ak127

ak127

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  1. Hep B Vaccine for Program.

    ak127 replied to mingez's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, I've had bad reactions from vaccines. I get a fever and a sore arm every year when I get my flu shot. Here is the good news: many of the side effects are actually proof that you are making big...

  2. Abandoning babies at Hospitals LEGAL?!?!

    ak127 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I read about a hospital with a "baby box". There was a door in the ER wall to the outside ambulance bay. (Bad analogy, but like a passthrough in the wall from the bathroom to the lab for urine...

  3. Job Satisfaction of NPs

    ak127 replied to HealthyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks so much for this thread! I am entering a BSN/MSN program for non-nurses in the fall and it helps so much to hear confirmation from NPs that they really are happier than when they were RNs. I'm...

  4. Emory Pre-req Questions

    ak127 replied to kattunge's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I am sure that you've figured out your pre-req situation one way or the other by now, but wanted to offer you the email of someone in Emory's office of student services that I found very helpful with...

  5. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    ak127 replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I heard that one! I had a big lump in my wrist when I was in college, a cyst. My Granny talked the whole time I was home for Christmas about how she'd smash it for me with her bible! "That's a bible...

  6. RN with relapsing cdiff

    ak127 replied to RNinPGH's topic in Infectious Disease

    The guidelines that I am aware of recommend alcohol based products as an *adjuct* to regular good handwashing, when you can't wash, not a virtual replacement, which is how I see some (a lot of) people...

  7. RN with relapsing cdiff

    ak127 replied to RNinPGH's topic in Infectious Disease

    I'm a microbiologist starting my second career as a nurse. "Hand sanitizers" make me cringe for so many reasons: -50-70% Alcohol is NOT that effective against a LOT of things. It evaporates too fast...

  8. Hospital student loan repayment

    ak127 replied to prenault's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've signed up for one of these programs that will actually pay $10,000 per year while I am in school, provide 6 hours/wk of paid job shadowing my Jr. year, a full time paid externship the summer...

  9. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    ak127 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    Another option for this that I am considering: Microsoft One Note notetaking software. Load it on your computer and it syches up the notes you type with the audio in the room. So if you look at your...

  10. Make up...?

    ak127 replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    I think its crazy that they would require makeup. BUT, if you have to, try Bare Escentuals. I've been working a sweaty lab job for years to pay my way through school, and even with a mask on it...