BamaRN

I live alone, work 12 hour shifts and have a minature poodle (pierre). He does good when I am gone. When I have to work, I get up and feed Pierre while Im getting ready then let him out right before I leave. He has dry food out just in case he get...

I have never passed out, but my blood sugar bottoms out all the time. yesterday i started getting shaky in a pts room and excused myself quickly to check my blood sugar. I barely made it down the hall. my bs was 40 (i start getting symptomatic aro...

hey - i too will be glad to help you. im a new nurse so i still have school, nclex etc on the brain as well. let me know if i can help candice

I have had around 10 PPD tests and every time I get one the site looks worse than the one before. I think I may have reactions to the stuff they inject. Last one I too had a red bump about as big as a dime and it hurt. This took like 2 weeks to cl...

I took it for 4 months and hated it- my periods never regulated, pms was worse and i gained like 15 pounds. I went back to my doc and she changed it to yasmin which i have taken for about 3 years and I love. my periods come the same day (even the s...

Ok the first thing to do is calm down - no need in freaking out about it because odds are youll pass and if not its not the end of the world, you just take it again. I took 2 review courses and answered about 3000 questions. I also read thru a revi...

The one thing I pride myself on is organization and time management. I have figured out a way to get my am assessment/med pass/nursing notes finished usually before the experienced nurses do. After report I gather all my piggybacks and narcotics tha...

Hey - Im Candice. I just found out 2 days ago that i passed boards!! I work on a med/surg floor. Im on my 5th week of orientation.

congratulations!! I found out that i passed today too!!

Oh my lord - i too am freaking out. I took it today and like so many of you i have no earthly clue how I did - no idea at all. It cut off at 75 so Im hoping that is a good sign. My state (AL) doesnt do the quick results thing so i have to wait fo...

Well the long hard road through nursing school is finally over for me!! Now i have one more hurdle to jump over before begining my new career - the nclex. I was just wondering how ya'll prepared for boards. Any suggestions will help. Thanks!

I was wondering if anyone was going to say Gaylord Focker!! He is my fave :)

When I first got on BC a few years ago I took Ortho Tricyclen Lo. I hated it - it didnt help regulate my period and I gained about 20 pounds while taking it. So I went back to my Gyn and she put me on Yasmin. Ive been taking that for about 2 years...

ok when I was little I for some dumb reason wanted to be hurt - I would do things like put on ace bandages on the school bus and tell everyone I sprained my wrist. I have no idea why I did this. Anyways when I was 7 I was playing outside and though...

WHAT??? You mean thats not what ya'll do at night? Well my hospital can just forget me working the night shift when I graduate then. :rotfl: :rotfl:

So today Dr Phil mentioned the whole incident. He never really said Im sorry but he did say he respects nurses and they are the backbone of the medical field etc. It was funny because he read a letter written by two nurses that said we know you did...

im a PCT while I finish school (1 more semester!!!) i live in central alabama and make $8.62 an hour

my boyfriend is still in college. Hes in ROTC so when he graduates he'll be an officer in the army.

you may have cushings. its caused by pituitary tumor, adrenal tumor, some meds - corticosteroids. the s/s you listed are all s/s of cushings also may have HTN, hyperglycemia, depression, fatigue etc. i would definately go to another doctor and hav...

I will graduate in May but I remember when I first started doing clinicals i was the same way. My very first clinical I was sooo nervous that I stood in the hall outside my patients room for like 10 minutes before actually going in. It will get bet...

One of our shirts said "Nurses... We bust ours to stick yours" and had a big syringe drawn on it. It gets laughs everytime I wear it :chuckle

I will graduate in May. This semester we go to school 2 days a week all day and have clinical 2 days a week. If going to class and clinical was all you had to do then it might not be so bad but all the sudying and paperwork and careplans take up AL...

Pray for me - now, tomorrow or when Im dead. I always need it!!!