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  1. Need some info from fellow nurses

    HI about six months ago I came on the this sight and asked for some advise about a abnormal mammo. I am 34 and have a strong family history of female cancers on both sides of my family. My OBGYN has been very carfull about duing ultrasounds of my bre...
  2. Non-nursing question about Floyd County

    Rome Middle is a great school. My there main issue right now is that the principle has changed 3 times in 4 years. I know that the teachers there are great and I still see them a good bit. Middle school is in general hard it is just such a change and...
  3. Non-nursing question about Floyd County

    Yes I to was in Rome at Model during 1993. I know what East and West Rome were like and the fear of what would happen when the schools merged but belive it or not the school is now the best one in the State. Kids from Rome High have no problem gettin...
  4. Non-nursing question about Floyd County

    We have several RELLY good LD elementry schools in Rome City two of them are West End. Which is were my son went and then I think the other is either Elm Street or West Central. Please call the Rome City School board and talk with the Director of Spe...
  5. LPN JOBS and PAY in metro Atlanta???PLEASE HELP!

    I live in Rome about an hour north of Atlanta. Most Atlanta hospitals are "phaseing out LPN positions. Kennastone did but I think they have now stopped hiring LPN's. Here in Rome we have 2 hospital's that do hire LPN's Redmond and Floyd and in Carter...
  6. Non-nursing question about Floyd County

    http://www.romebands.org/ http://www.rcs.rome.ga.us/rhs/ http://www.rcs.rome.ga.us/ fyi! refurring to the poster before. rome high is not a getto school anymore. it is the number 1 school in the state! also, my gyn's son, who is my son's age went...
  7. HELP!! Need advise!

    I am a 33 year old LPN, with a family history of a maternal aunt with breast cancer, a paternal aunt with breast cancer and my Paternal grandmother died of uterain and ovarin cancer. In 2000, I found a lump in my left breast and had a ultrasound. the...
  8. Non-nursing question about Floyd County

    I live in Rome and have a Son that has been in the Rome City schools since kindergarden. He is now a Freshman at Rome High. Rome High is large but it is also the number 1 school in the State by SAT scores. There Band is Frist class, football team is ...
  9. HELP!! Need advise

    I am a 33 year old LPN, with a family history of a maternal aunt with breast cancer, a paternal aunt with breast cancer and my Paternal grandmother died of uterain and ovarin cancer. In 2000, I found a lump in my left breast and had a ultrasound. the...
  10. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    I had a pt that was a police officer and he told me that they give people in medical field profesonal curttiy because if they are shot and you are the nurse coming in to help them they don't want you to think o this is th jurk that gave me a tic,
  11. What would you have done? rant

    I work in a large family practice office and had a situation this week that I would like some info on what you would do. I was called by our front office cordanator and told that a 4 yr old boy was just brought end and that his father states that he...
  12. Deathbed visions

    I have had a lot of experances like these in my personal life. Probly the most amazing was when my Grandfather was admitted about 2 weeks before his death I was staying with him. He would get Sundowners when admitted and would get very upset unless ...
  13. What would you have done? rant

    As for the rest of you thank you very much for you constructive coments. I have not been a nurse long and needed the CONSTRUCTIVE advise. Not put downs. If I sounded as if I was putting down all EMS I appoligize that was not my intent. I was simply ...
  14. What would you have done? rant

    Street Doc if you will read my post above you will see that I NEVER ONCE said that the EMT should lose there license! My main problem with them was that they ROLLED there eyes at me. I a professional JUST as they are and WAS DOING MY JOB!! and I DO N...
  15. New Grad. LPN

    I just Grad. in Sept. and just got my license. I am about to get discauraged I can not find a job. It seems like there are no entry level jobs out there. Are we supposed to Grad. with 1-3yrs experance. I have been at a local hospital for two years as...
  16. New Grad. LPN

    Thanks for the reply. I hope to eventually plan to become a Neonatal NP. I plan on taking about a six month break and the starting on bridging into a RN program. I would not mind working in a office but I can not handle working in a nursing home. I ...
  17. Appropriate Action?

    This was what my school considered a Critical insantant. We were told on the frist day to NEVER document appoinons on pts. #1. and if we were to talk to a pt that why our director's head would have spun. She could look like the girl in the exersis...
  18. My best friend's nightmare

    I am so sorry that you, your friend and her daughter are going through this. I work at a crisis pregnacy center, and I have heard so many stories like yours. It is truly a night mare and I hope and pray that everything will be ok with her. Please kno...
  19. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    You know you are a nursing student when ---you have diagnosed every strange person in your extended family with some type of pysh disorder. ---and your 12 yr old child ask you if you are ever going to be able to play video games with him again. ---a...
  20. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    I am a LPN student in a small town which also has a RN school. The RN students continusly look down there nose at us. When we get to the clincal sight we jump in and do anything we can to help and learn, but the RN students will say, " We don't wipe...
  21. A reminder to ALWAYS listen to your patients.

    I have not had the honor of being with a patent as a nurse when they die but I can tell you what has happened to me with family and friends. A few days before my Grandpa pasted away he was in the hospital and really confused. At one point he throu...
  22. there is a school in atlanta, ga that is putting out "basic care nurses" they advertise that they get all the skills of lpn in six months, with no core classes, no nclex, no regulation at all and all for the price of $6,600 ruffly. oh and guess what ...
  23. I think I got fired

    I just wanted to tell you that you are in my prayers!! I have a friend that has been going through the samething with her husband. She finaly just gave it all to GOD and let him work it out. He has since rededacated his life and even though he still...
  24. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    I am a phlebotomist where I live and RT's are responsible for ABG's in my hospital, but I do know that in one hospital in the area that phlebotomist do draw but they must go through extensive traning. I have never seen a doc do it either.
  25. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    I am a phlebotomist where I live and RT's are responsible for ABG's in my hospital, but I do know that in one hospital in the area that phlebotomist do draw but they must go through extensive traning. I have never seen a doc do it either.