santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

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

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    Cheaper, But Is It Worth It??

    santhony44 replied to Gavsmom's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you need to look at a variety of factors. How long will it take to get in to either program? Will your current employer provide tuition reimbursement or any other assistance? How are the...
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    Being a Big Guy

    santhony44 replied to MurseHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    I think the big guys are only intimidating when they want to be. Years ago when I was doing my psych rotation, the unit I was on had a really big male tech. I'm thinking 6'5" or 6'6" and built to...
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    Nursing Resumes

    santhony44 replied to mkk1019's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If I were looking at a new grad resume, I would not expect to see clinical rotation information as a general rule. I think, however, if something extra was done, that might be worth
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    Night shifts.. moms with young kids..?

    santhony44 replied to lvmama's topic in General Nursing

    Your MIL doesn't know what she's talking about. Trying to sleep with a 2yo running around the house is nuts. Not good for anybody. If you did have a family member you felt comfortable leaving him...
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    Who's leaving nursing?

    santhony44 replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    Commuter, when do you make the change? I hope this new job is a lot better for you. The place you've been sounds just
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    I don't want to come to work on my days off.

    santhony44 replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't want to work extra, then don't! No, you do not owe them your free time. And if you do decide, in advance, you want to sign up to work an extra shift, then make it contingent upon getting...
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    Words You Hear In The Wonderful World of Nursing

    santhony44 replied to 43RN20's topic in Nursing Humor

    The "I-don't-have-a-clue-what-meds-I-take" syndrome is universal, apparently. We get that here in the US, all the time!! I'd love to know just exactly how many little white pills there are out
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    Phobias anyone???

    santhony44 replied to danissa's topic in Psychiatric

    Spiders!!! Just typing the word makes my skin
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    Roll Call - Introduce Yourselves, Texans!

    santhony44 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm not a Texas native. We moved to West Texas 10 years ago when I finished graduate school. We moved to SC for one year (natives of GA) and hated it with a passion; couldn't wait to move back to...
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    Ageism?

    santhony44 replied to cvryder's topic in General Nursing

    Getting rid of older workers, either because of age or pay scale, is pretty short-sighted. That's cutting your budget at the expense of experience and, one would hope, wisdom. I have heard of...
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    Unusual Question

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

    I've never hated being an NP. I've had a job or two I hated, but not the role itself. I think some people hate it because they aren't that interested in the role to begin with. As crazy as it seems...
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    Who would you take a verbal order from?

    santhony44 replied to longhornfan1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If the LPN is taking call for the doc and just giving advice off the top of her head without having any written protocols, then she's putting her license at risk. If she's giving orders as delegated...
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    Switching Jobs?

    santhony44 replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you have every reason to go. An occasional per diem shift at the hospital will help keep up skills you won't be using in your full-time job. Loving your job and loving to go to work every day...
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    The Cap.......

    santhony44 replied to Justhere's topic in General Nursing

    I wore a cap for both my LPN program and my ADN program; they were required. I finished in 1983 and 1985. At that time, you did still see nurses in the hospitals wearing caps. For some reason I didn't...
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    What have patients told you that they shouldn't?

    santhony44 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I can't imagine why anyone would possibly care!!! Maybe I've just seen more than my fair share of naked
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    What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    santhony44 replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that is so far-fetched. I use a voice recognition dictation program; it's on my work PC. It comes with a lot of medical terminology pre-loaded in. It works fairly well, though you have...
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    What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    santhony44 replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    "Back in the day" our call lights had little metal chains attached with a clip on the end. Wrap the little chain around the rail and clip it to itself! I'm not sure why they don't use those any
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    Student Help - Infant/Toddler Observation

    santhony44 replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    If I remember correctly, back when I took Child Development the school had specific arrangements with some particular day care centers where students could go to do whatever it was we were doing at...
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    Nystatin vs Zinc Oxide vs A&D Ointment

    santhony44 replied to angelique777's topic in General Nursing

    Nystatin is used for a candidal rash. Zinc oxide and A&D can be used for other types of rashes, for example, redness from diarrhea. Personally, I use zinc oxide, A&D, Desitin, and petroleum...
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    What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    santhony44 replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    How about a call light that delivers a "little buzz" if it's pressed too often- say, more than once an hour? An ejection seat to put at the patient's bedside to get rid of those annoying visitors-...
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    Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    santhony44 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I've known two or three over the years- nurses who set out to "catch" a doctor. It's been several years now since I've known one. I've also known a few who married doctors because that's who they fell...
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    Funny things that pts say

    santhony44 replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I expect that Ruby didn't put it there. More than likely the patient did this all by
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    "Getting ahead" help

    santhony44 replied to mrsraisinkain's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :yeahthat: Actually, I agree completely. Spend time with your kids and husband, get your house in order, rest and relax. I don't think spending time reading ahead is going to be worth losing the time...
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    Nervous about telling co-workers

    santhony44 replied to RRTNeuroRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Why tell them at all? Once you give notice, maybe, but not necessarily before. You would hope that your co-workers were mature enough people to be happy for you, but that's pretty unlikely to be true...
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    What exactly is "women's health?"

    santhony44 replied to doglvr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would expect that it includes a good bit of gynecology. You should ask specifically what their patient makeup is when you