Aislstarfish

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  1. Best Nursing Shoes For Flat Feet???

    Aislstarfish posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hi everyone :) I am required to get all-white nursing shoes for the nursing program at my school.. However, I have very flat and narrow feet, and despite having custom-made orthotics, I still have...

  2. Mthfr

    Aislstarfish replied to 2blueyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Me too!! hahah What is it

  3. White Scrubs help!

    Aislstarfish replied to DD_Drummer44's topic in Male Nursing Students

    definitely not black! Wear white and if you can find a nude or tan, go with that. White should be fine though. Our uniforms are all white too (and the pants are easy to see through when you bend...

  4. Why is the first year so hard???

    Aislstarfish posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I've been reading here for awhile now and there seems to be a reoccuring theme.. that the first year or two is incredibly crazy and in some cases hellish. I'm curious, what exactly makes it so...

  5. Water Births?

    Aislstarfish replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: YES! I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.. Besides that I haven't had any children yet, I feel exactly the same way. I'm just about positive that I will have my babies at home with a midwife and a...

  6. The Circumcision Discussion

    Aislstarfish replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You sound like a great teacher :nuke: I find the "my member doesn't look like daddy's" reasoning for circumcision so frustrating. I personally don't think it's that difficult to explain, but I know...

  7. Induction craze

    Aislstarfish replied to Blizzard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: YES!! I agree

  8. Induction craze

    Aislstarfish replied to Blizzard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, this thread is so so sad to me Why can't women just go into labor when their bodies say so?? And it is sooo true, everyone is just in such a rush... I can't imagine that those dr's would want...

  9. The Circumcision Discussion

    Aislstarfish replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: YES! I

  10. The Circumcision Discussion

    Aislstarfish replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    blueridge, you are very right.. i apologize for being so dismissive in my post. i do feel circumcision is unnecessary, painful and a bit barbaric, but.. that does not discredit any data that may have...

  11. The Circumcision Discussion

    Aislstarfish replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is a post from another group I belong to. I was pretty sure that I was against circumcision, but after reading this and watching the video.. I know that if a doctor ever even came near my son...

  12. The Circumcision Discussion

    Aislstarfish replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Has it occurred to anyone that the countries that circumcise their children more often also have more money, education and access to prophylactics.. and that THAT could be the reason HIV is less...

  13. L&D nurses? Are you all for natural births?

    Aislstarfish replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    HappyNurse2005, you sound like a great nurse :) Your hospital also sounds great and very welcoming to natural births. I am not a nurse quite yet, but i'm in my second semester of nursing school and I...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Aislstarfish replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't know why this made me laugh hahah.. I think it's so disgusting and unbelievable that it's funny. hahahah come on, a

  15. A friend of mine just lost it

    Aislstarfish replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Psychiatric

    How old is your friend? Do you know if there is any family history of mental

  16. Death bed visions

    Aislstarfish replied to legend0710's topic in General Nursing

    I have not personally experienced any patients with this, nor have I had a NDE... However, I do know that my grandfather was calling out to his wife and others the day before his death. He appeared...

  17. Death bed visions

    Aislstarfish replied to legend0710's topic in General Nursing

    yes. i agree, i agree, i agree! i knew this.. but for some reason this quote moved me

  18. C-Sections on the rise.

    Aislstarfish replied to Halinja's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you haven't already, you guys should read the book "PUSHED." It's really great, but infuriating! It talks about this exact issue and how women are now laboring in the parking lots of hospitals...

  19. Looking for some CNM info :)

    Aislstarfish posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hello everyone :) I am currently in nursing school, and I am very interested in becoming a midwife someday... I really want to be involved in natural, physiological births.. I think the stages of...

  20. Certified Nursing Midwife... ANY INFO??

    Aislstarfish replied to Aislstarfish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah i've googled a bit, i guess i just wanted to see if i could get some personal info or experience :) Thank you

  21. Certified Nursing Midwife... ANY INFO??

    Aislstarfish posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hey guys... I am interested in becoming a CNM after I get out of school, and I'm having difficulty finding any good info about it. I have heard that you need a masters in nursing, but I don't know...

  22. Certified Nursing Midwife... ANY INFO??

    Aislstarfish replied to Aislstarfish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks guys :) I didnt realize that there was a CNM board here

  23. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Aislstarfish replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Totally agreed!! Good for them!!! I hope i'm still gettin it on in my 80s and

  24. Having a boyfriend while in nursing school....

    Aislstarfish replied to sheridan3456's topic in General Students

    I actually have a boyfriend right now and I'm in nursing school. It is definitely workable.. You just have to find the right man who would understand that you have minimal free time. I am lucky...

  25. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Aislstarfish replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all :) I am curious as to what everyone's personal motivation was to origionally become a nurse? I am a nursing student and I think that there are some people in my class that are strictly...