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  1. Night Shift? When do you exercise?

    Cobweb replied to Rabid Response's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That study they did that showed that 10-minute sections of exercise 3 times a day was just as good as 30 minutes at a stretch was a godsend to me. I'm a fitful sleeper, so I just jump on my exercise...

  2. TuTonka wants to know--what keeps you in nursing?

    Cobweb posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, what keeps you in nursing? What are your reasons for continuing to want to be a nurse--professional, personal, financial, spiritual...tell us your stories

  3. What factors are important when nursing someone with depression

    Cobweb replied to davidthenurse's topic in General Students

    One thing I'd like to mention is how hard decisions can be for someone who is really depressed. A patient once described it to me as being in a black hole that sucked almost all the light and sound...

  4. TuTonka wants to know--what keeps you in nursing?

    Cobweb replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    Lol :) That reminds me of one of my son's slumber parties. One boy forgot his pajamas and had on only his underwear, and my son told him, "Don't be embarrassed, come on out. My mom's seen over...

  5. How to deal with insensitive coworkers?

    Cobweb replied to LPN_2005/RN_10's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I just roll my eyes demurely at them and say, "Yes, I'm just a little play nurse now, but some day I'll be a Real Nurse like you...maybe even your supervisor..." and grin and walk

  6. School nurse / school Cna question

    Cobweb replied to rn2bnwi's topic in General Nursing

    Our grade school has CNAs for some of the special ed kids that require nursing assistance, such as going to the bathroom, or dressing changes, and special aides for the kids who use sign

  7. Need help brainstorming slow paced jobs!

    Cobweb replied to shannonFNP's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    The ALFs I have been around were actually harder work than a regular nursing home, but maybe that's a

  8. Need help brainstorming slow paced jobs!

    Cobweb replied to shannonFNP's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I work as a night shift nurse in a rich people's nursing home (acuities are soo much lower) in an electric wheelchair. I highly recommend the electric wheelchair! I also worked a year as a school...

  9. Patient wants to split doses of pain meds

    Cobweb posted a topic in General Nursing

    She wants one pill every two hours instead of two pills every four hours. I don't mind it, but I explained to her that this is kind of a gray area and some nurses would not do this as it technically...

  10. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    Cobweb replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    Just an anecdote--My son was diagnosed ADD and they wanted to put him on Ritalin, but I didn't believe it because he only had trouble at school. We eat pretty organic at home and it turns out he was...

  11. Patient wants to split doses of pain meds

    Cobweb replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't think it's about pain control; I think it's about control, period, hehe. She's been here less than 24 hours and already my CNAs are calling her "Princess" and not in a nice way. I...

  12. confused about nursing...

    Cobweb replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    You might like to page through the Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/OCO/ My son and I were researching careers a few years ago, and we were very surprised to find that nurses are one...

  13. "So you work in a nursing home; you can't possibly know what I'm asking" (GRRR)

    Cobweb replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think it can be male vs. female, also. My mom will ask me something health-related but she won't believe it until she asks her brother, who is a line worker at GM, or her friend's husband, who is...

  14. ODD Nursing jobs: the path least travelled?

    Cobweb replied to bagbaje26's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, I was gonna say that exact same thing, school nurse sub. Also, sometimes they need prn lab instructors in our town. Also, don't forget, some nursing homes and such will hire you prn without...

  15. Please help me convince my wife that she needs to return to nursing school...

    Cobweb replied to NIGHTWOLF87's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe she'd like to plan on going back when the baby goes to

  16. Hospitals and Hotels for the CPNE

    Cobweb replied to Cobweb's topic in Online Distance Learning

    It might be helpful for me to mention that I probably won't take my own wheelchair, as I don't have a wheelchair van or anything like that. I will have to rent a chair and have them deliver it to the...

  17. Where can a disabled Nurse get a job??

    Cobweb replied to riverbirch1970's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I use an electric wheelchair and work night shift in a nursing home/rehab unit. It's definitely doable in the right

  18. Hospitals and Hotels for the CPNE

    Cobweb replied to Cobweb's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Well, I drive my chair eight hours a night, so it can go a ways! I'm not scared of New York because of the sites, I'm just afraid of the big city, lol. I'm a redneck girl from way back in the...

  19. Concerns about going into nursing!

    Cobweb replied to purple_zen's topic in General Nursing

    Vomit in my bra almost did me in ;p From a 3-year-old. The first shot I ever gave was to a four pound premature baby whose leg was not as big around as my thumb. I cried worse than he did. You...

  20. Some thoughts from a new nursing student

    Cobweb replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was just being tongue-in-cheek but here are some references to ACOA nurses: http://www.luckyduckfilm.com/press/handmaidens1.pdf...

  21. Lantus

    Cobweb replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Nursing

    I've had patients keep a bottle of insulin in their closet, too, in case they felt like you didn't give them enough, they'd take an extra

  22. Some thoughts from a new nursing student

    Cobweb replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    There was a study a few years ago that showed that 83% of nurses come from alcoholic families. We're all codependent, obsessive-compulsive, depressed control freaks. With estrogen! True

  23. STUDY GUIDES

    Cobweb replied to sunnybrooke's topic in Online Distance Learning

    All I used was the free study guides from EC. The $65 practice tests from EC were worth their weight in gold though. My friends informed me that Rue, The College Network, etc. were not worth the...

  24. Information literacy

    Cobweb posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am so cheap. After spending all this money for school, I'm boggling at paying $300 for a one-hour course, when I feel I've demonstrated my literacy skills by passing all my Excelsior courses ;p...

  25. Can't Find a job!!! This wasn't supposed to be this hard!

    Cobweb replied to Frustrated in Cle's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd just like to say one thing you might consider. I never do online applications or stuff like that. If I find a place I'm interested in, I call and make an appointment with the DON and go scope...