Sari_noel

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  1. Hospitals in the UP/northern lower MI?

    Sari_noel replied to CarolineRn's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I'm a student at Alpena Community College, yes AGH does cardiac

  2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Sari_noel replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm in nursing school so these are from reading the local newspaper....... No matter how much fun it sounds like, never ride your snowmobile at over 100mph, trees aren't very soft or forgiving.....

  3. Any advice??

    Sari_noel posted a topic in Psychiatric

    My brother was in a psych. ward for about a week(a little over a month ago) He was diagnosed as bi-polar, schizophrenic, homicidal, and suicidal. He was put on Depakote, Paxil, and another med that...

  4. Any advice??

    Sari_noel replied to Sari_noel's topic in Psychiatric

    I really think I'm just going to give up trying to talk to my family about this. OMG, I didn't realize how stupid they can be. I know it's not nice to say this about your family but that's what they...

  5. Any advice??

    Sari_noel replied to Sari_noel's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you all for your replies. I went to see my brother over Christmas, found out a few really scary things. One, he is not taking his meds (can't pay for them), two, (perhaps the one that scares...

  6. Any advice??

    Sari_noel replied to Sari_noel's topic in Psychiatric

    He's 22 and sort of bullheaded if you couldn't tell from my earlier post. Thank you for your reply. I am really at wits end dealing with this. I want to help, but I can't take all his problems on...

  7. babies having babies

    Sari_noel replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My current (not to be sometime in the near future) sister in law had her first child at 15, and got kicked out of her mothers house, she lived all over for the two or three years before she and my...

  8. Clinical Abscences

    Sari_noel replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

    In my clinical you can miss a day, with a reason, but if you miss 20% or more of the clinical you fail and have to restart again next year. Also, you lose points every time you miss or are late, so...

  9. Lingo

    Sari_noel replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    Here's one I learned from my instuctor: PIA: pain in a** and one I made up after a call light crazy: Trigger happy as in "Watch out she's trigger

  10. Washable Bruises

    Sari_noel replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    Here's a little different spin on the "washable bruise" when I was about 5 I broke my arm about elbow area. I had a huge bruise on my wrist, mom thought it was marker and tried to wash it off. Can...

  11. Nursing without the "yukkies".

    Sari_noel replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    I was really worried my ability to handle the "yuckies" when I started my first clinical. (Had a bad experience with a trach. suction a few years before hand) But, when I got in there and started...

  12. Do Nurses Need Chemistry Education?

    Sari_noel replied to Dr. O's topic in General Nursing

    In the program I'm in we had 4 hour lecture, 3 hour lab for a pre-req, at the time I hated the class(got an A somehow??) I understand why I need a basic knowledge of chem, but if it would have been...

  13. about doubts

    Sari_noel replied to B.T.H's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    At the school I'm attending the pre-req's were supposed to prepare us for the nursing classes. Way off, pre-req's were hard, I did great though (Deans list the whole way) now that I am in nursing...

  14. Why are nursing students so completely disrepected?

    Sari_noel replied to agent's topic in General Students

    I have been pretty lucky when it comes to respect. I'm on my third week of clinicals at a LTC facility. The nurses have been great, maybe it's because I show so much enthusiasm about the job I'm...

  15. Having trouble hearing with stethoscope

    Sari_noel replied to MisterArnold's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've had the same problem when it comes to using the double stethoscope at clinicals, I can hear with my Littman just fine, I always hear the last beat of a BP just fine, picking up that first beat is...