maryshome8

Oh gosh...would you believe that actually terrifies me? Who came up with white to start with? My mother told me a funny story about a nurse that wore a pair of underwear that had "smartass" printed on the rear...and apparently didn't know it as show...

It used to be years ago, that what position you were dictated what kind of uniform you wore. The reason the hospitals changed the "dress code" had very little to do with self-expression and more to do with appearing to the public to be more staffed t...

I think I need to clarify something before people start skipping over posts and making assumptions. I NEVER MENTIONED IN ANY WAY THAT POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER WAS NOT REAL...IN FACT, I NEVER MENTIONED IT AT ALL, SOMEONE ELSE DID. I ALSO NEVER S...

I never said he was taking advantage of the system..an Army doctor had to make the diagnosis or else he would not have received the benefit.

All I was trying to say is that the reason her employment situation is so bad , and she is overloaded, is because some hospitals are making decisions based on business and profit and they are forgetting that there are real people sitting in those bed...

That is horrible...I took Septra and Bactrum for years and "developed" an allergy after I took them for chronic UTI's. They started prescriping me Cipro after that.

I think, and I could be wrong here...that the most sophisticated HIV test that we have can show only 3 months from initial infection. I do know that there is a considerable "lag time" for it to build up in the body for it to show up on a test. You c...

I'll be happy to tell you why I "buy" that there is no such thing as the Gulf War Syndrome, and this may fall under the catagory of TMI, but here it goes. The guy I dated for two years practically lived with me. He received about $1200 from the gov't...

My gosh, if you lived in my area you could come and stay with me. I think you need to talk to the head of the nursing department immediately to see if they know about any emergency student loans that can bridge you through until the end of the month....

I don't think that the pharmacy tech meant that you weren't qualified. We live in a society where the compensation for your job, usually, but not always, is highly correlated with your education level. Obviously this is not true of all people or all ...

You are so right on the baby thing...my entire life, I was petrified of childbirth....so much that when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter (and I had always wanted children) I had briefly considered terminating..I was just so fearful. I ende...

Actually, I didn't know the rate was higher for cancer for recipients of organs....that is a good thing to know. When I said we don't know what causes cancer...I should have elaborated. For example, when we say that if someone is a chain smoker and g...

I'm sorry, I didn't mean for it to sound like you did. I was just speaking in general.

This is great advice. I have a friend that works at the local max security prison as a recreational director...a female. She said that the hardest part of her job, is to deal with them playing with themselves right in front of her, and making crude s...

Actually, I agree with this decision. There are too many vets making claims for Gulf War Syndrome..which is of an unknown cause. I dated a guy for 2 years that received a medical discharge from the service b/c of this...and never did figure out ho...

A baby at 31 weeks would have an initially hard time, but would most likely be ok (I had one at 29 1/2). I am hoping and praying the baby is ok.

I saw this as well on a medical show where a baby had developed a "natural knot".....the woman was an RN and "made up" a couple of symptoms to make sure that her doctor would see her and she said she had a panic like never before, and couldn't explai...

Just out of curiosity, do you know how he got the Sulfa drug or was it prescribed by accident? I'm asking because I am allergic to Sulfa and I'm always on the lookout for unconventional ways one can obtain sulfa drugs.

If you are coming to the USA (not sure if you made a typo or not), yes, you start from scratch. American credit reporting agencies do not have access to foreign ones.

I'm not a nurse yet, but when I was working in corporate America, I had two professional licenses and carried E & O on both which I paid for myself. People have accidents...we are human, and we need to protect ourselves.

Keep in mind that there are pros and cons to not carrying your own insurance in case you get sued for negligence or malpractice. You may be less likely to get sued, however, if you DO get sued, you'll be paying out of your own pocket for a defense an...

I second this! Great advice!

If I was being accused and your former place of employment wanted to know if you were bringing an attorney, I would refuse to answer any of those questions...or ANYTHING ELSE that they asked. They fired you, they aren't supporting you, they are aga...

Hospice is hard and GOD BLESS you for working in it. I'm not a nurse, but I can tell you that you were probably working in a very poor center that fired you because of what one person said. When people are faced with death, and I'm sure you learned t...

I agree...I know that the vast majority of law schools and medical schools require their students to "dress' for class...they don't have to wear a suit, but it's business casual at minimum. They want their students to start acting the part, from the ...