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  1. Delivered a baby today!

    kellyo replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My CNM let me do the same with my second baby! I was so excited! I'm just hoping to actually get to SEE a delivery during my OB rotation this

  2. Controversial Proposals Phase II

    kellyo replied to VickyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Amen!

  3. Non-pharmacological pain management

    kellyo replied to kellyo's topic in Pain Management

    Oh, yeah! www.childcancerpain.org I did my teaching project today and my pt fell asleep during the relaxation excercise! Goal

  4. Non-pharmacological pain management

    kellyo posted a topic in Pain Management

    Hi! I'm doing a teaching project for a pt tomorrow on pain management w/out medication. I like to call it "what you can do to manage the pain until your nurse comes with your meds". Seriously, now,...

  5. Non-pharmacological pain management

    kellyo replied to kellyo's topic in Pain Management

    Thanks for your posts. I actually found a site on pediatric cancer pain. It had two great relaxation and visualization exercises that I printed off. It's real easy to use, and I think will work...

  6. I Need $$$$$$$$$$

    kellyo replied to jae82301's topic in Nursing Career

    My state (NC) provides 2 scholarship loans for nursing students (in hopes that upon graduation, you'll work as an RN in the state for two years. One is academic based and you have to submit an essay...

  7. Need input re: job offer at Duke

    kellyo replied to iliket3's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    We moved to the Triangle from Philadelphia 6 1/2 years ago. Yes, the cost of living is lower here (esp real estate taxes). I would thoroughly investigate not only the job, but WHERE you would be...

  8. New series Lifeline:The Nursing Diaries on Discovery Health channel starts Nov 7th,04

    kellyo replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I saw the episode on surgical nursing, and now I'm absolutely intrigued w/ the OR. I'm really looking forward to my clinical rotation in the OR next

  9. Med/surg

    kellyo replied to shirleyTX's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One local hospital in NC has a CCU intern program for new grads. It's a 12 week course where you work 1 on 1 w/ a mentor. And I thought there was no other path to specialization but med

  10. Anyone else broke?

    kellyo posted a topic in General Students

    Just venting here... I'm so tired of being broke. When I decided I wanted to be a nurse (5 years ago) it was a personal decision--I finally realized what I wanted to be "when I grew up". My husband...

  11. Anyone else broke?

    kellyo replied to kellyo's topic in General Students

    Thought about that--we could have lost it once before when we closed our business, but fought so hard to keep it. I think right now, if we left our home, emotionally we wouldn't recover. We're going...

  12. Anyone else broke?

    kellyo replied to kellyo's topic in General Students

    LOVE THE GIFTWRAPPING IDEA! My brothers used to pay me to wrap their Christmas gifts when we were kids. Hee hee. Seriously, I could check in at the mall and see if their staffed up for the weekends...

  13. Pre-clinical dread (why I hate Sunday)

    kellyo posted a topic in General Students

    Does anyone else ruin their entire day/weekend before their clinicals by worring about them? Our clinicals are Mon/Tues. It never fails that sometime Saturday afternoon a small veil of anxiety...

  14. Describing Skin Turgor

    kellyo replied to snwflknurse's topic in General Students

    We use tenting/no