I love xenaderm..:roll a great barrier cream that can be applied only once per day usually.... It is expensive but can be used on highly excoriated areas. I have seen this work on patients that...
Unfortunately there is really no way of getting around the boards laws for the Nclex. I am in Ca and really wanted and started to do Excelsior but after much thought I decided to just go the...
NurseChick04 replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing
Wannabee, Have you ever heard the term "Nurses eat their young?". LOL..I feel sorry for you when you get out of school into the nursing field. With that attitude of yours you will be gobbled up in no...
My first year as a nurse I was sick all the time. Now when I get sick which is rarely(knock on wood :), I get a mild version of the sickness. My kids come home with all kinds of nasty stuff and I can...
NurseChick04 replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students
There is no way I would do that. What are they going to do kick you out? That would give a bad rep to that school. We never had to do that and that is just ridiculous. Don't let them scare you into...
LOL...Yes, I would like to have the last word on this. You seem like the type of person that has very low self esteem and in order to "pump" yourself up you try to make other's feel little. For...
Ex130load, Well you should pat yourself on the back for that great litttle speech :) Maybe you should have read my reply to the other user's comments as it will clearly say that I did not call this...
No, reading stupid comments like yours is a total waste of time! I have met so many nurses that brag about what good grades they got in nursing school and they are so incompetent I wouldn't let them...
I am also doing the Excelsior program and I live in California. I haven't enrolled yet and plan to when I get a couple tests out of the way. I know that CA does not accept this program but when I am...
I had an allergic reaction to sulfa about 5 years ago. I had taken it several times before for frequent UTI's and never had a problem. This last time I took it and about 45 minutes later I started...
I went to school in a military town and had some pretty strict ex-army nursing instructors..they told us to take the worst job that we could find for at least a year after school..they said it would...
NurseChick04 replied to TempleChic's topic in Georgia Nursing
I am not sure of what kind of programs they have in your area but when I went to school I was a single parent and I took advantage of everything I could to get me through school. You need to apply for...