At least you guys get cats even! This summer I am taking A&P1 and we were supposed to dissect a goats eye and muscle. But our class is running so short on time that we will not get to do neither....
Hi Kayzee, I should be so lucky to find a job in the medical field. I've been looking for a Aide position anywhere just to get my feet wet as I am still a student. I can tell you though that at my...
Hi Dixie, Towards the end of my college career I was going through a rough time. I was mildly depressed, having slight anxiety attacks, trouble sleeping. I had never felt like that and knew...
Hi Shavsha, I don't have either, but I know of many people who have one, the other, or both. As far as the belly button ring I will tell you this story. My cousin got a "barbell" tongue ring. A few...
Hi Sundowner, I just wanted to say that I am glad you are going to your doctor about this and hope that they are able to provide you some answers and help. Everyone "freaks" out sometime and even...
I graduated from a 4 year college with a degree in Science a few years ago. I am only a couple of years into paying off my Student Loan debt of $17,000.00 I don't regret getting the loan, because...
Hi everyone, This has turned into quite the thread. Dixie - I don't think you are crazy. The stress in your life just comes out in your sleep through your dreams. If it really is bothersome for you...
A few years ago my husband and I went to visit his family down in Oklahoma. We stayed at his parents house and slept in the same bedroom that he shared with his brother growing up. One night, in the...
Hi Anagray, I say that if both of you are willing to make it work give it a shot. Maybe your husband could take a sabaticle from his job to test the waters just in case things don't work. You say...
to tell you my poop story and it's not about a patient, it's about me...... One bright warm summer day when I was in high school my mother and I went down to the local Pizza Hut to have a pizza for...
Hi MelisO, I am in somewhat of the same boat at you are. I am 27, recently married, currently working an office job and doing pre-req's. right now. Aside from a degree in Science that I allready have...
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My husband and I just bought our first home a little over a year ago. Our house is about 80 years old, very old fashioned with hard wood floors and high ceilings and we really don't know much about...
Hello everyone, especially the Pittsburgh constituents. I was just listening to the radio and I heard on the local news that UPMC was announcing layoffs. But they didn't go further and say how many...
Don't get me started on Pittsburgh Population problems! I'm 27 and supposedly a member of the generation that Pittsburgh so despretly wants to keep here. I grew up in Pittsburgh and returned here...
Hi Pattyjo, It is sad enough with all the local lay-off's in our area but especially sad when a person hears Hospital - Layoff's and immediately thinks "there go the nurses", like I
Boo Baby's post about the b--w j-- / blood draw makes me think of being in school and having to pronounce organism and coming out with orgasm instead. Did this happen to any of you? Please tell me it...
"But Chewing Tobacco grosses me out SOOOOOOOooo badly!!" --- Dennie Dennie, If tobacco grosses you out get a load of this. At my last job, in a very large corporation, I worked with a guy who...
Hi Dixie, I haven't gone through the nursing program yet but I have done the sorority pinning thing. Our organization would do candle lite ceremonies for pinnings, etc. We would keep the room dark...
Dear ADN, If his family didn't like you just because you were not of the same religion then you certainly made out better on the deal. Just remember that you don't need to be around small minded...
Dear Adn, I too wish I could give you a big hug! You are so young, have so much living to do, you really shouldn't be worried about being tied down to a man. Like CEN said, just because your friends...
Hi guys, I have heard the term "Per Diem" pool used a lot on this board and was hoping that someone would take the time to explain to me what it is and how it works in nursing. Thanks,
Nightowl, I'm with you. I would rather have the flu for a week than have a 24 hour stomach virus. Isn't it funny how everyone can remember the last time they threw up. It's like that Seinfeld...
I am currently applying and interviewing at nursing schools and I really believe that nursing is "it" for me. I am not in it for the money, understand the bad things of nursing like administration,...