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  1. Cousin commited suicide..could use some prayers guys

    birdgardner replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry. You and the rest of his family and friends are in my prayers, even Ken's father. My father killed himself when I was a child and the pain and unanswerable questions last for years -...

  2. Some parents amaze me

    birdgardner replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    Kylee, if you're carrying a sleeping baby in a carrier and have two little ones to keep by the hand, those Mommy spaces are a godsend. Now that my children are bigger, or when I just had one with...

  3. Cost per credit hour

    birdgardner replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    If I say $797, will you feel better? Even the state program here is well over

  4. Can an aneurysm start out small/asymptomatic?

    birdgardner replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    My mother survived a burst cerebral aneurysm when she was 49, and I only just had her pre-disposing condition ruled out this summer, so I take an interest in this. My thinking is that it could...

  5. Any Muslim Nurses/Student Nurses in Allnurses?

    birdgardner replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    There is so much variation in Muslim women's dress. In my OPINION, the shalwar kameez is beautiful but the burkha and the abaya are not. And some Iranian women make the manteau and head scarf very...

  6. Any Muslim Nurses/Student Nurses in Allnurses?

    birdgardner replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Jawhara, what population do you plan to take care of? Usually I'm all for people wearing clothing as modest as they wish, but cultural considerations are a two way street. Most people in this...

  7. Need help figuring out what happened to this guy!?!?

    birdgardner replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Seizure? although usually they don't snap out of the post-ictal state like that, do

  8. Ethical Physician Self-Referral

    birdgardner replied to nservice's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Who sees the fired patients if he's the only infectious disease specialist in the

  9. Need Advise regarding my highschool girl mentoree

    birdgardner replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    XB9S, of course you can leave the military after you have served your commitment, although if there's a major war on and they need you, they WILL keep you. I have several family members who served in...

  10. Need Advise regarding my highschool girl mentoree

    birdgardner replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion to the girl is this: if she wants a religious education, to make sure she's actually going to get one at that school. I chose a prestigious, much more expensive Catholic university for...

  11. Shabbos/Religious Observances

    birdgardner replied to texasmommy's topic in General Nursing

    No Texasmommy, you're not stirring up any debate. My program is in Lakewood, NJ, where most of the residents are very orthodox Jews, so I do wonder about some of their customs I see and I'm sure I'll...

  12. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    birdgardner replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    You would think so, :) but click on the

  13. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    birdgardner replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Daytonite - regarding billing using Nursing diagnoses - my clinical instructor is getting her FNP now, and she says very smugly that NPs don't use NANDAs - they use medical

  14. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    birdgardner replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    is that supposed to be good or

  15. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    birdgardner replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Daytonite - you didn't upset me, just ticked me a teeny bit. You could look at students who don't want to give NANDA the time of day not as people disrespecting nursing, but as people respecting all...

  16. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    birdgardner replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's about the AMA at all. Much more about ANA. I talked with a couple doctors about this - one was Huh? Never heard of NANDAs. Didn't have time for them. Said we should use medical...

  17. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    birdgardner replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, Daytonite, you and I have gone a round on NANDAs before. Your suggestion that if we don't llike them, we go into politics and change them just backs up my belief that NANDAs are more about...

  18. in a free market, how much more would they have to pay you to work nights?

    birdgardner posted a topic in General Nursing

    If facilities paid enough for nights and holidays in a free market, they'd find people willing to work, without resentment. So how big would the shift differential have to be, for you to be happy...

  19. Psychosocial care plan for dementia

    birdgardner replied to werlp's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering something along those lines myself. I'm making a care plan for a 93 y.o. demented patient who stopped taking her meds, stopped eating, drinks very little, and rips out anything you stick...

  20. Infection control guidelines in LD/NSY/PP

    birdgardner replied to CoppertopRNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    IMO, infection control gets shot to hell when you have two bleeding pp women sharing a room and

  21. low overall gpa, high prereq gpa?

    birdgardner replied to shehak20000's topic in General Students

    I got into all three accelerated BSN programs I applied to with straight A's in my prereqs and a low GPA from my undergraduate degree, about 2.7 - but that was a long time so they figured I had time...

  22. Four years for an associates?

    birdgardner replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    One reason I didn't go the community college route and save a gazillion bucks, is first you complete your prereqs, then you go on the waiting list, and two years later you START on your ADN. They're...

  23. so frustrated with nursing diagnoses

    birdgardner posted a topic in General Students

    1) Nursing diagnoses do not "facilitate communications between nurses." No nurse has ever given me a n.d. during report in clinicals, and if one did say, "reduced cardiac output", the coming on duty...

  24. Spouses scheduling conflict

    birdgardner replied to wayunderpaid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Okay, I'm a student nurse so I don't get this. I assumed shifts would be something like "nights, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday." Something fixed and predictable so you could arrange the rest of your...

  25. Funny Names for Nurses

    birdgardner replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    There's a Dr. Mirza here - say it out