CandyGyrl1985

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  1. Double Shifts

    I work Monday - Friday 9-9.... I love
  2. only in nursing school

    Only in nursing school clinicals - will your teacher come in while you are with a patient and their family, make you sound incompetent... Followed by you resuming your duties and the family staring at...
  3. First Semester Clinicals--anyone else need to vent?

    I remember my first clinical - you are not alone!!!! It was scary - the entire semester.... But just yesterday as I was changing an occupied bed AND cleaning poo that the patient had smeared all over...
  4. To All SINGLE Mothers....

    Make a list!!!! List ALL OF YOUR OPTIONS! That is what I did. For example, when my husband left me high and dry while I was in school, I had to scrambled to figure out what to do. Here are a few...
  5. My hospital is going SMOKE FREE!!

    I am a smoker myself. I do not mind if my employer is smoke free. I will either suck it up and go without for the day or go where I am allowed like in my car down the street. However, I do agree with...
  6. only in nursing school

    only in nursing school - can an instructor get away with saying "only 10 percent of you will pass! guess which of you 50 makes the cut!" only in nursing school can you get a hernia from all your...
  7. Words you never dreamed you would say as a nurse...

    ROFL - fat space monkey!!! That is
  8. Words you never dreamed you would say as a nurse...

    While I was doing my CNA clinicals - I worked with an elderly pt. with dementia. One day he proposed to me - he said "Honey - I will be the best you ever had!" (Did I mention he was 96?) So, I shook...
  9. Shaved Mons - Phenomenon

    Haha reminds me of having my 3 kids... Shaving while 9 months prego was quite a task - that involved lots of wobbling, grunting, reaching and mirror peaks. My last pregnancy I had my husband help - I...
  10. Baby Deaths

    I havent had to deal with infant deaths... But I can say that when my patients die, if I was attached, I like to write about it. Depending on how upset I am - I will write about my entire experience...
  11. Shaved Mons - Phenomenon

    Why do you care about that
  12. Please response its for my project!! :d

    1. what is your age and race? 24 & caucasian 2. what do you think about when you hear the word nurse? healers & advocates of what is right 3. when did you join an? how did you hear about it?...
  13. LPNs in OB - do they have them where you work?

    Do they have LPNs in your labor and delivery? I know LPNs that are in postpartum - what about L&D or surgical LD?
  14. Financial aid and Kaplan

    Las
  15. PCOS ???

    I was diagnosed with Polycystic ovary syndrome today. Does anyone know about this? I did some research on it - but I still feel clueless about it. Surprisingly enough - I have 3 children and feel very...
  16. PCOS ???

    Yes I had the serum test, she said I have a severe case and that my levels were 5 times what they should be when a typical diagnosis would be around 3 times. I also had an internal ultrasound. I have...
  17. i start december 2!!! whoohooo!!!!! :cheers: cheers to everyone of us who are following the dream!!!
  18. Help!!!!

    Results came back negative with no problems. Thank you all for your support - its funny how doubts can make you freak out and second guess something as black and white as this. I appreciate all of the...
  19. Help!!!!

    Today I took my drug test for my college. The lady was not able to get a positive or negative reading. I do not do drugs - no alcohol - nothing. BUT - this last week and a half I have been on a diet...
  20. Help!!!!

    It was really weird. I stood there while she did the first test - we talked a bit- then she said -"How odd - I am not getting any results." So she grabbed another test and the same thing happened....
  21. Questions for you wonderful OB Nurses!!!!

    hello!!!! i am a nursing student and have wanted to go into ob nursing since i was a teenager. i am so excited to get there. i have 3 boys and each time i went into the hospital i showered my nurses...
  22. Need help with my judgmentalism

    wow! i truly praise you for your openness with this issue! i think just in being open and aware you will be fine. let me give you a quick story - there was a girl who's father was diagnosed with...
  23. I'm being reported to the state over a joke...

    wow! i am sorry to hear that. i can imagine this is pretty stressful and scary for you. here is my opinion - its not necessarily what you might want to hear, but i thought being honest would be...
  24. Rude Physician - Tips for Handling

    Well put!!! I agree
  25. Yey!!! Congrats! I bet that is a big relief! I am very happy for