nurz2be replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor
I was a young, 19-year-old, CMA and was assisting a nursing home resident to the restroom. She was VERY independent and if we weren't careful how we approached her she would get quite snippy about our...
Ya know what is funny....you cannot make this stuff up...only ONLY in medicine does stuff CONSISTENTLY occur.... I guess the next funniest thing is if he would have went out and enrolled in nursing...
nurz2be replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in General Nursing
The hospital I was shadowing at has a "Giver Bowl." This is for this very thing. The money that families or patients give is placed in the Giver bowl. This is normally raided at Christmas for...
I am sooo incredibly sorry you are going through such an ordeal. I would be WAITING in the President or Deans office first thing in the morning and tell them you aren't leaving until you are given an...
I live in FL, home to millions of Geri aged patients as well as what most like to call "Active retirement communities" I think something that could be presented is the benefits of "Active" living as...
As a wife of a former army officer, 14 years, I had both of my kids alone. He was in Kuwait in 91 with my first and in another country I cannot mention in 93. It is something as military wives we know...
These are just some funny definitions that can cause a few laughs...please add yours to the mix....Enjoy Alzheimer's disease Ahhhh...ummmm....sorry, it's gone again Amenorrhea The result of...
I laughed my a$$ off. I am in nursing school, ADN, at my school the first day we are told NEVER EVER even refer to ourselves, especially out in the clinicals, as anything but students. Not student...
You should be able to take the test in Vermont, because the NCLEX is a national test, and apply for your license in California. California will take the results of your test taken in
The heart is encased in two protective layers. The outer layer - the pericardium - covers the heart. It folds in on itself at the aorta forming the epicardium of the heart. Between...
What has been said about the NCLEX is completely true. I am, however, enclosing a link to information about states that are part of, or going to be, the Compact. This also explains What the compact is...
A nursing assistant, floor nurse, and charge nurse from a small nursing home were taking a lunch break in the break room. In walks a lady dressed in silk and wearing large polished stoned jewelry. "I...
What the Federal government didn't pay with loans, I couldn't get grants as we make too much money (So they say). I am going to a private University and there is no way a hospital is going to pay my...
Welcome to the jungle! I too am completing my pre reqs for the RN program. I am in English Comp class. I have English Lit and College Algebra II left to take. I start my nursing core in January (I am...
I am in an accelerated (18 month) program. Cutting corners is no option. We go to school all year long, 5-6 hours a day (Class time) and we go 5 days a week. We had RIGOROUS testing before we were...
huh? So, I as a person who is in the health care industry and also have a southern accent, should go to a Therapist to remove this? There are not many Americans who don't have some type of accent. If...
That is basically what I got out of this post as well. Florida is a melting pot of people, some of whom tend to not speak American-English as a first language, who speak with all kinds of dialects....
I think you should also consider the fact that MOST nurses don't stay at their first job right after school. The likelihood of you being in different places working, you should consider that in the...
ROFLMAO>....Like I said, "Mildred" just happens to be a diva.... I packaged a welcome to nursing school gift and left it at his house. It had a new notebook, pens, calculator, and a bottle of Midol...
I am still in nursing school. I will graduate summer 2009. I have ALWAYS had my head and heart on ED. For the life I have lived, I don't stress easily and am good under pressure, I am soooo not...
Well, once you know the bones...the muscles make more sense. They tend to have similar names to either the bones origin or insertion points. Take one body part at a time...hands and wrist...then move...