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I occasionally eat potato chips/crisps, cakes, cookies and muffins. I make most of the cakes, cookies and muffins I eat myself and have a reputation for making the most amazing cakes (so much so before I made a career change to nursing the people in...

To be honest I don't have much of a problem staying full and if I do feel hungry between meals I'm more likely to eat a healthy snack like an apple or a banana or carrot sicks and hummus. I love eating pasta dishes which I find filling. I also hav...

For many vegans no animal can be raised humanely for food consumption, because at its most basic to kill another conscious living being for food alone goes against what they consider humane. While fresh food is ideal there are other options for those...

That might be so, but this thread is on vegan food and cheese is not vegan, as a vegan diet is free from all animal products - including cheese, milk and even honey. For those wanting to know more about maintaining a healthy vegan diet I would have t...

A well balanced vegan diet is healthy for all stages of development. Most of the vegans that I have met and know have a greater knowledge of human nutrition than those that are not vegan. They spend time researching what foods offer the most balanc...

:chuckle I can relate to that one. When I was on prac one of the RNs I was working with asked how old I was, expecting to hear 18 at the oldest she literally fell off her chair when I told her I was 28!

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

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 worst triggering an immune reaction that causes me t...

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 difference and give me a good answer. Having a rati...

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

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 gets frustrating. I've tried various talk therapies,...

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 genetics have a lot to do with it in my case as there is...

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 patients/the public it's also possible that you will b...

As a student I fully expect my first couple of years out of nursing school to be stressful. I've worked in stressful environments in the past and expect nursing to be at least as stressful, if not more so. From what I have seen new nurses have a lot...

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 and a nurse educator. As a student I was taken al...

I don't think it's as simple as the OP is putting it. In my school at least half of the students are second career students. Many of them know where they want to go with nursing and want to get there in the shortest period of time. What I don't th...

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, concerns about side effects or a family history of bad ...

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

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 week"... I'm a nursing student, younger brother is...

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 interests as possible. I worked with two 113 year old boy...

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 after spending just 3 weeks in a hospital. Yes the...

University acceptance results have just been posted for QLD and I've just found out that I have been accepted to study Nursing at the Australian Catholic University for this year.

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 at times and getting rundown won't help. 3) Laugh! ...

Current student at ACU

I have a bento box - expensive, but I love it. One of the things I love about it is that I can put it in the microwave and dishwasher. It's one that has two levels, so I can put something in for lunch/dinner and something that makes a quick snack.