ann945n

ann945n RN

Nursing Ed, Ob/GYN, AD, LTC, Rehab

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  1. Intimidation and Threats in Nursing School

    I would work closely with campus securtiy and be escourted by either a close friend or security whenever on campus. If this person does have a gun, oh my, i would be very worried. I would make sure...
  2. Spontaneous Pneumo in Teen

    What we learned in class is that they really can only provide a topical agent and that they are extremly painful to have done. Wonder if this is true in the real world
  3. Questions for all surgical techs

    A close friend of mine is a ST and is now in the nursing program with me. She left the field because of the long hours standing, not being able to pee, not getting time enough to eat, being on call,...
  4. Nursing School Graduation Gift Ideas

    OOooo I love the gift card for a massage idea! I could go for one of those, school is tough not to mention her first few weeks on the job, sounds
  5. Teenage Obesity (long)

    What about sports? I know for me soccer kept me active as a kid and slim, cant get fat if you are running around hours a
  6. Is it professional??????????

    K1968mm I thank you! I wish other foreigners would understand that if you want to live and work in another country it is your duty to learn their language and also a form of respect. I didnt live in...
  7. Pay rate for nursing assistants?

    In washington I made 10 an hour then 11.50 an hour after a few
  8. Weather in Washington

    Hi there I hope I can help. I have lived in Seattle my whole life (24 years) and love it to death, perhaps I am biased :) The weather does not differ that much from Portland to Seattle. Any difference...
  9. The wait is killing me.

    I was totally in that boat a little over a year ago. hang in there i know its hard, i waited 2 years on a wait list to start at my school, one thing nursing school has taught me is life never happens...
  10. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

    I feel pretty lucky and have never been bullied before in nursing school or by nurses in clinicals. My class is like a family and we look out for
  11. Pts swiping in to the ER?

    As long as it is voluntary then i see no problem with it. I wouldnt mind having some kind of chip in me alerting medical staff of my allergies to medications, but thats just me, if i controlled it i...
  12. Ways to use my BSN other than bedside nursing???

    You could teach LPN classes. Our LPN teachers were BSN grads and they were great. Im with you, dont like bedside nursing or hospitals period. I knew this before i started though and knew i would go...
  13. Nursing assistant?

    CNA approx 3 months training, LPN a one year certificate, RN a two year or 4 year
  14. Question for Students

    This question seems to come up from time to time. I really dont see the problem of going into nursing because of the good pay and good career outlook. THere is NOTHING wrong with wanting to make a...
  15. Need help, is this verbal abuse?

    I worked in a alzheimers unit for about 2 years as a CNA before heading to school. We had a few residents as well that had to be talked to and approached in just the right way. We would train the new...
  16. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    I think this is the best idea yet, will get the quickest results and alert the public to be careful who gives them advice. I called my doctor a few months back needed to get in quickly for a...
  17. The Circumcision Discussion

    lol great
  18. The Circumcision Discussion

    Personally i think compairing circumcision with cutting off ones ears is compairing apples to chevrolets. So then are you against vaccinations? Since that is not reversible. And personally when...
  19. The Circumcision Discussion

    Wow no reason to get rude with me please just stating my opinion, and yes a guy can never grow back his foreskin but he also cannot un-do vaccines or pain caused from spanking or the years he was...
  20. The Circumcision Discussion

    Just an interesting thought here, some people are saying that circumcision is forcing ones beliefs on another person (the little boy). So by that stand point should we not raise our children in our...
  21. Didn't get admit into RN program

    I never had to take a test but i think i collected around 7 rejection letters from mulitple schools over about 3 years before i got into one. No need to tell you how hard it is to get in all i can say...
  22. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

    Ohh ohh have another one! again in the same locked down unit we had this very sweet giant of a man ill call Bob. Bob made a fourtune in alaska with oil and spend most of his life in the woods. He...
  23. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

    I wasnt here when this happend but was told about it the next day. I worked in a locked down alzheimers unit. You were able to walk in but not walk out without entering a code. Sometime when first...
  24. I worked as a CNA for 2 years in a very posh rich nursing facility top of the line. It still scared me the care given by some of the CNA's, we had a few good ones but mostly bad. I would NEVER ever...
  25. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    Secret shoppers?? are you kidding me? Am I 16 again working at Tony