Mexarican

Mexarican

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  1. Male nurses dominate b/c they are Male?

    Mexarican replied to sasha1224's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree male or female, years of experience doesn't make you the best manager. People skills, leadership ability, etc... If it's the man who happens to have it don't chalk it up to a guy getting the...

  2. Bad to be concerned with money?

    Mexarican replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    I agree...money should always be right up there at the top on things to consider! Well put!

  3. Mandatory CNA!!!!

    Mexarican replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    the ability to deal with horrendous smells is acquired. If your born with it then great but it can be acquired IF and only IF the person wants to push through it. Many a great nurses had a vommiting...

  4. Mandatory CNA!!!!

    Mexarican replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    Nope not at all. It depends on how quickly you pick things up. Healthcare experience helps but it doesn't by any means make you or break you nor will you be the tops in the class because of it. If...

  5. Hospital tuition reimbursement

    Mexarican replied to srg4784's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Children's of Atlanta offers the CHANCES and OPPORTUNITIES scholarships. Excellent amount for each year commitment. The highest i've seen for commitments. The CHANCES i think offers up to $16,000...

  6. Mandatory CNA!!!!

    Mexarican replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    Waste of time...absolutely not necessary...

  7. A Generation of Wimps?

    Mexarican replied to EDNewbie's topic in Emergency

    yea...no doubt. As for the men being wimps i think it has to do with being wussified by their mommies growing up. When i was 16 i tore a ligament in my knee playing playground tackle football with...

  8. associates to BSN, to CRNA

    Mexarican replied to yerbluez's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    hi Sean, You could get your Associates RN then while working in the ICU you can do a RN-BSN bridge depending on the flexibility of this type of program in your local schools. But, it depends how far...

  9. Hey guys....How do you all support yourselves?

    Mexarican replied to Brian 77's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Loans and a 32 grand scholarship from the Children's Hospital and PRN patient care tech at local hospital...one shift a week (12 hours).

  10. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    Mexarican replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    It's so funny you bring this up...just the other day in Class we had an "Old School" nursing insructor joke around saying to do that exact same thing, flick the member or scrotum. Obviously everyone...

  11. Do I really have to study a second language?

    Mexarican replied to The-Manny's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to take a second language if you already know one. But you do need to formalize it into credits. The way to do this is to CLEP your Spanish at the community college/university. You...

  12. Nursing School Jitters?

    Mexarican replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck to all of you...you will all be just fine. Enjoy your first semester...it's a wild rild. I guarantee you by mid semester you will all be seasoned student nurses in a studying rythm that...

  13. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    Mexarican replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    Come on people... this should come as no surprise...these are the same people, the only people who suffered in the Nazi concentration camps "voluntarily"!!! All they had to do was sign a paper...

  14. What kind of jobs are available with a BSN/MBA?

    Mexarican replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    a nurse who can count money.

  15. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    Mexarican replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    yea this all sounds good! let's give her blood so you, the medical staff don't have to feel bad about her dying. Please let us spare you your grief!?!? Get over yourselves....you chose your path...

  16. OB Rotation is Hell

    Mexarican replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Nursing Students

    OB sucks plain and simple. Although there are some rotations that we hate, female students don't have a rotation where not only might they hate the rotation BUT ALSO the patients hate that they are...

  17. Age you will/were graduated?

    Mexarican replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    i will be 32 when i graduate...i am 30 now. One semester almost out of the way...three more to go!!

  18. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Mexarican replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

    I'm also from the NW...Portland to be exact. I lived there for twelve years until 2005. I miss it terribly but i'm here in Georgia to stay for a while.

  19. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Mexarican replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

    Lostdruid... I'm going to take a guess and say your in Texas. It's not a coincidence that Texas also has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the nation...last time i checked. It either Texas or...

  20. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Mexarican replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

    Oh and one more thing, i wouldn't try to have them seperated. It's real important that girls learn the challenges young men face whenit comes to sex and the boys learn the challenges young women face...

  21. Condom Teaching Plan for Middle Schoolers?

    Mexarican replied to cjulian214's topic in General Students

    Hey Cjulian... Not a problem. This is exactly what i did for seven years before nursing school this fall. I've done about 1000 or so of these presentations in the seven years i did this working for...

  22. I got the letter!

    Mexarican replied to Northstar Angel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    don't be so sure. 8th on the list is not that bad at all. In my class...started this semester we had about ten people who were wait listed start withus. Because it is not uncommon for people to...

  23. Week 3 of school

    Mexarican replied to SPCStudent's topic in General Nursing

    nope, not really and i'm in my third week. But if you do keep at it. Yesterday was our first day of clinicals and today was the first day of lab. To make things worse my financial aid...

  24. Scrubs in the Atlanta area

    Mexarican replied to blitzgirl's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I just went to Scrubs and Beyond and they had an excellent selection of scrubs for men!! I've had a terrible time looking for scrubs for school htat don't fit like a chick's scrubs. I only bought...

  25. Applied for a Stafford Loan

    Mexarican replied to julesradio's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    stafford loans are great when you need them. you fill out the fafsa online and get your SAR.. once your school processes it they will send oyu a financial aid offer which will include the subsidized...