Neveranurseagain

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  1. Learning disabilities

    Our public school district has home school program but we used the one through Kern County Superintendent of Schools. http://www.valleyoakscharterschool.org/ They were wonderful!!! I was able to put...
  2. Learning disabilities

    Don't be surprised if he doesn't have a LD. His brain may not be mature enough to learn what he is being presented. In other words not every puppy grows up at the same time. With No Child Left...
  3. Help I am scared!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!

    I feel the biggest hurdle you may face would be giving imm. to peds. Some are given IM, some SQ. Some given deltoid, some not. So review your peds imm. schedule, as well as contras and route. But...
  4. Other majors related to NUR

    Take all your other classes you need for your degree...English, Humanities, etc so when are are finally accepted, all you have to do are the nursing classes. How about EMT
  5. OMG! why does everyone HATE NURSING!

    I don't think nurses really hate nursing, what they hate is being short staffed, unappreciated, the backstabbing catiness, mandatory OT, working weekends/holidays, too many pt. to do real nursing and...
  6. I'm a Public Health Volunteer

    Be sure to keep a "go pack" ready for when you are called. Just a small duffel bag with a weeks worth of prescription meds, Kotex or Tampons,tooth brush/paste, a few H2O bottles, some Ib/Tylenol (for...
  7. Ideas for health care/nursing dual major?

    EMT class would be a great idea but to become a Paramedic you will need to work as an EMT for a year first. But why not work on your other classes for your degree--English, Humanities etc. When I...
  8. Family initiated MET/rapid response?

    My husband would be alive today had a rapid response team been available. I talked to two of his MD's, his nurse etc and they told me I was wrong and all I did just ****** them off. I was actually...
  9. liver transplant

    Let your fiance know that he may suffer from "survivors guilt." My husband was an organ donor, and the man who recieved his kidney has expressed concern over the fact that my husband died and left 2...
  10. Best Holiday Gift Given by Your Hospital

    I got a 1/2 lb box of See's Candy --I guess the 1 lb box was too expensive. But when I worked at a peds office we got $100 for every year we worked there! And I worked there 13 yrs before I
  11. Nicotine Test

    I am a STAUNCH non smoker-- but I want people to smoke. If everyone quit, many of us would be unemployed. But I do feel that testing for nicotine is crossing the line. What you do at home with...
  12. Nicotine Test

    In CA, medical marijuana is legal when an RX is written by an MD. However, even with a MD RX if it shows up in your pre employment drug screen, you will not get hired. So it is not a CRIME, yet...
  13. Looking for a little guidance please

    When I worked as a paramedic/RN, a crew was called in that specialized in NICU for the babes. They would do an air transport or ground ambulance, depending on the weather and the babe. The crew...
  14. Does your hospital contact you thru Facebook?

    So do they PAY YOU for being available at all
  15. What is your most memorable interaction with a Doctor

    I had a pt several yrs ago that had DIC. She had received many units of blood, everything was tried to break the cycle to no avail. Instead she was sent to the Med Surg floor to die. Her MD was a...
  16. Diabetes and School administration

    Yes, the job of administering insulin is covered under "other duties as required," even in a unionized school setting. With the increasing number of Diabetic children, even bus drivers are now being...
  17. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    KizzyKat you must have never worked on a floor with fresh trachs after a max. facial resection due to CA. You could walk down the halls and look at the walls opposite their bed and see bloody mucus...
  18. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    Grossest thing for me was when I was a paramedic student we went down to the morgue at the county hospital to practice central lines. The guy in charge told my instructor the only canidate was...
  19. Hospital staff questioned over drug dilution

    Sounds like some drug screens needs to be
  20. Such a blessing.....

    My husband became a kidney donor at age 47 when he was DC'd off life support. I am thankful everyday that his kidney was used, and a part of him lives on. Being able to donate his organs made his...
  21. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    You don't vaccinate your baby, then worry about her getting the disease? Vaccines protect against diseases, although they do carry some risk. I too delayed the Hep B til they were teenagers, and...
  22. lpn to rn

    This question comes up EVERYDAY in AllNurses...have you tried using the search engine within Allnurses for more info or gone to the Distance Learning forum before posting this question? There is tons...
  23. Fully Paid Scholarship for Nurses

    I wonder why it is not available to American students too.....it looks like they pay for your books, tutition even a laptop and then you work 20 hrs a week in exchange while you are in school. There...
  24. Fully Paid Scholarship for Nurses

    I saw this is aimed at international nurses but I wonder if it is open to American Nurses too. A fully pd scholarship in exchange for working at a US hospital for 3 years. The name of the company is...
  25. Fully Paid Scholarship for Nurses

    Sorry, the name is Global Scholarship