Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. What do you bring home with you?

    I have a few bottles of heparin rattling around my house and
  2. Thoughts regarding MALE RNs?

    No problem. Happy to have the guys
  3. Mother of Sorrows: Rachel's Story

    What a lovely story. Reminds me of my dear grandmother- She will be 93 in May. She broke her hip last year and suffers from inclusion body myelocitis (sp), a neuro muscular disease. She had her second...
  4. stethoscopes

    Spragues are good, just very heavy and awkward, IMO. I can hear better w/ Sprague that I can w/ Littman. As a matter of fact, I am going to be selling my two Littmans, because I can't hear a darn...
  5. Im going insane!!!!

    When I was a new grad LPN on a skilled Medicare rehab floor, I had 30 pts, on days. 8-12 sounds like a
  6. lpn-rn...same difference

    Please don't feed the
  7. lpn-rn...same difference

    Please don't feed the
  8. Nursing School Bloopers

    Correct. Dilantin Elixir is available to give via tube, and for pts who have difficulty swallowing pills. I would have questioned it being ordered PO for a pt w/ an NG
  9. Nursing School Bloopers

    Correct. Dilantin Elixir is available to give via tube, and for pts who have difficulty swallowing pills. I would have questioned it being ordered PO for a pt w/ an NG
  10. Religion's Place in Nursing

    Quadruple ditto,
  11. Religion's Place in Nursing

    Quadruple ditto,
  12. Patient Care Technician.............

    This sounds totally unsafe. If the PCTs can do so much, why do they have
  13. Patient Care Technician.............

    This sounds totally unsafe. If the PCTs can do so much, why do they have
  14. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    I agree totally. Here is another spin on the question of "what kind of education"... I have been looking into university BSN programs. A few of my ADN classes will not transfer, because the...
  15. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    I agree totally. Here is another spin on the question of "what kind of education"... I have been looking into university BSN programs. A few of my ADN classes will not transfer, because the...
  16. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    i have 127 credit hours, all but ten are in nursing and nursing prereqs. i have been a nurse for 12 years. i am an adn. i took "twice as many classes", and am still an adn. what do you say i get...
  17. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    i have 127 credit hours, all but ten are in nursing and nursing prereqs. i have been a nurse for 12 years. i am an adn. i took "twice as many classes", and am still an adn. what do you say i get...
  18. Nurses who smoke

    Very good points. PS to smokers- carry a small spray bottle of Febreze around with you, and Eclipse gum. Use these in addition to a thorough hand-washing after smoking. They work
  19. Nurses who smoke

    Very good points. PS to smokers- carry a small spray bottle of Febreze around with you, and Eclipse gum. Use these in addition to a thorough hand-washing after smoking. They work
  20. lpn-rn...same difference

    If you did not want to spark debate and arguments, you should not have called your thread "LPN, RN, same difference." Very poor choice of
  21. lpn-rn...same difference

    If you did not want to spark debate and arguments, you should not have called your thread "LPN, RN, same difference." Very poor choice of
  22. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    I have taken both the paper and pencil (LPN) and computerized NCLEX (RN). The paper format was much, much, much harder! 500 grads all together in the same room, from all over the state- most having...
  23. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    I have taken both the paper and pencil (LPN) and computerized NCLEX (RN). The paper format was much, much, much harder! 500 grads all together in the same room, from all over the state- most having...
  24. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    this thread been filled with interesting posts! i'm wondering: if a person has such severe test anxiety...how will they handle a real emergency in the hospital when it arises? that's what i've...
  25. Failed NCLEX multiple times

    this thread been filled with interesting posts! i'm wondering: if a person has such severe test anxiety...how will they handle a real emergency in the hospital when it arises? that's what i've...