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saskrn

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  1. Your marriage, sanity and quality of life are priceless. I have $30,000 of student loan debt. From what I hear, it is a way of life for alot of students. Take out the loan, breathe deeply, and then...
  2. Is something wrong with me?

    I am considered a "technical" nurse, and not really emotional at all. I was in a similar situation a few years ago, and lacked the emotion that you speak of. IMO, your post sounds so....hollow (?)....
  3. Burn survivor now burn nurse?

    Ok, I need advice. I burned approx 80% of my body, mostly 3rd degree, full thickness, when I was a child. So I very much grew up in hospitals with grafting, etc. You guys know the drill! :)...
  4. I trained in Canada, worked in the USA for 8 years, and just recently moved back to Canada. Money has nothing to do with it, for me anyways. It was all about quality and
  5. Ok, these are just a few things I've was thinking, from reading your posts. Please keep in mind that I do not know a full H&P on your mom. - it can be very common to have a temp post op -vent...
  6. hello

    I am so sorry on the loss of your mother, and I hope you find who you're looking for. My thoughts are with
  7. Package for Iraq

    This is a great thread! I've used plenty of these suggestions!
  8. Can anyone help me?

    I have found agencies, in the past, just by looking in the phone book under nursing. Have you considered agency work in Wichita? Do they have in-house float pools that pay more, that might appeal to...
  9. Phenergan?

    You're not ignorant! Of course I wasn't drug seeking prednisone, and I'd like to think no one else would either! I just got an idiot resident would couldn't hear my very audible, no stethoscope...
  10. Phenergan?

    Flexeril doesn't do anything for me, but Soma makes me loopy and sick. I can't imagine being addicted. I have a friend who is a pharmacist, and she says she has dealt with people who pop 10 or more...
  11. Phenergan?

    Soma and Prozac. Once I was accused of drug seeking for prednisone! LOL Who would have thought that I needed it for asthma?
  12. showing appreciation

    I agree with the above poster...simply acknowledging a co-worker for a job well done, etc., can definitely improve moral. Plus, it's easy and affordable!
  13. Phenergan?

    I never left the original
  14. Phenergan?

    I'm not getting emotional, I'm just stating what the book
  15. Phenergan?

    I've had it many times. Sometimes it has burned, other times it hasn't. I think technique may be a
  16. Phenergan?

    I am not interested in an argument or debate. I was just stating what I read from, what I believe to be, a credible reference. Think of it what you
  17. showing appreciation

    In one hospital, if we did a good deed, someone could report it, and that person would get an apple pin, usually worn on the name badge. In another hospital, if you went above and beyond, you would...
  18. Phenergan?

    I just looked in Mosby's 2004 IV drug book, and it says.... "May be given undiluted or may dilute with NS. Concentration should not exceed 25 mg/ml. 1 ml (25 to 50 mg) diluted with 9 ml of NS equals...
  19. Phenergan?

    The last time I looked, you could give Phenergan IV diluted in 9cc's of NS. Has anyone looked in a drug
  20. I sometimes feel sorry for students because the occasionally get crapped on by the nurse with RN'itis. Here's where the eat your young/own comes in. When I was a student in Canada, I had 2 LPN's (who...
  21. I am in Regina, and there are certainly RN positions here, especially in the Critical Care areas. I was supposed to be working ICU, but an injury has prevented that, so I will be starting a new...
  22. I took the NCLEX and the CNATS (is that the same as the CRNE?) close together, years ago. I didn't study for either of them. I figured after nursing school hell I had to know the stuff! :) I found...
  23. Holiday schedule strife, AGAIN!!!

    omg! I love that stuff! Have some in the fridge! I'll think of you when I'm eating
  24. Holiday schedule strife, AGAIN!!!

    ROFLMAO! :rotfl: Are we related?
  25. Chronic Sinusitis - Suffering!!

    I have had sinus/adenoid/ear/lymph infection since 1999, chronic. Staph in the sinuses, pseudomonas in the ears, and God knows what else. This is what has helped me: -humidifier, constantly, big...