TonyafutureRN

I disagree also that you shouldn't work and go to school. I am going to school full time 5 days a week and still work at least 30 hours a week. And I have a 4.0 halfway through my LPN course. I have to do this to be able to afford child care during s...

I had went to a bone marrow drive back in 1998, and I got a call yesterday saying there is a 38 year old woman with Hodgkin's Lymphoma who looks like a preliminary match. They asked for consent to do further testing on my blood,which I gave. If that ...

Some of your replies are so sweet you make me want to cry! Thanks, guys. As for the cost, I went to a bone marrow drive and one time I went with the guy I was dating to a drive, and nobody was charged. The people that were having the drives had raise...

For the poster who was wondering about how to get registered, go to http://www.marrow.org and it will answer your questions. From what I read on the website,several million people are registered and they've only matched up 11,000 since 1987 so I gue...

I can't imagine wanting your baby to be born by surgery instead of delivering him/her vaginally. Of course if a c-section was necessary, I would have had one, but choose it? never! I know a LOT of women who've had c-sections. In fact, of my friends, ...

Today was the first time I had a patient die in my care, or a person die in front of me for that matter. It wasn't a surprise at all since she was a hospice patient and the hospice nurses had told the family the night before that she probably wouldn'...

I know a criminal background check is done for nursing positions. I was just charged with Failure to Appear in Court for a traffic violation. Will this keep me from getting a job? Thank you. Tonya

Thank you so much. I feel better now

We have a snow day here too. Just about everything in Va is shut down. My school didn't decide to close til late yesterday evening. They told us they don't close easily since we're on such a tight schedule. I didn't want to miss any school since we a...

In my school, we also have a couple of people who are from adjoining states that had 2 or more years on a waiting list to get into the LPN program. There are also many of us who didn't want to wait 2 or 3 years on a waiting list for the RN program so...

I too have little ones. I'm married with a 2 1/2 y/o and a 1 y/o. I agree with the others about studying after they go to bed. I put mine to bed at 7, then it's study time. Before then I give them their dinner, baths, and usually rock and sing or rea...

Yikes! I hate roaches too.I do home health as well but haven't really had a problem with this. I only saw a roach one time in one house. Most of my patients are in pretty clean houses and don't have a problem with this. I would be most scared of bri...

Oh ok. That makes sense. Thanks. Tonya

Sorry I don't have any advice but you have my sympathies. I too am having trouble with the strain of additional gas and babysitting fees, since I don't get to work except a little on the weekends. I have loans and I'm dreading the day I have to start...

Way to go RN2 92. I loved your post, it got a laugh from me. I had a question from the nurse who posted about the mother of the child with a fever dressing and covering up the child. I am in school, and trying to learn, but this is one of the things ...

I'm with you, Frances. Drinking semen (or anything else for that matter) out of someone's rear is BEYOND disgusting. I didn't think anything was worse than the rodent thing, but that very well may be.

Thanks for writing to me guys. I have found that yoga and stretching help me feel better when my back is sore after working. I really wish I had more time to exercise during the week, but between my children, school, and homework I have no time to my...

Since I'm back at school this term I haven't been working much. I had a home health patient today that was a paraplegic and I am really feeling it now. I was wondering if there are exercises you can do to strengthen muscles you use when you lift your...

OOPS. This is posted in the wrong forum, I was reading a post in that forum and clicked the new post button without thinking. How can I fix it? Thanks

I just started nursing school (the real thing), and I am so stressed out. My prereqs and Nurse Aide program were cakewalk, but I am having a hard time adjusting to the nursing program. I have to get up at 5:30 am, get myself and my two toddlers read...

Thank you all for your support and kind words. It is all appreciated. To answer the one who asked about marriage, yes I do have a husband but he works long hours and by the time he gets home things are settling down. I do have family around here bu...

My grandmother also said she thought the baby wasn't as early as we thought, but her reasoning was the baby had long fingernails. Of course she's also the grandmother who told me my milk had turned to water when my 3 month old baby had her growth spu...

So do you think the dr shouldn't have let my baby go home? I hadn't really thought about that before I came to this board. I did have to bring the baby back to the dr the next day (fri), then early the next week so they could make sure she was doing ...

They never said anything about sepsis when they sent us home. The dr said the baby was nursing well, eliminating well, keeping up temp and glucose, and breathing well so they had no reason to keep her. She was 4 lbs 15 oz. My cousin also had a 5 lb 3...

True, most babies do have permanent problems, but not all. I know a lady who had a 23 1/2 week baby and her little girl has no long term problems. When my daughter was born at 33 weeks they told me to expect her to not be able to nurse, to stay in th...