litepath

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1. Male RN and Jobs

   litepath replied to trainer2070's topic in Male Students

   Plenty. Don't get hung up on your sex, k?

2. new on forum and need help in north carolina!!!

   litepath replied to ekirkpat's topic in North Carolina

   Hey EKIRKPAT~ Don't be frustrated by the non-representation of Carolina hospitals. Look for NOVANT healthcare. They have at least one or two hospitals in Charlotte. I'll bet they have a pile of listings for jobs too. I work at a NOVANT site in Winsto...

3. ICU nurse needs some neuro info...

   litepath replied to Phishininau's topic in Neuro

   Don't cardiac pt.s experience heightened sexual inhibition??

4. Why is everyone on Protonix

   litepath replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

   All of theses answers while correct do miss an important point; HCL in the stomach is there to kill bugs via low pH. These inhibitors nix the low pH and thereby give rise to bug growth. Sucralfate will bind with HCl, preventing the stress ulcers w/o ...

5. Hard to get hired?

   litepath replied to Kitty-MayRN's topic in Men

   If your male Nurse Graduate is having trouble getting hired...then perhaps HE is saying something that triggers a problem with the hiring folk??

6. Nurse practitioners in the neuro ICU

   litepath replied to bruinlaura's topic in Neuro

   ~~We have four in our 14 bed Neurosurgical ICU here at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. This is a large teaching hospital with the CDC down the street on the edge of campus. Apparently the NP's here do quite a bit of assessment/progress notes and orders. I...

7. New grad pay scales around the state

   litepath replied to Jnet55's topic in Virginia

   I think the topic is appropriate for an open forum. The Hospitals don't want you to know what each other make$. The hospital I just left in Arlington had new grads starting at about $23/h. up from $21. I didn't see any gender bias or any other bias ...

8. Do you believe in the power of prayer, do you pray?

   litepath replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

   I want to know how many poeple out there, believe in the power of prayer, and how many believe it works? Any stories? Any proof? Thoughts etc? me ~Oh yes Prayer works! Hard to give definitive proof because it requires faith. Faith is personal., you...

9. This may be a silly Question!

   litepath replied to suehp's topic in General Nursing

   "Pernicious anemia occurs as a relatively common adult form of anemia that is associated with gastric atrophy and a loss of IF production and as a rare congenital autosomal recessive form in which IF production is lacking without gastric atrophy. Th...

10. Silly Question but I Don't Know How To Make A Resume

    litepath replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Use ten minute resume dot com. It is cool.

11. Only 4 periods a year!!

    litepath replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

    ~~From the male Nurses side~ ~~~Only thing that would concern me would be the potential for infection. ~~~To me it would seem that you'd want to keep the natural, gravity fed toilet working, with all the Natural Flora, even attached flora regularly ...

12. Does this mean I'll hate Nursing?

    litepath replied to Rivs's topic in General Students

    As a critical care Nurse actively working in an ICU I can tell you that the stuff you speak of is an everyday occurance. I work in a teaching hospital so the docs are residents and interns at night when I work. So besides ensuring that the client get...

13. Does this mean I'll hate Nursing?

    litepath replied to Rivs's topic in General Students

    As a critical care Nurse actively working in an ICU I can tell you that the stuff you speak of is an everyday occurance. I work in a teaching hospital so the docs are residents and interns at night when I work. So besides ensuring that the client get...

14. Assertive or aggressive?

    litepath replied to Gator,SN's topic in General Nursing

    ~~yeah Gator, You did do the right thing and it appears went the extra mile to attempt to accomodate her behavior. But you were far from aggressive and appear accomodative in your response. Many people do not understand assertiveness, and therefor...

15. Assertive or aggressive?

    litepath replied to Gator,SN's topic in General Nursing

    ~~yeah Gator, You did do the right thing and it appears went the extra mile to attempt to accomodate her behavior. But you were far from aggressive and appear accomodative in your response. Many people do not understand assertiveness, and therefor...