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Can anyone speak to the quality difference between sanita clogs and danskos (sanita used to make danskos)? Also how much does length matter on compression stockings? Are normal sized ones fine or do you need full length?

Sclerotherapy... that's so what i want to avoid. I'm not vain, but varicose veins hurt and generally I'm into my vasculature not becoming useless Thanks for the recommendations all, I probably will try the danskos and see how they work. I do always stand crooked and put weight on one foot, I seriously need to get my posture and whatnot under control pronto!

I have a series of questions: 1. Exercises- anyone know of good exercises to make standing for 12hrs more tolerable? I do yoga, so any yoga recommendations would be nice. Are there any studies you all know of that have evidence backing particular strategies to build endurance for standing? 2. Varicose veins- How much of this is actually a worry for nurses if there is no genetic component involved? Do you all wear stockings? Do they have any evidence behind them preventing varicose veins? I haven't found any except some very broad recommendations 3. Shoes- any recommendations for men with skinny feet and high arches? I find crocs comfortable but never wore them for 12hrs so... Otherwise new balance fit me well, and i'm never been able to afford something like danskos before now

Take out as few loans as possible, study super super hard, and take charge of your education. Nursing school is much more of a free for all than it could be, and it's best if you are 10x more organized than the school. Expect confusion and disorganization, so that when it happens you're ahead not behind. Sounds like slogans, but it will make sense unfortunately soon

I have to wear white or jade/teal scrubs. I am tall (I need like a 33" inseam) and skinny (wear small shirts, and have a 31-32 waist). I am having the damnedest time finding any scrubs that fit the bill. I bought cherokee workwear (55% cotton 45% poly) & dickies sandwashed scrubs from Lydia's uniforms. But they are super plastic feeling and stiff. Does anyone know of softer ones? 100% cotton are all like prints or lack pockets (i need cargo pockets and shirts with more than 1 pocket ideally). Do they break in at all? I am thinking about returning them.

the way I remember the values: PR .12-.20 (you travel to Puerto Rico around the ages of 12-20) QRS .04-.10 (when you're around 4-10yr old you learn the alphabet song. QRS...) QT, it makes sense looking at it. The T wave comes pretty fast, so it should be less than half the next beat (R-R interval)

i know but... i'm writing a cover letter. In the hospital I've seen acute used as: -icu only -er + icu -MS (they refer to ICU as critical, ER as emergency, and MS as acute). I just don't want to break some lingo rule by calling ER acute care nursing.

does acute only mean ICU, or is the ER also referred to as acute? It seems acute, but then again huge percentages of the care is non-emergency and sub-acute so...

I was curious, are there any studies showing hospital nursing improves health due to physical activity (minus effects of stress!)? i.e. does it count for weight bearing for bones? collateral circulation due to moving around enough? general cardio health from all the walking and activity? I haven't been able to find anything from searching. everything yields nurses talking about exercise.

some of florida is unionized. http://www.seiuhealthcarefl.org/ The south generally has the lowest unionization in the country. Florida is no exception. Part of this is "Right to Work" laws, i.e. in states such as florida members don't have to pay union dues if they are in union shops. That means that you can get all the benefits of the union without paying anything. So people vote in a union, stop paying, bosses lead decertification campaigns and the union goes away. Unions complain about this, but personally I think its because they organize poorly and slothfully. The reality is that if you have healthcare workers who were organized, solving problems directly on the shopfloor, and had real democracy then it wouldn't be a problem to keep the union up. Unions instead rely on a staff bureaucracy and contracts that give enough stability so they can run it like a gym membership and not a movement. Moreover they spend more time lobbying the democrats, who betray us like all the politicians, to fix things while things go to hell in the workplace. The solution is to build unions from the ground up, run by the workers themselves and keep politicians and bureaucrats out of it. There is always the possibility of building new unions, and fighting existing ones to have more democratic and functioning structures.

haven't had the thyroid checked, but i'm not diabetic. i'm pretty sure it's just a fast metabolism. i don't have the other s/s of hyperthyroidism, but who knows.

my liver will hold, but i will still feel like i'm dying :)

hey all, I have a super fast metabolism and i have to eat every 3hrs. I'm a nursing student and don't have much money to buy processed foods (besides they are filled with sugars that make me more hungry anyway). Any one have any good suggestions of things that will tide you over between meals? I started drinking protein shakes and that has been helpful in the morning, but i still get hungry at 9am again.

Those are good points I hadn't thought of. I am more directed towards adult health, probably because I haven't had much experience with children though I'm open to that changing. You nailed me, I would love to go into county health :)

My passion is primary care. I've worked in primary care and in hospitals before nursing school, and what I really want to do is community based primary care. Unfortunately i go to an expensive school, but got a full ride scholarship for 2yr of work at the university hospital or clinics. In my clinics I've enjoyed the care element of floor nursing, but the work loads and the acuity take out much of what I want to do. I am passionate about long term interventions and preventative care/education. My favorite job was working in an STD clinic. I'm curious if anyone has recommendations for a floor that might be more similar to primary care? I know I'm asking for too much :) I have thought about working at a university outpatient clinic, though that doesn't unfortunately include any community clinics. They have urology, cardiology, diabetes research, and outpatient oncology clinics.