Nurse2BStacey

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1. Disturbing incident in triage .....

   Nurse2BStacey replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

   kstec - I truely understand and agree with your feelings. And thank God the mental illness that runs in my family affects females later in life and we have never had to deal with childhood mental...

2. Disturbing incident in triage .....

   Nurse2BStacey replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

   Sorry - I know better than use NEVER, ALWAYS, ONLY in any sentence relating to the medical field. But please let me rephrase - SOMETIMES meds are very necessary in the treatment of mental illness....

3. Disturbing incident in triage .....

   Nurse2BStacey replied to DiannaK's topic in Emergency

   I have to say that I do agree with the fact the far to many children are overmedicated at the parents request. But therapy will NOT correct a chemical imbalance. It requires meds to correct and...

4. Migraines! How do you deal with this?

   Nurse2BStacey replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

   Here's my history: I get the aura sensation at least once a month, streaming lights, eye floaters, ringing ears, the "whole 9 yards". Can't tell you how many ENT, Eye Dr, Neuro visits I have had...

5. Migraines! How do you deal with this?

   Nurse2BStacey replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

   I AM NOT GIVING MEDICAL ADVISE - JUST MY OPINION GO SEE YOUR DR ASAP!!! As a fellow student, I can tell you that there is NO way to control migraines with diet and rest right now (at least for me, I...

6. Can someone recommend a good clinical drug calculation book?

   Nurse2BStacey replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

   this is the book we use in nursing school - and it is a "self-teacher". very clear and easy to understand. [color=#003399]dosage calculations by gloria d. pickar (paperback - aug 6, 2003)...

7. Nursing school while raising a family

   Nurse2BStacey replied to jewelshouse's topic in General Nursing

   I am a 41 yr old mother of 1 9 yr old and a 18 yr old bonus son (step son) I work 40+ hrs a week in an HR Dept of a 1700+ employee medical facility, try not to miss a little league game (not always...

8. does this book exist?? ---Transcultural Nursing

   Nurse2BStacey replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   It may seem a little elementary but our fundamentals textbook had a great chapter on this subject, as I am sure most fundamental books

9. A&P nightmare!!!

   Nurse2BStacey replied to srkastc's topic in General Nursing

   Be VERY careful with this advice! At our school we sign agreements that we can record the lectures with the instructors approval, but we can not use that tape against the instructor or the school....

10. A&P nightmare!!!

    Nurse2BStacey replied to srkastc's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't think I was suggesting that this instructors behavior is acceptable. It is so NOT ok, but it is what it is! And unforturnatly there is not a lot we can do about. Believe me - what does...

11. A&P nightmare!!!

    Nurse2BStacey replied to srkastc's topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to scare you off, but it sounds like this lady is trying to prepare you for nursing school. Most of the stuff you just discussed happened to us our first semester of nursing school. In...

12. Newbie questions: Assisting Male patients Issues

    Nurse2BStacey replied to rookieq's topic in General Nursing

    I can honestly tell you that you have to get over the embarrassment if you truely want to be a nurse. I am a first semester student and my second day of clinicals I had to do an In and Out Catheter on...

13. Posters that are not nurses

    Nurse2BStacey replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    As a first semester nursing student, I can honestly say that I don't have time to worry about what everybody else is doing or saying. It takes 100% of my time and brain cells to survive this roller...

14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Nurse2BStacey replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a nurse yet but have my own strange hospital experience. 10 months after I was married, my Father-In-Law passed away suddenly. He was in a coma for 24 hrs after being admitted to ICU before...