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  1. Advice Needed

    ttpurtee posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am struggling, because I want to make some type of career change, but I don't know exactly what to do. I am a high school math teacher, who does not enjoy high schoolers. I have thought about...

  2. Medical Staffing and Home Health

    ttpurtee posted a topic in Home Health

    I have a couple questions if you work for a medical staffing place do they give you insurance as a Registered Nurse? Also, if you work for Home Health is that taking care of a person in their home?...

  3. Medical Staffing and Home Health

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in Home Health

    I am not a nurse, I am debating on becoming one. I was refering to medical health, dental

  4. Tonsillectomy

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, as some of you know, I have considered going into nursing. However, I struggle with vomit, so I thought that meant I would not make a good nurse. Also, my DD just had her tonsils removed and...

  5. Calories

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, or medical professional, is it valuable information to know how many calories a patient eats per day? I have a friend who is a RN and she says that is valuable information, but I can't...

  6. Nursing Job

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a high school math teacher and somedays when I am done with the school day, I am beat. I have nothing left to give my own family. It is not like that everyday but somedays in addition by friday...

  7. Brain of a Nurse

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Would you say that a registered nurse, needs to be very analytical (detail oriented) or not so much. Thanks for you

  8. Nursing Career Question

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have considered becoming a nurse, however, I have a question. As a nurse, do you bring work home with you? I am thinking that you would not, but I thought I would ask just in case. Also, if you are...

  9. Nursing Homes and Jobs

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am considering getting into nursing and going to nursing school, but I wanted to get a feel for if I would like it or not, by becoming a nursing assistant at a nursing home. My question is do you...

  10. Nutrition

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if there are nursing positions in the area of Nutrition or that deal with Nutrition? I am interested in good nutrition and helping others develop good nurtious habits. I know that...

  11. Birth Control Pill Question

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it weird that bc pill makes me feel better? They also help me lose weight. I don't know why. I have less/ more tolerable PMS when on birth control pills. I have two kids and since my second...

  12. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother had a widow maker heart attack and was in ICU, well the she died 4 days later in the hospital. My question is why did the nurses not tell me that my grandmother had such a severe heart...

  13. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't feel comfortable giving me your thoughts on this situation that is fine. I just wondered from actual nurses what they thought about it. My father is a RN, but he is to close to the...

  14. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses acually told me that she was not getting enough oxygen to her brain becaue she kept fainting. She was also in moderate (it seemed like it got worse after all this happened) alzheimers. I...

  15. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    It also may give more information, I don't know if it will or not, but she also had

  16. Cardiac Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    There was one full day that she was not getting enough oxygen to her brain because she kept fainting in her bed. She was moved out of ICU, but when she started fainting they put her back in ICU and...

  17. Nursing Question

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    For all you nurses, if cleaning up vomit makes you gag or almost throw up yourself, do you think that is a sign that you would never be able to handle being a

  18. Over worked Nurses

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have heard a lot of nurses say they are overworked. Do you think that is always true in all years or just worse now due to the recession and the economy. If you have been a nurse for while, have...

  19. Over worked Nurses

    ttpurtee replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it only going to get

  20. Write ups

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would cause a nurse to be written up? Are there a certain number of write ups and then you are fired or

  21. Nursing vs. Accounting.

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that I can't get career advice of a message board, but I wanted to know what posters thought. First of all, I am a high school math teacher and very unsatisfied, which I have been since I...

  22. Nursing vs. Teaching?

    ttpurtee replied to nurse1109's topic in Nursing Career

    I am also a teacher, considering a nursing career. First of all you have test score stress. If the students don't preform up to a certain level the test scores go under your name and you are seen...

  23. Nursing vs. Teaching?

    ttpurtee replied to nurse1109's topic in Nursing Career

    Ceilingcat - What do you mean if you end up with a C- average grade wise, you won't be able to be hired? Do you mean your college GPA or when you are teaching your students average

  24. Mean Nurses

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope no one takes this wrong, but I have heard that nurses are really mean to each other and bully each other. I know I would not handle that well. Is it true that nurses really are mean and...

  25. Online Nursing Schools

    ttpurtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is your opinion on online nursing schools? Do you think that is respected as much as brick and mortar schools, or do you think there is no