Nepenthe Sea

Nepenthe Sea

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  1. So grateful to have a job but I'm hating it =(

    Nepenthe Sea replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there! I have had several nurses tell me recently that thay felt the same way for the first 6 months or year of nursing, and then it all came together. You can do it!! (we need a Rosie the...

  2. Are females attracted to male nurses....or just really laugh at the males doing this?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to mpolo's topic in General Students

    Okay, any woman who will laugh at you for being a nurse is completely shallow and NOT worth worrying about. I personally have known a hot male nurse or two, and the fact that they are a nurse is...

  3. Now, if you saw this on a chart, what would YOU think?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going through an O.B. patient's chart last week and I had to ask another student to confirm what I saw written. Listed as her height was 4'12"!! I said, "Isn't that 5', or am I just...

  4. Clinicals... feeling kind of dumb.

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Keila's topic in General Students

    I had to start putting sticky notes in my clinical notebook to remind me to make sure the siderails were up on the patients' beds (I forgot once) and little stuff like that. It

  5. Externship in NICU - any advice?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks alot for the advice. I do plan on asking alot of questions, and am naturally drawn to the more challenging cases anyway. I appreciate the input. I started OB clinicals last week and our...

  6. Externship in NICU - any advice?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Awesome! I hope so.

  7. Externship in NICU - any advice?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks so much for your

  8. Are you/have you self-diagnosed while in school?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to mochamonster's topic in General Students

    I had a roommate who was a nursing student, and she totally did that. While doing the OB rotation, she thought she was pregnant. While on the psych rotation, she thought she needed to be...

  9. Are you/have you self-diagnosed while in school?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to mochamonster's topic in General Students

    I went for a gynecological exam the other day, and I haven't been in a couple of years. In the last few months, I've had a friend get dx with breast CA and have a mastectomy, took care of a patient...

  10. Single mom nursing student without help-needing advice and encouragement

    Nepenthe Sea replied to 2blessings's topic in General Students

    Been there, done that! I am sorry this is so hard for you. Mine are 4 now (twins), and being bigger, it is easier now. But here are some things I've had to do: Study while they nap and sleep....

  11. You know you're Old School when...

    Nepenthe Sea replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for explaining the banana bag. I really wondered what that

  12. Have you ever cheated?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    Hey, misunderstandings happen...esp. online. I just have kind of a dry sense of humor at times,

  13. Have you ever cheated?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    Yes! that's exactly what I was

  14. Have you ever cheated?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    No, no, no...I'm being sarcastic. I'm not accusing anybody of lying. In fact, I'm talking to the poster who said that we are all saints or that we're not being honest. I'm sorry if that came out...

  15. Things I Find Gross=Weird

    Nepenthe Sea replied to sj73201's topic in General Students

    I have not run into anything really gross yet, but I do have a strong stomach and I've only completed one semester of clinicals so far. But there are a couple of things that are non-nursing-related...

  16. Have you ever cheated?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    Yeah...we're all either "saints" or just lying, just because many of us said we would never cheat. And some of us actually admit that we DID once.

  17. You know you're Old School when...

    Nepenthe Sea replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, this is SO interesting! Keep them coming. Also, what is a banana bag? And the string of cups for prostate surgery

  18. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Nepenthe Sea replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    And for the drug seekers, I bequeath you "Please please please let me get what I want" by the Smiths: Good times for a change, see the luck I've had would make a good man turn bad; So please, please,...

  19. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Nepenthe Sea replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    After reading through some of these, I thought of the Aimee Mann song, "Save Me": "Like Peter Pan or Superman, you will come to save me, C'mon and save me, if you could save me from the ranks of the...

  20. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Nepenthe Sea replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    There's a song by an artist named Sia called "Breathe Me" that reminds me of nursing because I associate it with my daughters when they were in NICU, and also of my young nephew when he was having a...

  21. Does anyone here have or want tattoos???

    Nepenthe Sea replied to sherriberry1's topic in General Students

    it is quite a sight to imagine! but everytime i have some naysayer tell me how bad people with tatoos are going to look when they are eighty years old, i just tell them that nobody's skin looks good...

  22. Does anyone here have or want tattoos???

    Nepenthe Sea replied to sherriberry1's topic in General Students

    I have Anubis (the Egyptian god of death and the afterlife) on my left bicep, with hieroglypic symbols tattooed around him. I have a cherub from a book of Shakespeare's sonnets on my back. I have two...

  23. I start clinical in Sept 2010.. should I start reading or studying now..

    Nepenthe Sea replied to finallyonmyway's topic in General Students

    It might not hurt to find a list of the most prescribed medications and start typing up the drug names, usual route and dosage, indications for usage, action of the drug, and nursing interventions....

  24. Have you ever cheated?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    I think the OP is just getting defensive and making excuses about their post because there's no one on here saying that they would cheat if they could get away with

  25. Have you ever cheated?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JustYouWait's topic in General Students

    I agree. I read stories on here about how people cheat sometimes, and I think to myself, "if they had spent all that time actually studying, rather than thinking up new ways to cheat, then they...