manna BSN, RN

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    KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    manna replied to passing thru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I live in a small town, but we are due to get a WM supercenter sometime within the next year - I'm actually looking forward to it. Sure, I would love to support the smaller stores, but they could use...
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    Psychic patient

    manna replied to TnValCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm not a nurse (yet), so I haven't encountered any patients .... but the Grandmother of one of my closest friends claims to be psychic. Actually, last weekend I was over there - their dogs had...
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    My Nocturnal Lifestyle

    manna replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to sound like a dumb question, but I'm just wondering... if you work nights and stay on that schedule even on days off and if you have kids, when do you ever find time to see
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    I'm a CCRN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    manna replied to New CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! Go celebrate! :) Exams in any way, shape, or form make me horrifically
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    Need Info.

    manna replied to Shylah's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my own personal experience with retroactive withdrawal: My first semester in college, I just plain quit going to classes but didn't bother to withdraw. This was almost 10 years ago... WOW....
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    Need Info.

    manna replied to Shylah's topic in General Nursing

    If you have legitimate financial, medical or personal problems which would give you retroactive withdrawal with your formal school, look into petitioning the department at your former college. I was...
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    religion prereqs

    manna replied to iliel's topic in General Students

    Is your school private? I know that all of the nursing programs around here that require religion pre-reqs are also religious-based private schools. The public university where I hope to attend the...
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    anyone ever taken ACCELERATED A&P??

    manna replied to a_clay's topic in General Students

    I took A&P I & II in the same semester - same setup you mentioned, I first half of the semester, then II second half of the semester. (I also work 40 hours a week nad have 2 kids) The class...
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    Just curious...

    manna posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just for my own curiosity's sake... I've recently met a WHNP that I use for my yearly appointments, and have begun to wish that I'd chosen a NP/CNM for my last son's birth... although my OB was a...
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    Just curious...

    manna replied to manna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, and the thing that makes me even madder is that my brother - who is an MD - will swear up and down that patients are NOT treated any differently. Maybe not in his clinic, but that certainly...
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    Just curious...

    manna replied to manna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did a poor job of choosing my OBs.. I just picked a name off my preferred provider list from my insurance company. He turned out to be a great guy, as far as OBs go in my experience, anyway. I...
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    Prereqs 7 years ago

    manna replied to tjello's topic in General Students

    I think if you're dedicated, you can do it even with your classes being some time ago... you could always check out some books/sites and study on your own time to refresh your memory if needed. Just...
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    Breech scare

    manna replied to AmberL&D/RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Any of you OB/L&D nurses - does your hospital attempt breech lady partsl deliveries at all, or is a breech an automatic
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    hospital onsite daycare or private daycare?

    manna replied to deanaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do hospitals often have onsite
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    vegetative state

    manna replied to kat57's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I resemble that
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    nursing, or radiology??

    manna replied to ana115's topic in Nursing Career

    Maybe go take a career aptitude test, or talk to a different school counselor? Do some job shadowing? Good luck deciding.
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    Getting Accepted.....The Essay

    manna replied to glopop11's topic in General Students

    Have you done any job shadowing or paid/volunteer work in a healthcare setting? Maybe you've helped care for an ill family member, or have dealt with your own personal health problems. If so,...
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    ??Finances??

    manna replied to DaniGrl's topic in Nursing Career

    Associate
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    The Right to Die?

    manna replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    There's a thread about this in the "Current News" forum. I think it's all
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    But I have little kids!

    manna replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe I read this whole thread (I don't usually go all the way through the longer ones) LOL.. Okay, so reading this leads me to a question for all the nurses out there... Around here at...
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    Hair style poll: Long or short?

    manna replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Students

    Mine is pretty short, and I think short haircuts on women are usually really cute! My hair is REALLY fine and REALLY straight but I have a LOT of it, so when it's long it just looks like a limp...
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    nursing, or radiology??

    manna replied to ana115's topic in Nursing Career

    Funny, I've always heard nurses make more (and I believe they do around here). I've been waffling back and forth between nursing and med imaging myself, so I can relate! Rad tech is not a narrow field...
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    A long lost "Nurse" poem from long ago....

    manna replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's fantastic, go for it! You brought me to tears... (not that it's so hard to do LOL). Sometimes I wonder if I'm not too tender-hearted to pursue a healthcare
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    Nursing school? - with toddlers?

    manna replied to d&d's mom's topic in General Students

    Another pre-med turned pre-nursing! LOL I'm not actually in nursing school, but I do have a toddler, a full-time job and full-time school (at night). I'm sure you can do it, it'll just take some...
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    bed making class?

    manna replied to twarlik's topic in General Students

    Todd - I think I can kind of understand where you are coming from. It seems that many websites in particular (this one is an exception) seem to portray nursing to be more glamorous than it actually...