keeptryin

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1. " Lies, Damn lies and statistics"

   keeptryin posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Is anyone else strugling with statistics?? I am a reasonably intelligent woman, but wow, I'm so lost! Our professor has a unique way of lecturing...He doesn't. From day one, he started class by asking...

2. Do your nursing supervisors do anything?

   keeptryin replied to tirednursedude's topic in General Nursing

   Something to keep in mind is that there is always two sides to every issue. I am not in an administrative or supervisory role, but my husband is (not in the medical field, however), so I get to see...

3. desperate for some input!

   keeptryin replied to keeptryin's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I did call the center and was actually allowed to talk to him. I think that was a mistake. He was very beligerent and manipulative, and wasn't telling the truth about everything. He said he's leaving...

4. desperate for some input!

   keeptryin posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   I've posted some time ago about my son disclosing his drug problem to me, and I got some much needed encouragement. Now I'm back. Here's the deal: My son is a nurse. He is suspected of stealing " a...

5. panic every time...

   keeptryin replied to BethT's topic in General Nursing

   I can SO relate to what you are saying. I also panic! I mean freak out! It is the issue that kept me from going to nursing school for a long time. Then I aksed a nurse about it. You know, How did she...

6. Am I supposed to know this????

   keeptryin replied to keeptryin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Thanks for all the responses. Looked up that websight, it's fabulous, thank you! I too, am going through the book and working problems over and over till I get them right, and yay for me,I am figuring...

7. Am I supposed to know this????

   keeptryin posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I just started taking basic chemistry and am really worried. It's been 25 years since high school, (went to a really small rural one and the only math I had was basic algebra.) and we didn't have...

8. what in the world do i do?

   keeptryin posted a topic in General Nursing

   My 23 year old son is a nurse, I myself am in nursing school. This morning he told me what I had long suspected... he is addicted to opiates. He is scared, wants to stop, has tried on his own in the...

9. Second Guessing My Choice of Career

   keeptryin posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I don't really know where this thread goes so I'll write it here. Yesterday I went with my mother in law to start the difficult process of stem cell harvesting. While I was in the room, a nurse and...