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  1. Taxi vs. 911

    eak16 replied to susswood's topic in Emergency

    a few weeks ago I saw a woman come in by taxi who had fallen on broken glass and ripped most of the flesh off her forearm . Poor thing was new to the area and didn't know that medic one is free....

  2. If you could get a masters degree now, what would you get?

    eak16 replied to t2000JC's topic in General Nursing

    Infectious disease nurse practitioner definately. Not very many schools offer this, but I would love to chase down the little microscopic bugs and do tropial infectious disease

  3. NP salary range starting at 26.00 per hour!

    eak16 replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that the FNP market is really oversaturated in Washington, esp. Seattle, but that it is better for specialist

  4. we've been having heated - but not yet angry - discussions

    eak16 replied to IowaCindy's topic in General Nursing

    wow- I have been watching this board for a while, and it is really starting to scare me. People are people, who all feel pain and who all want to have a good life for their families. I dont care where...

  5. Racism still living freely in elderly...

    eak16 replied to mandykal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been through this with my grandmother. It's disturbing, she thinks she is being progressive by noting that the "colored" waitress at her assisted living facility is "actually almost as good as...

  6. Bad ER experience...what went wrong?

    eak16 replied to luv2yoga's topic in Emergency

    that must have been frustrating- and it MAY have been that the staff was just not on the ball that day, OR it may have been that there were sicker people in line to get a CAT scan that weren't visible...

  7. worried!!!

    eak16 replied to RS0302's topic in General Nursing

    WHAT! you're slightly nervous?? Unacceptable!!!!!!!!! JUST KIDDING. Your nervousness shows that sticking meedles in other people is not an every day thing in your life right now, and that you want to...

  8. California best for nursing degree

    eak16 replied to bousheboo's topic in General Nursing

    the college that you go to (and certainly not the state it is in) does not determine your salary. Most hospitals are unionized and nurses are paid scale. At my hospital, nurses from the top-ranked...

  9. BSN's vs. Community college

    eak16 replied to cottoncandyclouds's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    who cares??! there is sooo much more to life (and nursing) than status... off to start my

  10. psychiatric nursing clinical alternative

    eak16 replied to perkins's topic in General Nursing

    I still have my psych book,. and i looked- it has fifteen pages of movies relevant to psych nursing, broken down by diagnostic category, complete with reveiws, if that helps. The book is by Frisch and...

  11. schitzophrenia?

    eak16 replied to stephera's topic in Psychiatric

    Risperidone,

  12. Top ten signs your job has you burnt out

    eak16 replied to unknown99's topic in Nursing Humor

    woo hoo~~!!! that was my hundredth

  13. Top ten signs your job has you burnt out

    eak16 replied to unknown99's topic in Nursing Humor

    the best reply I have ever hear to a unit phone_ County Morgue, how may I help you? (dont recommend for units with managers with no sense of

  14. They pushed the wrong button today.

    eak16 replied to WyomingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "I support US jobs and US companies only"......hmmmm. You have formed an interesting standard. I wont babble on then about the months that I have spent trying to get rid of gastrointestinal worms in...

  15. Iron Jawed Angels

    eak16 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree- fabulous movie I was going to go to bed at 10 but I couldn't pull myself away. I was also going to not vote since my beloved Dean didn't make it, but that's out the window now, how can you...

  16. Hospitals with good incentives for new grads???

    eak16 replied to leisa22's topic in General Nursing

    I agree- here in WA state the hospitals that ARE offering new grad incentives are hospitals that I personally cant stand (from my clinical experience). The two hospitals that I loved dont need to...

  17. Vacation in Seattle

    eak16 replied to kc ccurn's topic in Washington Nursing

    yes it will still be cool, unless there is just a fluke and it is hot that day.....you really cant predict it. Although "hot" to us is like 75. Vancouver is great too- be very very very careful if...

  18. Vacation in Seattle

    eak16 replied to kc ccurn's topic in Washington Nursing

    weather is a craps shoot- it could be 55 degrees and windy/rainy, or it could be beautiful. Definately check out the usual tourist stuff- if you dont mind a pricy hotel the Inn at the Market is...

  19. So, Boeing is going to build a new plane

    eak16 replied to 2ndCareerRN's topic in Washington Nursing

    one third of thw world lives on less than a dollar a day just a reminder we have more to be grateful for than to whine

  20. Freedom of Expression

    eak16 replied to Idaho Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Fergus- I couldn't agree more. If you crack down on the nose rings you better be cracking down on the hideous 80's perms, fucia lipstick with matching inch long nails, and (dare I say it?) Spongebob...

  21. just started CNA clinicals

    eak16 replied to alk3rainbow's topic in General Nursing

    There are nursing jobs that dont require wound care, though these may be more difficult to find as an LPN as opposed to an RN. When you said that you really like "seeing the looks on their faces when...

  22. Bedside is Best

    eak16 replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even the cook in the kitchen is only there so the patient's nurse doesn't have to go and cook the meals. wtf?????!!!!!! i am sooo not even getting into

  23. newsweek column

    eak16 replied to momoftriplets's topic in Emergency

    when I flipped my new Newsweek open a few hours ago, that article was the first one I saw- I thought it was great. I for one am going to write a letter to the editor saying how nice it was to see a...

  24. patient lingo...

    eak16 replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    i was one of those patients! My mother always told me to take an "aseetifimine" for pain (why she just didn't say tylenol, I'll never know) It wasn't until i started nursing school that I found out it...

  25. RN Difference

    eak16 replied to aznksswt517's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Twarlik- My BSN program got about 600 appliccations for 80 slots this year!! I think it depends on region more than anything else. Another difference that i have seen is that AD programs...