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  1. Young, Unfit, Drug Addicted, etc. Mothers

    nursemichelle replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was one of those "young mothers" and my nurses were so compassionate and helped me so much (my parents weren't there with me...too embarrassed) during my 32 hour labor that I will never forget them....

  2. Looking for names of helpful books

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    I KNOW I read this info here somewhere, but for the life of me can't find it...I need the names of the best books to buy to supplement A&P, Chemistry and Micro. Also the best books for general...

  3. Looking for names of helpful books

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, sounds

  4. Looking for names of helpful books

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, thanks! I've never heard of RNotes, what is

  5. I wish I'd have known....B4 nursing school

    nursemichelle replied to ARmickie's topic in General Nursing

    :) Thanks Brenda, that is encouraging!!!!!

  6. The Cons of Nursing

    nursemichelle replied to iy0ga's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm so sorry you've had such a bad experience, no one deserves to have to be spoken to like that. Just remember that you are a valuable, special person and just let those awful words slide right off...

  7. Oklahoma Nurses

    nursemichelle replied to CCU NRS's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Thats nice to know that they are so flexible! What type of work did you do at these places? Thanks for all the

  8. Oklahoma Nurses

    nursemichelle replied to CCU NRS's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Hi! I'd be interested in more info on your time at Mercy, I'm supposed to start nursing school this fall if all goes well and I get accepted (find out early June). I talked to the recruiter at Mercy...

  9. Friends and nurses

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you find that most of your friends are in the medical field, or do you have friends from lots of different areas? Do you have lots of cyber nursing friends too? Just

  10. Should patients receive their gallstones?

    nursemichelle replied to MsHB's topic in Operating Room

    :uhoh21:

  11. A Day in the Life of a Nurse

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm so tired of flip flopping on my decision whether to start nursing school or not, I've been told I'm to start in the fall, but still have hesitations...could you give me an idea what a "typical" (I...

  12. A Day in the Life of a Nurse

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Dave, thanks for all that info - that sounds wonderful!! I've been really thinking about OR, and that really gave me some interesting insight into what goes on! I've thought about OB too, but I'm...

  13. Accepted my first job...I'm scared!!

    nursemichelle replied to tiona's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ohhhhh, so what exactly is a skilled nursing facility (a hospital???) Geesh, I'm soo clueless

  14. Accepted my first job...I'm scared!!

    nursemichelle replied to tiona's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sorry, but what does SNF stand for? I've racked my brain and none of the things I'm coming up with could possibly be right!

  15. telemetry

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    What does it mean when you all are saying you work in Telemetry? What exactly is that and what do you do? Sorry...but still learning while waiting for school to

  16. telemetry

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhhhhh. So the nurse monitors those machines and gives basic care to those patients with heart problems??? Is there a specific nurse to monitor those machines, or do all nurses do that? I mean -...

  17. Average Nurse Retirement Age

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    From your experience, do most nurses work until in their late 60s or do they retire earlier than that (due to the physical nature of the job etc), I know many people in their 60s are in great physical...

  18. Average Nurse Retirement Age

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why they wouldn't rather bend over backwards to keep the experienced nurses, makes more sense to have better care! I hope I can stay with it for many many years after all this work...

  19. Losing your license

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    After reading, and reading and READING on these threads, I have yet another question....people here are always commenting on the need to protect your nursing license...so my question is--how common is...

  20. Average Nurse Retirement Age

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Thats good to know, since I'm old (38) and just starting nursing school, I was wondering if it would be a short lived career

  21. It's worth it because....

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why is it worth it to you to devote your career to nursing? I've read so many negative things, I'd like to see the other side....what has made all the sacrifices, the lack of sleep, the aches and...

  22. It's worth it because....

    nursemichelle replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    Good! I'm getting sooo nervous, but excited at the same time. I want to work in some area of OB, can't

  23. Oklahoma Nurses

    nursemichelle replied to CCU NRS's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Hi! I'm applying for nursing school at Redlands in El Reno this year, have lots of my basics done, but may not have enough points yet, so may have to go another year and finish up the rest of my...

  24. a simple question

    nursemichelle posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I've been "addicted" to reading all these forums for a couple of months now while I've been trying to decide whether or not to become a nurse. I have a 4.0 now, and really don't mind the studying, it...

  25. hours??

    nursemichelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did you get to choose the hours (shift/days) that you REALLY wanted to work as a new grad or even later on-- or is it usually a situation that you have to rotate weekends and shifts/days etc. I'm...