yetanotheramanda

yetanotheramanda specializes in neurotrauma ICU.

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1. Two-minus-one pregnancy

   yetanotheramanda replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

   sigh, agreed...but. This seems incredibly selfish. I kind of want to smack Jenny upside the head. a

2. St John's Regional Medical Center Joplin Missouri

   yetanotheramanda replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

   https://showmeresponse.org/ a link for volunteer medical

3. Verbal assault by a pt.

   yetanotheramanda replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

   wow, i think you really hit it on the head with that statement. i would never, not for one second, but up with such abuse on the street or in my personal life. at work we are expected to take it,...

4. English as a second language Nurse, How did you guys overcome fear of bad grammar?

   yetanotheramanda replied to Datu's topic in General Nursing

   as other posters have said, your grammar seems fine. I am continually surprised (in a bad way) by the poor grammar of native English speaking doctors and nurses. I can't imagine anyone but the...

5. Angry mom made me cry last week

   yetanotheramanda replied to MA Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I had 2 babies in the NICU (not twins, 4 years apart) before I ever went to nursing school or had any idea of what was going on. Yes, I was scared to death for my babies. But I never, not once,...

6. 100 year old stroke patient

   yetanotheramanda replied to NurseStephRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I'm at work, I'm all about love, support, and compassion. I mean, I don't say "you do realize that WHEN grandma's heart stops and we begin chest compressions I am going to break EVERY SINGLE one...

7. 100 year old stroke patient

   yetanotheramanda replied to NurseStephRN's topic in General Nursing

   unfortunately, I see it all the time. It makes me sick. nothing says "I love you mom" like filling her full of tubes, sticking her in a nursing home and letting her die of infected bed

8. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

   yetanotheramanda replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure it is scary to be in a hospital where no one speaks your language. I'm sorry for that. I don't care one bit what language you speak at home or in your community. I don't even get bent out...

9. need some encouragement

   yetanotheramanda replied to link51411's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   This. Exactly

10. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    yetanotheramanda replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

    professionally: she needs to be reported. her management or BON. She's an impaired nurse. personally: yeah, she sounds like a crappy mom and kind of a loser, but I don't know if any of those...

11. is nursing supposed to be sad?

    yetanotheramanda replied to VPal's topic in General Nursing

    oh, I missed that she is just in nursing school. Good grief, YES it is common to be depressed in nursing school! lol! those were the worst/hardest years of my life! Good luck to her, you are a good...

12. is nursing supposed to be sad?

    yetanotheramanda replied to VPal's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to start another age war, but I honestly think this may have a lot to do with her depression. At 21 I did not have the life experience to deal with many of the sad things I have seen in...

13. "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    yetanotheramanda replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    "if you wern't so obese you wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do" and my back wouldn't hurt so

14. Help with a paper

    yetanotheramanda replied to catchme32's topic in General Students

    hmmm...someone deleted a post that was semi-attacking the OP then deleted the part of my post responding to the snarky poster. very

15. Help with a paper

    yetanotheramanda replied to catchme32's topic in General Students

    That being said...I think there are better ways to get the info you need than asking for it on allnurses.com. I've only been out of school a few years and can't even begin to think of a philosophy of...