patrick1rn

patrick1rn MSN, RN, NP

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  1. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    patrick1rn replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    Your right, it was a bad idea. I guess after we all switch to UHC, I am going to pay more in taxes, be forced to give up the current health insurance that I have, and go on UHC, maybe I should hold...

  2. Why do a lot of people aim for the bare minimum?

    patrick1rn replied to kgh31386's topic in General Students

    Because some people believe that things should just be given to them. When they find out they have to work, they do the least amount of work to get

  3. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    patrick1rn replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Go ahead and hazard a guess as to what I am going to say. Believe me, I believe in free speech, I will say what I want to say. But please go ahead and put the words in my mouth for me. I am not here...

  4. need expert advice

    patrick1rn replied to captn_smallfry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My pediatric teacher is a FNP who works in a NICU. I say go the FNP route. good luck in chosing your route. I chose FNP, I am glad to be done now. I have started working out hard again, went back to...

  5. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    patrick1rn replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are right about one thing. When the government gets its hands on something that they should not have their hands on, it results in waste. You interpret Welfare for the people differently than I...

  6. Womens interest in male nurses

    patrick1rn replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    And you wonder why nursing is often not seen as a profession if the members of out profession are only seen as sexual objects, to be touched at will. It is people like me , who tolerate people like...

  7. Army Basic Training

    patrick1rn replied to hoplinger's topic in Government, Military

    I take issue with your comment... No whips are used in basic training. As I stated earlier in one of my postings, you ultimately train yourself physically when you in the military. Granted, the army...

  8. A&P in first year nursing school. OMG

    patrick1rn replied to phuture_rn's topic in General Students

    Go ahead and cry, but while your crying, start studying your A and P , being that you have been given another chance to make

  9. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    patrick1rn replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I love how people will use a quote from the bible to prove a point. "" From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will...

  10. Army Basic Training

    patrick1rn replied to hoplinger's topic in Government, Military

    Think about it, you could whip your own butt into shape. What is stopping you

  11. Why do a lot of people aim for the bare minimum?

    patrick1rn replied to kgh31386's topic in General Students

    The same reason why American products are substandard these days. The same reason why our automotive industry is suffering.. The union is to blame to a degree, the status quo, dont advocate advances...

  12. Let's stop counting on charity to pay medical bills

    patrick1rn replied to jsrRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, the government should provide for all these services. The generosity of the individual is a characteristic that socialism does not advocate... Individualism. There would be not need for...

  13. 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    patrick1rn replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I guess the question really is: To be or not to be. I agree to an extent that every life has value and meaning, as each person individually percieves it. You speak of universal health care being as a...

  14. VA-Hospital Nurses

    patrick1rn replied to IndyMitchell's topic in Indiana Nursing

    You need to apply now as a SNT, then graduate and start working as a RN. good luck in school now, keep it real with the studying, and remember that there is light at the end of the tunnel, Go out and...

  15. A "chick's" perspective on Men in Nursing

    patrick1rn replied to KimmbaFNP's topic in Male Nursing Students

    The chicks dig me because I am a male nurse. They say I am compassionate and very caring. I get to meet alot of women, I took one lady to the freaking Catalina Wine

  16. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    patrick1rn replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    I bought a corvette, so i can drive with American class to the Catalina Wine

  17. Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

    patrick1rn replied to mahkev2000's topic in Male Nursing Students

    3.79 for my MSN/FNP, Graduated in Dec, 2008, which means Im going to go to the Catalina Wine

  18. No gifts from the Drs???

    patrick1rn replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    Night Shift does not count. One of our docs brings in a turkey for the holidays. It is a nice gesture, but by the time I come into work at 730 pm, that turkey is old , dry and stale and probably has...

  19. NP refresher course

    patrick1rn replied to ccnurse44's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I took the fitzgerald program at home, the CDs came with a book, the only thing i didnt like about it is that you have to download extra reading material., it came to be just as thick as the book. I...

  20. Why do a lot of people aim for the bare minimum?

    patrick1rn replied to kgh31386's topic in General Students

    I hate those useless careplans, I m glad I dont have to do those anymore. Evoke your maximum potentiol in what ever you do. Lay waste to the side those who think that the mininum effort is all it...

  21. Army Basic Training

    patrick1rn replied to hoplinger's topic in Government, Military

    I want to wish your GD luck. She wont be lazy anymore. No being in the military is not like being in prison, basic training is a very controlled enviroment, but she volunteered to serve her country....

  22. VA-Hospital Nurses

    patrick1rn replied to IndyMitchell's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Yes, I am in the Guard and Ive worked at the VA for 10 yrs

  23. why is the VA taking so long to hire you?

    patrick1rn replied to sushi4breakfast's topic in Government, Military

    You make some interesting points and since I too work at the VA, I thought it would be good to share my thoughts with you on this matter. 1. You dont have the same assignment that an RN has. Your job...

  24. Foreign-born LVN student? pls help

    patrick1rn replied to mciz's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hey Foreign born LVN, Where were you born and raised.. ie what country, how long have you lived in the

  25. No gifts from the Drs???

    patrick1rn replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    \ We do a secret santa at work pretty much just between the nurses and the RTs, I secretly wanted tickets to the Catalina Wine Mixer, but I didnt ask for me. It was