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  1. Kind of gross...but fever blisters

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am at my wits end...I have no idea what to do....It seems when I get stressed or even the slightest cold, I get either a massive fever blister or a little cluster of them on my bottom lip. I am a...

  2. Any Diploma RN's out there?

    sherichance posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Can you tell me about your schooling and experience as a diploma RN? Also where did you find your program at? I am in Connecticut and have searched all I can to find somewhere that offers this....

  3. Anyone from Key West? I need help...

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, my husband just made advancement this week. We found out that we are moving to Key West Florida, the Coast Guard base there. Can anyone give me some suggestions to some sites regarding nursing...

  4. State Health Inspector..how do you become one?

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok. I am fed up. I may be a nursing student but I have a CNA background. The LTC I worked in was a good one, I rarely seen incorrect things done. However, my Grandfather is in a nursing home, grant...

  5. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok. Maybe I am just not seeing it, but why do most people think it weird that I am allergic to oranges? I go to the doctor to for a visit and they ask what I am allergic to, I say oranges, the MA's or...

  6. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone. Now I dont feel so odd about my allergy. Its just so weird because when I tell the MA's or Doctors they just look at me like I am making it up. I know my son needs to be exposed...

  7. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it happens if I eat grapefruit, but not lemons. I know people have found that

  8. What if CNA won't work?

    sherichance replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I dont understand some CNA's either. I was a CNA for sometime and yes I will admit, sometimes my job was yucky or stinky. But I would never leave someone in a wet brief or abuse them. I treated the...

  9. Online CNA?RN classes

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been doing some looking around in here and found a few sites like http://www.istudysmart.com http://www.medassistant.org The first site says you can go for your associates in science/nursing....

  10. Anyone from Key West? I need help...

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    oh my goodness...i am just worried about driving all that with a child in the car and going over that US 1 bridge for 122 miles...a little too scarey for

  11. Causes of ?...........

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can you help me list possible causes of severe piercing chest pain in a healthy adult woman? Pleuricy Costochondritis GERD Angina ??? Pneumonia Anxiety attack Pinched Nerve Some type of trauma to...

  12. Causes of ?...........

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the great replies. Trying to reposition the body does not help, actually makes it worse. Been there and done that with anti-gas, even prilosec for possible GERD. CT scan ruled out gall...

  13. Silliest Non-Emergency?

    sherichance replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Not an ER nurse here. But I was in the ER a few weeks ago for some lower right quad pain, ouch!! I seen a gentlemen come in, who looked in his late 20's, with a young girl, that looked 17 and said he...

  14. Antidepressants & Weight Gain

    sherichance replied to markjrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there. I have battled depression ever since I was young. I have been on MANY different meds. The best one that I have been on, and still am on, is Wellbutrin. Actually when I started it many years...

  15. Help! Advice on kid swallowing a pill...

    sherichance replied to RNin2007's topic in General Nursing

    I understand where youre coming from. As a child, I could not swallow pills for anything. My issue was I had a fear of choking. Even the smallest pill would make me nuts. I would get ready to swallow...

  16. sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    sherichance posted a topic in General Nursing

    I apologize but it seems like the only people who can understand the stress I am under is on this site. I cant even really talk to my best friend because she is not in the same boat as me. I am a...

  17. sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I am not paying school with my own personal money first of all so I am not spending our money. I have a Pell Grant, and a state assistance grant. So ALL of my schooling is paid for no matter what. I...

  18. Navy- Info needed!!!!

    sherichance replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in Government, Military

    Babygurl- Honestly, you do not get to choose your first assignment. They will let you list your first 3 top picks and they will go from there. You may not get your first one so dont be disappointed....

  19. Any Navy Hospital Corpsman out there?

    sherichance replied to ldshaw's topic in Government, Military

    Another veteran Navy HM here. I went to school in Great Lakes and let me tell you, the school was challenging at times. I think they train the HM's alot better now. More knowledge, hands on training...

  20. Don't Rough My Newborn Up!!!!!!!

    sherichance replied to capribry's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would have to agree with all of you. When its your first baby and if you were not an OB nurse, you may think that the nurses are handling your baby roughly. When I had my son, I had worked in health...

  21. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

    sherichance replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my. I am not an RN yet but I have been a CNA. I worked in a facility where some of the older CNA's thought that they were the nurse. They would take out IV's, administer meds, mess with GI tubes....

  22. sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    oops. as for child care vouchers, i have tried to get those..apparently my husband makes too much every month to be eligible for that...i even looked into daycare/preschool for low income families,...

  23. sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all. Let me start by answering so questions: We are Coast Guard, they do not have ANY base housing here. There is Navy housing but its in Bremerton Washington which is over an hour drive...

  24. Have you traveled with your child/ren?

    sherichance replied to Meerkat's topic in Travel

    Oops. My bad. I was just responding to traveling in general, not traveling nurses.

  25. Complications from a CT scan???

    sherichance replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there again. Like the doctor told me, she found NOTHING wrong with my ears. No redness or fluid, no signs of a cold either. Its just weird. I am still having balance problems and here it is Monday...