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Heya Folks, I know I've asked this before but I got little to no response. I'm hoping for better luck this time. :) I'd like to know if any of you have opinions on the ADN schools in south and southeast Houston. In particular, San Jacinto, Alvin Co...

Heya Folks, I'm writing a short paper for Philosophy about the ethics of euthenasia. Rather than encourage a full debate (which I imagine will start anyways), I'd simply like to know if you or anyone you have worked with has assited in euthenasia vi...

Heya Folks, I'm trying to find a recent article in a nursing journal (MUST be a nursing journal) about the basics of CBC's. All it needs to explain is the components of a CBC and why they are important. Seems a very simple task to find such an artic...

I just searched CINAHL and still came up dry, dunno why. Yeah, I'd appreciate those citations, thanks!

Hmmm, not 100% sure I have access to that DB, looks familiar though. I'll go take a look then get back to ya. See, this is why I came here! Allnurses.com got me out of 2 jams like this in prereqs. :) Thanks folks!

Hey, good try and thanks BUT, sadly, I'd found that one already and the rule for all stuff we use at my school, be it an article or a textbook, is that it be no more than 5 years old. I really appreciate the effort though! :)

Complete Blood Cell count S'okay, we all have to learn.

Yeah, tried that one, and MedLine and a few others that slip my mind at the moment.

Heya Folks, I'm Anyone have any faves and why? Thanks!

Heya, 1st year Student Nurse here at San Jacinto CC in Houston (Pasadena).

If you want best bang for your buck, Houston is the place to be. When you compare salary vs cost of living, you come out best in Houston. Not to mention Houston has the largest Med Center in N America (61,000 employees caring for ~6000 beds and ~35...

Actually, I wrote a paper over the summer on this very subject for my Philosophy course. According to the AMA, yes, this is ethical. It is ethical to give sufficient pain meds to alleviate pain, even if doing so will hasten the patient's death, but...

Heya Folks, I have a silly question regarding a personal medical issue. I'm debating if this is something I should go see a physician for or not. The reason I'm so hesitant is that my med insurance is lousy, they cover very little plus I pay a $30 ...

I have a friend who is in her last year of vet school. She recently thanked me for a line I used once and had almost forgotten. I didn't see it as all that important or insightful until she told me taht it got her through many a tough stretch of sc...

I have so many! Aside from the ones at the bottom of this message I have a few others - "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear." - Mark Twain "One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run aw...

That's why most people I know that work overnights live differently than dayshifters as far as scheduling (aside from the obvious). When you're a day-shifter you typically wake with just enough time to do your "morning routine" (breakfast, a jog, wha...

Whoa there a sec... how do you figure TX nurses are some of the lowest paid? Sorry, I don't mean to jump down your throat. I have seriously considered leaving TX after grad (I'm an ADN student) for a change in weather. I've done a LOT of research o...

I'm a night owl myself. I've been pulling veterinary ICU overnights for 3 years now and will have 5 under my belt by the time I get my ADN and start working on humans for a living. I agree, night shift certainly isn't for everyone. At my clinic, we...

Yeah, but not with humans. I've been working in veterinary medicine for 10 years now. I've done emergency, day practice, oncology, exotics and now do critical care for a specialty practice. I assume the skills and experince I posess have prepared m...

Hehehe, you sound like me only I squeeze in 39hrs Friday evening to Monday morning. Weekends is pretty much work or sleep and nothing else. Ah well, we do what we must to get through school, eh?

I work full time (39hrs/week) and go to school full time (11 credit hrs this semester). I am fortunate that I work in veterinary ICU on the overnight. Most nights it is quiet. I'm there mostly to do monitoring, hourly treatments and some of the scu...

Why not, sounds like a great way to blow off steam during the long semester... I'm in. Alas, I will have to forego picking my Texans very often. (although word is they'll have one of the best secondaries in the league this year)

Actually, I made that transition 10 years ago. I was working for Compaq before I became a Vet Tech. :)

I'm a male ADN student. I'll be starting in 2 weeks at San Jacinto College in Houston. Being the rare guy isn't that big of a deal. When I got my Vet Tech degree (vet equivalent of an ADN) I was the only male in a graduating class of 28. From what...

I was down with a bug too, right after orientation. I broke with it early the Thursday morning after. Must be something really nasty floating around because I'm one of those people who rarely gets anything worse than the sniffles and this thing had...