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  1. "Hardened" Healthcare Providers

    stpauligirl replied to cwinlv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Man o man I just have to butt in here I had terrible digestive trouble post-op and had to go to the ER, I spent a significant amount of time in the bathroom.....in agony and discomfort, mind you....

  2. What color Stethoscope to buy?

    stpauligirl replied to 09RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    me

  3. How do you focus when you have personal issues??

    stpauligirl replied to wannabenursetx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Keep reminding yourself that going to school is your ticket out of that mess and hopefully this will give you the strength to prioritize and put everything else out of your mind while studying....

  4. I Got In!!!!

    stpauligirl replied to Owensfamily's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    BELIEVE IT!!!! IT'S FOR REAL....YOU GOT IN!!!!! Congragulations

  5. I am missing Texas- want to move back!! Ideas?

    stpauligirl replied to taapple's topic in Texas Nursing

    You know, I thought about moving there. We are currently in SA and I am starting the RN program at SAC this fall...I am originally from Germany and also speak the German language. That would be so...

  6. I am missing Texas- want to move back!! Ideas?

    stpauligirl replied to taapple's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am sure everyone will laugh about this but when I had to leave Texas for a while I really missed HEB there is nothing like HEB

  7. Are we all old???

    stpauligirl replied to np_wannabe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got pregnant at 37 with my youngest. He keeps me young, he is 9 and full of energy. Good luck you can always pick up school

  8. Future Specialty?

    stpauligirl replied to walktheline's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would like to work at PACU or ICU, maybe even ER...but I suspect that I end up somewhere completely different since I haven't got to try anything yet. I may end up somewhere I haven't even thought...

  9. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    stpauligirl replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I look at it this way...I made it up the hill but no way will I go down the other side of the hill...I'll stay on top enjoying the view

  10. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    stpauligirl replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    we don't "have all day" anymore....running out of

  11. Tests don't match lecture, notes or review

    stpauligirl replied to I_am_Julia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    as a last resort you can always withdraw from the course, but stick it out ti'll the last day that you can withdraw to get the most out of it....i've done so one time during my pre-reques. even...

  12. "As long as we all get a 'C'..." HMMM?!?!?

    stpauligirl replied to NSFA08's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Teaching/tutoring my classmates also helped me memorize and learn the material. It's a wonderful

  13. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    stpauligirl replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, you are NOT too old at all. I am 47, have a 9 year old son left at home (the oldest just got married) and was just accepted to an ADN program :monkeydance: Let me tell you..... I am as...

  14. Tests don't match lecture, notes or review

    stpauligirl replied to I_am_Julia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i feel your pain. just study everything in the chapters. that's really all you can do and then do your very best on the tests. have a one on one conference with him, tell him that your grade is...

  15. Help with a debate: What color is blood?

    stpauligirl replied to nursemommyof3's topic in General Students

    Blood is NEVER blue....it's brighter red when oxygenated and slightly darker red when not

  16. Tests don't match lecture, notes or review

    stpauligirl replied to I_am_Julia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    sounds like my a&p1 teacher's method....a bunch of people dropped his class. he'd pull stuff out of chapters other than what we covered etc. and then had testquestions about it. some teachers...

  17. "As long as we all get a 'C'..." HMMM?!?!?

    stpauligirl replied to NSFA08's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There were plenty in my classes that thought that as long as they "passed" they'd be ok. It's not worth arguing with people like

  18. Student blatently sexually harrassed me...

    stpauligirl replied to Thedreamer's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Grabbing you like that is assault and battery....he can get arrested for that. A guy on my bowling league wacked me on the butt...I told him if he does it again I'll get him

  19. Nursing class!!!!

    stpauligirl replied to sweetiez's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We don't have prep-nursing class but an orientation....is it something like an

  20. I cried in class today

    stpauligirl replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    THat's

  21. I cried in class today

    stpauligirl replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should have put a PERIOD after the word human and left it at that It's called Diplomacy and you will encounter difficulty in your nursing profession if you don't learn how to be

  22. I cried in class today

    stpauligirl replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Cardiac muscle fibers are self stimulatling....a heart can beat outside one's body, so it could be that the mouse was "dead"..........don't know if this is very

  23. Any advice for a student nurse with dyslexia and other LD's?

    stpauligirl replied to smilealot's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Do you receive assistance through your "Students with Disabilities" services at your college? If not go check it out, you may qualify if you have medical documentation for your

  24. Why do some nurse's act like they have just ate some sour grapes?

    stpauligirl replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    Just think you have to put up with them being the patient....I've had a couple of

  25. I cried in class today

    stpauligirl replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had to leave during a video about children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in my Human Growth class, I was just too upset. It's ok, you are only