angelymick

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1. VA hospital........WOW! I was impressed!!

   angelymick replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   :caduceus: I don't work for the VA, but I work at a Military Hospital. I cannot tell you enough how wonderful my job is. I find most of my co-workers to much happier than at the previous civilian hospital I worked at. There is such an air of re...

2. Will I Be Too Old??

   angelymick replied to walktheline's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you-it's been the best time of my life...

3. Will I Be Too Old??

   angelymick replied to walktheline's topic in General Nursing

   Be too old! Gosh no! The ones with the knee and back problems have been doing it since their 20's and 30's. Think how we can do it till we retire. Besides as of today, I am 43, just graduated :mortarboard: in June, sat for my NCLEX this morning an...

4. Client or Patient?

   angelymick replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for bringing this question up, I too have noticed it, not only in our textbooks, but also my instructor using this term. Some how I feel a loss of compassion using this term, it feels so cold saying "client". I know that medicine has beco...

5. Chewing Ice!!!

   angelymick replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

   :Snowman1:Wow, a classmate and I were having lunch today and were talking about how we both do this, she has been having problems with anemia and has started taking Iron. I have been indulging in the ice too, I love the ice that comes out of the ER...

6. DH dying-need prayers

   angelymick replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice

   My prayers and thoughts are with you and your daughter.

7. Wedding rings that sit "high" up vs. gloves

   angelymick replied to fyrelight74's topic in General Nursing

   when I go to clinicals (I am a student) I leave the stones at home. Christmas, my husband bought me a very inexpensive gold band at walmart. I am very happy to leave the good one at home. I too was taught that we could spread micros in between the s...

8. After graduation present.......

   angelymick replied to gasgiver's topic in SRNA

   I am going to book a cruise for my husband and I and our three kids. It will be our reward for all we went through to get me here. I also plan on buying either a canoe or kyack for stress relief. It is something I always dreamed of having.

9. Has anyone ever seen a prolapsed rectum?

   angelymick replied to angelymick's topic in General Nursing

   Holyster-"Surgery has a high failure rate" Do you know a specific percentage?

10. Has anyone ever seen a prolapsed rectum?

    angelymick replied to angelymick's topic in General Nursing

    Isyorke, The thing that amazed me that in all her agony and pain, she was asking us students if we had any questions. I was totally amazed by her willingness to share in order for us to learn. :thankya:

11. Has anyone ever seen a prolapsed rectum?

    angelymick posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was just interested in regard to an experience I had in clinical the other day. I am an LPN student and we had a pt w/a prolapsed rectum. This pt is a retired RN and wanted everyone of the students to see what had happened to her rectum. She...

12. Need assistance with these medical terms...

    angelymick replied to DebbieLynne's topic in General Nursing

    Check out Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary, little pricey but worth the cost, you won't need to buy another. Good luck in the fall, I will be in my second year of my LPN course. I am doing it part time.

13. Draw prize at Tradeshow booth

    angelymick replied to canuckeh!'s topic in Emergency

    how about a gift certificate to a scrub supply place available on-line.

14. Nursing Student looking for Reasurance

    angelymick replied to kalbrandt's topic in General Nursing

    I too am in a LPN program, I started this past September. I am enjoying being a student at 41 and am doing well. We too have had alot of confusing and conflicting information in regards to our program. They brought in a new "Head of the program". ...

15. Anti-Dentites and Anti-Doctor-ites Unite!

    angelymick replied to Sgt_Chunk_Spelunker's topic in General Nursing

    Oh! I sooooooooo don't feel alone anymore when it comes to the dentist. I avoid them with all my might. I have a horrible phobia when it comes to going to the dentist thanks to my mom (dentures on the top of her mouth because of her phobia and put...