danissa LPN, LVN

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  1. danissa

    Need Advise regarding my highschool girl mentoree

    Steph..is your wee girl ok? This strikes fear in my heart, we lost a very loved boy at aged 17, not ours, but our daughters darling boyfriend. Now, i fear when our two girls are out driving, cant rest...
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    Brain hemorrhages

    Great big stuff to ponder. am thinking, but dont honestly know if I can help. Good luck, if I come across anything, will let you
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    overcoming blood and guts?

    Look to working with paeds/Nicu. ANY stuff from them, be it smells, poop, secretions...it's so much easier to deal with than full on adult stuff! The blood and guts issue...you are less likely to...
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    Your Specialty: Do You Have Regrets?

    really have not one single regret at working in the NICU. Love the tinies to bits, dont miss L&D, or any of the pregnancy/postpartum stuff. I'm sad, (I KNOW!), but when im off for a spell, I start...
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    Your Specialty: Do You Have Regrets?

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    Too UGLY for Nursing?

    BUT...just hopin that the nurse wasn't THAT either! (emotionally ugly and nasty!) whichever way..mean bad hearted
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    Senior Nurse

    :balloons: Congratulations XB9S!:balloons: well done babe! I'm sure you will stick in as much as you can with the clinical, and will rise to the challenge of making a difference! best of luck to
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    what metal should my wedding ring be?

    SBK, yes babe, when you have a wedding band thats plain, then wear that. Thats all that I and my co-workers wear. Until that precious time..( yes it IS a precious time!), keep your engagement ring...
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    what metal should my wedding ring be?

    MM.this girl is happy and askin advice. Thats a big deal for her. Whats wrong..are you
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    How hard was nursing school?

    teleRN..absolutely spot on chick! pgray..be encouraged by what the good folks here post! All either been through rough stuff, or ploughing through it at the moment. You WILL find support here,...
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    what metal should my wedding ring be?

    SBK..leave your diamonds at home babe..they will get either lost, tarnished and harbour germs, which you will take home, no matter how hard you try to clean your precious ring. Congratulations to you...
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    Open letter from a Paramedic

    WOW!! Great post! and applies ALL around this wee
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    I'm never primarying again, y'all

    (((((Liz)))))...your sweet wee man is at peace now, resting from all he endured here in his short life. Wherever he's resting..you are still here...still making a difference to others. YOU need a wee...
  14. Are you washing them in different powder? Have you tried wearing them
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    How hard was nursing school?

    What do YOU think babe?? It's not your dh who will be doing it, its you. Do you feel that you will enjoy the studying and take it on board? Whatever you decide, in the end, along with the support of...
  16. We are getting a whole new hospital!!!!!!! :balloons::balloons: Not ready till 2009, and we in the nicu dont move till 2011..(ish! hehe) but STILL! Very exciting, I pass the new build every day on my...
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    Bipolar nursing student

    Again..with respect to all with opinions to share..I bow out
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    I'm never primarying again, y'all

    LIZ.........(((((((((hugs)))))))))....from across the ocean......one NiCU nurse to another, believe in YOU babe. Soul destroying at times, I know, but you are making a difference, making things...
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    Bipolar nursing student

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    Bipolar nursing student

    Never ONCE did I claim to be perfect..heck neither myself nor anyone I KNOW CAN CLAIM THAT ! But holy moley. chill a wee bit! To the op...I have actually apologised, for stating my views, which, in...
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    Bipolar nursing student

    And I QUESTIONED...did not say that I believed bipolar nurses would have
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    Bipolar nursing student

    Appreciate that viewpoint,
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    Bipolar nursing student

    Sillyanne...I didnt mean to make you feel Developmently delayed. Thats not my intention at all! just askin if you are ready to get on out there when you feel so
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    Male nurse crying!!!

    malenurse..you sound just like my Dad, the biggest man I ever knew, looked like a lion, with the heart of a lamb! And cried at the drop of a hat, when emo stuff hapened, even like my kiddos startin...