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1. A sobering story-------

   Norepinephrine replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

   Amen! I do feel a bit badly for this nurse, but I think I would have felt worse for her before last May, when a loved one was seriously injured by a poorly supervised medical intern during a very routine procedure. Sure, it may have been traumatic fo...

2. Benefits of volunteering at a hospital while in nursing school

   Norepinephrine replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Students

   I've found that getting experience any time you can is very helpful. You'll learn a lot, and you'll make connections. I volunteered at two hospitals for a few years, and it's already opened doors for me. I have connections at several hospitals now, w...

3. I Hate People (my rant)

   Norepinephrine replied to AlyaMF's topic in Relations

   No, her feelings can be a symptom of depression. I never had this problem because my chronic depression (well-controlled thanks to better living through pharmaceuticals) is melancholic/anergic, which is slightly different (worse prognosis untreated b...

4. Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

   Norepinephrine replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   I know of a case like that! A classmate's brother hit his head against the bottom of the top bunk in his dorm room when he was in college after his roommate startled him. He had a bad headache and mild confusion, so he had a head CT. He wound up havi...

5. Jane Doe, RN, AAS, BSN, MSN, CCRN BFD

   Norepinephrine replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

   Jane Doe, RN, BSN, MSN, DNP, CRNA, CNN, LOL, STD is offended by this post.

6. I will not defend nurses anymore

   Norepinephrine replied to lost soul's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a nursing student, and I've noticed this a little bit in some classes. I'm hugely against scripting. I actually got points off in one of my health assessment practicals over it. That was stupidly stubborn of me, but I really think that it's not r...

7. Please Help

   Norepinephrine replied to brianhis's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know much about your experiances, nor do I have experiance working as an RN because I'm still in school, but I do have a decent amount of general work experiance. I don't have the same insight as most AN members, but here are some things I ha...

8. I've got a question about pain control

   Norepinephrine replied to Norepinephrine's topic in General Nursing

   You're all right! Sorry, I got that bit wrong. I edited the original post.

9. I've got a question about pain control

   Norepinephrine replied to Norepinephrine's topic in General Nursing

   Not sure. I thought that was unusual as well. It's possible my friend misspoke or I misunderstood.

10. I've got a question about pain control

    Norepinephrine posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am actually asking this for a friend, but I really would like to know myself because I'm 100% certain this is going to come up one day. My friend and I are both nursing students, though my friend is a year ahead. My friend is doing her community h...

11. Has anyone else "sensed" when something was wrong with a patient?

    Norepinephrine replied to Norepinephrine's topic in Relations

    That gave me chills! Hopefully it wasn't a glio, but even if it was, you gave the family time to prepare and saved the girl from being blamed for her symptoms. I've heard of countless cases of young brain tumor patients being repremanded for things o...

12. Has anyone else "sensed" when something was wrong with a patient?

    Norepinephrine posted a topic in Relations

    I just want to see if anyone's had a similar experience. For background, I used to be Catholic, then agnostic, now I'm a there's-something-for-sure-but-I-have-no-idea-what-ist. Sorry if this is sloppily written-I accidentally exposed my thyroid meds ...

13. Can I Become a Registered Nurse While Being TERRIBLE At Math?

    Norepinephrine replied to HarleyQuinn's topic in General Students

    Hey! I'm late to the party but I have a math-based learning disorder and I'm actually doing well with MedCalc. The trick is to work out what your problem actually is. Are you better at verbal tasks, such as English, History, etc. while having issues...

14. What have you learned about Death?

    Norepinephrine replied to g2255lw's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still in school, but I'm working in a large, urban hospital and see a lot of death. Most are chronically ill adults, and many are dying from cancer. It's almost normalized the dying process for me. I think most fears stem from the unknown-I'm no...

15. Does anyone think nursing school gives too many chances?

    Norepinephrine replied to JJ1994's topic in General Students

    I think this varies school by school. Also, the medication calculation exams aren't always based on whether or not you got the math right. I got an 88% on one, despite getting 100% of the math right. Why? Before my Med/Surg I course where we learned ...