Nurse on Survivor

Nascar nurse, ASN, RN · Sep 16, 2005

I'm already rooting for her too. She seems like a typical nurse; calm/cool/collected under pressure. Tougher than the boys too.

Judee Smudee, ADN, RN · Sep 16, 2005

The nurse was impressive, no doubt about it. I hope she wins. Did they say she was NP.

crb613, BSN, RN · Sep 16, 2005

I love Survivor! It will be interesting to see how far she makes it. Critical thinking skills...it should help her here! If she is not a pain in the butt I'll be all for her. I thought men had more water than women because of the lean muscle:fat ratio??? Just had fluids/electrolytes still fuzzy.....so should they have endured this better or did they lose it quicker because they had more to loose??? or am I lost? :uhoh3:

rogramjet · Sep 16, 2005

I love Survivor! It will be interesting to see how far she makes it. Critical thinking skills...it should help her here! If she is not a pain in the butt I'll be all for her. I thought men had more water than women because of the lean muscle:fat ratio??? Just had fluids/electrolytes still fuzzy.....so should they have endured this better or did they lose it quicker because they had more to loose??? or am I lost?

They were carrying a lot more weight in supplies and exerting themselves a lot more than the women. Look where it got them.

CoffeeRTC, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2005

Big fan here too. What about Bobby Joe? Darn he looked bad. The thing I was thinking...how much of the food did they take with them from the start? I would have been eating the bananas, and other fruit more...or did they? Seems to me it would have helped with the cramping?

TinyNurse, RN · Sep 17, 2005

i can't believe I missed it......and that my sister didn't update me!!!!! haha

I totally hope she goes all the way!

DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN · Sep 17, 2005

I love Survivor. Margaret the RN is a NP. There were 3 things that struck me really funny......1. All the men on that one tribe fell apart, I realize 11 miles is a long way but ding dong it was their first day! Whimps they were. The women were awesome. 2. I saw tons of banana's why did Margaret not give Bobby Jon banana's to eat along the way when he was suffering those leg craps? Hello ! Margaret can you spell P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M ? 3. I understand why they voted that old man off. Although he actually did better than the other younger men until the end. Did you notice that he voted for Margaret? Why on earth would someone want to vote off a nurse practioner in the beginning of the game, especially when they were having problems? Gees. Anyone else pick up on these things? I am also watching the rerun survivors on OLN. I know who wins but I'm still enjoying watching them again.

zambezi, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2005

I love survivor too...Bobby Jon did look bad- I thought for sure that he was going to pass out. All the guys looked pretty bad...Blake gets into some trouble next time- I wonder if that tree that fell on him was poisonous?

He is probably just dehydrated/malnourished...I would have voted the older gentleman out too...only because if his bicep was really popped he would have been useless for the rest of the challenges...hopefully after some rest/food/rehydration the other boys will be able to step up.

LydiaNN · Sep 17, 2005

I love Survivor. Margaret the RN is a NP. There were 3 things that struck me really funny......1. All the men on that one tribe fell apart, I realize 11 miles is a long way but ding dong it was their first day! Whimps they were. The women were awesome. 2. I saw tons of banana's why did Margaret not give Bobby Jon banana's to eat along the way when he was suffering those leg craps? Hello ! Margaret can you spell P-O-T-A-S-S-I-U-M ? 3. I understand why they voted that old man off. Although he actually did better than the other younger men until the end. Did you notice that he voted for Margaret? Why on earth would someone want to vote off a nurse practioner in the beginning of the game, especially when they were having problems? Gees. Anyone else pick up on these things? I am also watching the rerun survivors on OLN. I know who wins but I'm still enjoying watching them again.

I think the old man just knew he was going to be voted off, and wanted to zing it to the strongest person on the team, which was Margaret.

LydiaNN · Sep 17, 2005

I thought it was very telling that all the girls professed admiration and excitement that Stephanie was joining the game, but the guys weren't as welcoming of Bobby Jon. One said, "supposedly he's a hard worker, we'll see", and another called him "dumb"- which was really funny since 30 seconds later, they showed this guy falling down a hill and his bananas spilling out all over the place, lol!

**canoehead, BSN, RN** · Sep 17, 2005

In an article about the new survivor they mentioned that the temps topped 43 degrees celcius the day of the hike. I know I wouldn't have made it. I also noticed that the water is filled with crocs, so they are going to have a hard time bathing and staying cool. Definitely a show I will want to watch.