santhony44 MSN, RN, NP

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

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    need some encourgement

    santhony44 replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't stay up until 4:30 AM studying!! You were probably too tired to think straight by the time you took the test. Get some rest! Going into a test with way too much sleep is a very bad idea. You...
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    Do you wear rings to work?

    santhony44 replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been able to wear a wedding band (mine is plain). Now that I work outside the hospital, in a clinic, I usually wear one ring on my right hand, but I frequently take it off and slip it into...
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    LPN's Are Lower Class People?????

    santhony44 replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    I did this myself. I already had a BA and wasn't going to put that much time and $$ into another degree that I wasn't sure about. So I went LPN-ADN-BSN-MN. I'm thinking about DNP. I've never...
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    Tips for looking more professional

    santhony44 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Hold onto the hairdresser at all costs! If you have "difficult" hair that's vital! If you are talking about an actual job interview, one of your business suits would be best. Dark blue, gray, or...
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    "The Victim" and the "Big Ole Meanie who Made Her Cry"

    santhony44 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I think Myrtle very well knows how to communicate what she wants communicated, which is that she is the victim and nothing is her fault. If Hortense and Ruby were truly trying to "eat" her, they...
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    Medical Model vs. Nursing Model...Huh?

    santhony44 replied to amanda sue's topic in General Nursing

    I think that NP's combine the two. We make medical diagnoses, but we still see patients from a nursing point of view. I will be the first to admit that I don't think in terms of nursing diagnosis. I...
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    I'm not "WIPING BUTTS"

    santhony44 replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to know what 'upscale' means. Advanced practice? Is she under the delusion that NPs, midwives, or CRNAs don't do anything "hands on?" In fact, someone mentioned earlier that the NP role is...
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    Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    santhony44 replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked industry for a while, where urine drug screens were done many times a day most days, and don't remember ever seeing OTC's causing a positive result. I don't think I'd worry about
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    Share Your Saying

    santhony44 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Normal is just a setting on your
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    **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    santhony44 replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm gonna sue" seems to be the modern "adult" equivalent of "I'll hold my breath until I turn blue" or "I'm going to flop on the floor, scream and kick my heels." Unfortunately, all too often, it...
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    **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

    santhony44 replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

    There was a mention of NP's in this whole mess. I will say that seeing "bullying" or "eating their young" on that level would, for me, be unusual. I've been an NP for 10 years. As a student, my NP...
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    uniform?

    santhony44 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'll echo everyone else here: white is not very practical. Whites stain easily and a lot of things- including ink- can be difficult to get out. Additionally, if you live in an area with hard water,...
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    YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    santhony44 replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    You're right, I should have written a letter, but I didn't, I just let it go. It was more than 10 years ago now. I left that area and went down the hall and had my first mammogram. I'd take the...
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    YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    santhony44 replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had a problem with a properly supervised student doing anything for me. The only situation in which I had a problem, I didn't know the student was a student until too late. I had to have a...
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    I need a quick pregnancy/childhood/pp cheat sheet

    santhony44 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The CDC website has current immunization schedules that you can print
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    Morale Boosting Ideas????

    santhony44 replied to Colorado1's topic in General Nursing

    What are the things that frustrate the nurses on the unit? The manager needs to find out what those are, then fix them whenever possible. If they can't be "fixed" then sometimes just an acknowledgment...
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    searching for ER myths!!

    santhony44 replied to phiposurde's topic in Emergency

    If you speak the name of a "frequent flyer" that person will soon appear. That was one of our superstitions on the floor, I'm betting ER folks believe the same
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    Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    santhony44 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It seems to be a pretty common phenomenon as a lot of folks have mentioned it. I've run into it myself, though not currently. I don't know why anyone thinks that other people want to hear the...
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    Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    santhony44 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you don't do your job right, and I have a problem with that, it's not because I don't like people of your particular skin color, native language, national origin, religious affiliation, gender, or...
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    Tylenol overdose and the public's ignorance.

    santhony44 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone seems to think that because it's OTC, it's harmless. People are really surprised when I tell them that it can kill you very dead. I am in a clinic and talk to people about this frequently....
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    Pt dies on BSC today

    santhony44 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    The first patient who ever died on me did so during an enema. The male CNA was giving it; I was helping hold the patient on his side. The CNA and I were chatting when something struck me odd; I looked...
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    Torn between jobs

    santhony44 replied to studentnurse3's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't take it. I don't think the experience would make up for what you would be missing with your kids. When you get into nursing school, that's a big enough time commitment. I know other people...
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    What's the funniest thing your patient has been scared of before?

    santhony44 replied to UnidentifiedNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a student, I had a patient who was convinced I was trying to kill him with the electronic thermometer. He was in with alcoholic cirrhosis and the color of a pumpkin, so of course not in his right...
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    Newborn Kidnapped from TX hospital, be on the lookout!

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

    Absolutely! Lubbock is on the high plains. Lots of wind, especially this time of year, and it does indeed get cold, including ice and snow on occasion in the winter. Wearing a coat or heavy jacket...
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    Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    santhony44 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Not keeping strict I&O on a TURP patient. He said he had to use the bathroom. I offered him a urinal. "No, I have to do #2." I walked him to the bathroom and waited outside the door. I could hear...