cmonkey

cmonkey

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  1. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    cmonkey replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Probably thinking of the patient. Universal precautions, you

  2. Anybody put their home on line for nursing school

    cmonkey replied to labchic's topic in General Students

    You are going to be too busy with school and your DH trying to find a job. You do not need the hassle and financial drain (yes, drain) of a rental. Rentals are worth it when you own them outright, not...

  3. PLEASE tell me there is more to nursing then this.... otherwise, it's for the birds..

    cmonkey replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    There's money in developing a doorway pill-launching

  4. Did you ever have needle phobia?

    cmonkey replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I had to be held down for fingersticks, let alone draws. Until I was in my 20s. :lol: I'm glad I got over it before I got pregnant, because boy howdy, do they like to play vampire. I had a spinal tap...

  5. Anybody put their home on line for nursing school

    cmonkey replied to labchic's topic in General Students

    You mean selling it, not defaulting,

  6. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    cmonkey replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

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  7. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    cmonkey replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    Being an Evil Genius In Training, I'd vote for minion, but probably subordinate.

  8. Great pharm advice

    cmonkey posted a topic in General Students

    From another board I'm on, by M Rhodes-Gloor, RN, PCCN: learn the classes of the drug first. If you know the physiology, you know the major side effects and contraindications, as well as actions. For...

  9. Great pharm advice

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    Damn! Everytime I hear a great idea, it turns out there's a caveat. I suppose that's true for life, too,

  10. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    cmonkey replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    Aren't they old enough?

  11. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    cmonkey replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't heard of Medicare,

  12. Just have to share- pt's spouse's thoughts on nursing.

    cmonkey replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    Well,

  13. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    cmonkey replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm of the opinion that any supervisor should be able to do at least the job of their immediate ... underling? I can't think of the word. Inferior doesn't seem nice, though it's technically correct....

  14. Your experience...

    cmonkey replied to cupcake231's topic in General Students

    Paperwork. Then some more paperwork. And for kicks, we did some paperwork. Then we registered, paid for our background checks, and filled out some paperwork. Uniforms we can get anyoldwhere so long...

  15. Do you donate blood?

    cmonkey replied to pna2388's topic in General Nursing

    I am disqualified because of a FALSE positive HBV result the first time I donated. Despite my negative titers, they still won't let me donate, ever.

  16. Nursing Students Unite

    cmonkey replied to Alexis4's topic in General Students

    We got the Wii disc from Netflix and it ROCKS. I just put a butt-ton of stuff in our queue (Buffy! Battlestar Galactica! All five DVD seasons of Lost!) and whenever we want, we can just plop down and...

  17. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    cmonkey replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    We'll be marching up the Baby Steps. Since we live on MrMonkey's paycheck, mine will go to finishing out the debt snowball (it should just be my student loan by the time I'm done with NS, which we're...

  18. Summer before Nursing School

    cmonkey replied to MrWarmHearted's topic in General Students

    I'm sleeping as much as possible, and gardening. If you're already accepted, enjoy this time before school. You may find yourself too busy to do much relaxing until school is

  19. Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

    cmonkey replied to gkvegan's topic in General Nursing

    I can't speak to safety, but I can tell you that it hurts like hell when they do the injection. Double the volume of other vaccines, I

  20. Can I vent to you guys?

    cmonkey replied to TexasNurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're an adult. You have three kids, a job, an education you're working on, and she's treating you like a child. I'd set her straight right here and now and make it VERY CLEAR that the next time she...

  21. Not going to nursing school

    cmonkey replied to weirhead69's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd say that spending that kind of money for ANY job is crazy, but I'm a Dave Ramsey zombie so take that for what it's worth. HOWEVER. There is no reason you can't get an ADN if you want to be in...

  22. nursing student question: what are the main challenges faced in OB nursing?

    cmonkey replied to Bellakaye's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As a prior user of the OB floor, I'd have to say docs, but my bias may be

  23. Nursing podcasts!

    cmonkey replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Students

    If you need A&P help, Dr Cizadlo at St Scholastica is AWESOME. Also amusing, which helps. "Do you get it?" That'll be funny after you listen to a couple episodes. :lol: Itunes is fantastic for...

  24. Help!! Not IMMUNE HEP B SURFACE RESULT!!!

    cmonkey replied to NurseMR's topic in General Nursing

    We got a waiver sheet with our physical paperwork. You should be able to decline a second series if you

  25. The daycare dilemma

    cmonkey posted a topic in General Students

    I have three days of class a week, and once clinicals start, my Thursdays will be 0830-2100. Gadzooks. It seems to me that I should probably just have the kids on a full-week schedule from the start,...