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  1. M.R.S.A or mersa?

    LaughingRN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    M.R.S.A Canadian

  2. "Language Barrier" I AM CURSED!!

    LaughingRN replied to oopymoss's topic in General Students

    If you speak as well as you write in English, you'll be fine:) For what it's worth, I know many adults who cannot write as well as you do, and English is not only their primary language, it is their...

  3. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    LaughingRN replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    I understand what the OP is saying, I think that there is an enormous difference in personal boundaries in different situations. Most people, when in the hospital, allow health care providers to...

  4. Classmates using you as a pincushion?

    LaughingRN replied to xyra's topic in General Students

    In our program, we each practiced by giving exactly 1 subQ to a classmate in lab. Our lab teacher told us that the rational was that, during clinical, if a patient asked if we had ever giving an...

  5. Merry Christmas from...

    LaughingRN replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    Merry Christmas from Ontario

  6. Now I've been the patient

    LaughingRN replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad just toddling into the world of nursing, I think your story is so valuable. It is so easy to forget the other side. This summer I had a liver biopsy done because of a tumor, and the...

  7. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    LaughingRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    For my Lap chole this summer... Last thing I said to anesthesiologist: Have you ever watched the movie Awake? Last Thing I heard: *Laughing* First thing I heard: Honey, stop putting your hands up in...

  8. Trying, but not getting any help

    LaughingRN replied to CanCan's topic in International Nursing

    That sounded very similar to the set up at my University. I think that transfers in the first couple of years depended on space available. I know that I was at one of the smaller off site college...

  9. Failed Clinical Med Surge 3

    LaughingRN replied to goetface's topic in General Students

    Wow, sorry you have an instructor that doesn't seem to embrace her role as a teacher. I agree that if you had drawn up insulin to administer and the error had been caught right before administration...

  10. Help with research paper PLEASE

    LaughingRN replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    I second CINAHL, I found it to be the most comprehensive of all the databases that my University offered. (Although it was a little tricky to learn to use well) A little trick that should work well in...

  11. What color are your school uniforms?

    LaughingRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    Wow, I guess I feel lucky now... Our school let us wear whatever color and style we wanted as long as the top and bottom were the exact same color and had no patterns (solids only) I think I owned...

  12. Graduated tonight!

    LaughingRN replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    :yeah::yeah:

  13. I really need some advice...long......

    LaughingRN replied to beanpod's topic in General Students

    I also sends ((((hugs))))) Reading your post was hard because it was so sincere. I have read so many stories about students having hard times, that I have begun to think that clinical experiences are...

  14. ideas to improve allnurses.com

    LaughingRN replied to tryingpatsy's topic in General Nursing

    I think an idea would be: To add an option in your personal profile to hide other threads and post started by "insert your user name", so that nobody could link to them. I have come across so many...

  15. Results of Article Contest - Anything Nursing Related #2

    LaughingRN replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Also very much appreciate it! Thanks allnurses, keep up the great work

  16. Help me save my computer!!!

    LaughingRN replied to momandstudent's topic in General Students

    I second the system restore. It works better than any virus program. I would try this before downloading anything further. I think you can find it under........ Start>programs> accessories >...

  17. Things you would like to tell... Nursing Staff ! ( and get away with)

    LaughingRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    1. To all the nurses that have rolled their eyes, sigh loudly, ignored, muttered under their breath, uttered out loud, and twisted their faces in weird configurations over the last four years when I...

  18. Have you ever made a stupid mistake....?

    LaughingRN replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Nursing

    I also flooded a patients room, but not quite the same way. It was actually a team effort between me and another student during our very first clinical. We were emptying and changing a colostomy bag...

  19. Best and worst part of being a nursing student?

    LaughingRN replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    Wow, you must be a really thoughtful instructor to pose this question. I'm at the end of a long 4 year BsN program and I think that I can offer some thoughts. You didn't mention if you were a clinical...

  20. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I didn't ask for a URL I asked for URLS. I mostly requested them from a person that was posting repetitively that our government denied care in the same volume that your insurance companies did. Sorry...

  21. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That blurs the point of the conversation doesn't it. It's as valid as me saying your system isn't good because someone went south to Mexico get drugs, have cosmetic surgery etc, and then complaining...

  22. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I read the first paragraph. The story has no relevance since the Canadian was receiving treatment outside of Canada which is not included in our UHC. I was more or less looking at a Canadian being...

  23. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I want to challenge you....show me proof that the Canadian UHC system denies medical care or limits a person to a certain treatment as opposed to the newer more expensive treatment (for example). I...

  24. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I guess you're right, when I looked at it, it is a form of rationing. The wait lists are intolerable to me and part of a large problem I can't help but add that the US must ration resources as well...

  25. I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    LaughingRN replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting point to think about. Obviously there is not an infinite number of resources in the world, or any country for that matter... and keeping this in mind: (simplified scenario) If Country X...