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    What type of shoes do you buy?

    For me - my foot - Skechers - I've got a narrow foot and these fit. But the MOST important thing, in spite of these shoes are my socks. THORLO - they have this incredible Isotoner-type supportive fit - My feet feel fantastic at the end of the day a...
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    Perfect shoes for the "flat footed" male nurse

    No matter what the shoe - I swear by THORLO socks - I choose the 'walking' crew, but they have a low profile one as well - they 'hug' your arch/instep and offer the best cushion on the heel and ball of your foot. They last forever. For flat feet - ...
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    My new favorite doctor! Read this :)

    Great post! And made me smile to be reminded there are, indeed, nice Drs out there. I know there are - but sometimes it takes just one bad one to take front center in your mind - Like the Dr I had to work with for a year, who would....accidentally....
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    My Nursing Career In Six Words

    Real Life Nursing - So NOT school!
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    ?s about Green Bay job opps for LPNs

    Hi Georgia - I've just spent two weeks exploring MN and WI for relocation as well as job ops. I'm an LVN from Texas and am moving to the cold! You may have already done so but the following sites have lots of ideas: Job Search | one search. all job...
  6. I would not forget to stress - big-time - that patients NEVER, EVER read the textbooks and therefore have no earthly idea how they are supposed to present with S/S when they are sick, just to match what you learned in the classroom. because you lea...
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    Passed CHPLN Certification Exam!!!

    Hi Everyone - Just checked back on this thread and congrats to all who passed. Oh yes, I was blown out of my seat as well. I remember the questions - or some of them - being so far out of left field, they orbited around and were coming in from the ...
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    FYI - GROUP ONE Members List in DFW

    The Commuter is absolutely right on the above post. The DFW - Group One site only listed what I posted. However, I have also found that many nursing agencies in the DFW area also subscribe to this service. Was told by a Maxim rep that they used th...
  9. Hmmmm...might send this in a totally different direction here. Earlier comments all pretty good. OP has good query as to her responsibility - and I agree needs to further explore the order, the responsibility, etc... A 'bowel program' used for a qu...
  10. the following is posted on the dallas fort worth hospital councils website of those members who use group one to screen prospective employees. dfwhc | home hospital members 1. baylor health care system 2. baylor all saints medical center at fo...
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    Group One background checks in Texas

    DFWHC | Hospital Members Lists all the hospitals that are "members"
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    Scared Of Bullying

    Just an outstanding letter - and I wish you nothing but the absolute best! You...will be the kind of nurse, or "candystriper", or aid or....friend...I'd want to work with any time - and the kind of compassionate - "real" human being I'd have no tro...
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    Santa Fe and other IHS hospital questions

    Sent you a PM -
  14. Mucous-y, gray-tinged slime from trachs - the smell of old teeth, dirty mouths in geri's refusing mouth care from aides, nurses or family members and the dentures they pull out - smells like nothing else not big on gangrene either
  15. Imbri - thanks ever so for the kind reply. No...not in NM yet - love sometimes comes with challenges :) - not bad but logistically speaking. Read your other posts - my reply to your ? about nurse/pt ratios - that being 45 pts...RUN.....VERY FAST AWA...