swirlything replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing
Who says I'm stuck? Who says I cannot rise further if I so choose? I happen to be fantastic with the Enlish language and have been told that I am a dynamic speaker. I am, however, where I want to...
swirlything replied to katiep14's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Winnie Palmer in Orlando has a level III NICU and they do ECMO. I know they just hired some new grads, and I kind of doubt they are hiring anyone else; but I could be wrong. Some of the Orlando area...
swirlything replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing
One of my nursing instructors said the choice, for her, between RT and RN is this: do you mind phlegm??? She said she cannot tolerate phlegm. Blood, urine, vomit, feces, puss... no problem! But she...
I just finished nursing school. I'm like you, I always enjoyed school. As far as nursing school, I very much enjoyed most of my classes. I had a one teacher who used the word "okay" an average of 6...
swirlything replied to rollydrooly208's topic in General Nursing
I think that I would have been WORSE off if I'd known what nursing school really entailed... because I might have decided not to do it. Because I didn't really know what I was getting into, I jumped...
swirlything replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing
loveday, wilson, hoffman, and pratt (2007) found that most of the microbial contamination of uniforms comes from the wearer, not from patients. according to this study, the general perception that...
swirlything replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing
I once heard a student nurse talk about a medication that a patient was taking "prophetically" instead of "prophylactically." It was hard to control the laughter! My daughter wants to add: "I ax you...