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1. Poll: What's with this tunable diaphragm stethoscope trend?

   angelfire280 replied to angelfire280's topic in General Nursing

   Really? Cool. So, either way I guess the tunable diaphragm works because both the L SE and ultrascope have it. Do the nurses complain about the size of the stethescope head? Do any have the detatchable head, where you can order 2 or 3 heads? Doe...

2. Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

   angelfire280 replied to angelfire280's topic in Psychiatric

   Well, guys, thanks for all your input. At orientation we were told that all departments were recently designated a color. The mental health dept is to wear purple scrubs, or scrubs with purple in them. Although, business casual street clothes are ...

3. Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

   angelfire280 replied to angelfire280's topic in Psychiatric

   I wish I could do street clothes, but everyone was semi-in uniform when I went for my interview. Scrub bottoms and tops, or some had plain tees on. I'll find out monday at orientation, just wondered if the color theories were followed or not.

4. Poll: What's with this tunable diaphragm stethoscope trend?

   angelfire280 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So, I'm in the market for my first post-school stethoscope. It's a grad gift from my mother, and she wants to get something nice that will last me a good while. So I do my research, and every new model has this tunable diaphragm technology, which sou...

5. Do you wear different scrubs for psych?

   angelfire280 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   .... As in, do you wear different colors or avoid certain scrubs when working in psych? I just got my first nursing job as an LPN at a psych ward. One of the roughest in the area, actually. I am buying my first non-white scrubs (finally), but I won...

6. Hesitantly excited!?!?!

   angelfire280 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I'm a recent LPN graduate. Well, kinda. I graduated July 28, 05. I passed my boards in early october and then moved to a different state. It's taken this long to get my license transferred over, and now I face the daunting task of entering...