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  1. Amplified stethoscopes

    I apologize I haven’t been back until now. The stethoscope works great. - Taking blood pressures with it is a little different. - For me the volume adjuster is in the wrong place - Carry a dime with you (that is what it takes to unscrew the thing t...
  2. Amplified stethoscopes

    We shall see; ordered it yesterday.
  3. Amplified stethoscopes

    I am getting ready for another stethoscope. Amplified stethoscopes: Good, bad or indifferent? So how bad is it on your ears when knocked by accident?
  4. NPP news from the PA side of the aisle

    just another self important doctor write-up….. the question is it really of concern for the patient, market share, a mix or neither… i have two closing statements the self important doctor could have/should have included: as a patient you should ...
  5. Try corrections or stay in school?

    School, school, school...... Your parents are right. I did a little college in my younger days and put it off; it was a good long while before I was able to get back in. Life can and very well will get in the way of going to school if you put it off....
  6. Fear of Zombies

    OK but where do you kick if its a girl zombie OK years ago it was late one night I was helping a nurse prepare her patient for the funeral home.... She must have bumped the bed because the deceased patients arm brushed my leg... Well I jumped she sc...
  7. A Few Choice Words......

    If your thoracic surgery group is like the one I was involved with you won't be a noob for long (and I mean that in a good way)..
  8. Men in L&D

    during my bsn program i had to change hospitals due to the male mds not wanting a male nurse in the room during delivery.... place i had worked for years as a medic than a nurse a nurse manager told me she would never allow a male nurse to work on he...
  9. "what your not going to give me the samples of those little blue pills" yep like that was the most important part of the visit. i have seen the good and the bad of samples and truthfully a lot a patient’s believe they have the right to have them su...
  10. Civilian nurses taking AF jobs?

    this may have some merit but the military has for a long time been converting / farming out some jobs to the civilian sector. probably true but also could be the only way they can get the slots filled..... in the private world hospitals use agency b...
  11. Respiratory to RN

    Oops missed the "until" part.... One program at a time don't mess with someone else's possible slot.
  12. Respiratory to RN

    Multidisciplinary knowledge; win-win for you and your pateints.
  13. Civilian nurses taking AF jobs?

    taking they have been offered... - through various agencies (contract) - sometimes found on usajobs - sometimes through, i think if i recall the name right, the af personnel center sometimes the offers come from having posted résumé on some of the ...
  14. H1N1

    that's one of the things i read only gi symptoms; no respiratory symptoms, no fever. probably great if one is working in the hospital but in the office a patient with gi viral symptoms alone really could be so much more....
  15. I&D and MRSA

    I agree: Can be very hard to get rid of.... I have some patients never needing to return while others its like clock work....