No one understands until they've been in a situation such as yours. I've had several miscarriages, and one healthy pregnancy. It makes me cringe knowing people can just so "easily" terminate their...
I feel everyone always has room for improvement, so yes I do believe she was pushing me because she knew I could do better, but also so that I would be an example to my fellow classmates. Especially...
Honestly, snide remarks are totally not necessary. I've been in your shoes before. When it comes to clinical instructors, you're basically at their mercy. Some people are just pig headed as well. I've...
What kind of supplies are we talking about? New stethoscope, shoes, pen light, etc? If so, check out Uniforms - Nursing Scrubs, Nursing Uniforms & Medical Scrubs - allheart, or definitely check...
Funny how things can be totally misconstrued online! Especially me writing that I did things "my own way". Wow. I'm pretty sure that every single person who has read/commented on this thread took that...
Yes, I passed! Thanks for asking! Best part was this -- I was obviously being made an example for my fellow students. Personally in my opinion was a real crappy way of doing so. During my final...
First off, this is hilarious! It really made me start thinking about all of the things that I truly am disgusted by! C-diff is the absolute WORST. Even just the sound of the pt having that BM makes...
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Interesting topic. I've got a couple of weird stories. My mother in law had a severe case of ARDS and was put into the ICU unit, vented and sedated. She was that way for almost 6 weeks. She...
WOW ... I'm not sure if I feel better or worse?? I DEFINITELY should have explained my "doing things my way" comment!!!!! I wasn't specifically speaking of any procedure or skill. When I said that I...
Unfortunately, you're going to need more than just a record showing that you had the immunizations. They're going to want to make sure the immunizations are up to date. If you had the immunizations as...
So yesterday was my last day at our clinical site. We've been there for an entire semester. I usually feel pretty good about my work - not 100%, because I am not in the medical field currently. We...
I can help you with some of them! Sodium - The price of table salt is approximately $1.35 and $1.45 (Na+ 135-145 normal range) Magnesium - "M" is 1/2 way through the alphabet ... (M is 1.5-2.5 normal...