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    My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    nurse4theplanet replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If my best friend was using any illegal substance, I would first try to get him/her some help. If the use continued and this person was in severe denial of having a problem....I would ABSOLUTELY stop...
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    My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    nurse4theplanet replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    EXCELLENT POST! :yeah:
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    An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    nurse4theplanet replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    Please be aware that the spinal cord's myelin sheath is not completely formed until usually around 24 months of age. I learned that in A&P. Therefore, the child may not feel the sensation of...
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    Test- Class average 72%

    nurse4theplanet replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    If you have a grievance with an instructor, speak with the other students in the class about how they feel as well. Write out your concerns and delegate a spokesperson to speak to the instructor on...
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    How does everyone study?

    nurse4theplanet replied to MB37's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I only read the textbook when I can't
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    ICU opportunities

    nurse4theplanet replied to mitch8lem's topic in General Nursing

    Our ICU hires new ADN grads...which is why I am in the intern program there. The orientation period is one year long...16-24 weeks of preceptor training depending on strength and progression of new...
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    Schools producing good NCLEX takers? Or good nurses?

    nurse4theplanet replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    This is what the actual nursing program is designed to do throughout the course. We started with 70+ students and are down to less than 15 of the original. I think schools should, and do, teach to...
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    what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    nurse4theplanet replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    Here is what the US Dept of Labor says about Medical Assistants, their duties, job outlook, and salary
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    nurse4theplanet replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    A family member of a pt came running to me saying her father couldn't breathe and needed to be suctioned (he was palliative care). When I walked in he was starting to lose color around his lips,...
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    How does everyone study?

    nurse4theplanet replied to MB37's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I almost killed myself the first semester, studying hours a day, making flashcards, reading the book, answering chapter objectives in essay format for the heck of it, listening to taped lectures over...
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    Test- Class average 72%

    nurse4theplanet replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    We have a 'test review' and occassionally when the class as a whole finds one question to be poorly written, the instructor may or may not decide to throw it out. This has happened maybe 4-5 times in...
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    Crazy Eyes

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Lot's of issues going on with this family. Mom did not approve of any narcotics because son was a drug abuser. Sister had mom believing that son was being excessively sedated for the nurses benefit...
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    Crazy Eyes

    nurse4theplanet posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was working with a nurse in ICU the other day. We had a very young pt in with pneumonia who was also a drug addict (you name it...this pt used it). Family requested no dilaudid earlier in his...
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    Crazy Eyes

    nurse4theplanet replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    His eyelids were
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    An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    nurse4theplanet replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    We conscientiously(sp?) practice this in my house! Your home is your safe haven, where you are supposed to feel comfortable, relaxed, and accepted. We both work twelve hour shifts (hubby as a...
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    Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    nurse4theplanet replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    Our class president (and one of my best friends...not to mention the smartest woman in the class) is 51! She had a four year degree that she obtained more than 20years ago in Vet. Science. Then she...
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    How do you handle getting "Bad" grades?

    nurse4theplanet replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    Get over it! (And I don't mean that in a hateful way...but its really all you can do) Like The commuter said, it is more important what you retain and how well you APPLY the knowledge than fretting...
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    501 ways to know you've been on allnurses.com too long!

    nurse4theplanet replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    110. You send Christmas Cards to your allnurses friends, but not your friends from work or
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    An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    nurse4theplanet replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    I know...They are even more
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    Anyone worried about throwing up or passing out?

    nurse4theplanet replied to c18436572's topic in General Students

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: That's how it goes for me...something you think will make you hurl you don't really have a problem with, then something you'd never even thought about...
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    An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    nurse4theplanet replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    That's ridiculous. A woman who IS secure with herself will call BS when she sees it! And the 'make-yourself-happier-by-altering-your-appearance-and-being-a-sex-maniac-to-please-your-man' garbage...
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    what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    nurse4theplanet replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    I bought into the whole MA pitch before I ever considered nursing...for the same reasons another poster mentioned (young, naive, lack of knowledge regarding medical feild.) I spent $8000 and never...
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    An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    nurse4theplanet replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, even though the article is a hoax the attitude of the times was similar to some extent...painting women as subserviant to their men with no purpose other than raising children,...
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    How many people thought A & P was easy?

    nurse4theplanet replied to DAMomma's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I breezed through A&P with my eyes shut and got A's in theory and lab for both...Micro kicked my butt though...maybe because I was SUPER interested in A&P and SUPER bored in Micro. I have...
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    Professional personal persona?

    nurse4theplanet replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Don't change. Sounds like those pts had underlying issues with trust that are far deeper than you could reach by changing your persona. You said that the majority of pts like it...so keep on