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  1. Interesting post..........I have had several areas of practice in my career and just recently started dialysis. I have always heard that dialysis is a critical care 'specialty' area, like ER, ICU, etc. Most of my practice has been in ER, but dialys...
  2. Why Do People Bully Me?

    The "young and hot comment"...............hysterical! Thanks for the laugh :-)
  3. Why do we eat our young?

    I taught student nurses at a community college for a few years......I totally understand locking the door while she cried. I had only a few strict rules I held dear- one of them was they were never to cry out on the floor, and if they had to cry- do...
  4. A Phone Call

    From a patient's family point of view- when my mom was dying of ovarian cancer, the VERY BEST thing for her was bathing! I was her constant "nurse" even though she was getting decent care at the ECF that she stayed at briefly. I knew which time was...
  5. Hello fellow recovering nurses, If you are reading the postings in this group, one might assume you have been in trouble with the board, are about to be in trouble with the board or are dealing with some sort of recovery program. I feel as if I coul...
  6. License revocation

    Wow....sorry to hear this. Get an attorney, I know that one of the nurse attorneys in Cincinnati has started doing legal consultations by the hour. Might be worth it to just ask her if a revocation is a permanent thing or not. Let us know what you...
  7. Hiring without a License?

    Don't stress...lots of great nurses fail the test first time around :-). I used to teach nursing and hospital orientation for new hires and lots of times they brought in girls who had not passed their test. Had them work for a few months, get to kn...
  8. forgot First Lab call in. California Probation

    Goodness.....I would be very worried if I were you. But, I am in Ohio, and I am scared, scared, scared of the BON. I would just think they wouldn't think you were taking the program very seriously if you didn't check in twice in your first month. ...
  9. ethanol vs etg

    This is interesting to me because I had the same question this week. I asked the guy at LabCorp about it.....if your labcorp testing is like mine (I am in Ohio) there is an option number that is selected for you when you test. When I only have to do ...