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  1. How to prioritize Nursing Dx

    nurseboudin replied to ladybugpie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One thing I did in school to prioritize my diagnoses was to ask the question: What will kill the patient

  2. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

    nurseboudin replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay - I work in a large teaching hospital tied to a major medical school. We consent patients for tissue samples used in research studies for the university. One patient was being consented for...

  3. Least infectious floors

    nurseboudin replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    The OR, of course, a sterile environment. At the hospital I work, we cannot leave the hospital in the scrubs we worked in. Nor can we wear scrubs into the OR from the outside. There are things that...

  4. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    nurseboudin replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    That's so

  5. Thousands Of Doctors Secretly In Rehab While Practicing

    nurseboudin replied to TeleNurse2010's topic in General Nursing

    I am an alcoholic nurse. In recovery of course. Understanding the disease of addiction is difficult. Doctors and nurses are held to a higher standard than the rest of society because our chosen...

  6. I need advice

    nurseboudin replied to keywhite8's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi there! I am also a nurse in a recovery program in Texas. I haven't really had to look for a job, but a lot of people in my nurse's support group have. So far here is what I have learned. Some of...

  7. Impaired Nurses

    nurseboudin replied to SR@csi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hello everyone... I loved this posting. I am an alcoholic nurse. I have a history of drug abuse, but alcohol is my drug of choice. I also participate in a peer assistance program. I have been sober...

  8. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    nurseboudin posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Are there any applicants out there planning on attending TWU in the spring? My application is in and I am a nervous wreck. I'm not worried about getting in, but freaking out about the first semester....

  9. Questions about Dallas

    nurseboudin replied to cammy429's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have lived in Naples (Fl), Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta and for a short time, NYC. While Dallas is appealing because of the cost of living, I find that property tax is continually going up....

  10. Microbiology in Dallas

    nurseboudin posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am going to school at Brookhaven trying to finish up all my support classes for the nursing program. At the next application period, I'll be applying to Northlake, Brookhaven, and El Centro. I am...

  11. Public Breastfeeding

    nurseboudin replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    As far as being 'grossed out' by a woman breast feeding in full view of others eating in a public restaurant, ya wanna know what grosses me out? Seeing teenagers bent over and half their butt crack...

  12. Hesi Test (fundamentals)

    nurseboudin replied to btown annie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just took the midcurricular HESI two days ago. It was hard. My advice 1. Know how to prioritize your nursing diagnoses. If you have 5 patients, then which is most urgent? 2. Pharmacology -...

  13. Any TWU Spring 2006 applicants??

    nurseboudin replied to lvnmommyto2greatboys's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am in TWU - Dallas right now. The GPA info is correct. In our last class, we were told the upcoming GPA requirement was a 3.80. HOWEVER, if you want to go the two year route, Brookhaven College...

  14. Do some people just "get it"?

    nurseboudin replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My pharmacology teacher once said that new nurses can be dangerous, because we "don't know what we don't know." I think you should feel good about recognizing what your current knowledge base is, and...

  15. Texas Nursing School

    nurseboudin replied to Princess_WannaBe's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am starting TWU Parkland campus in a couple of days and I am scared shutless. I heard it's hard, but then again they all are. They should be. Nursing isn't for the faint of heart. When it came down...

  16. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    nurseboudin replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    you are also

  17. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    nurseboudin replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    SuBeat, I hope you don't mind, but I added you to my buddy list. I will contact you at the end of the semester and find out if you are still alive :chair: Good Luck and may the force be with you!...

  18. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    nurseboudin replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    Apply now. And take those in the fall... You have to have at least two sciences complete, with a total of 48 hours just to apply, and have all prewrecks completed BEFORE starting the

  19. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    nurseboudin replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thank you much for your response and best of luck getting in for the fall

  20. TWU Dallas Hopefuls for Spring 2005

    nurseboudin replied to nurseboudin's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yes, I had everything except my fall classes (Micro, Statistics, and History II) and Women's Studies and Multicultural classes, which I am planning on taking in the summer. How about

  21. Urgent!!! Need info...(Texas Women's Dallas or Houston)

    nurseboudin replied to grapejuice01's topic in Texas Nursing

    I called last week and got through the main number 214-689-6510. I asked for Janice Anderson (I think). Good luck! Hope to see you in the

  22. Microbiology in Dallas

    nurseboudin replied to nurseboudin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This will be my first time applying. I am taking Chemistry in summer 1 and AP 2 in summer 2. My GPA is a 3.77 on the prereqs (Algebra is my only B). A+P and micro are my only two classes left, but I...

  23. anyone ever taken ACCELERATED A&P??

    nurseboudin replied to a_clay's topic in General Students

    I am taking A+P at Brookhaven and it isn't so bad. I have NO science in my background so it is a lot of studying - more than if I did have science in my background. The difficulty level is going to...