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I guess Raleigh in general. A couple we're friends with are moving there. I know the area is growing, but coming from Metro DC, it's much calmer. I'm really jealous, b/c I would like a change in the quality of life. We're both originally from ci...

double diapers. It drives me crazy when a nursing home patient comes in with two diapers on and maybe a chux thrown in for good measure. I'm not a real fan of oral care, either. I've done it one in the ED b/c the patient kept showing me her tee...

I need to hear some opinions. I work in the ED as a tech, while in school. We've been married 5 years and had to postpone starting a family b/c I went back to school for nursing. I graduate this May and will be starting in the ED as a new grad. ...

In terms of nationalized salaries... Fed salaries are pretty good. My husband is a Fed and is compensated very well. Teachers are part of state, county and local salary structures, which are known to be pretty poor.

Dickies scrub tops have a waist cut into them, but are still long enough. So I can move and bend while being comfortable and not exposing anything Some have a drawstring tie in the back, but it's not really obvious, like the ones that look like ma...

I'd say Nursing is more difficult than the BS Engineering. But a different type of difficult. Most of my nursing classmates probably couldn't do Differential Equations or Calculus above level 2. A lot would struggle with Organic Chem (which our pr...

Sweet Jesus, finals are over!! One semester left and boy am I in need of this winter break. I think I've completely lost my mind over the course of this last one. :roll CHEERS!!

I love wounds and abscesses. I also observed a penile implant and that was pretty cool. Not a fan of the sputum, though. Or when you cath someone and it comes out like pudding? I could stare at that forever b/c I am so amazed that can actually ha...

I loved Burned Finger Lady last week. She was screaming and crying bloody murder b/c she touched a hot pan. Then she proceeeds to point out all of her burned fingers to me in triage. I was squinting and getting close and I still couldn't see any b...

Either CC of University, it depends on the school. I've attended both a Big Ten University and now my local community college. Both have strong points and weaknesses. I've found that some times the expectations are a little lower at the CC and oth...

Thanks for any responses. I'll be graduating in May. I'll do my orientation at the hospital where I already work as a student tech. Hopefully that will start in July and be finished in mid-October. But I've been waiting a while to start a family. ...

Foleys are my favorite skill! :rotfl: Always aim a little high and point it upwards. If it looks big, that's not it. If someone is really fleshy, try separating the folds starting from bottom up, not starting at the top and working down. It's ...

Still a student, but a 2nd time around one. In terms of getting a higher degree and not moving up.. you get a degree b/c you like the topic and want to do it. Never get any degree just for the promotion or money. And who knows, maybe a higher posit...

Darts or seams on the tops, for the women at least. Talls that are actually talls in women's styles

1. Money 2. What you can do when not working Two very important factors. And yet, they don't say anything about what you want to do 3-5 days per week. Don't get me wrong, you need to consider those things. But while teaching and nursing have com...

While we're on diapers... please do not send your residents to us in the ambo double-diapered or with chux or washcloths stuffed down them. This is why we change briefs on occasion. My husband's great aunt was brought to a family picnic with a chu...

I've never heard of a nappie. I say "brief." The only problem is sometimes people don't understand "brief" and they say "oh, you mean the diaper?" Adults do not wear diapers!

LTC, first clinicals. Nasty, uncooperative, 300+lb woman. I wanted to cry and go home and never come back again! I had her again a few weeks later and she finally started trusting me. I remember wanting to throw the brief/diaper, though. How ...

I start IV's, draw blood, foley cath, straight cath, splint, wrap, crutch, EKG, setup for gyn, lac, i&d, and so on. I'm a 2nd yr nursing student, though, so the RN's can trust me to do these all pretty well. I only have one nurse that talks do...

ha! We have the same name and year! :chuckle Many hospitals offer PCT positions for nursing students. Most require you to finish Fundamentals first. Many are non-benefited. They vary widely in programs, pay, responsibilities, requirements, sche...

Don't live off of loans. You don't want to graduate with thousands of dollars of debt. I can pay as I go, too. Or they also have a monthly payment plan. The community college is only $1000 per semester, which is insanely cheap, but there are a l...

From where are you moving? I used to live in the apts across from Merriweather, corner of Broken Land and Hickory Ridge Rd. I forget the name, starts with an S. Nice apartments, some crappy neighbors. The Avalon next to it looks nice too. Apartm...

Marilyn is a columnist with a really high IQ. She used to do only trivia and mind game type questions. Now she also does advice and other type of questions. Whenever she strays from mind and logic puzzles, it's pretty obvious that her high IQ does...

Speaking from experience, you need to have a talk with her first. You're the only one that can take charge of your feelings. God, that sounds cheesy and self-helpish. But it's true. You have to be bold and be willing to make your decisions with c...

I just got my first scrubs for a nurse extern job this summer. We can wear any kind we want. So I ordered LA Rose pants. All of them fit a little differently, though they're all the same size and color. I can deal. But I ordered 4 printed tops fro...