butterfly134

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1. Coping Mechanisms- How do you cope?

   butterfly134 replied to dstevens25's topic in Men in Nursing

   Nothing wrong with a good cry every now and again! Having a good rant with nursing student besties works wonders because well you know that they are going through the same stuff. Sometimes if you have...

2. irish student here

   butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in United Kingdom

   im aware that there are courses like that in Ireland too however, I feel like I will probably have to emigrate. Canada isn't looking to great but I know the UK are definitely taking in new irish...

3. irish student here

   butterfly134 posted a topic in United Kingdom

   Hi, I'm an Irish student nurse and as I'm sure those in the UK know that a lot of Irish student nurses are emigrating to the UK to work post qualifying here in Ireland. I'll have a degree in general...

4. is it true about canada?? light in this gloom??

   butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in Immigration Advice

   So I've done some research tonight and I see that the skilled route is closed, do you think this cud open again by 2016? We were told that Canada needs nurses, so now I feel really disappointed! Could...

5. is it true about canada?? light in this gloom??

   butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in Immigration Advice

   so does this mean I can't emigrate to Canada to nurse??

6. is it true about canada?? light in this gloom??

   butterfly134 posted a topic in Immigration Advice

   I have heard that Canada will be recruiting a lot of nurses in the coming years. Is this true? My story- I'm an irish student nurse and I will soon receive my bachelor of science in general nursing. I...

7. american student nurses and irish student nurses-differences?

   butterfly134 posted a topic in General Students

   In Ireland, as part of our BSN we do clinical placement and then we do a clinical internship for 9 months. Initially in first year we do a lot of observing and chatting to patients but after that a...

8. what does it take to be a pediatric nurse??

   butterfly134 posted a topic in Pediatric

   I'm 20 and a student nurse, I'll be qualified soon and I think I want to specialise in peds but I don't know if I have what it takes. My grades are really really good, I love working with children and...

9. COPD - so confused!

   butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for your help, really appreciate it!

10. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    YOU ARE A STAR.....I think I've worked it out...(I must sound so stupid! )..pH would be acidic???? WBC's always present in urine in infection or is it just

11. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    1) I know that more than 300 l/min is generally the normal rate for men. But what would these figures be in a moderate copd exacerbation? My guess is 200-250 l/min however I'm not sure 2) So...

12. COPD - so confused!

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I'm posting in the right place but I need your help! I'm studying COPD (BSN Student) at the moment and I'm just so confused, please don't tell me to google or read a text books or read...

13. Most challenging moments in Nursing school

    butterfly134 replied to Onco_NT's topic in General Students

    I'm still in nursing school but the hardest part so far was working with a nurse on clinicals who was in a really bad mood and criticised unconstructively for the 12 hours we worked together, by 6pm I...

14. Who were you in high school

    butterfly134 replied to Dezy's topic in General Students

    I was the quiet, shy kid with a few close friends, studied hard, didn't cause much hastle, didn't really fit in and fairly innocent to be honest.....that all changed when I left high school and...

15. young and inexperienced or....?

    butterfly134 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey nurses, I know I'm a general nursing student but I wanted to post this on your page because I need a response from you guys. Basically, I'm 20 years old and I'm on clinical rotation at the...