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    List of most commonly prescibed meds, please

    Music in My Heart replied to Stcroix's topic in General Nursing

    To blondy's excellent list I'll add a few that I give pretty regularly: nifedipine spironolactone diltiazem phenytoin memantine
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    Second Bachelors degree???

    Music in My Heart replied to neva2late's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    They will almost certainly include your original grades in any GPA calculations but many schools will weight more heavily recent work in pursuit of a second degree. You must, however, be prepared to...
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    Second Bachelors degree???

    Music in My Heart replied to neva2late's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just a word of caution: It's very hard to get into a CRNA program and very hard to make it through -- there's a reason why those CRNAs get paid the serious cash that they do. Your undergrad GPA is...
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    "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    Music in My Heart replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    And it's entirely possible to live for years without consuming animal products, processed sugars, and all of the other culprits which make it so easy to consume energy far in excess of one's metabolic...
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    "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    Music in My Heart replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you see a difference between food addiction and addictions to other substances?Recognizing and speaking the truth helps to engender both compassion and resolve, for cripes sake. (Oh, and having...
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    What are some of your benefits and how good are they?

    Music in My Heart replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't they at least be honest enough to admit that they're too cheap to hire you to a benefitted, FT position?As the years go by, I expect fewer and fewer benefitted positions to be available....
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    "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    Music in My Heart replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    I've observed that nurses seem to be more tolerant of obese people than they are of abusers of other substances. Being a food junkie is no better - and no worse - than being a meth junkie or a
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    What are some of your benefits and how good are they?

    Music in My Heart replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    No raises... Just had bennies and PTO slashed 25% Warned that our meager health insurance (provided for employees) is going to switch to a worse plan and have substantial cost of coverage shifted to...
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    I can't find a job!!!!

    Music in My Heart replied to DiDi_623's topic in Virginia Nursing

    The job market really bites. That said, you've only been licensed for less than 2 weeks - it's going to take some time, for
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    Get the question right and lose a point!!

    Music in My Heart replied to cutenurse2b_1's topic in General Students

    Student protection association... ANA... Umm, overreacting just a bit, I'd say. You're not being "punished" at all - it's simply as though the question had never existed. Regardless, it's highly...
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    Group one -black list for nurses in dallas

    Music in My Heart replied to nitenurselorraine's topic in Texas Nursing

    The concept of a standardized evaluation and a subjective "blacklist" are totally unrelated. The former case is, by definition, standardized - all persons are evaluated by the same objective,...
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    What advice would you give to prospective nursing students?

    Music in My Heart replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    To that I'd add: Be ready to do ANYTHING that comes your way for a few years after graduation. The reality for myself and several classmates has turned out to be very different than what we imagined...
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    Group one -black list for nurses in dallas

    Music in My Heart replied to nitenurselorraine's topic in Texas Nursing

    Their presence on the list is not denying them the "right to work." Regardless of which, no such "right"
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    Group one -black list for nurses in dallas

    Music in My Heart replied to nitenurselorraine's topic in Texas Nursing

    The problem with "black lists" of any type is that - even if the intention of its creation is legitimate - some percentage of people will be on the list due to totally false allegations made by...
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    Does Upper Management Even Have a Clue?

    Music in My Heart replied to Teamlangston's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure what this has to do with upper management. Some of your colleagues sound like jerks. Don't sweat it, though. You'll make it through and become an independent practitioner. Then, pay it...
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    Difference between CNA duties at nursing home and hospital

    Music in My Heart replied to Regina01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As always, it really depends on the individual institutions. Our acute-care CNAs do a lot less feeding, bathing, and toileting than our SNF aides simply because many of our patients can attend to...
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    Men: Are catty / backstabbing / selfish female nurses typical, or not?

    Music in My Heart replied to Streamline2010's topic in Men in Nursing

    I haven't found it to be typical but have seen much more of it in my one year as a nurse than my 15 years as an engineer. I find that most of the gals treat me really well and most of the ones that...
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    Nursing shortage

    Music in My Heart replied to rivet32's topic in General Nursing

    I see that you're a nursing educator. I hope that you don't feed the shortage lies to your students and prospective
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    Nursing shortage

    Music in My Heart replied to rivet32's topic in General Nursing

    And even more do not realize that quite the opposite is true... there is actually a huge glut of nurses in America. And there are many, many bright people who have graduated from nursing school only...
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    gastrostomy tube

    Music in My Heart replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've read, the *only* meaningful way to check placement is by x-ray. Both auscultation and pH are unreliable means of determining location.
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    CNA set to strike at Oakland Children's Hospital

    Music in My Heart replied to Kuryakyn's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Just wonderin, OP... Why *shouldn't* nurses be trying to earn as much as they possibly can and working within the legal construct of our society to maximize their compensation? Everybody else does......
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    Is it ok to send resume directly to unit director, and not just online to HR?

    Music in My Heart replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    Count me in the "work within the system" group. While I've heard anecdotes of it working for some folks, I can assure you that the managers that I know would not give it a second thought - and it...
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    New Grad RN CAN'T FIND WORK!! What should I do?

    Music in My Heart replied to Aubrey88RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think this is a valid concern. I have seen new grad postings that specifically require the candidate to have graduated within the previous 12 months and have heard stories from others of same.A few...
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    How long is your NS drive?

    Music in My Heart replied to OBplease's topic in General Students

    I was in the >1 hr each way category. I would say that there's no such thing as "almost assured to get in" and I would take the first program to which I was
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    Help with math

    Music in My Heart replied to bananimal's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To begin with, you should never, NEVER have unitless numbers in your quations.Look at your first line... the dimensional arithmetic on the left yields mcg x min, not mg/hr. Begin by writing out the...