Alicia18

As posted by someone in the thread about all our summer plans, some of us might want to use this break time to get to truly understand stuff that we learned for the tests, but are now hazy for us. I was thinking that there would be no better place to...

I truly must not have understood this concept when I studied it. I kick myself now for selling my book. Would you say that, following the definitions given below, that extrinsic hemostasis is the same as primary hemostasis and that intrinsic hemosta...

Hemostasis is involved in creating a blood clot. A good link with a mini-video is http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/Esp/folder_structure/tr/m1/s7/trm1s7_3.htm I believe that the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisims is that...

For whoever mentioned it on the summer break thread, I that find hemostasis, intrinsic and extrinsic, has slipped my mind. Will research on my own, but might cool to have discussion or something.

Gahhh. I need to review that info, obviously. I recognize all the terms you mention, but I only really feel like I could perhaps b.s. an explanation of electron transport and glycolysis. I better take a look at my old A&P tests and really UNDERST...

teehee.... me!!! i also tend to jump when i hear any callbell-like sound anywhere. i'm like, oh, darn, who's ringing for me? i'm off work, for cry'n out loud! i also hear callbells whee there are none and find myself assessing my own urine and stool...

YES!!! A MILLION TIMES, YES!!! I've had labpartners say that looking at the cat makes them hungry. They usually instantly disgusted at themselves. lol

"1. you can't never remember the last time you pee'd. 3. You don't answer the phone until after you've ascertained that it is not work calling to ask you to come it after just pulling a double. 4. If said call is picked up, you often cave in and work...

I definitely wear at least scrub bottoms to bed! lol Those things are COMFORTABLE, darn it!

Only take those naturally-made breaks -- the quiet periods of the day (or night) when all my nursing home residents are snoozing. I don't clock out for them, though, b/c the minute something happens, whether I'm eating or not, I'm up. I don't plan my...

When I finish school, I'm hoping to do Hospice or SOMETHING with the Dying if not Hospic in particular. If I don't do that, I can see myself staying in Geriatrics like I am now. I know I don't freak out when I'm with people who are dying, and I'm cur...

I prefer dayshift b/c I'm much more a morning person. I DO miss the busyness of nightshift, though. Heh, extra pay for nightshift? I wish.

I'm a CNA, like Karmyk, and during breaks from school, I work nighshift, dayshift, whenever-they-want-me shift at a retirement home/nursing home. I've found that Reeboks have been very nice to my feet. I'm still using the pair that I got when I start...

YAY!!! (party) 1/4 a nurse here!

I get along fine with my 1st roommate, and look forward to sharing a room with my second one. The key thing is that I'm never in the room unless I'm asleep. I always study elsewhere. Also, both roommates have sleeping patterns very similar to mine, s...

I'm doing a bachelors of nursing at Franciscan University, a small Catholic college in Steubenville, Ohio! Will be a second-year student in the Fall, and hope to have my prereq grades high enough so I'll be accepted into the actual nursing program! ...

As for what I'm doing over the summer. Yeah, I've only just finished my prereqs, and already I'm like, "wow, I have so much time to waste now". Won't last for long, lol. I start work tomorrow night. So yeah, that's summer plans for me. Working, and t...

i enjoyed rusty's story by carol gino and nurse by peggy anderson. i'm not sure if they are exactly what you're looking for, and they aren't about hospice nursing, but they are good. hope this helps. god bless

Just from my experience from working in a nursing home, I would guess for clinicals you would need scrubs with large pockets (if your school doesn't provide uniforms like mine does), comfy sneakers, a small notebook, several pens, and a willingness t...

Hi, y'all. Know I posted on here before I was a Nursing student, but now I am one, so I'm saying hi again! I've just finished all my prereqs and am now hoping and praying to hear next month that I got into the nursing program at my university. Love i...

Welcome aboard, Kitty!

Man, that stinks! I hope things will change for ya!

Sounds like you need to demand a vacation -- man, and I thought I worked a lot! lol! Wow!

I just applied to join -- such a great idea! I hope you don't have to be TOO active there, because I don't know what my school schedule will be like...

I'm starting my Orientation at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio on August 24, but my actual pre-nursing classes start th 31st! Very excited! Classes: Chemistry (not looking forward to it, but, hey, maybe it'll be fun) Anatomy and Physiolo...