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I have been planning to go to nursing school (direct entry MSN) & have been progressing in that direction. The other day I was having a conversation with a coworker (a non-practicing nurse!) and she said, now at your age (I am in my 40s) you have...

I'm still not sure why you couldn't ask your sister to congratulate her...& I wonder, why is your friend soooo nosy & so obsessed with your life? And finally, I agree with the poster who said third persons shouldn't be asked for (or give out...

Hello, I'm the OP & I would like to thank everybody who responded. It is certainly encouraging to know there are many who have gone to nursin schools at around my age, & have gotten jobs & been appreciated. I feel some younger nurses have...

Actually iodine can elicit an antibody reaction by binding to proteins & thereby acting as hapten & these will be iodine-specific antibodies. Antibodies to many small molecules (like drugs) are used in ELISA & radioimmunoassays. However y...

Thanx for all the responses, it is certainly refreshing to know nursing schools aren't biased against older applicants & there is room for mature and younger nurses alike. Just one note: my coworker isn't a bad person, although her comment was th...

Really what happened to America that in the wealthiest country in the world we have so many people working under the threat of losing their jobs & knowingly doing far less than satisfactory care, & this is widespread now. I know, we are lucky...

If not supported by expert opinion or extensive publications, a statement like "we give it all the time" may not protect one from negligence if something goes wrong. It is true sometimes the maximum dose recommended by Package Insert is the max dose ...

There's an app for that (sorry couldn't help...):)

I absolutely agree. A pt may not know how a disease progresses, or whether or not a symptom needs to be followed up. So they did the right thing, the doctor advised them to schedule another appointment, they did so & kept the appointment. In fact...

Arformoterol?

The very fact that when I'm 80 years old people will assume all my interests will be pie days, bingo & scrapbooking makes me so sad:crying2:. I have a feeling I'll die of boredom before something with my heart, brain or blood.

Ondansetron (Zofran) is no longer ridiculously expensive now that generics are out, & it apparently works much better than phenothiazines or other dopamine inhibitors with less side effects. However, the EPS, NMS, & other really bad AEs assoc...

While unquestionably there is corruption, coercion & self-servingness in the unions, in general the workplace is heavily stacked in favor of management with at-will employment, large numbers of visas allowed for foreign workers (most countries do...

Acutally the EEOC rules deal with actual discrimination, merely asking the question may not be illegal according to some authoritative sources (eg, http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/career-articles-common_interview_surprise_inappropriate_questions-1018) "Mere...

Technically it is not illegal to ask any question (freedom of speech); it is illegal to discriminate based on them. And the interviewee has the right to refuse to answer any question. However since asking them immediately raises a red flag, most iner...

I wonder why people think we in general don't have a great work ethic. We get less vacation time, sick leave, maternity leave than the rest of the world. We come in to work even when we are sick. We generally reject unions. Our stores are open 7 days...

Also pantothenic acid (vitamin B5). Cobalamin deficiency can also cause neurological problems... A way to remember is lipid-soluble vitamins are ADEK, the rest are water-soluble.

Can't help posting this link...woohoo http://www.medicinenet.com/black_widow_brown_recluse_pictures_slideshow/article.htm Lovely...

Homophobic Male Nurse:confused: I thought homophobe types stereotype male nurses & would steer clear...anyway, the post reminds of a male nurse I came across as a pt - b/c I am a male between 30-45 yo he seemed to go overboard to make sure I don'...

I find this request very unnerving. Many people don't want their current boss to know they are looking elsewhere, & if the current boss doesn't want to lose the employee they can easily sabotage the new job. While standard application forms do ha...

I have my reservations about unions, there is corruption, coercion & other problems. But, in our current atmosphere, with relatively high unemployment, at-will hiring, near-unlimited ability to hire people from developing countries, the deck is h...

Let's see, unlikely malaria will become a public health problem here since the host, Anopheles mosquito, is not indigenous to the US. Polio has been eradicated in even most Third World countries, the reason in persists is largely d/t superstitious re...

KateRN1's response was one of the best I've seen. As a former patient who is looking into going to nursing school, I would definitely NOT want a person who abhors every aspect of people care, has an archaic sexist ego that would likely cause problem...

It seems you met a jerk who happens to be a nurse. There are jerks in every profession. Maybe you're now viewing the whole area of Nursing with negativity due to this experience. It happens - I was once mad at an Australian guy & hated the entire...

Ah, but realistically all 30 never adopt a highly productive approach. That's why some people get all A's, win awards, get promoted while others coast or don't survive. The OP did a great job sharing her formula for success. She may come across as s...