my humble opinion. There are many illnesses that we now...

Ok this was not from a patient but a question from my sister.... "Jen, if I drink too much water will I drown my baby?" We were both pregnant at the time and I nearly peed my pants from laughing so hard.

I was a graphic designer for several years before I decided that it was not my "calling".

Sorry darlin'... but Huh? No, men choosing nursing as a profession is not going to "turn them gay". Occupations (I'm gonna say minus those in the sex industry) do not have anything to do with one's sexual orientation. NO occupation is going to chang...

not medical advice just friendly advice....ask your ob to do a blood test to check for pregnancy. if you are not pregnant might want to have your ob/gyn get to the bottom of why you haven't had your period.

I got mine from the American Red Cross. You can call your local chapter and ask about CPR for health care professionals or for professional rescuers (I can't remember exactly what they called it). Tell them that you are entering nursing school and th...

Best of luck Tazzi. I'll say a prayer for ya.

Thank you so much for that post!!!!!! LOL! I had to laugh about the SVT I just had a heart ablation to try and correct mine. It is kinda hard to fake it when you are wearing an even monitor that catches it.

Ummm I don't know if I would call those "fashoinable" diagnosis. I have MVP with regurg. and have some trouble with hypoglycemia. I am not diabetic but if I do not eat right my blood sugar crashes and I end up passed out somewhere on the floor or in ...

It's been a little tough. I have 4 kids...7, 4, 3, and 19 months. I just finished up my first semester of nursing school. I managed to do really well in school, keep up with my house work and spend time with the kids but ended up really sick in the p...

Me too. If I don't get enough sleep (at least 5 or 6 hrs) I end up picking up every virus that passes me. Plus, when I am done with school, I would just not comfortable having the lives of others in my hands with a foggy brain. I've gotta say though...

After finishing my pre reqs in between the births of my four wild ones I started Nursing school at the age of 30.

Well said!

Don't feel bad Tazz. Like I said earlier I wish someone had been watching my back when my nurse pushed my phenergen too quickly. It might not seem like a big error to some but then again they are not sitting here with an arm that hurts a month after ...

We had to take it but not to move forward. Basically my school used it to point out our weaknesses so that we could work on them. Aside form reading our ATI book, I went online and did the practice tests.

I'm not sure about Montgomery but some terrific L&D nurses in Huntsville told me that I could go straight to L&D after getting my License. If I remember correctly they start at 19 or 20 dollars and hour before shift differentials. That was a ...

I've got 4 little ones as well. Have faith in yourself, you'll do great. I was surprised at how easy the class was really. I got an A and that was with me missing 2 weeks of school with having my gallbladder out. If you need anything don't hesitate t...

Don't sweat it. I took Micro. a couple of years ago in the Summer. It, to me, was an easy class. Not to mention a blast. It was a total eye opener though when we cultured a local Pizza restaurant’s “All you can eat” buffet. Nasty!!! :uhoh21: I love...

Freaky. I am the first born and both of my fathers (my parents are divorced) had trouble with alcoholism at one time or another in their lives. I've also always been the family caretaker.

I totally agree that the details do matter. Heck I wish someone would have been watching out for me when a Nurse pushed IV phenegran straight into my IV...she pushed it FAST. This was after putting my IV in without wearing gloves and after wiping her...

Many MD's are down right condescending when you ask them questions, they get irritated and short and I will admit that I hate to ask some of them anything at all. I guess I have always just felt more comfortable talking to nurses, in my opinion they ...