bassandtea

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1. *Weird* Patient Allergies

   bassandtea replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   I actually don't find pizza all that strange since I'm allergic to virtually everything that is used as a pizza

2. *Weird* Patient Allergies

   bassandtea replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   I have an extremely severe intolerance or mild allergy to: aged meats/fish, cheese, chocolate, banana, bacon, ham, salmon, olive oil, most nuts and alcohol just to name a few. Bacon is one of the...

3. New grads on the Floor.

   bassandtea replied to LVN2010M's topic in General Nursing

   When I was out on my first prac I noticed a lot of things were done differently from how they were in school. One thing I really appreciated was when my preceptors would let me ask why there was a...

4. trichotillomania

   bassandtea replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   My understanding is that it's not OCD, but an OCD spectrum disorder, similar in some ways to dermotillimania (compulsive skin

5. Many nurses on depression or anxiety meds?

   bassandtea replied to avsmch's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for clarifying your post multicollinearity. I've had a number of people tell me that medication for anxiety and depression isn't required and that I should stop taking my medication, which...

6. Many nurses on depression or anxiety meds?

   bassandtea replied to avsmch's topic in General Nursing

   It's a complex issue and I can only speak for myself. In my case depression and anxiety are totally unrelated to nursing school, since I was diagnosed 18 years before starting. I believe that...

7. out of work all day on allnurses.com

   bassandtea replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I don't know about Excelsior, but as a nurse it is very likely you will work 12 hour shifts - it happens in the USA and over here in Australia. Like with any job where you have a duty of care to...

8. Student Nurses

   bassandtea replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   I recently did my first placement and was lucky to have some of the most amazing RNs to work with, however not all of my classmates were so lucky. The ward I was working on had a few recent graduates...

9. Child Vaccinations

   bassandtea replied to pwg1219's topic in General Nursing

   I think it's important to know why parents have chosen not to vaccinate their children. There are so many reasons that could be behind such a decision - allergies to what is in the vaccination,...

10. Charting Bloopers

    bassandtea replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    From one of my friends "Diagnosis: Sick" That's all that was written... Sick with

11. It's Hard to Live with a Nurse because....

    bassandtea replied to nurz2be's topic in Nursing Humor

    I feel sorry for my poor Mother when we have family dinners since between my brother and I conversations seem to go something like "I saw brain fluid being drained" "Well I found two dead bodies this...

12. Learning disabilities

    bassandtea replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have children, but have friends with LDs and used to peer tutor others with LDs. What I found really helped with the people I was tutoring was to try and relate as much back to their...

13. Is nursing really that bad??

    bassandtea replied to missy22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a second career nursing student and have just finished my first prac. I'm not naive enough to be unaware of the problems that nurses face - and even if I had been my eyes would have been opened...

14. What is the biggest piece of advice you have for nursing students?

    bassandtea replied to ton343's topic in General Nursing

    I've recently finished my first semester and my advice would be: 1) Work smart - know what you need to focus on and focus on that 2) Look after yourself. Nursing school can be hard and overwhelming...

15. what uni did we all go to

    bassandtea replied to melnq79's topic in International Nursing

    Current student at