MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 5000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Third Degree Nurse' source. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:48:22 +0100 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/bye-bye-blog.html It's time to say so long, farewell, goodbye. The picture? That's me, on the far left...the one with the cap on. The others are my favorite study buddies. Ever. From left to right, it's me: then Iris, Michelle, Nikki. Nikki's... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=696824 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:00:43 +0100 696824 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/my-first-licens.html My RN license arrived in the mail yesterday. It was on the kitchen counter when I got home from volunteering as a nurse, kind of a validation after a day that was so-so. At the clinic, I'm once again flooded... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=696825 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:38:42 +0100 696825 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/i-passed.html I cam up with Plan B (just in case I didn't pass). Plan Bwas to take the classroom Kaplan course, which has the moneyback guarantee, and then retake the NCLEX ASAP. Thank God I don't have to do that. And... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=688590 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:44:04 +0100 688590 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/nclex_the_most_.html Well, all I can say about NCLEX is that I hope to God I passed because I don't think you could get me to take it again. Two of my study buddies, I and M, took it with me. The... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682588 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:49:13 +0100 682588 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/happy_anniversa.html Change of Shift is up at Nurse Ratched's place. Mother Jones is hosting the first anniversary edition of the nursing blog roundup. It's a must-check-it-out, especially if you care about the day-to-day-drama ministering to the human race as a nurse.... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675134 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:09:23 +0100 675134 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/ready_or_not.html Lest you gentle readers think that my life is all about frustration, I'm taking time to tell you that this is a really sweet place to be: in between jobs and looking forward to a whole new life. Studying for... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675135 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:05:47 +0100 675135 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/frustrated.html Studying for NCLEX is about what I do with 90 percent of my free time these days. It's OK. I have, of course, a LOT riding on that test. Plus, if I were to not pass (god forbid) I'd have... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675136 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:27:54 +0100 675136 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/06/nursiness.html Graduation's over and I'm studying for NCLEX...but today was even more fun. Today I put on my old scrubs and went to my first volunteer job as a nurse. It was so much fun to rip the stitches from the... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=658770 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:14:02 +0100 658770 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/05/nurses_and_abus.html Readers: I've had a request to help out an RN by seeking your participation in the following survey. Check it out:Survey for Nurses on Abuse in the Workplace Dear Nurse or other Healthcare Provider, I am wondering if abuse is... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638886 Sun, 27 May 2007 13:49:58 +0100 638886 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/05/graduation_and_.html Yesterday was our final seminar for Capstone, kind of a lecture from the lead teacher about what to expect as we transition into our professional roles as RNs. We're using a wonderful book How To Survive and Maybe Even Love... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611825 Wed, 16 May 2007 01:14:12 +0100 611825 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/05/at_last.html Lots of stories from the front but not sure what I should share...hmmmmmmmmm....that 'ol confidentiality problem just creates a wall between my ethics and a whole lot of funny stories. Oh well. Every day on the unit I worked was... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611826 Wed, 09 May 2007 18:34:49 +0100 611826 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/04/the_last_hurrah.html The last hurrah of my nursing school is the Capstone Rotation which I'm giving up my weekends for right now. Put in 2 back-to-back 12 hour shifts last weekend plus yesterday and today. My 12-hour shifts translate to getting up... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=576534 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:25:47 +0100 576534 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/files/love_is_the_key.mp3 I've never been to a funeral where the congregation stood up and applauded a person for a life well done but it happened today at my dear friend, Bob's memorial service. Bob passed away this week. He was 84. Eighty-four... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571009 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:49:31 +0100 571009 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/04/vts_institution.html I am hoping the VT tragedy will bring about more funding for programs for the mentally ill. The treatment we have available is poor. Anyone who has given the meds knows that the side effects are so bad, many people... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=554365 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:11:03 +0100 554365 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/04/surving_the_wit.html I love the TV, The Office, because it's real. C'mon, those of you who have ever worked in an office know there are just some characters out there (who shall remain nameless) who are mean, nasty, manipulative jerks. Well, at... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=537961 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:56:33 +0100 537961 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/04/ok_new_topic_ka.html About the Kaplan. I like the options for different companies out there (thanks, Miss B'Havens) and I'm thinking I'd rather take an online study course/set of bazillion exams at home. I may even have a source of financial aid locally... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=534870 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:07:51 +0100 534870 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/04/to_kaplan_or_no.html Things are moving forward nicely here. We had a lovely baby shower for one of my study buddies, Nikki A on Saturday. She's waddling to the finish line of nursing school and I think she deserves a big hug for... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=515114 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:56:10 +0100 515114 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/03/finding_ones_pl.html The last few weeks have been pretty tense at school. Some students knew where they would be working long ago. The hospital affiliated with our college offers seniors a tuition abatement for two years of services, but the strings attach... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=500373 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:15:12 +0100 500373 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/03/challenge_of_th.html Maybe I'm fooling myself because I haven't taken the NCLEX yet, but I feel that I'm over the hump. I certainly don't feel as if I'm 100% ready to handle my patients w/o my preceptor, but things are better this... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=492455 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:33:04 +0100 492455 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/03/the_transformat.html This is what I've morphed into: a bona fide soon-to-become-a-registered nurse. No white nursing cap. Just a pin, a white blouse, frazzled hair and my usual Bell's Palsy asymmetrical look. With all due respect to those who have had Bell's... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464971 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:15:51 +0100 464971 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/files/Pea_128kbps.mp3 I just thought this Girl with Emphysema was just too cute. Click on the play button in the link above to hear Too Live Nurses' version... It's from Too Live Nurse, a group of registered nurses/actors who may just be... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464973 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:20:38 +0100 464973 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/02/the_light_at_th.html I have to say, it's been fun but I'm glad it's almost over. Critical care was a great rotation; I loved learning about the med technology and having a chance to get my hands on a ventilator. What fun! And... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464975 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:05:22 +0100 464975 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/02/critical_care_i.html Oy vey. Every time I work in critical care I come home thanking God I'm not the one in the bed. This week, however, I sustained my first critical care injury -- after standing at my patient's bedside taking 15... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464977 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:35:24 +0100 464977 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/02/change_of_shift.html Change of shift is up! Nurse Ratched is hosting a cute little Valentine's tribute to the more fun nursing literature...the nurse romance novels. Sigh. Love in the OR. and the ER. And in the ICU.... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464979 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:32:19 +0100 464979 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/02/senioritis.html One of my preceptors told our class we had senioritis. If that's the case, I must have it really bad because I'm the most senior in the group. I dunno. One of my classmates, who also has another degree said... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464981 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:50:49 +0100 464981 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/random_thoughts.html It's been a pretty quiet week, and I've been doing a slow jog up the learning curve with patients that weren't much more involved than Med-Surg patients. Next week my clinicals are in the emergency department and CCU (again) but... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464983 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:41:25 +0100 464983 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/four_more_weeks.html Life's getting better. My PDA is almost 100% fixed, thanks to Dr. J at the college. He masterminded and trouble-shooted my Lab Test software; this week he'll fix my Disease software. He deserves some homemade cookies. This week I meet... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464985 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:57:58 +0100 464985 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/its_about_to_ge.html First day of critical care. I felt as if I did a pi--poor job on my worksheet and I seemed to fumble for the CORRECT answer when quizzed my instructor today. I'm not going to succumb to the my-age-is-catching-up-to-me-crybaby-rant. I... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464986 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:59:45 +0100 464986 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/strivin_to_surv.html I wish I were better at reading these ECG strips. It's all I can do to understand the heart blocks and the differences between them...the RRR, the LBBB, the three areas on the strip that indicate ischemia, injury and infarction.... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464987 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:43:00 +0100 464987 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/some_days_you_j.html On a recent job interview, the nurse placement manager told me I can tell you're passionate about nursing. If she only knew. I'm not passionate about every area of nursing. But I am definitely driven to work toward holistic treatment,... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464988 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:47:36 +0100 464988 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/did_you_get_my_.html I hate to hear about pancreases (sp?) getting lost in the mail but apparently, one did. Click on the link above to read the story. Looks like Northwest Airlines dropped the ball, 'er, I mean the organ.... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464989 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:40:02 +0100 464989 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2007/01/ready_for_the_h.html Sorry to be so long about blogging, but I've been busy living my life as intensely as possible, considering that it will soon be replaced with the Final Semester of Nursing School. Even though I've been trying to have some... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464990 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:09:55 +0100 464990 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/12/putting_the_fun.html Merry Boxing Day, everybody, especially to you British and Canadian nurse-blog readers out there. I hope you are all having a sweet, peaceful holiday season. All is well here. We only had 1/2 a houseful this Christmas, though, b/c stepson... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464991 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:38:19 +0100 464991 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/12/semesters_over.html It's not quite the same a game over, but hey, we'll take it. The semester was good; if I got all the points on that last research project, I will have gotten all A's for the semester. I would say... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464992 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:53:03 +0100 464992 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/12/how_to_cope_wit.html Back in class after a snow day (or two in my case), I noticed the faculty was a lot perkier. Each of them had a more relaxed, mellow tone ...what getting a little R R before the last downhill slide... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464993 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:35:04 +0100 464993 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/fat_doctors_hos.html If you don't have time to read anything else -- and you've already downloaded Nursing Studio's recent podcasts -- spend a few minutes with Fat Doctor's link to the new edition of Change of Shift. Note: there was a problem... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464994 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:08:40 +0100 464994 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/beyond_the_ster.html I love my unit at work. Our nurses are from all different ethnic backgrounds: African American, Lebanese, Jamaican, Hispanic, and a whole host of Scotch-Irish-English-Swedish-German-Russian Midwesterners. Yesterday the unit secretary told me the night charge nurse was asking about me.... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464995 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:07:02 +0100 464995 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/distracted_by_l.html I'm not the only student who could hardly make it through OB class today. Sigh. This semester can't end soon enough. We're on the downhill slide, (thank you, God!) but because we just finished making out our schedules for next... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464996 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:20:27 +0100 464996 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/food_weekend.html I read that pizza was the traditional after-Thanksgiving meal. However, the article was citing the pizza delivered by the commercial pizza companies. Not so in our house. Missy K and I made the real deal: a Greek pizza, a vegetarian... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464997 Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:02:04 +0100 464997 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/happy_thanksgiv.html HAPPY THANKSGIVING..........Here is a new recipe to try for the holidays!! It's from my friend, Pat. She's NOT a Crazy Nurse, but she used to be a teacher and now she's a principal. Ingredients:1 whole chicken or turkey1 large lemon,... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464998 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:16:07 +0100 464998 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/hospice_for_dyi.html Today was a very different OB experience: my study buddies, M I, went with me to Alexandra's House this afternoon. It's one of the few perinatal hospice programs in the country. Alexandra's House serves parents who have a baby that... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=464999 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:19:32 +0100 464999 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/you_owe_it_to_y.html to check these out. First of all, click on NHS for a terrific Change of Shift roundup of nursing blogs. If you don't have time to read the blogs on a regular basis, this is a great way to sample... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465000 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:43:00 +0100 465000 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/ob.html Been a busy and better week in OB; I pulled a low A on the second exam but learned a lot while watching 2 c-sections during clinicals. I really love surgery and if I could be a scrub nurse rather... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465001 Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:54:40 +0100 465001 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/nurses_how_do_y.html It's been a good day. The Mother-Baby rotation is fun. The only thing that would make it more fun is being paid to do it. Although I'm flooded with a bunch of information to familiarize myself with, absorb quickly and... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465002 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:21:38 +0100 465002 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/nursing_student.html I tell you what. I haven't had a nastier virus than this one in a long time. The new, improved, mutated virus I caught from SuperHubby has lingered for 7 days. His lingered for 10. I am trying hard on... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465003 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 14:56:27 +0100 465003 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/11/life_in_kansas.html Life is all about context. This picture ran in the Lawrence Journal World this morning. It's an 11-year old boy dressed up as a chicken for Halloween. Not just any chicken, but his pet chicken, Lucy, who recently died. (got... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465004 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:49:47 +0100 465004 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/10/whats_next.html So... the semester break is over and no, I didn't get nearly everything done I wanted to. Only 1/2 way through the bloody research paper and I've traded in two classes (Peds and Therapeutic Touch) for OB and Oncology. My... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465005 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:38:47 +0100 465005 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/10/its_october_hav.html Sitting around here during Fall Break has given me time to read. I'm spending time reviewing Pharmacology and am revisiting all the different drug classifications, noting some of the details I've forgotten -- or maybe never knew-- about side effects... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465006 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:59:25 +0100 465006 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/10/student_nurse_d_1.html I'm happy to say that my Student Nurse Disease is now in remission. Nothing a set of flannel sheets and 9 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep couldn't cure. I intended to blog about it early this morning, but then I... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465007 Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:07:36 +0100 465007 http://thirddegreenurse.typepad.com/nursed/2006/10/student_nurse_d.html I went down to my family room today. It used to have a family in it. Now it's pretty much empty except for the occasional day when the family comes by. I don't really even remember what we keep in... (Source: Third Degree Nurse) Third Degree Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=465008 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:07:28 +0100 465008