akcarmean

akcarmean LPN

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  1. North Lake/El Centro - Fall '06!

    akcarmean replied to Fun2's topic in General Students

    my thoughts and prayers go out to you and all your loved ones; may you find peace during this troubling time.

  2. Nurses with sign language experience?

    akcarmean replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Very true about the deaf culture. When I took my first semester of sign our teacher was deaf so that made it so much easier to understand their culture and a lot easier to understand how to sign the...

  3. Has anyone had successful spinal surgery?

    akcarmean replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    lori, for 3 years i have been fighting just what you have been describing with my l5-s1. on feb, 10, 2006 i had them fused together. after the 3 days of morifine, then change pain meds to pills and...

  4. Nurses with sign language experience?

    akcarmean replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I have taken several sign language classes and yes silly as it seems they do have their own language. And is spoken differently and in different manner. what the teacher is saying is that everyday...

  5. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    akcarmean replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That is a great idea. I would attend as a nurse and as a mother who has lost a child and for support for other parents who still have to come to terms with their grief. It took me almost 4 years...

  6. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    akcarmean replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a still born daughter 8 yrs. ago in June. I was 4 days away from due date. When she was born she had been dead less than 8 hours. She weight 7 lbs. and 3 or 4 oz. can't quite remember, was 21...

  7. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    akcarmean replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    when my first child (boy) was born i delivered at 28 weeks. he was 3# 3/4oz. he was in a neonatal unit for 70 days. we were there 69. the best nurse we had was one that had been though the same...

  8. Compazine for a Migraine??

    akcarmean replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Marie, I can understand and feel for you. I have had migraines so bad that I thought I was having a stroke, My pain on the 0-10 scale was atleast 15 very bad pain, my left side of my face, arm and...

  9. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    akcarmean replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have to agree. A nurse is a nurse. We all went throught the same training. There should not be any type of male or female put before the word nurse. WE all worked our B*tts off to earn that title...

  10. Are there any nures/students with another degree

    akcarmean replied to felesha843's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    i am currently and lpn who just graduated with my aa in business management. i was going to go for my ba in healthcare management but decided to take a break for the summer regroup and then this fall...

  11. Tylenol toxicity? How serious?? Please read!

    akcarmean replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Emergency

    Glad she is feeling better I will continue to keep all of you in my prayers.

  12. Compazine for a Migraine??

    akcarmean replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have suffered from migraine for a long time since I was about 13. I take Inderall 120 mg d, Neurontin 300 mg 2/am and 2/pm, These are the ones I have at home to help stop the migraine once it has...

  13. Tylenol toxicity? How serious?? Please read!

    akcarmean replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Emergency

    I am so sorry for what you and your family is going through. My BF about a year ago had a tylenol OD but hers was accident. She was taking ST. John's Wort OTC and Tylenol for severe pain. (Turns out...

  14. Patients knowing medical lingo

    akcarmean replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    congradulations!!!!!!!!! on the baby and graduation. i hope you are able to make it through graduation. please keep us posted about the baby. good luck

  15. Patients knowing medical lingo

    akcarmean replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I know what you meant my "a little knowlege" but thought why I was posting I would add my 2 cents on what bothers me when some people just think that they have to talk down to you. I am sure we...

  16. Patients knowing medical lingo

    akcarmean replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I myself think that a little knowledge if used in the correct way (just as knowledge and to understand) is ok. Even as an LPN there are some people that when I see them I don't even let them know I am...

  17. I need advice with life-please help

    akcarmean replied to nicenurse911121's topic in General Nursing

    Everything that I would have said has already been done. Take care and I will add you and your family to my prayers. Good luck and keep us posted.

  18. A quiz to help you choose your nursing specialty...

    akcarmean replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    my top 3 were #1 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation #2 Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism #3 Neurology ??? Not what I would have thought.

  19. ?? about children and unconsiousness

    akcarmean posted a topic in Pediatric

    i have a friend her dd is 12 she has depression, anxiety, asthma, severe allergies, & add. yesterday at school she passed out and was unresponsive for 45min. her dr. and the school nurse told the...

  20. ?? about children and unconsiousness

    akcarmean replied to akcarmean's topic in Pediatric

    she was at the school and know the school nurse looked at her, and i believe ems was called but not sure how long it was before they were called. she was not taken to the hospital. she does have very...

  21. Advice for a returning nurse who's been out of practice for years?

    akcarmean replied to DebbieP's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hopefully someone can give some advice. I havn't been out of nursing but am looking at different avenues and this is one of them. Information about the entire field and where to get started would be...

  22. Female Nursing Students Dont like me !

    akcarmean replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    sorry to hear what you are going through. i didn't have any men in my nursing class; but it was the first class the college had and there were only 7 of us. but out of all the instructors that came...

  23. Teaching what requirements do you need??

    akcarmean posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I am and LPN right now. I am currently in school for my ADN in business. My goals are to be an RN, get my BSN, and MSN. I want to have the options to be an administrator or a teacher. I have a back...

  24. Shiftwork and hypothyroidism

    akcarmean replied to Daedalus's topic in General Nursing

    i also suffer from hypothyroism and manic depression. (right now other health prob. on top of those wont go into detail) but before the other problems when your medication gets to the normal levels...

  25. ADD (Attention deficit disorder)

    akcarmean replied to tommydaripper's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If not mistaken been so long since I have been there but try www.chadd.com or .org