MtnMan

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1. Should Surgical Technicians Circulate

   MtnMan replied to Rnn2003's topic in Operating Room

   Is it me or are the colleges just starting to offer ST program's. My school just started one and I think it is great. Compared to the minimal training that military tech's get, The students at my school are sitting next to us in all the advanced scie...

2. Is it Ok for a male nurse to have a beard?

   MtnMan replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   2 Thread/Polls on body hair at the same time..... Sounds like ThunderWolf has some body hair issues, I'm sure there is some kind of support growth for that. He says scratching his beard.

3. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   MtnMan replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   As a hairy scrub wearer I opt out of the t-shirt on a ccount of I am also somewhat of sweaty, swarthy fellow. Like Tweety the sleeves are an issue as well. I find dirty shoes, messy head hair and unkempt nails to be much more offensive professional...

4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   MtnMan replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   Young man- broken nose- hysterical wife- "I told you that you were going to kill yourself with those Num Chuks" (Had to be air-lifted to nearest trauma unit) We first thought the wife was hysterical... she was just laughing so hard she was crying. Sh...

5. How do you get it through nurses heads that we MUST be patient advocates?

   MtnMan replied to pghfoxfan's topic in General Nursing

   pghfoxfan must work with a Negative Nancy or two. We have one in our ED who talks down to the young mom's that come in with "silly" complaints re: their pride and joy. She then will share the "ridiculous" story and talk down the parents quite loudly ...

6. just when I thought I had saw it all!

   MtnMan replied to kimhaw's topic in General Students

   Unbelievable the one with the picture should consider a reading/spelling class before attending school. The errors in her ad don't exactly give one faith that she could excel as a atudent.

7. Be very Careful about considering Excelsior's Online ADN program...

   MtnMan replied to ColoLPNStudent's topic in Online Learning

   As a 7 year navy corpsman I am friends with dozens of Reagents/EC grads. They welcome veterans, LPN/LVN's, and EMT-P's(paramedics). People with enough medical/nursing knowledge and most importantly life experience to comprehend and do well. Most EC g...

8. Working Holidays

   MtnMan replied to Fun2's topic in General Nursing

   I wish we had enough staff to cover that deal. My daughters are narrating a christmas play tonight at our church, and I'll be wiping somebody's butt. Then they have to wait until 7:30 tomorrow morning for me to get home from work. Thankfully the gir...

9. Working Night-Shift and Going to School

   MtnMan replied to RN_2007's topic in General Students

   I'm doing it right now Sat,Sun,Mon 7p-7a and get paid for 40 hours. Taking 10-12 credits a semester. I also have 2 kids and commute 50 miles to school 4-5 days a week. You just have to decide if you want it bad enough. Sleep is overrated and can be d...

10. What do you carry your lecture books with?

    MtnMan replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Students

    Soft sided leather attache with shoulder straps containing notebooks, lab manuals, TI-83 and PDA. Textbooks stay here in my office.

11. I have 8 credits left and I quit!

    MtnMan replied to beaRNwhenIgroUP's topic in General Students

    Taking and passing the LPN board would also demonstrate your commitment and applied knowledge. Have a sit down with the Dean of Nursing and if that doesn't work her/his boss. My argumentative nature would probably also direct me to a lawyer. Ny frien...

12. Warning about Classbook.com

    MtnMan replied to shel_wny's topic in General Students

    Get your ISBN's ready and go to http://www.BigWords.com they search the auction sites and new book sites for you. I used it simply to search for me and saved a bundle of time and money as a full time worker/parent/student these 2 things rank near the...

13. What did you pay for books each sem?

    MtnMan replied to TLC RN's topic in General Students

    Just found an awesome site for books if you are on of us brave online shoppers. http://www.BigWords.com This site does the searching for you, ebay, amazon, hal.com, well all of them it compares prices new and used and links you to the sites or auctio...

14. Anatomy Courses in Nursing

    MtnMan replied to Kince's topic in General Students

    Keep in mind that the doc doesn't always make it clear to the patien/family why they are doing everything they do. Also pts/fams fail to ask questions of the doc for whatever reason they will ask you. I fyou can't explain to them in laymens terms why...

15. Forcing nurses to work as aides

    MtnMan replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps spending a little time with the lowly aides and finding out what they do besides take breaks would be in everyones best interest. Since you are held responsible if they screw up I should think you would want to know what thry do. In the Marin...