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  1. Failed the stupid CNA test again...for what???

    tmiller027 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I re-took my CNA skills test today. Had a different tester and thought everything would go fine. Everything wen't completely smooth, until I did the blood pressure. THe stethescope they use is one...

  2. This is sick

    tmiller027 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm watching an OLD episode of Chicago Hope on Discovery Health channel. This episode, a doctor went to court to try and have a morphine drip increased for a patient in a vegitative state up to a...

  3. My First Shot!!!

    tmiller027 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did it today. I was nervous too. It was a pre-packaged Lovenox shot. The patient's skin was thicker than I had anticipated, but I got it in enough, and all the medicine went in. No blood, no...

  4. My First Shot!!!

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my 2nd semester. Hardly anyone gets to do anything in the first semester but wipe butts

  5. PDA use for nurses?

    tmiller027 replied to WIEZ's topic in General Nursing

    I have a Palm Tungsten E which was about $199 and came iwth a free aluminum carrying case. It had about 32MB of memory on it, but I got a 512MB expansion card for about $35 from Staples. I think it...

  6. My First Shot!!!

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the commentsn and encouragement guys. Yeah, my instructor had thought I gave one before. She helped me with the G-tube meds then she goes "Okay, well, you know the shot goes in the abdomen...

  7. PDA use for nurses?

    tmiller027 replied to WIEZ's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a first year student and doing my med surg rotation. I have a Palm Tungsten E and I use it constantly and would be lost without it. Besides the calender, calculator, and addressbook in it, I also...

  8. I heard somewhere that flushing pills

    tmiller027 replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    Those plastic pill bottles dont break down...they'd last like 1000 years in a landfill. I think its called the media stirring up a frenzy...they do that here about once a year

  9. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    tmiller027 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    oooooohhhh....now you're making my heart

  10. Should nurses have MSNs

    tmiller027 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah..I thought the hatparty smiley would be an

  11. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    tmiller027 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry Angie...I've always had a thing for girls in scrubs, with sweat beading on her forehead and hair starting to fray out of its ponytail.

  12. Should nurses have MSNs

    tmiller027 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    While I've come to the conclusion that ADN nurses kill more patients than BSN...then BSN's kill more than MSN's and ADN"s kill WAY more than MSNs. Thats a lot of dead patients. But wait a minute,...

  13. I think I'm gonna be sick

    tmiller027 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just got an email from my advisor...I'm in a bit of a pickle. I have to make up this advanced physiology class because my ANP credits didn't transfer. This class is HARD HARD HARD..even the MD who...

  14. I think I'm gonna be sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Futurenrse...I've kind of been doing that already. I"m gonna find the sylabus and the point scale and add up exactly what I need for a C and keep a runnng total. I think that will help me...

  15. This is sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    You know, there isn't any need for sarcasm or rudness, it was a question. Did you read all of my post and any of posts after? I'm quite aware of the differences in TV and

  16. This is sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    i attended a seminar on this stuff a few years ago. assisted suicide is a doctor or someone providing a fatal dose, but the patient adminstering it themselves. euthanasia is the dr himself...

  17. Concerned about this and other sites

    tmiller027 replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    Why would a bankruptcy be relevant to getting a nursing

  18. Prayer and well wishes needed

    tmiller027 replied to Brendy's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Father in Heaven, Be with these injured children, comfort them in their time of need, lay your healing hands on them so that they migh be well. Be with their families and the members of this...

  19. I think I'm gonna be sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Leslie. I bought a book called "Physiology Demystified" and that helps some, but doesnt' go quite as deep as what he covers. Thanks for all your help.

  20. I think I'm gonna be sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I've been tape recording, and trying to keep the notes up, but its like 4 hours worth of lecture time, then to listen to the tapes again and try to write notes on them, its just hard. I just...

  21. I think I'm gonna be sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how much that would help...he teaches out of three books, talks 100 mph...and it takes forever just to find the many different things he's talking about. Just frustrating. This is like...

  22. This is sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Oh okay. Well, letting nature run its course on a child or anyone who cannot be saved isn't my concern. Its just the stuff like in that article mentioned about retarded babies or

  23. This is sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    what do you mean by

  24. This is sick

    tmiller027 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    The only other thing I read besides my textbooks is my bible...I need all the help I can

  25. Fecal Impaction

    tmiller027 replied to TBLPN's topic in General Nursing

    The place I used to work at required a Dr.'s