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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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Seems as if a lot of moms are nurses.. Just checking to see where you live and what kind of professional setting you work in.
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Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023
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Comment by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on January 2, 2011 at 9:03pm
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Just wanted to let all of you who have been praying for me that my stress test with the cardiologist went well. Dx: no heart damage. He agreed w/me that the chest pain is the likely result of all the stress I've been under, but he also warned me that I need to get the stress under control because it can cause actual heart damage. Now that is going to be hard to accomplish! I have been seeing a counselor/therapist for a while now so he said "we" will make it a top priority for me to learn to take care of myself & to think of myself first. Don't know about that either, nurses don't think that way! I think if my sister would talk to me and make me feel like I am her sister that things would improve in many ways. It's been nearly 2 months and not a word. I never knew she could or would hold onto her anger that long! But, I have accepted that I can't make her talk to me or love me again so I've stopped trying. That has helped some, but it left me feeling like 3 members of the family have died. Anyone ever experienced this kind of reaction? Anyone care to share some advice?
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Comment by Dona on December 28, 2010 at 7:00pm
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I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!
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Haven't been here in a while,either. This month has been a blur-finished clinicals with students, turned in grades, had a parathyroidectomy, and a WHITE Christmas in Georgia! Our Seabee and grandbaby arrive tomorrow!
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Comment by Eileen (USS Albany) on December 27, 2010 at 1:28am
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I work in Pediatrics at a large outpatient clinic in northern wisconsin. Prior to that, I have worked in ICU/CCU for 10 years and Hemodialysis for 8 years. I have also worked as a Camp Nurse in the summers.
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What do the initials SANE stand for? I don't remember ever seeing them. But first DebiM mentionned SANE and now Rose4256 has as well. Is it a mid-west "thing?"
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Comment by msmom on December 2, 2010 at 2:38pm
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Proud Navy/NYPD I am praying for you and entire family. In times of great loss people do not behave like themselves. I experienced this with Katrina in 2005. I did chart reviews and summaries for a law firm just to be able to work...couldn't help people at the hospital. Finally got back to hospital in 2007. I needed to take care of myself. You need to take care of you; I'm praying for you.
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Debi M, thank you so much for the encouraging message. I truly appreciate it so much!! I had to see my cardiologist yesterday because of having some chest pain. Next week I have to do a stress test and then depending upon that he wants me to consider a cardiac cath ... I'm not so certain about that! I'm just going to have to pray on it.
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I just looked back and discovered that the last time I posted anything was Oct. 26th and that was to tell you all that my Dad had died. Well, 5 weeks to the day of when we buried Daddy my Mom died. It was a total shock as she hadn't been really ill. She had a cough that was keeping her awake so I took her to her doctor to have it checked out. He ordered a chest x-ray & they discovered a small infiltrate in her LLL and started her on antibiotics. But she didn't improve. On 11/8 I took her out for a little ride, but I had to lift her legs to get her into the car. She was so SOB that it made me nervous. Finally convinced her to call MD who sent he to the ER immediately. There we found out that she was in severe CHF. Her cardiac enzymes were so high they told us that she had had multiple & severe MIs likely within the previous 2 weeks. No symptoms at all. They took her to RI Hospital because they thought she might need a cardiac cath done & the local hospital's cath lab was only open during the day. Tues. they ran tests and Wed. AM they took her to the procedure room. First artery was 90% blocked, 2nd one was so convoluted and twisted they couldn't advance the cath. While removing it she went into a tachy rhythm & they told my brothers to pray. Then she went into afib & they let them go in to say goodbye. Ten minutes later she was gone. The docs tell us that her heart was so damaged the only way they could possibly have saved her was if they put he on life-support and tried to get her on a transplant list. Things were bad after my Dad died, but they are worse now. One sister doesn't speak to me at all & announced that she is not related to me and has no relationship with me and 2 brothers don't speak either. It has just been so hard. In my heart I think Mom died of a broken heart - they would have been married 60 yrs. in March. I spend a lot of time crying, I miss them so badly. And I hate having these broken relationships with my siblings, but it is a decision they made. I'd like to go back to nursing, but I don't think I could handle it right now. Maybe in the spring. I'd like to work with the rape crisis office in the next town and advocate for the woman. I've also thought about being involved w/doctors & nurses who work with homeland medical security. Have any of you done either type of nursing mentionned above? Got any advice for me? Sorry I haven't kept in touch -- just haven't felt like sitting down at the computer ...
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Hi Anita! I am NICU nurse for 35 years! My M graduated BC 2/10 and is in Japan with 7th fleet!? Welcome and enjoy PIR!
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Comment by Anita MA Mom on November 26, 2010 at 10:46pm
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Great to see site for Nurse Moms!! My sailor is in BC graduating 12/17. I have been an RN for 25 yrs. mostly experience with Neonates, Pediatric Cardiology, and Newborn Nursery. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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