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1. Need help on mark twain quote!

   POTR replied to TeeGuneys23's topic in General Nursing

   Learn outside of the

2. Time to call a duck a duck?

   POTR replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Eh... Most skilled labor positions have 4-5 year apprenticeships (school +OJT) usually with a certificate, sometimes there are options in the careers with an Associates or Bachelors Degree with a few...

3. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

   POTR replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmm... I have had a flat tire multiple times in a row when I was a young and starving student and couldn't just afford to go buy a new tire (or set) at the drop of a hat (or nail as the case may be)....

4. What is your splurge?

   POTR replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

   Barnes & Noble! (And they just dropped the price $50 on the 3G+WiFi NOOK!) Home Depot (Power Tools) Snap On (All the other tools) any Gun show... A nice weekend - Read a book or three, work on...

5. Just call me Flash

   POTR replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Just found this relevant bit of ACNP conference material while wandering the net...

6. Just call me Flash

   POTR replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Can't say that any of this will ever apply to me, but perhaps I can offer some points for consideration... Some studies have shown that soy does work at producing relief from symptoms when from actual...

7. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   POTR replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, I only presented the God theory after you yelled about shaving "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD." Was not the focus of my point at all. If my skin gets chewed up from shaving, it doesn't matter what is...

8. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   POTR replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, you 'yelled' "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE SHAVE IT!!" And since you now mention shaving prior to procedures along with your long experience, I'll simply point out that traditionally, surgical...

9. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

   POTR replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

   Eh, I don't care if you've got a unibrow, mustache, hairy chest or hairy mole, I'm not going to say you have to get rid of

10. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    POTR replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Been there, experienced it, no permanent physical damage in my case. Both as a child in the 70's at a Catholic hospital, and as an adult in an Army hospital in the 80's. And as far as the...

11. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    POTR replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Since you brought up God... God put it there, I'd be inclined to think that it would be against God to shave it. Even without arguing theology... Just like your eyebrows and eyelashes, which end up...

12. Protocol for Going on trip with Patient

    POTR replied to Gingilly's topic in General Nursing

    For California you will need an endorsement... http://www.rn.ca.gov/applicants/lic-end.shtml I would suggest a cheap pre-paid cell phone for use while on the trip, to avoid giving out your personal...

13. post turp patient catheter wont drain Why?

    POTR replied to nsgmjr's topic in General Nursing

    Weird kind of tired night last night... was having visions of misbehaving plumbing à la The Three Stooges - "A Plumbing We Will Go." You know, every convoluted thing that can go wrong... Nice catch...

14. post turp patient catheter wont drain Why?

    POTR replied to nsgmjr's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming that the reinserted catheter is where it is actually supposed to be... Spastic bladder (common), Hypervolemia doing it's usual thing, kidneys self adjust and slow way down to protect...

15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    POTR replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ah... ye old hospital smell. Iodoform is scary too, especially if you consider how reactive that stuff can