Bicycleboy

Bicycleboy

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  1. Lovenox(enoxaparin) SQ

    I know Lovenox is not insulin but research shows that insulin injected into the abdomen is absorbed more completely than anywhere else. Could this be the same with lovenox?
  2. Xylocaine gel

    I ask because I am curious. I had an 84 year old pt who had recent knee surgery to reattach her left patella. She is progressing very well but the problem is a open blister on the the right heel that is causing her tremendous pain. She indicates that...
  3. Your dad,uncle,cousin,etc. is a what?

    I have never been laughed at for saying that I am a nurse. Most people admire me for being a decently paid professional in a community where most a very poor and don't have jobs. Of course I am pretty rough looking myself, when I am not at work, so t...
  4. Question Guys: Do you enjoy nursing?

    I have had only positive experiences as a male nurse, I recently graduated about 6 months ago and have been working ever since. If we are over bedded and there is not enough staff everybody floods the manager with grievances, which is quite...
  5. Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

    4.0 for the entire 3.5 years I have been in school. The last semester was the only time that someone has had higher grades than me.
  6. You know you're a male RN when......

    You have your RN licensee as well as a penis and testicles, and it is considered normal to have facial hair. You probably have a deeper voice too.
  7. Type II Diabetes - now on insulin

    I was at a diabetes conference the other day where Dr. Geremi Bolli was speaking and there were some interesting ideas about DM2 and insulin. The information went like this: Start someone on insulin and metformin as soon as the are Dx'ed with DM2. Th...
  8. Choosing to be a Type 1 diabetic

    I just thought that I would share this. I am doing my preceptorship at the local diabetes clinic and I was telling my preceptor that I would like to have type 1 diabetes for a week to see what it is like. So she is arranging it for me. She is going ...
  9. Question for Any of You That Have Switched Careers to Nursing?

    I am a 4th year BSN student and I used to work in mobile hydraulics.
  10. What do you guys during your off-time?

    Spending as much time as possible in the woods with sharp objects, mainly knives axes and saws.
  11. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    By saying "I do not mean this facetiously" makes it more the like. You assume what my values are when I did not mention them. I would not invest this much time on my studies to be a volunteer nurse. I am definitely in it for the money among other th...
  12. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    I must say that I understand why the brainwashing occurs. If we did not have a common knowledge base, and certain ways of doing and learning, things would be too chaotic. Nobody would now what the other was doing. I have found nursing school to be t...
  13. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    I I can see how you might be concerned. A large part of nursing school is brainwashing. You do learn a lot of stuff, but the more you learn the more you see that the health care world does not really serve the patient. It is more about serving the pe...
  14. Choosing a hospital

    Hello. I am a 3rd year BSN student with a bit more than 3 semesters left until I am unleashed on the hospital population. I have already got an offer from a hospital looking to guarantee me a job before I even graduate. One has even offered to start...
  15. Help Me! I'm trying to quit smoking!!!!

    I quit about 7 years ago. I had become an expert at quitting, I had done it so many times. What worked for me was telling myself, and believing, that I was not a smoker, therfore there was no need to smoke. I also picked a bad time to quit. It was d...