Peeps Mcarthur

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  1. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    By fab4fan What makes you think that I'm coming here to rant about how awful the nursing job is? I think you have me confused with the thousands of nurses on this board that do that daily. I...

  2. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I only see the ones you make to the threads I post on. Maybe we both see our posts selectively, in a positive light. There's a broader picture here I think. Just because I no longer want to...

  3. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    By fab4fan I was being positive :chuckle Besides, since I can remember your screen name, I can't recall you ever being positive. I do recall you being very unpositive to quite a few folks. I...

  4. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Roland, My God, I only wish the program I left last year would have had SOME science. I left because the medical aspect of the curriculum was just fluff. The other thing about it was the test...

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think ADRN will benefit from some "opportunities for growth";) that general floor nursing can provide. BTW ADRN, you are clearly not "lazy" as you put it if you can get through a nursing program. I...

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    On second thought ADRN.............you just stay there in that role. It is

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    by adrn Never said I was doing it for the supposed prestige. One of your arguments was pursuit of prestige so I made a point with it. Making it look as if I'm going for the PA for prestige by...

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, but I was hopeful to discuss at least one of my points. It is frustrating to have a point (even if you're cukoo for cocoa puffs) and not get a forum for expressing it. Alas.............it's...

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    By ADRN So.............you're afraid of becoming a glorified coffee fetcher? Or is it just that you have no desire to serve mankind with more sacrifice? You've given enough of your time to...

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    By ADRN No. By myself This is the thesis of my post. I think people that talk about how corrupt money and power are, are afraid to fail in reaching it. I've gone to nursing school and been on...

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    Peeps Mcarthur replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know what the negative aspects of money,prestige and power would be but i'm positive I don't want to be anything like mother theresa either. I'm kind to people an all, but there's only so much...

  12. Incomptetnt instructors (a rant)

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    By Zenman I'm not sure what "reductionistic approach" means. I can't find the term in Webster's nor Taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary. If you meant to quote me as saying that the psychosocial...

  13. Incomptetnt instructors (a rant)

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    NP2BE, I sent you a PM in

  14. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    By Passingthru According to the American Diabetes Association (which is quoted by emedicine.com in the link I provided) it is a symptom. If everyone with the disease does not show the same...

  15. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    How rare? Quote a source. Did you follow the link? It's some REAL medicine. How about Stien-Leventhal syndrome? Pancreatic cancer? Very, very rare..............even just very rare...........heck,...

  16. Incomptetnt instructors (a rant)

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Exactly Navynurse! I questioned about half the answers in any given exam as to the validity of one aswer over another very similar one. I almost always heard, "that's the "abstract" part...

  17. Incomptetnt instructors (a rant)

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    Np2be, It's a good policy not to challenge instructors I guess. Just reading the materials that they gave us made me mad enough to throw them:( across the room. The mention of anything medical will...

  18. Incomptetnt instructors (a rant)

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    By Np2be One of the reasons I gave up on nursing classes is the general attitude that medical facts are not important as long as the psychosocial reasoning is. Next time ANYONE that calls...

  19. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic547.htm Anyone interested in medical diagnosis should follow the link. It's just some site I clicked on. I don't know if they are a reliable source yet, but it...

  20. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Psych, My bad. I thought because you quoted my post that you were rebutting

  21. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    By Passingthru What symptoms exclude all other diagnosis? These symptoms could easily be edocrine of another etiology. For instance..............what do you think the chief complaints would...

  22. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    By Psychrn03 I disagree. Regardless of the time of onset, a proper diagnosis must be made. A trend of blood sugar levels is used to assess the efficacy of treatment/pt compliance. It's not...

  23. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't I produce a 300 on a finger stick without symptoms? I think a fasting sugar would have to be obtained. As for the HBa1C, it's my understanding that test would only be useful for management...

  24. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    By Barbpick The reason she is not thirsty is because her plasma is not hyperosmolar. Thirst, or lack therof, is a measure of compartmental fluid balance. If she lost her thirst mechanism by...

  25. How do you diagnose diabetes?

    Peeps Mcarthur replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Look up diabetes insipidus AND diabetes mellitis. The patient that presents with insulin deficiency is mellitus. Good direction to go in but useless to you without the