rocketscience

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1. Medical Marijuana Opinions

   rocketscience replied to SL2014's topic in Arizona

   When you are faced with a child (19) that has failed courses and graduated late from high school secondary to missing so much class and not studying because he is somewhere else smoking marijuana with his friends and then he fails/drops classes and t...

2. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

   rocketscience replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

   Never say never. That patient you bathe tomorrow may be the nurse/doctor/dentist/dental hygienist/chiropractor/physical therapist/respiratory therapist/radiologist or xray tech/phlebotomist/dietician, minister/admission clerk/insurance clerk/medical...

3. Why we work on holidays

   rocketscience replied to hawkfdc's topic in General Nursing

   I can't imagine anyone in nursing even asking if they would be expected to work holidays. Nursing is a 24/7/365 day job. Our scheduling is such that everyone rotates the holidays each year and per holiday and may volunteer to work extra holidays if...

4. How much is school costing you?

   rocketscience replied to tbell2's topic in General Students

   In Meridian, MS you can attend school for ADN right out of high school with free tuition if you maintain a C average and are a resident of the city or county. You may also qualify for extra free money for books. Otherwise, it's probably around $400...

5. When coworkers make prejudiced statements

   rocketscience replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Lead by example. We don't know what the "soothing" statements were that you made, but we can read your referral to a patient/client as a "psychosocial disaster" and "drain on society" which could be interpreted as personal judgements rather than t...