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stillpressingon

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  1. What about this, inappropriate or teambuilding?

    stillpressingon replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl:

  2. Does NM REALY pay for nursing school???

    stillpressingon replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    mollyrn, I would love more info on the program. Is it necessary to be an NM resident for a certain timeframe first? Are there other requirements? Thanks so

  3. What's in a name?

    stillpressingon posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just started thinking that my job might not be much different from others...At my work we've named the portable vs machine Rosie, after Rosie from the Jetson's (one of the nurses thought it looked...

  4. If you had to do it over again, would you?

    stillpressingon posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To anyone who went to a private nursing school, was getting in earlier than public school worth the cost (ie, becoming an RN earlier but than having way more loans)? The schools in my area have 2-3 yr...

  5. Deaconess/Chamberlain + California???

    stillpressingon posted a topic in California Nursing

    Does the state of CA recognize Chamberlain/Deaconess as a valid school for initial RN

  6. Hypoxic Brain Injury & Elective Hypothermia... Who's doing it?

    stillpressingon replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What is this, the hypoxic brain injury? Sounds like not enough O2 @ birth, but how does hypothermia help with

  7. Emergency Nurses, what is it about ER that you love?

    stillpressingon replied to Razorbacks's topic in Emergency

    :rotfl: Ha,ha! Do you do anything else in your spare time?

  8. Schools without waiting lists

    stillpressingon replied to P_RN's topic in General Students

    I just went on their website and couldn't find a price. Do you have a rough est of what each qtr/sem

  9. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    stillpressingon replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

  10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    stillpressingon replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Most rediculous happened last night: 8 month-old got hold of flour, ate it, and then fell asleep. Parents were

  11. Halloween

    stillpressingon replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our "dressing up" consists of wearing Halloween scrub tops. Oh

  12. Ampules still being used, Ouch!

    stillpressingon replied to NurseyPoo's topic in General Nursing

    We've got phenergan, demerol, and epi in the amps. They are the biggest pain in the butt!!! Never gotten sliced but it's always on my

  13. At what point do you call in sick?

    stillpressingon posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need help! I feel horrible, being tx for a sinus infx, but now I think I have a cold on top of it...Just keep feeling worse and worse. Don't want to pass anything to pt's but at the same time we're...

  14. At what point do you call in sick?

    stillpressingon replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for your posts, I really appreciate it. Ended up going in Monday and barely made it thru. Finally decided it was stupid to keep going in (actually, someone had written about being a...

  15. Discouraged: Is EVERY public USA nursing program impacted?

    stillpressingon posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a medical assistant with an AAS and want to pursue nursing. The RN programs where I am - CA - are so impacted it's CRAZY!!!!! The wait time for the ADN program is at least 2 yrs and that's AFTER...

  16. Hippa

    stillpressingon replied to Kidrn911's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I've had similar situations. What I've told people is simply, "I'm not permitted to give you any info b/c of pt confidentiality." Yes, people have been offended by it, but it's the truth - I try to...

  17. What do you call a PA?

    stillpressingon replied to iHeartNICU's topic in General Nursing

    First names, but when I first started I asked them what they prefered to be called and if a new one were to be hired on I'd ask the same question of

  18. You know you work nights when.......

    stillpressingon replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You walk into Starbucks at 11pm and order extra shots, and even after consistently doing that still get asked, "are you sure you'll still be able to go to

  19. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    stillpressingon replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    hello all, i'm an ma working in an urgent care clinic. at the ucc level, the only difference is i'm not permitted to do iv's and pleb without a license. i make close to $15/hr (straight out of school)...