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1. In Need of Ideas For Holistic Nursing Work/Certifications

   kt_b replied to Sarah27's topic in Holistic

   Ditto to everything! I'm in an RN-BSN program and would love to enter a holistic NP program. The problem is, I have not found one that I am interested in. Any advice would be wonderful!

2. Career Opportunities for Holistic Nurses

   kt_b replied to CaliAlli's topic in Holistic

   What school are you going to to take holistic classes?

3. Holistic RN/NP

   kt_b replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Holistic

   I am in the same place as Roses. I'm 21 and an RN, in school to get my bachelor's right now. My plan was to be an NP, but I'm much more interested in holistics than medicine, so am rethinking it all. Right now doesn't seem like the right time (in Ohi...

4. Hang in there new Grads and New Nurses it does get better..I PROMISE

   kt_b replied to Morettia2's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for sharing your experience. I had my first day of orientation yesterday and already hate it. I'm on all weekend again, but with a different nurse and I was looking for encouragment tonight. I'm not looking forward to the next year, but I've d...

5. Medical Missions Trips?

   kt_b replied to newflgrad's topic in General Nursing

   This is an old thread, but I found it from a search. Thank you all for your input. I just got my license and would love to go on a mission trip. I will look at all the website everyone posted and make a decision on which organization to go with.

6. Anyone with a seizure disorder ?

   kt_b replied to niali's topic in Disabilities

   I don't have a seizure disorder...I have dysautonomia, which can cause seizures. At one point, I was having up to three seizures a day. I'm in nursing school right now and in clinicals. I'm doing okay with keeping them under control and as long as I ...

7. Do you have a diagnosis of mental illness?

   kt_b replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

   I suffer from depression, but probably due to living with a chronic illness than because of a mental probelm. I have thougha bout suicide before, but that's probably also due to having a chronic illness.

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

   kt_b replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I have always been interested in the human body. Before I started school I liked watching medical shows, so I knew I wanted to go into the medical field. When I was in the 8th grade I started passing out and having seizures. I went to the doctor, bu...

9. Have you heard of Dysautonomia?

   kt_b replied to kt_b's topic in General Nursing

   Wow!! You did a lot of research on this topic!! Here's a summary of some stuff I've found over the past several months. You can also go to http://www.dynskids.org and there are many links. One link tells stories of some of the kids that are members o...

10. Online Programs

    kt_b replied to kt_b's topic in Career Support

    My borther's girlfriend did her training last summer, and she didn't have any hands-on experience in the class. She said thay read chapters from their book and took quizes. Then she took the state test (and passed) but she never had to do clinicals ...

11. Have you heard of Dysautonomia?

    kt_b posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was diagnosed with dysautonomia about 9 months ago, and I've found that most doctors have never heard of this condition. It tooke me over 2 year to get a correct diagnosis. There are about 115 people in America who are diagnosed with dysautonomia, ...

12. Online Programs

    kt_b posted a topic in Career Support

    I'm currently in high school, but I'm starting college next quarter through post-secondary options. I'm very interested in online education. At the moment, I'm looking for an online school that offers nurse's aide training. Does anyone know of any sc...

13. How did you find out about allnurses?

    kt_b replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I found the site by seaching for online schools. I saw that there was a forum, and I love forums so I checked it out. After I read a few of the posts, I was hooled and had to sign up!