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  1. acidious vs alkalosis (forgive the spelling)

    panda_181 replied to lindahanna's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I was looking on Chapters one day and they have Acidosis and Alkalosis for Dummies there! I was tempted to get it as a student myself, because I still don't remember it all...you don't talk...

  2. acidious vs alkalosis (forgive the spelling)

    panda_181 replied to lindahanna's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I was looking on Chapters one day and they have Acidosis and Alkalosis for Dummies there! I was tempted to get it as a student myself, because I still don't remember it all...you don't talk...

  3. Listen, Nurse

    panda_181 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am going into 4th year nursing, and this was in one of our labs in first year. I love this thing, it really makes you think about how you are caring for your patients. In the rush of everything,...

  4. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    panda_181 replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I read a remedy one time that my sister (also a nurse) says works. She lives in a place where there are a lot of isolated Native reserves and stuff and lice can be quite popular there. It's 1 part...

  5. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    panda_181 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Well apparently up here in the north, they are having a nurse's dinner type thing where it's $25 a ticket! Meaning...how many people are actually going to go? I have no idea... Amanda

  6. Charting Bloopers

    panda_181 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I read these and always laughed my head off at some of these, and this weekend I found some of my own! I was reading 2 dictations from consultations from 2 different doctors. One was about "a very...

  7. CBL

    panda_181 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a third year nursing student in Alberta Canada and I am learning by way of CBL - Context Based Learning. I was wondering if anyone else had heard of it and what they thought?

  8. CBL

    panda_181 replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is true. You can't transfer any CBL courses to any other school. In Alberta, the only places you can go that doesn't have CBL is Calgary and Lethbridge... Amanda

  9. CBL

    panda_181 replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    Well, CBL stands for Context Based Learning. Insteead of the instructor getting up in front of you and lecturing about pathophysiology, pharmacology, family, nursing management and everything else,...

  10. Nursing Slang/abbreviation help!!

    panda_181 replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, and also IV would be an "in"... Amanda

  11. Nursing Slang/abbreviation help!!

    panda_181 replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    I & O means ins and outs. What the patient has drank and what the patient has voided/vomited/drained in the JP, etc. I'm also a nursing student (going into my last year) and I know how scary...

  12. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    panda_181 replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't work yest as I'm stull a student, but my sister works in a 34 bed hospital and there is only 1 Maternity nurse there at a time! They don't have c/s there, so they only really need one. And...

  13. Charting Bloopers

    panda_181 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of my co-workers said she saw a chart that said "Pt had large bowel movement ambulating around floor!" Amanda

  14. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    panda_181 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay, these are great! I never thought of how these things sound to other people! Amanda

  15. Funny things patients say !

    panda_181 replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just a question for my curiosity...I've never heard of it. What's a Progressive Care Unit? Amanda :) Just e-mail me...

  16. Charting Bloopers

    panda_181 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh man this page is hilarious! Unfortunately I don't have any funny stories that I can think of, but please keep me laughing!

  17. Refresher Course

    panda_181 replied to panda_181's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I should clarify myself...I just assume that a refresher course it what it's called everywhere. A refresher course is a course that people take when they have let their nursing liscence go...

  18. Refresher Course

    panda_181 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I'm always reading things to people that I know, and I really like this site! My friend's mom is taking her refresher nursing course, and she asked me to put out a post asking people to...

  19. Sammy what happened? Been worrying about you

    panda_181 replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    You guys seem to be really worried about Sammy, but I haven't been on to this site in a while. What's going on?

  20. Clinical Disaster!

    panda_181 replied to miaka's topic in General Nursing

    Melissa: Well, I'm also a nursing student, and I will be finishing my third year in April (only one more year left! )). Now, first off, every single person is nervous when they go into clinical....

  21. What Freaks You Out?

    panda_181 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness you guys are all HILARIOUS! Chicken feathers?!?!? And TIM, you're so funny! I laughed a lot reading these ones... I can talk about anything, and it doesn't bother. And although...

  22. Experienced Nurse vs. Graduate Nurse

    panda_181 replied to Dplear's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm not even done my schooling yet, but I can still laugh at it. But I work as an NA and my sister is a nurse, so I guess I've been exposed to experienced nurses. I just have 1 question...what is...

  23. Nursing student needs help to find an article

    panda_181 replied to pap's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I forgot about CINHAL. I looked in my college's Electric Library and Gale Research Databases, but nothing came up...good idea about CINHAL!

  24. Nursing student needs help to find an article

    panda_181 replied to pap's topic in General Nursing

    Pap: Try these; I didn't get a chance to search through them myself...but this is what my search came up with: http://www.chems.alaska.gov/akemsgoals1996.pdf...

  25. blood pressure

    panda_181 replied to brettswife's topic in General Nursing

    I find that if you watch the numbers on the meter, the arrow will start to pulsate as well. Sometimes you can use that as a help factor. And as nurseaaron said, you'll do fine! Practice makes...