Brian2MN

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1. New to Ortho - is this the best book?

   Brian2MN replied to suehp's topic in Orthopaedic

   Never hurts to check eBay though too. I did a quick search and found one with a Buy it Now price of $37.56 with 5.95 shipping. The publication date is 2000 though--not sure if there's a more recent revision or not. I would think it's the most rece...

2. Disability Question

   Brian2MN replied to Brian2MN's topic in Career Support

   Thanks for everyone's response. It's good to know that other people out there share my problem too and I'm not nuts. :chuckle When I was in college I went to an ENT doctor at a good hospital, because I wanted to give it one big try to see once an...

3. Disability Question

   Brian2MN posted a topic in Career Support

   I'm a very healthy guy who is considering a career change into nursing. The aspect of working with people, dealing with stress, and physical labor aren't too much of a concern for me. However, I do suffer from anosmia, which is a lack of the scent ...

4. General questions about rehab nursing

   Brian2MN replied to Brian2MN's topic in Rehabilitation

   Thank you for your help. I'm really just thinking things through right now. There are plenty of community colleges around the metro area that offer LPN programs, and I'm considering a few of them. I've also been looking at the schedules to get an ...

5. General questions about rehab nursing

   Brian2MN replied to Brian2MN's topic in Rehabilitation

   Thanks for your input on this. Maybe this question is better in a different forum, but how "portable" is the LPN/RN? I'm reading a lot about people moving around in specialties. From what I see there's not really any difference in the education?

6. General questions about rehab nursing

   Brian2MN posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   I have some questions that I thought some people here might be able to help me with. I'm 30 years old right now, and considering a career change into nursing. I have an MBA and a corporate job that I hate, and found that the daily 8-5 every day sch...

7. Taking psych meds "DEO" ?

   Brian2MN replied to NipTucker's topic in Psychiatric

   Sorry if I was unclear. What I meant was "during every occurrence" as in this exact situation we were to call the nurse during every occurrence so the nurse could advise to administer the PRN based on the described symptoms. I was just trying to re...

8. Taking psych meds "DEO" ?

   Brian2MN replied to NipTucker's topic in Psychiatric

   You know, I was trying to think about this though because I did work in a group home with a guy who was scheziophrenic when I was in college. There I was at Super Wal-Mart trying to decide between Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke, spending my hard-earned mo...

9. Taking psych meds "DEO" ?

   Brian2MN replied to NipTucker's topic in Psychiatric

   Department of Extra-Normal Occurences. No, seriously I wouldn't know. I'm new to this site and just looking for entry-level information on here. Strangely enough though, I do work with data analysis in my current job though, and can say from exper...