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  1. Movies for Psychiatric Patient viewing

    birdgardner replied to dchen's topic in General Nursing

    Movies with challenges and/or family problems addressed, and healthy coping skills presented? Hoosiers, Apollo 13, Breaking Away, Bend It Like Beckham, October

  2. ANY RN's WANTING TO BE MD's

    birdgardner replied to Ibsen0006's topic in General Nursing

    My m-i-l was a nurse and midwife in England. She started taking the med school pre-reqs here in the US at night when her children were small and med school when they were in grade school. She was a...

  3. CNA or EMT Training??

    birdgardner replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I did volunteer EMT before going into the accelerated BSN program and I think the CNA would actually have been more useful. As an EMT I always have at least two other people to help me move the...

  4. PTSD- Am I alone??

    birdgardner replied to strugglingnurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have fading PTSD from a one-time incident so I'm sure it isn't as bad as from a long-term thing like child abuse. But there are triggers in the hospital setting. I try to approach my triggers kind...

  5. nursing homes for the cognitively intact?

    birdgardner posted a topic in General Nursing

    As an volunteer EMT I have a frequent flyer/caller for assists, a woman in her 50s with Parkinson's and some psychological issues. She and her husband are not coping and she really needs 24 hour care....

  6. Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

    birdgardner replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I picked up a hitchhiker - would have done it anyway because he is a small gentle handicapped man who is an usher at our church - but today I was asking where his scooter was and assessing his mental...

  7. nursing homes for the cognitively intact?

    birdgardner replied to birdgardner's topic in General Nursing

    This woman can't walk - can't get up if she falls. We were getting calls for lift assists and assists to the bathroom. On the other hand, there are psych issues going on - her husband claims she can...

  8. A True to Nursing Movie

    birdgardner replied to skinc1's topic in General Nursing

    If you see the movie Wit, there's a nurse who is a model of caring and competence. But she's definitely a non-intellectual in comparison to the patient and the doctors. And she's there 24/7, when in...

  9. anxiety or just crazy?

    birdgardner replied to gospursgo07's topic in General Nursing

    I am a student but it's the same way nights before clinicals - have had insomnia all my life when I'm anxious -what's going to happen to me when I really am a nurse?:wink2: What works for me is a...

  10. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    birdgardner replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm opposed to abortion, and I still say this was a major violation and the cousin should be hung out to dry if that's what the patient

  11. I'm having a panic attack! I need some support!

    birdgardner replied to CNAinNeb's topic in General Nursing

    Honey, go ahead and elope if that's what you need to do. Your family has gall to talk about "selfish." The marriage is what matters, not the wedding which only lasts a day. I didn't elope but my...

  12. Will volunteering help me get into an accel. program

    birdgardner replied to mahkev2000's topic in General Nursing

    I volunteer as an EMT and was accepted at the three programs I applied to. But the real value of volunteering, whatever form you do it in, is to see if you actually like being around sick people and...

  13. Can a patient purposefully become febrile?

    birdgardner replied to GermPhobe's topic in General Nursing

    When my kids are sick, they're often afebrile in the day, and burning up at night. Your patient really may be experiencing chills prior to fever, which is why he's asking for the extra blanket and...

  14. job prospects - existant or not?

    birdgardner posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    In NJ, both hospitals where I saw midwives in my pregnancies have shut down their programs. There are just about no actual CNMs posting on this site - it's people who are interested in becoming one....

  15. My sister is on life support

    birdgardner replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry. May God uphold you and all those who love your

  16. Seton Hall Accel BSN--Still Viable??

    birdgardner replied to JerseyGuy's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The session was going to be held at Georgian Court but I don't see it posted now - here is the website and you can call. http://nursing.shu.edu/accelerated.htm If you want to know what professors we...

  17. routine mammo over $550?!

    birdgardner replied to jjjoy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah...I got mine on Dec. 31, the last day of insurance coverage ... and then the insurance co. tells the radiology group that ins. ended 12/30, so they were sending me that $500 plus bill for a...

  18. Sent home from clinicals :(

    birdgardner replied to Phillippians4:13's topic in General Nursing

    Our instructor sent a student to the director once, and the director was very calm and cool about it all. So here is hoping your director also has a sense of proportion. You sound like you will make a...

  19. Seton Hall Accel BSN--Still Viable??

    birdgardner replied to JerseyGuy's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    That would be news to me. There is a meeting for prospective accel. students this

  20. sick as a dog

    birdgardner replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Something along those lines here too, but I figure it was viral, so no abx unless it shows signs of going bacterial on me - feeling better now, except for the coughing

  21. When will hospitals "go green"?

    birdgardner replied to itsmycalling's topic in General Nursing

    A local hospital only recently gave up cloth diapers and is talking about going back. My personal experience with being green and using cloth diapers is - they leak. You end up not doing just a diaper...

  22. Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    birdgardner replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that abdominal distension and gas can hurt worse than incisions. I learned that clear liquids (juice = sugar water, broth = salt water) don't help the abdominal distension any. I learned...

  23. Most stressful moment as a nurse: spouse on vent + decision making

    birdgardner replied to flaerman's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry, Flaerman. Thank you for letting us know. I pray you and all who loved your wife find comfort and

  24. Breakfast of champs

    birdgardner replied to RN ColbyJack's topic in General Nursing

    Oatmeal with walnuts and raisins seems to last the morning. I make a big pot ahead of time, and nuke a bowl when I get up. Ditto on the almonds. With Ghiradelli's double dark chocolate

  25. Retail store NPs: good or bad idea?

    birdgardner replied to joy09's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    A neighbor of mine is a FNP at a local retail outlet. She told me they had 35 different diagnoses they could make and treat. I asked her if she felt limited at all, and she said that at one time she...