s_david_a

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1. Diet Coke Commercial: Nurses are Extraordinary

   s_david_a replied to s_david_a's topic in General Nursing

   Lol -- good catch NICU nurse!

2. Diet Coke Commercial: Nurses are Extraordinary

   s_david_a posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey fellow nurses, if you were creating a massive new ad campaing called "stay extraordinary" and wanted to show "extraordinary people doing extraordinary things" would you choose a nurse--Diet Coke did for their awesome ad! Enjoy:

3. Community-Based Nursing

   s_david_a replied to marvije jame's topic in General Nursing

   uggh... This must have been translated via translation software.... or it is extreme thesaurus abuse. Either way, the ideas are not conveyed in an understandable manner. Sorry!

4. Moving to Durham, NC from Los Angeles

   s_david_a replied to CRNA1906's topic in North Carolina

   I highly recommend Old West Durham and Watts Hillendale... great neighborhoods, affordable, and within walking/biking distance to the school (parking is a mess at Duke)

5. what is an okay GPA to put on your resume?

   s_david_a replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

   I would tend to agree--> only a GPA that is very significant: 3.9, 4.0... but that would be signaled by other things that may be more meaningful and look less "bookish"... Sigma Theta Tau... Summa Cum Laude, etc

6. Unprofessional School Orientation

   s_david_a replied to Dakovich's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I hate to say this, but welcome to nursing! Unfortunately unprofessional behavior is more the rule than the exception--I'm finishing up at a fantastic school, but you see the unprofessional behavior in the units, in preceptors, in interviews... Stay ...

7. Duke ABSN loans? Should I even apply?

   s_david_a replied to ICU11's topic in North Carolina

   DUSON's in-house scholarships are definitely worth applying for--not a waste of time at all!

8. oh, so you're studying to be a "male" nurse...

   s_david_a replied to Deglynx's topic in Men

   My father in law said "so you're going to be **like** a nurse, but you'll be a man." I said "Actually dad, I'm **already** a man, and I will be an **actual** nurse, not just like a nurse." "So, you'll be **basically** a nurse, but a **man.**" "I a...

9. In nursing school clinical did you experience discrimination / bias from instructor?

   s_david_a replied to biltz's topic in Men

   Sorry for what you are going through--hope it ends up with you back in the program and eventually an RN... I have had very supportive faculty and clinical instructors. In fact our Maternal Health professor brought in a woman to speak about her experi...

10. My Husband the nurse!

    s_david_a replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    Try Duke; it's a great program; very male friendly; BSN in 16 months.

11. Duke Hospital

    s_david_a replied to Tsiasn's topic in North Carolina

    love duke and durham

12. what are the best mens scrubs you have found?

    s_david_a replied to Buckyxj's topic in Men

    Larry77 mentioned Aviator scrubs back when I was first starting my ABSN program, so I took his advice. I'm glad I did. They look great, are tough, and they have as many pockets as you could ever want--I can't tell you how useful the pen-pockets on th...

13. Any nurses with myasthenia gravis?

    s_david_a replied to iwasanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have a professor who has MG, was diagnosed at 10 yo. She works nationally with MG issues, so I'd be happy to pass your contact info on to her. Please private message me if you'd like for me to make that contact. God bless you in your struggle. Than...

14. Anyone applying to the Duke ABSN program for Fall 2009 (c/o 2011)?

    s_david_a replied to ybq2008's topic in Pre-Nursing

    From a member of the 2010 cohort: congrats to all of you who've been accepted. I hope you will love the program as much as I do. It's challenging and transformative--cheers! shane

15. any ideas for a good nursing school/program?

    s_david_a replied to bch5002's topic in Male Students

    If you have a Bachelor's degree already, then I would highly recommend Duke. I'm in the ABSN program there: 1. Phenomenal faculty with expert clinicians from the Duke Health System as guest lecturers. 2. Amazing facilities, labs, libraries, hospital...