deftonez188

deftonez188

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  1. Don't "click" too well with classmates

    Only people who should care about rank are those in the military, otherwise, you're a
  2. Don't "click" too well with classmates

    I don't know, a whole 3 post history...makes me wonder if this is just a troll or something to stir up trouble for
  3. Which of these books are beneficial?

    Without reading that entire list, anything by the 'Made Incredibly Easy' nursing series (esp. patho) and a good health assessment
  4. Venting about classmates with families...

    I help the wife clean up, but she does it mostly d/t time constraints, otherwise, i'm neurotically clean. And yes, people with children who use them as scapegoats for bad grades, well, you made em,...
  5. Don't "click" too well with classmates

    Wow - you are way high on a pedestal, I would refuse you as a nurse and fire you as a lawyer, ridiculous. Please, keep to law
  6. Don't "click" too well with classmates

    You're sure your attitude has nothing to do with it? You seem quick to place people into groups - I also don't think it's worth becoming a nurse just to get some background in medical malpractice -...
  7. Frustrated with Interns who can't (or won't) treat pain!

    You're so devoted, don't ever lose that - you can be my nurse
  8. Here goes: -Congratulations on having X children, I unlike you did not start breeding as much as possible in my early adulthood - and I don't really care how much work it is and how hard or worse you...
  9. I love NURSING SCHOOL

    You love it now :) Give it a little while
  10. So we just began doing IV therapy at school and I had no problems priming lines, running an IVPB etc etc. What I have a problem with is drops per minute...in the videos we watch I see the 'student's...
  11. Overanalyzing - IV Flow rate

    All good information, thank you both very much. I messed around with my IV bags last night and the multiplication method seems more suited to
  12. Why are male nurses looked down on?

    Still a student, but i've never encountered any kind of discrimination based on gender, if anything it's helpful because i'm needed as a human hoyer :) Male, female, whatever, your brain is what I...
  13. how did you handle it?

    It is temporary, and chances are you can be his sugar momma on
  14. OB nursing in males.

    Our rotation is next semester so i'm not where you're at yet, however I don't doubt the experience will be similar - many of us don't have children of our own, and comforting mother's,...
  15. Nursing School: Self-Taught?

    It sucks, but that's the reality of it - you have to learn to rely on yourself throughout the
  16. I know how you feel, I worked briefly as an NA at a local hospital and was put off by the extreme rudeness of family more than staff (who were actually really cool) - don't let it stop you though,...
  17. Do you mean CNA? I doubt you have more training than a CRNA who went to school forever to get their advanced
  18. This isn't relevant to the topic - good that you have 200 hours more training than an ADN - bad that RNs make considerably
  19. Who knows, that's a long time, and in school you won't really have alot of time for anyone but your intimate lover - your
  20. mcc ns starts next week

    We lost maybe 1 person - it's not that bad. The beginning semesters you don't have to study as much - some got by not even reading the book. I'll say that won't work the for 1600's though. Anyways,...
  21. I hate it when the male nurses on my unit...

    Hahahaha, hoyer lifts, so true..... Deftonez188? Can you help me move this pt real quick? By move I mean do it all yourself basically, oh and can we do that 15+ times in 4 hours? Thanks! I actually...
  22. Thinking About Surgical Technologist

    Tons of diff. programs out there, check out medical technology (lab) - requires more schooling but with a more flexible schedule. There's physical ther. ass., resp. ther. ass., ocupat. ther. ass., etc...
  23. Curious re: Veterans Affairs Nursing

    You gotta love us vets too that's the
  24. Should I not be a nurse?

    No way, as a guy I don't L&D will take me