mshultz

mshultz

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About mshultz

BA in Biology, 254 semester hours of college credit and still going to school

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  1. Do you ever wash your scrubs with whites?

    I think I did that when I first moved away from home. I still have a couple of red bedspreads that I use as drop cloths, but they do not get washed with other clothes. It's so nice to have my own washer and dryer, always clean and in perfect repair....
  2. Do you ever wash your scrubs with whites?

    What color are your scrubs? Red is never safe, even after years, as I know from personal experience. I would not risk intense colors like the purple scrubs shown in the ad associated with this thread, either. My 22 year old washer and dryer (at 2 l...
  3. I received the vaccine yesterday, December 15. This was the first day it was available to the general population in my county. I had a slight soreness for half a day at the injection site (right deltoid). No other symptoms. On the other hand, a 25...
  4. Skull Indentations...Normal?

    My skull has lumps and dents. No history of head trauma. Luckily for me, I have a full head of hair.
  5. New EMS Rescue Tool

    Those scissors are listed by Hach Company as Clippers (Shears) for $15.45. I use them to open powder pillows. Since they are included in a picture of extraction tools, I guess they must be sturdy enough to cut seat belts.
  6. Still penny pinching

    Here are the 2007 census household incomes. The upper chart is unadjusted, the lower chart has all of the years converted to 2007 dollars: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/f01AR.html As the chart is divided into fifths: Second fifth ran...
  7. I earned my BA in 1979, so yes, I remember going to the library for term paper research, and also typing papers with a typewriter. I also remember computer punch cards, and waiting 90 minutes average for the mainframe to run my programs. Walter Will...
  8. Still penny pinching

    Williss2: Where do you live? Standard of living is wages divided by cost of living. The denominator (cost of living) is more important than the numerator (wages) because it varies more. I am not a healthcare worker, but my wages are perhaps somewha...
  9. Failure to Respond to Jury Summons

    Here in Ohio, the actual penalties for failing to report for jury duty vary by county and even by judge (as opposed to the written law). In Wayne County, they would probably just ignore you (perhaps because so many of us take our civic duties seriou...
  10. Bangkok Morning

    I hope this catches on in America some day!
  11. Ahhh crap!

    The bed is supposed to be lowered when the patient is unattended? I am not a healthcare worker, but was an ICU patient in 2003. I would lower the bed when I needed to get out, and then raise it back up after I was back in bed. The nurses never adj...
  12. How many miles/minutes do you drive to work?

    I work at 2 different locations, a quarter mile apart on the same road. It is about 4 miles and takes about 6 minutes. 1 stop sign on the way to work, none on the way home. No traffic lights, no school zones, no railroad tracks. Mapquest says it i...
  13. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia are controversial diagnoses. Some consider them to be actual diseases, while others consider them to be malingering. The malingering camp thinks that Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia patients use their "illnesses" ...
  14. Are you getting enough sleep? I have had this happen to me. If I am sleepy to the point where I am no longer learning anything, I take a nap, and then continue to read afterward.
  15. Who reads your charting?

    I eventually requested my medical records from when I was in the hospital in 2003. It's just not possible to be an informed patient without a copy of the medical records.