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I read this too when researching plastic surgery for myself. I was also picturing odd pockets of fat. Turns out, it's true but not in the bizzare way it sounds. So for me, I had a tummy tuck (after having had 5 babies - I deserved it! LOL) with a small amount of conturing lipo (as is pretty standard for the proceedure). A couple years after the tummy tuck, I put on a little weight. As I did, I found that the areas which had had fat removed, stayed pretty much the same. So that added weight went to other parts of my body. So like, I used to have skinny arms, but now when my weight fluctuates up, my upper arms flesh out. And my thighs seem to want to absorb extra pounds. But my abdomen stays as flat as it can be. Does that make sense? It's not that the fat is moving around or travelling to other areas or leaving odd shaped lumps in unusual places. It's just that any added fat is distributed (pretty evenly) to other areas of the body. Now, if you had a ton of lipo and there was little left untouched, then you migh find fat depositing itself in unsual areas.

I had my tonsils out at almost 19. My mother had been a nurse for about 17 yrs at that point. She'd been in ICU most of that time and was working on her nurse practitioner's license. Needless to say, she'd pretty much seen it all. So I get my tonsils out and she was there in the recovery room when I was waking up. I don't know what had happened, but they'd put an O2 mask on me. I started coughing and blood splattered the mask. My mother FREAKED! I wasn't even fully out of anesthesia and I still knew she was losing it. Later, I asked her what in the world!?! How could a little blood after something as routine as a tonsillectomy possibly have upset her so much? Her answer, "That was MY baby." So yes, it's different when it's your own child. There's no professional detatchment when it's your baby.

After making sure their needs are taken care of, if someone makes an over-the top request how about saying, "I'm sorry, I need to check on my other patients now. I'll be back to see how you're doing at such-and-such time. Use the call bell if you need anything before then."

My revisions - I took out redundancies and discussion of your own child as well as the "name dropping" of teachers who used your daycare services as it is my opinion that it does not speak to your nursing skills. You can provide character references at a later time if necessary. My name is ........., and I am a Registered Nurse currently working on a busy Surgical Unit at a large teaching hospital. I have previous experience at a family practice which saw children of all ages. In addition, I operated a small in-home daycare for two years. I believe I am a capable candidate for this position, because of my experience with children and my current experience at the hospital. I have an abundance of hands on nursing skills that will be useful as a school nurse. I am up to date with my Basic Life Support. I learn very quickly and work well both independently and with others. I have dreamed about becoming a School Nurse for a long time. I have been very pleased with the local school system. The teachers and other staff members I have encountered have been wonderful. I would be thrilled honored to be a part of this wonderful district. Thank you for your time in reviewing my letter and application, and I look forward to hearing back from you.

I don't know what size bear you are looking for, but build-a-bear sells scrub sets for their animals. Maybe you could get a set and use them as a template to create your own pattern.

She was still bleeding out! And the surgeon himself said she should have been a higher priority than the guy they sent to him first. Obviously she doesn't know that exact needs of everyone else who may have been there but she still should have been treated and not allowed to just sit around bleeding to the point of losing consciousness.

I couldn't give you any medical advice even if I wanted to so I'll just say this: If I were you I'd try one more time to see the Dr who did the surgery. If you get there and they try to pawn you off on the PA again, tell them that is unacceptable and you will wait right there in the waiting room till the Dr is available. If they still manage to evade you and/or the Dr does not give you a more satisfactory answer than the mumbo jumbo you've gotten so far, seek a 2nd opinion. Maybe no one will want to see you, but you have nothing to lose by trying.

How wonderful for you that you found your calling!

If they ask that, twist it back to the positives. For example, say that in the hospital setting, you don't feel you get to spend enough time with each individual.

I agree with the others - accentuate the positive. Instead of saying "We're always so short staffed I feel like I'm running around like crazy," say something like "I love giving undivided attention and really working one on one with each patient." You can also mention that you like the idea of a more "normal" schedule but certainly don't tell them that shiftwork is driving you to the brink of depression. Absolutely be honest with them, but focus on the positives as to why you feel pulled to their position rather than focusing on why you want to run away from your current one.

It really depends on where you are. My mother is an FNP and in her state she cannot prescribe fertility drugs.

I just have to chime in here with what happened when I had my first baby. I had been sent home from the hospital earlier that day (even though my Dr said he wanted them to admit me). So by the time I went back, I was at 7cm. The nurse asked me if I wanted an epidural. My only question was if there was still time! There was (but barely). So I got the epidural and was immediately wheeled into a delivery room. Once we got there, they (the nurses/CNAs) were telling me how they were going to transfer me from the gurney to the delivery table. Having JUST gotten the epidural and the fact that it was my first baby and I didn't know any better, I told them I thought I could still walk. So they said "okay" then stood back to watch with looks of amusement on their faces. I managed to get off the gurney just fine and then fell right on my face (onto the delivery table). They just kind of chuckled and helped me onto the bed but I never have been able to figure out why let me do that in the first place. They obviously knew I wasn't going to be able to hold myself up. Seems like that situation could have gone very badly, very quickly.

Sure you can! People retake classes ALL THE TIME trying to get a better grade either to up their GPA or to meet the requirements of a program they want to get into. No special permission has been needed when I, or my husband, or my classmantes, or anyone else I know has done this.

Wow, that sounds like a mess! I don't blame you for wanting out. And really, the new breastfeeding push? I'm sorry to get hung up on that one thing but it boggles my mind. How on this earth can any hospital expect 100% breastfeeding? Aside from them strong arming the women who simply don't want to do it into giving it a try, what about women who have conditions or take medications which preclude breastfeeding? I have a friend who does not have milk ducts. Her first baby nearly starved before they figured out what the problem was. She's physically incapable of making milk so, of course, she never even tried to breastfeed her subsequent children. What does your hospital plan to do in a situation like that? I realize that's an extreme example but what about mothers who are HIV positive? Or need cancer treatments? Or are placing their babies for adoption? Don't get me wrong, I breastfed all 5 of my children, I'm not anti-breastfeeding. I just think are also plenty of legitimate reasons why a woman cannot or may choose not to.

A degree is a degree. No one cares whether you sat in a classroom or at home on your computer to earn it. In fact, I think online classes can be harder because teachers will often require more writing and assignments to take the place of that face-to-face discussion you'd get in a classroom. And you often don't get that instant feedback a teacher will give you in class, or the ideas generated from a discussion group with other students. It's a different way of learning but it's still learning and the degree is exactly the same in the end.

Just an FYI (truly not meaning to be snarky) "PIN number" is redundant. PIN stands for Personal Identification Number. No need to say "number" again. People do it a lot with "ATM machine" as well. The M already stands for machine.

Your high school grades will not count for anything. All they are good for is getting into college. A nursing program may want to see that you've graduated but none of your grades from high school will count towards your GPA in college.

Hmmmm, that's interesting about the license thing. Where I live, CNA training just prepares you for the certification test. You're not actually a "C"NA until you've passed the state tests. I got a little certificate of completion but cannot call myself "certified" on the course alone. I've never once heard heard it referred to as a license though. In fact, I was taught specifically that CNAs do not have a license, we work under the nurse's license - hence being a certified nursing assistant, not a licensed nursing assisitant. That's interesting to me that other states would word it differently, not really surprising though.

Just to clarify, CNAs don't have a license, it's just a certification. If it's been 10 yrs, you probably need to retake a class. In my state, you can only get a waiver of training for testing if your certificate expired less than 1 year ago. It shouldn't matter which class you take, I'm not aware of them being specific to a particular line of work - just generic CNA duties. The class I took assumed we'd be in LTC facillities but the same basic information applies to hospital settings and home health. Many of them (at least in my area) can be completed in 2-4 weeks and are only a few hundred dollars. So you should have plenty of time to get through a course, take your state test and start working before nursing school next year.

This came up in my anatomy class. One girl said she and a friend decided to burn one of the candles one time, without sticking it in anyone's ear. They got the exact same ball of yellow wax as they had when using it correctly. It's not ear wax, it's just the stuff that's in the candle.

I think if you want to contact her, you should try to catch her at work. I equate contacting her through her personal, social, facebook account to calling her at home. I think it croses a professional line and would not help you. But maybe others here see it differently.

I'd say high tail yourself to your school's office for learning disabilities. You wrote this entry here so it's obvious you are not illiterate. You seems very well thought out and plenty intelligent enough to pursue college. There just seems to be a problem with how your brain processes written language. Sounds like a reading disorder and there are lots of ways to help with that. Get tested and go from there. Good luck.

I wouldn't bother with buying a skeleton. Bones are (IMO) the easy part of anatomy. Learning the nerves, muscles (including all their origins, insertions and actions), arteries and veins.... things that can't be seen on a skeletal model were much more intensive. And yes, you can learn certainly learn those names and functions from books (I second the idea of making flashcards - especially for muscles and cranial nerves) but if your class works with cadavers you need to make the time to get into open lab and familiarize yourself with them. Seeing something in a book (or even on a model) and having to identify it on a cadaver in a test are two different things.

You say you've considered finding a job closer to home. What about finding a home closer to your job? If you don't want to move, but you've mentioned how expensive it would be to rent a hotel all the time after work, maybe find a cheap apartment or rent a room from someone for a couple hundred a month where you can crash as needed. Really anything to get you off the road like that would be worth the added cost, IMO.

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