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Nursing Motivation - For the Tough Days

1. Grades do not define the nurse.You can still be a C + student and an extraordinary caregiver.

2. Your strengths as a nurse may change on a day to day basis. Be kind to yourself if you aren’t on point with your favorite skills. Maybe today’s the day you nail another skill instead.

3. It’s ok to want a time out, and escape from nursing, or studying. It doesn’t mean you’re a slacker. It just means you are human, and recognize that in order to safely take care of others, or excel in school - sometimes you need to avoid the world for a bit, process things and refresh.

4. Apologizing to others when you don’t understand something is a disrespect to yourself. It actually takes a lot of guts to admit when you’re uncertain and need assistance.

5. If it’s taking you longer to do things, do not become disheartened. Speed may be essential in time management, however, so is accuracy. Speed may come when you feel comfortable, and a little confident, but it may well be that slow and thoughtful is your way.

6. Recognize what you are doing well. There’s an awful lot of negative commentary already around. When you make your list of things you’d like to improve upon - make a matching one of the things that are uniquely your strength. Remember them on the toughest days.

7. The difficulties you are experiencing are legitimate. It’s ok if others do not understand. It doesn’t minimize the importance of these concerns to you. Believe in yourself, even when others do not.

8. Begin a reflective journal. It may feel more comfortable to write out your concerns. Also write on the days you are doing ok, and have made small steps in progress. Read over on your toughest days, see how far you’ve come, reflect on things you’d like to work on from time to time. Reflect on those small things you’ve accomplished. They’re not as small as they appear.

9. Remember that every nurse was a beginner at some point. Every nurse questioned their abilities at one stage in their career. Every nurse has made mistakes. Every nurse has experienced overwhelming frustration. Perhaps every nurse has considered, what’s it all for? What every nurse may have in common, is endurance and fortitude.

10. Choose 50 of your favorite motivational quotes - and maybe a few humorous ones. Print out each one individually, and seal each of them in separate envelopes. On the tough days, failed exams, days you’re burned out, days you just want to quit it all - choose one envelope randomly. At the very least, the humor will distract you a little, and the inspiration will remind you of your goals.

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Hip Arthroplasty and details (2014)

An illustration depicting a hip arthroplasty, also known as a hip replacement surgery, to be used as an educational handout to inform medical students about the basic steps of this surgery.

Created with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

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Westermark’s sign, CXR

Note the area of hypoperfusion distal to the right pulmonary vasculature. This represents a probable pulmonary embolism. Immediate anticoagulation with heparin is warranted.

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Septic emboli, pulmonary CT

Often seen in IV drug users or immunocompromised patients with right sided bacterial endocarditis. Unhygienic IV drug use may inadvertently inject skin flora into the bloodstream which then seeds the tricuspid valve, shooting off emboli into the lungs. Physical exam may reveal a holosystolic murmur that increases in intensity with inspiration. Note the bilateral peripheral parenchymal nodules on lung CT.

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Spontaneous pneumothorax is a collection of air or gas in the space between the lungs and the chest that “collapses” the lung and prevents it from inflating completely.

There are two types of spontaneous pneumothorax: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax and Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.

Spontaneous means there is no traumatic injury to the chest or lung. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in people without lung disease. It occurs most often in tall, thin, young people.

Sometimes people have a family history of this problem. People who have had one spontaneous pneumothorax are at higher risk of the same thing (on the same side or the other side) occurring again.

Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in people who have underlying lung disease. The most common lung disease that causes spontaneous pneumothorax is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Other lung diseases associated with spontaneous pneumothorax include Asthma, Cystic fibrosis, Interstitial lung disease, Lung cancer, Pneumonia and Tuberculosis.

By request: x-ray for spontaneous pneumothorax

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Vestigial Organs Anonymous

Source: (The Awkward Yeti)

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How to remove a ring from a swollen finger without cutting it off.

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Nine Swedish women have successfully received womb transplants donated from relatives.

“If everything goes according to plan with the Swedish project, the women will be able to become pregnant twice. After this, the uterus will be removed and the women will no longer require medicine to prevent rejection of the transplanted uterus”

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Monsanto’s BT-Toxins Found to Kill Human Embryo Cells

By Christina Sarich

Many individuals have heard it a million times, but for the uninformed, or those just looking to fuel their 2014 fire to finally defeat Monsanto and their cronies, you’ll be interested to know that Monsanto’s Bt-toxin is far from ‘safe’ as the chemical company claimed it would be when filing their papers with the FDA. New research from Canada show that BT toxins are showing up in pregnant women, and low and behold – they are killing human embryo cells. 2014 is the year of the horse, but we’re not through beating this one to death.

It’s called reproductive toxicology, and just like their suicide seeds, these Bt toxins are starting to kill our own unborn children. This is no exaggeration. Hopefully reading further will compel you to take action. It is time to put Monsanto to rest, bankrupt them, and let the world know their ‘secrets’ near and far.

Bt toxins are prominent in genetically altered crops such as corn, soy, wheat, and others, called Cry1Ab – and they can be lethal. Not only do these cry-toxins target the kidney cells of developing human fetuses, but when Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac are combined with RoundUp, they can delay apoptosis of human cancer cells. What’s worse, glyphosate, the main ingredient in RoundUp, also causes necrosis – i.e. the death of human tissue, and this happens even when the substance is found in much smaller amounts than what is currently being used on our agricultural crops. The stuff is still carcinogenic in the parts per trillion range.

In its rush to remain the ‘agricultural leader’ of the world, the US government erected defunct regulatory bodies that have no means to truly examine the ramifications of biotechnology on our food. The National Institute of Health (NIH) is a joke and the FDA gave Monsanto an indefinite hall pass to cause mayhem on the food supply.

More people need to file lawsuits against this company until they are without one red cent to continue poisoning the planet and killing our unborn babies. The Organic Seed Grower’s Association sued Monsanto in 2011, and Idaho wheat growers are suing Monsanto for cross-contamination, but what about parental groups? Mother’s Against Drunk Driving was formed when a mom lost her baby to a drunk driver. Perhaps the mothers who face reproductive failure due to Monsanto’s hand can sue them collectively.

The FDA’s internal memos about their concerns surrounding GMO seed crops recently surfaced in one lawsuit, though the public was never meant to see them. GMO foods are not the foods we have always eaten. This is an outright lie.

Any lawyers out there willing to go against the monopoly? I’d sign a class action suit today. Would you? In the meantime, utilize these 5 tips for avoiding GMOs while you write your local senator, state representatives, congressman, and president.

This article was published at NationofChange at: http://www.nationofchange.org/monsanto-s-bt-toxins-found-kill-human-embryo-cells-1390666070. All rights are reserved.