BlackMagicGypsy

I'm a CCBC-Frostburg ATB student. Frostburg has been pretty good so far, I'm in my second semester of the second year, never had to go to FSU campus for anything, classes are set up in an easy to use way as long as you're familiar with online classes. I highly recommend it because my classmates running between two campuses are very stressed. I work FT and have been able to manage all the deadline so far. Unfortunately, there are many papers. You'll be an APA pro by the end of it if you aren't already. It's an easy trade-off when you're never on campus and not doing much else in the classes.

NANDA helped me as a first year student prioritize and form a plan of care...we've moved away from it in the second year though.

I smell infected/necrotic foot wounds all day (I work for a podiatrist) and I still prefer that to the smell of hospital food and that weird scent old folks get when they haven't had a proper shower in a few days.

1) I will never forget the smell of a uterine cancer. Ever. And that's not even the worst. 2) My first clinical rotation at an LTC got the smell of old, sick people and oatmeal stuck in my nose. I scrubbed myself raw to get rid of that smell.... 3) I thought I'd be used to hospital smell by now (yay second semester!) but I'm not! The smell of artificial citrus makes me irrationally angry because it smells like work! And why/how does all hospital food manage to smell the same....yuck

I really enjoyed this article! It is so sad when patients are surprised to be treated like people by medical staff....

I can't speak on whether it's normal but it sounds like a nightmare. I'm glad you're being reassigned.....she sounds like she *wants* you to fail.

Has anyone taken the TEAS V yet that could help me get registered for it? Doesn't look like I can do it at CCBC, I 'm awfully confused

These stories are too great! Gosh, I hope my kids take after me and pick up my love of medicine!

I try not to whine *too much* in front of my patients. It doesn't reflect well on me or my employer. However, I am totally honest with my views on the state of healthcare in this country...none of my patients are DME suppliers or in charge of insurance companies, so most of them tend to agree!

I've been in this position, leaving a job full of angry, vindictive people and I certainly did not want them to know where I'd be going next! I lied. Problem solved.

But you're making an excellent point.

I tell all of my friends, family, and patients this!!! The ED is only there to stabilize, treat & street you! That seems to get the point across pretty well. My mother has gout flares and would only go to the ED for tx when the pain occurred. She did this for months without once calling her PCP...I've managed to break her of that habit.

Guilty!

Thank you for the advice and congratulations!

Shea Moisture's raw Shea butter lotion does the trick for me. It's very thick so a little goes a long way. If my hands get dry to the point of cracking, I use bacitracin on them until they heal.