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  1. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    Maybe then you should consider a career as a Nutritionist or in Holistic medicine. If you have ever seen someone, especially a small child, in the throws of a asthma attack, where they can't breathe...
  2. Well, nurses care for sick people and sick people puke, have diarrhea, cough and sneeze all over you, bleed, and many more things that are "yucky". Unless you want to be a paper nurse, management or...
  3. how about new mexico

    If you are looking for liberal go explore Taos. It is an art community with VERY liberal people. Lots of travelers go there but there are a lot of people who live there as well. GOOD
  4. NO Nursing home for me

    I saw this the other day and thought it was priceless..... Nursing
  5. Why do Nurses do this?

    There is a girl in our class who literally feels like vomiting when she has to approach people and speak up, to authority figures. So, one of our instructors told her to make a little sign that says...
  6. New Grad ?

    I guess what I am curious about is that you say 5 years for a bachelors??? I am going to graduate with an associates RN, I can take my RN to BSN classes online and have my BSN in around 1 year.... I...
  7. NO Nursing home for me

    Retirement actually seems even MORE appealing
  8. Decisions, decisions.

    In my class of 24 nursing students, there are 2 under 30's, 16 in the 30's, 2 in late 40's, and 4 in early to mid 50's..... you only live once and regret can bite you in the you know what for a...
  9. cpr/health class

    Something that doesn't get discussed a lot but does happen more than most might care to talk about is accidental/suicidal overdosing.... This is a sensitive area, but with higher percentages of...
  10. OMG.Do Nursing students really practice on eachother??

    we practice on each other at our school. We have to have liability insurance when we get ready to enter our nursing program. For this and for while we are working in clinical situations. It can be...
  11. 2-Year Nursing Students

    I am posting this wondering how many of us are 2-year students. We face different challenges and issues than those who are going to 4-year schools. I was just curious, how many of us are there
  12. Scared and anxious rolled into one!

    Allieinaz, I did not take college courses when I graduated hight school in 1991. Life took me in and out and around as it will. It is now 16 years later and I am in a nursing program. I LOVE IT. ALL...
  13. maggots?

    As I was with my preceptor on ED rounds, a lady come in and we went in to do history and check her. Upon entering the room you could smell the infection that was someone on and in her. It was somewhat...
  14. Congrats Bakpakr On Passing Your Cna Course !

    I second that one Muffie.....Bakpakr you da man..... you are going to be a great CNA and an even better nurse...... Oh, did you notice the WHOLE gang has posted here.....first chat ..... now the...
  15. What to brush up on before nursing school?

    The best thing you can do is to do what you won't be able to do or do much of for the next 1-2 years you are in school. Things like hang out with family, go to a party, relax, relax some more, LOL....
  16. It's long, dangerous, but worth typing, to me!

    HUH????? Surely I am reading this wrong. OP didn't say obese patients, who could be obese, to a point, due to genetic issues. The OP said MORBIDLY obese.....Those are food issues and self-esteem...
  17. math attack

    Here is a website MATH You can go here and do some refresher stuff. It will help you to recall what you really already know, just stuffed away under recipes, diaper changing, and more useful...
  18. Nursing Student concern

    Vick's Vaporub and Mentholatum work well. Just be cautious about not using too much, in case you have a patient with respiratory issues. You can check this when you do your chart check prior to...
  19. My Poor Hands have been Washed Raw

    There are 2 lotions I can personally recommend. The first might shock you a little. I grew up around farm animals, my grandparents had jersey milking cows. They were milked 2-3 times a day. Their...
  20. Hi, I'm new here on a personal quest :)

    You are very welcome. I don't want to sound discouraging, if being a physician is what you want then you should. I just know from my childhood what that meant to me. I know he loved me and my family,...
  21. Hi, I'm new here on a personal quest :)

    I would like to share with you a little story of my family. My father, is deceased, was a Pediatric Otolaryngologist (ENT) and my mother, who is now retired for health reasons, was a Pediatric nurse....
  22. Fastest Way to become an RN

    A typical student who goes for a BSN in nursing will take 3.5-4 years. My situations is this, I am in a private university, no such things as a wait list, more expensive. I started in April of this...
  23. drug test results

    I have a daughter who has "stage fright" even in public restrooms. She is now 16, but when she was younger it was so hard on her, and really us. We tried all sorts of things, she would drink TONS and...
  24. Fundraising ideas needed...

    Here are a few things we do at our school, mind you we have a dress code at our school. For instance you can sell "dress-down" vouchers for like 2-5 bucks. We sell ours for 2. This allows the student...
  25. I had to have a Laparoscopic appendectomy

    I had an attack similar to this in one of my classes in August. I was admitted on Monday and by Weds. I was non-stop vomiting and they did surgery. I was back in class on the following Monday. Not...