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  1. The Business of Recovery

    TrashPanda replied to mimifromtx's topic in Nurses Recovery

    "They charge folks billions to tell them to go to meetings which seem to have little lasting effect that are free. A complete non-scientific scam based on some old, dead drunk's "vision" from god when...

  2. Meetings

    TrashPanda replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Dear Spanked, At the beginning, I was required to attend 90 meetings in 90 days. It took me a couple of weeks, but I found one that annoyed me the least. After the initial 90 days, it was three...

  3. Need Ideas Please

    TrashPanda replied to Hali1's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby Vee had me at focusing on the nurses for once and not the

  4. BSN is a joke

    TrashPanda replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I should have clarified that the two major hospital systems here specifically cite the reason for requiring a BSN (and subsequent push for masters preparation) is their Magnet Status. I still have my...

  5. BSN is a joke

    TrashPanda replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Two words: Magnet Status. Around these parts, to even be considered for employment, you must have a BSN and most of the hospitals have told their ASN/ADN's that if they do not have their BSN completed...

  6. For male students, has anyone ever laughed or dissed for pursuing nursing

    TrashPanda replied to Big_Mike's topic in Male Nursing Students

  7. Lvad patient in cardiac rehab

    TrashPanda replied to Chanda1234's topic in General Nursing

    Wait...cutting the LVAD wire is a bad thing? Oops! My

  8. TPAPN - 3rd year

    TrashPanda replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I received this a few days ago: TrashPanda, You have one year to go in the program!! Since you are up-to-date with everything, your program gets modified in two ways. First, there will be decreased...

  9. For male students, has anyone ever laughed or dissed for pursuing nursing

    TrashPanda replied to Big_Mike's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The hairy legs are priceless! Love

  10. Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    TrashPanda replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    "I guess I have "thin skin" but yikes this is not the kind of work environment I want to be in!" Then before you waste any more time or money on a profession that is obviously not optimal for you, I...

  11. TPAPN Affinity NONSENSE

    TrashPanda replied to Kel65's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Popped my first one today with this new system. My CM is pretty cool. Doesn't seem to get too tightly wound around the axles about things. I sent her a message about the flubs. She returned a message...

  12. Anatomy and physiology notes

    TrashPanda replied to shak95's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is the consist of my A&P notes and I passed with an A triple plus in both classes: 1. Toe bone connected to the foot bone, foot bone connected to the heel bone, heel bone connected to the...

  13. TPAPN: Weekend testing

    TrashPanda replied to RnTx81's topic in Nurses Recovery

    DFW here. Been in for two years. I have never been called for weekend cup

  14. TPAPN - New COC forms?

    TrashPanda replied to Ash2213's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yep! I got an envelope in the mail with directions on how to sign up on the Affinity website and dig through available testing sites. Looks like it does not go into effect until September 1st. It also...

  15. 15 months to go

    TrashPanda replied to Big Blondie's topic in Nurses Recovery

    383 days left for this old lady! Congrats

  16. Option 1 TPAPN

    TrashPanda replied to Kel65's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My longest wait on an Option 1 was 10 days. Quest can be slow as molasses sometimes. Keep your chin

  17. Recovery Trek

    TrashPanda replied to B2cool's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Did anyone ever hear the answer on this

  18. tbon investigation letter

    TrashPanda replied to Memalicious's topic in Nurses Recovery

    As a nurse who has 383 more days to deal with the Texas BON, I can tell you this: 1. Wacky Jacky and the bull malarkey club band just bought you a trip (possibly) and a lot of correspondence...

  19. tpapn assessment

    TrashPanda replied to 1nurse4you's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I had mine done in Dallas in '15. It was

  20. Freaking out..accepted to MSN program

    TrashPanda replied to indygirl526's topic in Online Distance Learning

    "...why would you do this at your age.." Your answer to that is, "Why WOULDN'T I do this at my age?" When I began seeking my masters in nursing education, I was a bit long in the tooth, worked 40+...

  21. For male students, has anyone ever laughed or dissed for pursuing nursing

    TrashPanda replied to Big_Mike's topic in Male Nursing Students

    He laughed at you. So what? Brotherly love. Move

  22. They were in bed together.

    TrashPanda replied to Yaadie's topic in General Nursing

    Wait...this happened to you during clinical rotation and you DIDN'T discuss this in post-conference? When your clinical instructor asked you, "Well, did anything exciting happen with your patient...

  23. NCLEX: You name it, it happened...

    TrashPanda replied to Aeg1075's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Interesting! I learn something new everyday.

  24. Converse sneakers at clinicals

    TrashPanda replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It is posts like these that make me smile. In our program (during the Stone Age), we had two choices: Nurse Mates and SOS. They had to be all white, leather, and lace up only. If we had tried to wear...

  25. NCLEX: You name it, it happened...

    TrashPanda replied to Aeg1075's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Forgive my ignorance, but what is a palm vein reader? Congratulations on the pass! You put in a great deal of hard work and it paid