mookieslife

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1. Rn hurt by cold behavior

   mookieslife replied to RNHURT's topic in General Nursing

   First, I am so sorry to hear about your mom. I couldn't imagine if something like that happened to my mom. The thing that really upsets me is... isn't nursing an empathetic profession? Where is the empathy for our own people? As far as what to do... ...

2. Feel like giving up need some advice (First semster of nursing school)

   mookieslife replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with all of the posters previous to me. The one thing I wanted to say was..... Do NOT use flashcards!! First, it's way too time consuming!! Besides you need to be a critical thinker, not a fact regurgitator. I remember how it feels! I felt th...

3. What you wish they knew....

   mookieslife replied to candicane's topic in General Nursing

   this is by far the best thread! I WISH family members would understand that if their significant other has stomach cancer, pulse o2 @ 75% while on max o2, unresponsive, MD informing them that he has only a couple of hours left to live. Yet you want m...

4. Why my patient quit nursing...

   mookieslife replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for almost 1 year now. It's crazy how much energy and enthusiasm you come into nursing with and then the whole gambit of issues that goes along with it just beats the cr** out of you. I used to be in the military as a hospital cor...

5. New Grad-What should I do?

   mookieslife replied to exairex's topic in New Nurse

   Wow!! I am graduating in DEC 06 and I hope I have more empathetic co-workers than TRUER seems to be. I am an ex Navy Hospital Corpsman who worked in an acute care setting and am just finishing nursing school and I continue to make mistakes- BUT we le...

6. Med-Surg nursing... Who likes it? and why?

   mookieslife replied to mookieslife's topic in General Nursing

   WOW! I never would have thought that there would be such a big response. It feels great to see how everyone is so helpful. The main reason I posted this topic was because I was in the Navy serving as a hospital corpsman in an acute care setting- and ...

7. Med-Surg nursing... Who likes it? and why?

   mookieslife replied to mookieslife's topic in General Nursing

   Thank-you ANNE, I am really disheartened about some of the nurses I've come in contact with while nurse teching at this hospital. The CNA's think we're their to do their job while they go smoke and take breaks all day. I want...

8. Med-Surg nursing... Who likes it? and why?

   mookieslife posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, this is my first post. I am currently a nursing student and have one semester left. I have read many posts and talked to many nurses and the consensus is- EVERYONE hates Med-Surg nursing. I was just wondering if anyone really enjoyed it ...

9. Hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic I.V. solutions? When are they used?

   mookieslife posted a topic in General Students

   Hello all, I am in my first semester of nursing school and we have a test on body fluids and electrolytes. My question is... What are the indications of each IV solution? Any help would be greatly appreciated- Josh

10. Pt. teaching sites? Handouts? Please help!

    mookieslife posted a topic in Student Assist

    This is my first post and would really apreciate a very smart nurse to help me by instructing me on where I can go to find teaching handouts. Thank you. Josh