santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed

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    Statistics course advice

    santhony44 replied to nursingmommyto3's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I can't help with deciding which class, but maybe this will help with the fear. I'm really not good at math and don't like it at all. Statistics was the only math class I ever took that actually made...
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    NPs: If not primary care, then what?

    santhony44 replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Joe: Not all DNP's will be NP's. Some of those will be in education (I think) and in administration (I am sure). I think, for research, the PhD is still the route to go. I like primary care myself,...
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    Family just doesn't get it!!!!!!!

    santhony44 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Aren't families fun???? I have my own family- actually, primarily in-law- issues right now, but since they aren't medical, I won't bore y'all. Angelfire: It's time to put your foot down with your...
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    You Know the patient is going bad when...

    santhony44 replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    The patient gasps and goes from a normal Caucasian color to the color of a Smurf. The patient says "Oh, the angels are singing! Don't you hear the angels singing?" The patient says "I'm going to...
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    A prime lawsuit

    santhony44 replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you get textbook cases, and sometimes what you get is a really uncomfortable feeling about a patient. Usually, to me, an appy just looks like an appy. The last one I had was textbook. The...
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    Nursing School Superlatives

    santhony44 replied to macybones's topic in Nursing Humor

    Magnet. Commonly heard as **** magnet but you might not want to use that. You could use "trouble magnet." "Poop Queen/King" or "Vomit Queen/King" if you had someone who got more than her or his fair...
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    kids and parents

    santhony44 replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    Not hard to figure out why she was in with pneumonia, was it? Her parents needed a good sit-down lecture about her health. Forget lady-like, she needs to cough and deep breathe. Yes, she can use the...
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    Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    santhony44 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    ah! the next time a patient tells me "i'm going to try to quit smoking!" i can look wise and reply "do, or do not. there is no
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    Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    santhony44 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yes, but don't forget that back in the days she spoke of, a large part of knowing who the doctors were and who the nurses were had to do with gender. If the person had on a white uniform dress and a...
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    If you could have a different profession...

    santhony44 replied to anurseuk's topic in General Nursing

    If I had to do something that resembled work.... best-selling author. hospital management consultant. Pay me the big $$$ to tell you what your staff would really like to. criminal profiler....
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    Curious...using the title "Doctor" for a DNP...

    santhony44 replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Personally, the term "physician extender" always reminds me of one of those gadgets you buy to reach things on high
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    Anyone know this med?!?!

    santhony44 replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    Calmoseptine is menthol and zinc oxide with inactive ingredients of calamine, chlorothymol, glycerin, lanolin, phenol, sodium bicarbonate, and thymol "in a suitable ointment
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    Staff Leaving In Droves! Residents Revolting! Administration Ignoring All! HELP!

    santhony44 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    My impression is that it's time to hope for the best, plan for the worst. It may also be time to think about presenting some accurate information where it needs to go, for example about the salary...
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    What specialty deals with epilepsy pts

    santhony44 replied to nurturer's topic in General Nursing

    Epilepsy falls under neurology. There are physicians who specialize in epilepsy who are called epileptologists; usually they are trained as neurologists and do a fellowship in epileptology. There are...
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    You know you have a great job when.....

    santhony44 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just when you think no one within a 150-mile radius has ever heard the word "gratitude," much less ever expressed it: Your patient says, "You know, I appreciate this clinic so much. I can afford to...
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    Insults to the midlevel professions

    santhony44 replied to emtneel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would definitely shy away from any NP position with a physician who doesn't quite seem to know what to do with one. The last time I encountered that, it was with an ENT; I was the patient. The NP...
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    If you could have a different profession...

    santhony44 replied to anurseuk's topic in General Nursing

    independently
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    Are Polygraph Exams always required for RN positions?

    santhony44 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Correctional

    I've never had a polygraph. (Never worked corrections.) I somehow got this mental picture of being hooked up to a polygraph and being asked "Now, did you ever take Tylenol from the floor stock...
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    You know you have a great job when.....

    santhony44 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When the parent of an adolescent patient tells you "you helped my son more than the specialist I took him to." When the parent of a 13 year old female brings her in because an older teen boy is...
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    You know you have a great job when.....

    santhony44 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever the surgeon's favorite treat was, I'd have given him the biggest one I could've found. Outstanding!!!!
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    Online news article about medical myths tells people not to finish their antibiotics

    santhony44 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was a pretty bad article all around, actually. Not totally 100% inaccurate, but one that might mislead people into overlooking things they should be concerned about. All headaches aren't...
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    stat xrays

    santhony44 replied to calliesue's topic in General Nursing

    If the facility has a risk management department, then they need to be aware. If not, then whoever the manager reports to needs to know. For a certainty, if the patient had an adverse outcome, the...
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    Offered job over the phone?

    santhony44 replied to emtneel's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When I was a new grad I was living in GA. I sent out resumes and got a call from a hospital in Orange, TX. A doctor there wanted the hospital to bring me out to interview. The HR lady said he wanted...
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    Stupidest reason to go to ER

    santhony44 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    :barf01: Betcha really wanted to hear that
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    Truth or Myth: dairy increases mucus?

    santhony44 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I saw some truly gross pictures on the internet once showing some of the stuff that supposedly came out of some colons after the "patients" had taken these wonder substances to clean them out. Of...