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My mother takes Lunesta and is loving it. Although, I'll have to ask her about that bad aftertaste. I've never heard of that side effect before, and I can't recall if they've mentioned it in those commercials with that butterfly fluttering around. A...

Teammom, please try not to let all the rumors get to you too much. Try and make the right decision for you, and not based on what you hear from other people, because there are plenty of folks who like GPC, it's just that our voices tend to get drowne...

If it's not too stupid of a question, how does Lasix cause ototoxicity? I'm familiar with its other side effects but I've never heard of this one before.

I agree. It's always easier to blame someone else than to blame yourself.

I thought I would be really grossed out by dissecting a cat, but it was the smell that got to me more than anything. I hate that formaldehyde smell.

I keep reading reports that hospital staff are being attacked by armed looters! There was one article somewhere about a nurse who stepped outside her hospital just to get a breath of fresh air and was robbed at gunpoint. :angryfire How can people do ...

I agree! Not only is it dangerous, it's also disrespectful to the patients, IMHO. Think of all the microbes that live under those things. I don't mean any offense to nurses with fake nails...I guess, it's just that after taking Microbiology and af...

I also read that chelation can be used to treat sickle-cell anemia, but I don't really understand the mechanism of how it would work in that situation. That's what I want to know. Are the aim of these therapies to reverse autism, or is that even po...

tiff, I think they're suppposed to send out the letters soon, like sometime in September (though I don't know an exact date). Good luck to you! :) I'm in the GPC program too, sheri! And we've already got so much to read. :chuckle Anyways, I hav...

Oh, okay. Well then, I guess I shouldn't worry too much. Thanks for addressing my concerns. :)

This HESI test...is it similar to the ERI test? Because I'm going to have to take a test from ERI at the end of every semester in order to actually pass each course, and I'm wondering if this is something similar.

My college was going to offer a Medical Spanish course, but apparently there just weren't enough students signing up for it, so they had to drop it at the last minute. I was really sad about that. We definitely need more Spanish speakers, the Hispa...

These are awesome...you guys rock!

That sounds nice, especially because I'm a bit nervous about clinicals (for me, this will probably be the most challenging part of nursing school). Starting out slow is probably a good thing. Maybe later I can go to a larger, faster-paced hospital.

That's just awful. I wonder, is there no way to prevent visitors from bringing deadly weapons into the hospital? Not that I'm trying to blame the hospital...St. Joseph's is a wonderful place and I'm sure they did all they could in this situation.....

I've heard good things about them. Too bad it's a pretty long drive from my house... What about Joan Glancy? I don't know much about that hospital, but I really need to start thinking about where I'm going to do my clinicals, and I'd prefer someplace...

I love my Nursing 2005, and I'm going to sign up for the NSNA, which I think comes with a subscription to the AJN. The AJN has some great articles; I used them as a source when I was researching that case of bubonic plague in New York City in 2002. I...

Fundamental Concepts of Nursing. It's the first course in my ADN program, and, as they say, the most important. I'll try my best, but I'm really scared. :chuckle

Plus, this isn't like grade school speeches, which I thought were the worst. I absolutely hated those. I think it's much different in nursing school, where everyone's in the same boat, so the audience is more sympathetic. Anyways, repeatedly practi...

What about, at least regarding female smokers, telling them about the dangers of infertility? I can't tell you how many brochures and handouts and such that my best friend has received from healthcare workers, all trying to warn her about smoking and...

I was also on Paxil for a while, and like a lot of other posters have mentioned, it'll make you really tired (at least in the beginning). But I think that's a pretty common side effect for most anti-depressants. Aside from that, it helped me tremendo...

That is very true! I'm actually very glad for this thread, because I'm worried about this same thing happening to me when I start nursing school. See, I've made straight As all throughout my pre-reqs, but I've been pretty lucky not to experience too ...

I found out about allnurses through a fellow nursing student, and I'm really glad I followed her advice and went here. I have a feeling it's going to be a great resource for me in the coming months!