MarkE86

MarkE86 specializes in Interested in Pediatrics, ER.

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1. Errors that you caught...

   MarkE86 replied to sabrina_RPN's topic in Medications

   I'm not working as an RN yet, but in my job as an MA I catch med errors all the time. The most common one in our office is confusion between potassium citrate and potassium chloride. I've had other MAs send Rxs for KCl instead of K-citrate. Also, dur...

2. Male Nurses that lift weights and stay fit

   MarkE86 replied to S-Rank's topic in Male Students

   I lost 60lbs last year, but just finishing my final semester of nursing school and just been too busy to get to the gym. I know, excuses, excuses...but once I finish I'm gonna get back to it. I really want to find a sport or activity to get involved ...

3. scrubs dont fit me well

   MarkE86 replied to 13905 BSN's topic in Male Students

   I have an awful time finding scrubs that fit. I am 5'7" and went from 230lbs to 170lbs in 6 months last year. I'm still a bit overweight for my height but I went from a 40"w to a 34"w, so I thought that would make scrubs easier to find...not so. When...

4. Can Medical Assistants legally give medication injections in Massachusett?

   MarkE86 replied to latina's topic in Massachusetts

   The law surrounding practice as a Medical Assistant is pretty fuzzy, I think. In most offices the MAs simply do whatever the MD tells them to - the understanding being that the MD is ultimately responsible for anything his/her MAs do. I don't know th...

5. Will my misdemeanors prevent me from nursing in MA?

   MarkE86 replied to DozerNova's topic in Criminal

   No judgement here. We've all had rough times. You can check with the state board of nursing to see exactly what the requirements are. We were just given all the information in preparation for pinning next month, but I don't have it handy right now. I...

6. White pants for pinning?

   MarkE86 posted a topic in General Students

   My pinning is coming up on January 6th (!!!).....so glad to be done with school! But there is this little issue of the pinning uniform. We were told that the men are to wear a white dress shirt and white dress pants with a green tie (green and gold a...

7. Did I I just get a no-good stethoscope?

   MarkE86 replied to luckygal5571's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have a Littmann Lightweight II SE and it works just fine for me. I use it most often for lung sounds and I can get a pretty good idea of what's going on - it picks up wheezes, ronchi, etc. It works for blood pressure and basic heart sounds too. I d...

8. 13 things a nurse won't tell you

   MarkE86 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   1) Stop calling me "the male nurse." That is not my job title. On that note, stop asking me if I have always wanted to be a "male nurse." Some day I'm gonna say "No, actually at one point I wanted to be a female nurse, but the surgery plus the tuitio...

9. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   MarkE86 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a nursing student with an extremely hairy chest and I wear a t-shirt under my scrubs out of habit/self-consciousness. I do think that it's accepted, common professional behavior to be well-groomed at work and since I don't really have the time be...

10. Nursing Theory

    MarkE86 replied to AragornSkywalker's topic in Male Students

    I guess the short answer is because it's on the NCLEX....

11. Nursing Theory

    MarkE86 replied to AragornSkywalker's topic in Male Students

    I have a bachelor's in psych, so when we started covering the nursing theory stuff I pretty much went into PTSD.....not this again, I thought! But hey, it's required for school. You learn what you need to for the tests (and here's a free tip: the rig...

12. Need some advice

    MarkE86 replied to mkriebs's topic in Male Students

    KPA is right - depsite all the psychbabble about how women "mature" earlier than men (whatever the hell that means), I have found that pretty much across the board women in their 20s have a huge tendency towards selfishness. Even the best of them. I ...

13. I love these "tell me about yourself" forms

    MarkE86 replied to AragornSkywalker's topic in Male Students

    I just started playing AD&D with a couple friends of mine - I'm a huge fan of video game RPGs but had never played a table RPG before. Currently I'm a Lv. 2 hobbit thief, which fits me perfectly - I'm short (5'7"), rounder than I'd like to be, co...

14. Anyone applying/applied for Quincy College full time program for 09

    MarkE86 replied to jackp1002's topic in Massachusetts

    Hey I know I'm late replying to this but congrats you guys!!! So glad you got in.

15. Does being a guy have any affect on being accepted into your schools nursing program?

    MarkE86 replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in Male Students

    I got into Quincy College because I got pretty much the highest score they had ever seen on the Accuplacer admission test. I also had a BA in psych with all my prereqs completed at grades of C or higher. To me it doesn't do us guys any favors when pe...