rogramjet

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1. White scrubs...you have got to be kidding!

   rogramjet replied to abbaking's topic in Men

   We wore all white in nursing school. I hated it. I'm a big guy and I felt like either the Stay-Puft marshmellow man or the Michilin Man.

2. So you think you're a good nurse?

   rogramjet replied to thida's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Im think a good nurse has to be caring and have a positive attitude. Critical thinking is important and unfortunately I think most nursing schools drop the ball here. They focus too much on how to be good test takers so we can pass the NCLEX and not ...

3. Good Looking Enough to be a Nurse?

   rogramjet replied to casey1988's topic in General Nursing

   I have struggled with weight my whole life. I went to nursing school to be a diabetes educator, since I have diabetes myself, I wanted to help others. I went to my class reunion and was talking to a classmate who is also a nurse. When I told her that...

4. why did you go into nursing?

   rogramjet replied to nghtfltguy's topic in Men

   What other job allows/requires you to come to work wearing pajama's :yeah: My thoughts exactly...... Was diagnosed with diabetes, decided to become an RN to do diabetes education, and that's what I do. And I love it!

5. Religion Needed to be a Good Nurse?

   rogramjet replied to Kabin's topic in Spirituality

   I think it would also depend on the circumstances. If it is an emergant situation and the patient is in immediate danger, I think the patient would come first. Other than that I think they would be pretty understanding.

6. Diabetic Pet Peeves

   rogramjet replied to bjs54321's topic in Endocrine

   I agree that a lot of so called non-compliance is about non-acceptance by the pt, family...etc. But how do we get them to accept it? Through education. If a person knows the consequences of uncontrolled diabetes they are more likely to manage it. Rem...

7. Diabetic Pet Peeves

   rogramjet replied to bjs54321's topic in Endocrine

   I agree with you that not all complications can be prevented. But the risk can certainly be reduced. Daily foot exams can reduce amputations by 50%. Proper eye treatment can prevent blindness by 90%. A 1% decrease in A1c can reduce the risk of compli...

8. Diabetic Pet Peeves

   rogramjet replied to bjs54321's topic in Endocrine

   I have a few pet peeves of my own. I am a Type 2 who is a nurse and a diabetic educator. #1 that type 1 is worse than type 2. These are 2 different diseases with the same outcome...high sugars. Niether one is worse than the other, niether one is hard...

9. What is a "Code Black"?

   rogramjet replied to sugabuga's topic in General Nursing

   No such animal in my hospital. RED = FIRE PINK = CHILD ABDUCTION GREEN = NATURAL DISASTER WHITE = VIOLENCE Then there is the housekeeping code Brown....'nuff said...

10. Do Any Of You Rn's Have Diabetes And Or High B/p??

    rogramjet replied to rafael80's topic in Endocrine

    I am an RN with type 2 diabetes. In fact that is why I went into nursing in the first place. Stress is hard on blood sugars, believe me, nursing school and diabetes are not an easy combination. So, since you have a family hx and you are going into a ...

11. Share Your Saying

    rogramjet replied to angelique777's topic in Humor

    well now.... diamonds. that'll shut her up....for a minute. - ron white

12. Question about nursing...

    rogramjet replied to Kwami3's topic in Men

    I don't know about TX, but here in WA we use CNAs all the time. Lots of nursing students that I have known did this through nursing school.

13. Did a life experience start you into nursing??

    rogramjet replied to jlore's topic in General Nursing

    I was DX with diabetes in 98, and thought that being a diabetes educator would be an interesting job, but didn't have the courage to quit my job and go to school. Then the company I was working for went bankrupt and decided to go back to school. I wa...

14. Man-hater in my clinical

    rogramjet replied to tiezto's topic in Male Students

    I have a friend who is a police officer and he said he was glad women aren't allowed in combat. He was at the firing range with a female cop she hit the target 5 times in the kill zone and once in the crotch and chuckled. As he said, women would take...

15. I feel so stupid

    rogramjet replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in New Nurse

    Woogy you are right, we shouldn't have to put up with it. We had a nurse manager that told us that if a doc ever treated us like that to tell her and she would get right in that docs face. We really miss her.