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  1. Stethescope Comparison

    jimthorp replied to checkmate's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I bought a cheap Sprague for school and used it for almost a year on the job. I found some people's BP difficult to auscultate and quiet lungs sounds difficult as well. I bought a Littmann Classic II...

  2. LPN student with 2 past DWAI's

    jimthorp replied to lashliz3434's topic in General Nursing

    That should have been done to get into school. The OP didn't learn her lesson the first time and did it again. Hopefully the lesson has been learned

  3. Shocked at Surgery

    jimthorp replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. I've seen a myringotomy with tubes (surgeon let me watch through the binocular microscope during the procedure), adenoidectomy, lap chole, meniscectomy, C-section, and WIPPLE procedure (got to...

  4. LPN student with 2 past DWAI's

    jimthorp replied to lashliz3434's topic in General Nursing

    Why even bring it

  5. Clogs while nursing

    jimthorp replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recommend wearing running shoes if you are not running. They are designed for the mechanics of running. Instead, choose a cross trainer or walking

  6. Needle sticks

    jimthorp replied to SJW's topic in General Nursing

    Once, just before I gave an insulin injection. Went back and got a new syringe and

  7. Why is charting so difficult and time consuming?

    jimthorp replied to Soup Turtle's topic in General Nursing

    Blame it on our litigious society. I chart by

  8. Premployment drug screen

    jimthorp replied to Lakeside5's topic in General Nursing

    Lab

  9. Where were u 9/11/01?

    jimthorp replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    At work in my previous career in R&D. Not much work got accomplished that day. I was at the top of one of them 8 months earlier and rode past ground zero on my bicyle the next May...quite an eery...

  10. Shoes with Wheels! Would you want to try them?

    jimthorp replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    I skate too, pretty much year round as long as the roads are not snow or ice covered. My first experience was at a grocery store. I did a double take as this youg boy was traversing across the floor...

  11. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    This is absurd and not representative of the real world. Garlic breath, don't get me started with that

  12. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    i

  13. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, had to wear a uniform, do a pee test, criminal background check, and child abuse background

  14. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    Is it an infraction of a written rule? That has not yet been established by the OP. In school I was provided with a set of rules (WRITTEN) for conduct during clinicals. Interestingly, smelling like...

  15. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize. I didn't realize that's what you were refering

  16. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    Come on Marie, don't compare apples to oranges. Attire is not the same as

  17. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    This is a rather dictatorial view. Even if there is a rule against smoking during clinicals, that rule does not apply to traveling to or from the clinical site, as another poster suggested is "the...

  18. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    My school also has a smoking policy but it is not more restrictive for nursing students than for the rest of the student body and rightly

  19. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be interested in these studies. Could you point the

  20. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    I do and thus my reponses. If we allow college instructors to continue to abuse their authority and make up their own rules to suit their own biases, what is to prevent one from coming along who has a...

  21. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    !!!???

  22. Can I practice with married name?

    jimthorp replied to LovebugLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Same in PA. You have 10 days to do

  23. Got someone mad at me

    jimthorp replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Incorrect! She was a customer in the ER not on the clock in the

  24. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    I have. My ex-wife quit, or so I thought until I found a pack of butts in the glove compartment of her car. As I had previously stopped smoking I could smell it rather easily. She hid it very

  25. Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    jimthorp replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    AGAIN, this has not been established. Rules governing the clinical site or school grounds DO NOT extend beyond them. No institution has the authority to govern a legal act beyond the boundaries of...