asgirl

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1. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

   asgirl replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

   Acute Hydrops. Originally thought to be conjunctivitis. Unfortunately, very painful and it basically is left to run it's course unless the cornea ruptures then is an emergency corneal transplant.

2. Swine Flu in Australia/New Zealand

   asgirl replied to indigo girl's topic in COVID

   I too have heard that they are no longer testing, unless the person has a preexisting medical condition. It is believed that 80% of flu cases in Australia this year are H1N1. Myself I have been sick twice this flu season but we don't think it was the...

3. whats the worst or funniest item family has snuck in to your pt?

   asgirl replied to blondnursey's topic in General Nursing

   Aahh, I know what it's like to have terrible veins. I have literally 2 veins that are easily accessible that have any hpe of getting any blood out of, and only one of which is exactly reliable. One particularly fond memory, was an ER doctor ordering ...

4. The most horrible things instuctor's say...

   asgirl replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in New Nurse

   We had one where one of the nicer things she said to a student was "the lights on but nobody's home". This is also the same instructor who had 3 people pass a medications giving exam. Numerous complaints were made, amazingly next semester she was gon...

5. 14+ dead in Victoria bushfires

   asgirl replied to talaxandra's topic in International

   66 people confirmed dead now. Some towns are 95% destroyed. In complete contrast half of queensland is in flood -such weather extremes.

6. Clinical Sheet Sign Up Madness

   asgirl replied to azscot's topic in Arizona

   We used to have to log onto the internet and select from the preferences there, and whichever one you selected you got into, of course if you wanted to be guaranteed of a good one (Or a local one) you had to get on as soon as it opened at midnight be...

7. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

   asgirl replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm a Kayla Nicole (Kayla wasn't a common name at the time) My sister's literally BAD 24/7 Her name's Brooke Ashleigh D.... and was born on July 24th My Dad was going to be MAD Michael Alan but someone picked it up before he was named that so he Mich...

8. How much math did you use in nursing school?

   asgirl replied to skim36's topic in New Nurse

   Where I attend (a 3 year program) you must get 100% on all of the maths tests (from the beginning) and in the 1st year you get 3 attempts to pass but in 3rd year you only get 2 attempts and the 2nd attempt is only given after having passed the rest o...

9. What's the weirdest baby name?

   asgirl replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   And I thought my sister had weird initials. Her name Brooke Ashleigh D.... Initials BAD, and she was born on the 24th July so BAD 24/7. My Dad was going to be Michael Alan D.... (MAD) but thankfully my grandmother changed her mind on that so he was M...

10. Rules for Nursing School

    asgirl replied to asgirl's topic in General Students

    This is for the schools not the students: Make up your mind about what will be on the exam before the day of the exam, and make up your mind about when the exam will start before the day of the exam (both happened for my exam today, but why I am not ...

11. Rules for Nursing School

    asgirl posted a topic in General Students

    Following on from the other "Rules" Threads: 1. Turn off your mobile phone, if it absolutely must be on, let the lecturer know and keep it on the lowest possible volume or on silent (it is a rule at my school if your phone goes off you owe the lectur...