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  1. Tips for looking more professional

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, I would be getting the manager on this one! I have also noticed the difference in how you appear to how you are treated and it is huge but there is NO excuse for that salesperson's actions!!...

  2. Tips for looking more professional

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    lol, I just wanna know how some of them can wear 5" heels so darned early in the

  3. White see through pants and you.

    kukukajoo replied to Thedreamer's topic in Men in Nursing

    Landau makes a great pair and they also have the little piping pleaty thing that keeps them looking crisp and professional. May be time to switch to white boxers or white boxer briefs as well. If you...

  4. Intimidation and Threats in Nursing School

    kukukajoo replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to hear you have to deal with this issue. I agree with the other posters about getting a restraining order or order of protection. Laws vary in each state, but the attorney would help you...

  5. Which jobs offer the best insurance?

    kukukajoo replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a home health agency that had some of the best health insurance! Sometimes hospitals get so large, they can't offer benefits economically and cut corners. This home health agency was...

  6. Tips for looking more professional

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Well I just got my hair cut!!! She did an awesome job, and yes I was VERY nervous, as my hair is so curly if they don't cut it right it ends up way too short or just a huge mess! It is now a...

  7. Tips for looking more professional

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    This is my point! Pretty soon, i'll be hitting up the few employers in the healthcare idustry here for a job. I want to look like I am ready for the workforce, not like I am ready for a nap! When I...

  8. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    kukukajoo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    The BEST clinical day yesterday! I was observing at a nurse practictioners office (here in NH they can practice alone) and the staff was just wonderful as could be!! Then I went into their breakroom...

  9. suggestions to docs

    kukukajoo replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could randomly ask when the last time her electrolyte levels were checked? Has a culture been done to find the offending bacteria? Any other studies done- bladder residual, etc? Also why...

  10. 50 out of 100 Nursing students failed program

    kukukajoo replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    This is wrong on so many levels! Who would send their kid or their money to a place that that they have less than 50% chance of making it???? It does not make any sense? In my program there are...

  11. Lie about references?

    kukukajoo replied to LovebugLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't even write "will explain" as many people have the same last names. How about including some of your instructors and maybe pre-nursing career references? I think we all have to start...

  12. Teenage Obesity (long)

    kukukajoo posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know this is a touchy subject. Those who want to crucify me as a parent for making my kid fat need not respond, I need help and encouragement for this one, I punish myself enough already. I am...

  13. Teenage Obesity (long)

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    BTW- RE: PCOS- my sister has that!! Never even considered it. Evidently infertility runs in my family ladies for many generations and this may be the cause of it....... She was late to ovulate-...

  14. Teenage Obesity (long)

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to HUG you all! I am sittting here all teary eyed at all the tips and information and support!! This has been so very hard! I hope this thread helps others as well (I am sure it will!). I...

  15. How Your Life Can Change in the Blink of an Eye!

    kukukajoo replied to chase4myheart's topic in General Nursing

    I went through something VERY similar with my grandmother and was wrecked completely seeing her like that! My mother has passed and was an only child and grampa is dead as well. Responsibility fell...

  16. Rivier College Nashua- Questions

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I bet having the close clinical site is really nice! I wouldn't mind doing some of mine in MA if it was at Lahey or Boston or some place like that. I know we had a discussion about clinicals, that I...

  17. Rivier College Nashua- Questions

    kukukajoo replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I am hoping to save time. I took extra courses (a lot) while doing all my prereqs and core classes so I am ahead of the game. Still waiting to see the official transfer report. I am almost done with...

  18. I'm accepted at NHTI!!

    kukukajoo replied to roxxy3773's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!! I am sure they will work with you on orientation of you explain your situation. Also, keep tabs with someone who will be attending and have them fill you in. The one at Laconia was not a...

  19. Should I Have Stepped In??

    kukukajoo replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    I second this!! And if you don't think it matters, then you should beware!! IT DOES MATTER!!! Its called the standard of care! You were trained to do CPR right but didn't, and the pt died, then you...

  20. Should I Have Stepped In??

    kukukajoo replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    Jill- have you heard of the saying, "Seek first to understand, then to be understood?" Please stop trying to ram your justification down our throats and try to understand the OP a little better....

  21. Am I hallucinating??

    kukukajoo replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi- I missed the thread, but I pray all goes well for

  22. Nurses targets for IRS?

    kukukajoo replied to rnmommy23's topic in General Nursing

    take your annual then divide by 52 and see if the figures sound right for avg weekly. They could have made a mistake- I have had this happen. Also do you have paystubs to match up to

  23. Nurses targets for IRS?

    kukukajoo replied to rnmommy23's topic in General Nursing

    Wait a minute. I don't think I understand. A mistake on taxes can mean the loss of your NURSING LICENSE? Is that for real? How can the two be connected? Am I understanding this correctly? All I...

  24. Nursing schools

    kukukajoo replied to Mommy2NQ's topic in General Nursing

    Here in NH the BSN schools are much more expensive than the Community colleges so they have smaller waitlists, if any. One of my classmates was a cosmetologist for many years. She was a little...

  25. I've got a question about BP

    kukukajoo replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse2B- 160 will be too high for some- on my grandmother it would be very painful. Try to do it the way you were taught and people on here have suggested as that is the proper procedure- feel for...