kellyjean

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1. Ever Gag or Vimit While Doing the Job?

   kellyjean replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

   I'm a nurse extern in a busy I.C.U. I recently helped a nurse dig out poop of an exderly compacted patient. The pile of poo was as big as my head! I thought I was gonna gag...but I didn't. You're always stronger than you think you are.

2. Lovenox

   kellyjean replied to kellyjean's topic in General Nursing

   thanks everyone! she had adeq. subcu. tissue...it was a preloaded syringe, so thanks for that info as well. kelly

3. Lovenox

   kellyjean posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey Ya'll, Quick question...when administering Lovenox, SC, do you hold the pinch while administering, or release the pinch, then administer? Any tips appreciated. This came up during clin. this wk., 2nd sem. of 4, adn...I've had mixed responses, ...

4. Home Remedy for gallstones

   kellyjean replied to K os's topic in General Nursing

   You don't have anything to lose by trying it...except for the stones. I'ts only 11 days, and the ingredients are all natural. Follow up with your doctor...only he can advise if you still have them. Coral calcium (you can get it at Sams or most loc...

5. How do you stop bad habits?

   kellyjean replied to loriannlpn's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.chantix.com It's amazing...the only side effects...you won't crave cigs.

6. Anybody buy their own private insurance?

   kellyjean replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in General Nursing

   I have an individual health ins. policy through Humana One...you can get free quotes on http://www.ehealthinsurance.com My premium is only 100.00 a month and I have a 25.00 copay, and a 2500 deduct. I've been very happy with them.

7. And now we wait!!!

   kellyjean replied to Worthless_Nut's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm with all of you...just submitted application, letter, and NLN scores...should find out mid-Nov. I'm applying for the Spring of 07 2 yr program at my local CC. They only accept 60 students, so I'll be anxiously waiting! The pre-reqs were tough,...

8. Headed back to school

   kellyjean replied to Lpn1997's topic in General Nursing

   I don't believe there is one...and if there was, I wouldn't advise taking it. There is sooo much information to retain and "hands on" lab activites to participate in for the tests.

9. Any ligitimate work at home jobs out there?

   kellyjean replied to smilechaser36's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a Kaeser and Blair dealer for several years now...I love it! It's perfect while I'm going to school. I approach getting sales differently...I prefer inside sales to outside sales. I do everything by phone. I used to be in telesales, so ...

10. Is it too much to ask?? (vent)

    kellyjean replied to DaughterofRuth's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Stupid question...what does the "D" stand for in DH?? Hang in there, I'm in my last semester of pre-reqs right now and my hubby couldn't be any more supportive for the first time...he hated the thought of me going to school to be a nurse at first.....

11. First week back! How did yours go?

    kellyjean replied to TRINI_RN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Last night was my first A & P II class (lab). After going over the syllabus, we got in groups of three and had to skin a cat! The smell was horrible. The cat was huge...probably 20 lbs. I couldn't believe we did this on day 1. After we skinn...

12. Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo Vs. Yasmin

    kellyjean replied to Newbie Nurse SMP's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yasmin works wonders for me. I initially started on it because I had a large cyst on my ovary, and my doctor wanted to stabilize it. It didn't make it go away, but it kept it from growing, and bought me a few months before I had to have surgery so ...

13. Any good websites for A&P?

    kellyjean replied to lashon20's topic in General Students

    These are off of All Nurses...I'll just copy them below. Hope this helps. Kelly Anatomy Modules: http://www.rad.washington.edu/anatomy/ Examinations in Pathology: http://medstat.med.utah.edu/WebPath/EXAM/EXAMIDX.html Hole's Essentials of Anatomy an...