Roland

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  1. Need advice for overcoming or manageing gag reflex.

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, let me summarize the advice: 1. Breath through the mouth. 2. Use pepperment oil on a kerchif when the smell is bad (although this would have some of the same issues as Vic's except you...

  2. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    At least in my opinion. In my Assessment class we are required to take our shirts off (the girls can wear sports bras) for the cardiac, respiratory, and abdominal assessments. When, I was young and...

  3. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    We were told in my Business Law class that an employer generally CANNOT make you work on Sunday, if it is against your religion or sincere personal belief (with certain exceptions such as Police...

  4. Making students undress for clinicals is a violation of basic human rights.

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    She did it anyway because her family was counting on her future income as a nurse. It almost caused her husband to divorce her (they were recent immigrent citizens from Africa). My point with this...

  5. Why on earth does no one make eye contact?

    Roland replied to z's playa's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I hate to look people in the eye especially in an open setting. With women, I figure they think I might be "oggling" them and with guys I fear they might think I'm "challenging" them. In...

  6. What's the market like for Home Health Care nurses, and or businesses on Oahu?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who opened a home health care business in Indianapolis several years ago and is doing extremely well (they have about 30 employee's and earned about 400K last year after expenses)...

  7. Did anyone else see the show on Anesthesia Awareness on Discovery Health tonight?

    Roland posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It started by offering several case histories of individuals who experienced this horrifying phenominum estimated to affect 40,000 people in the United States each year. One lady was alert as her eye...

  8. How do you live cheap (okay cheaper) on Oahu?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you have your cars evaluated for their emissions prior to having them transported. It's my understanding that Hawaii has emission inspection standards even tougher than California and that...

  9. Has anyone ever considered the creation of the National (or world) Nursing Games?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that certain other professions such as Police and Fire Protection has such things. I don't know exactly what form the competition would take, but it might take the following format: 1. A...

  10. Where's the best pay for RN's WHEN you also consider cost of living?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    I looked at this sometime ago and concluded that it might be Houston Texas, or Indianapolis IN. both of which offer common base RN pay rates of around $20.00 plus per hour ( and in the case of Indy I...

  11. Has anyone ever considered the creation of the National (or world) Nursing Games?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I noticed a thread about Johnson& Johnson perhaps they would sponsor these

  12. How do you live cheap (okay cheaper) on Oahu?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think that it would be cheaper on the North Shore if you were willing to live further from the beach (say up to about two miles?) Frankly, I've looked in the classified section of most of your...

  13. Terri Shiavo Case

    Roland replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    There are two issues that make this particular case especially contentious: 1. The fact that many have at least a "well defined suspicion" that her husband was involved in placing her in her present...

  14. Examining each other?

    Roland replied to abr's topic in General Students

    I just think there is a fundamental difference between working with patients and with fellow students. You have to see students everyday in class often throughout the rest of your nursing education...

  15. How do you live cheap (okay cheaper) on Oahu?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    If I ever get wealthy I'm going to buy about two hudred acres in Oahu's interior (or lease since I'm not sure you can actually buy land on much of the island) and rent camping spots for about $300.00...

  16. Terri Shiavo Case

    Roland replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    Being cynical and more than slightly paranoid (which I think is healthy) I believe he wants her dead to remove any possibility that she will ever be able to communicate what happened to her....

  17. What if someone created a "Nurses Information Network" that told the straight dope...

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    and named, names with regards to bad hospitals, don's, and dr's. you would of course have to be a member so the general public could not gain access (in which libel and blacklisting considerations...

  18. What if someone created a "Nurses Information Network" that told the straight dope...

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    My point was that "industry information sharing" is generally a recognized exception to the laws that prohibit blacklisting. One example is a database maintained by the mortgage industry termed MARI...

  19. How do you live cheap (okay cheaper) on Oahu?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, her dislike of water has to do more with being on it, than surrounded. By the way your house looks awesome! I can't believe that you were able to get something on the WATER for 300K....

  20. Where's the best pay for RN's WHEN you also consider cost of living?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard however that Phoenix is also rather expensive. Do you have an estimate for the cost of a good one bedroom rental so that we could calculate or "nursing power

  21. My wife claims that Sudafed 24 hour helps her allergies, but Claritin 24 does not!

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is that Claritin-D 24 hour has 10 mg loratadine and 240mg pseudoephedrine . It is the Claritin-D 12 hour that only has 5 mg loratadine and 120mg's pseudoephedrine. Both versions are sold...

  22. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe someone should experiment with a "hybrid" of the old diploma method and the current ASN/BSN approach. Perhaps, some innovative hospital could partner with a University where a "student" would...

  23. Terri Shiavo Case

    Roland replied to LadyMadonna's topic in General Nursing

    It's been discussed before, but there is a new "wrinkle" in the story since the Florida Supreme Court just threw out the law which made it illegal to remove her feeding tube. Personally, I think her...

  24. My wife claims that Sudafed 24 hour helps her allergies, but Claritin 24 does not!

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    The main reason I care is because I am curious, and want to understand the universe to the best of my ability. It doesn't make sense to me that identical compounds would have different physiological...

  25. How do you live cheap (okay cheaper) on Oahu?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I've actually seen a few CRNA jobs on Gasjobs, I think mainly at Kaiser. I'm not sure why there don't seem to be more maybe it's a union thing or perhaps MDA's have been more successful than...