SASQUATCH THE NP

I did my certification through ANCC and haven't had any problems with them at all including all of the times I have contacted them with different questions. For those who haven't taken the exam yet, my understanding is that Margaret Fitzgerald has ...

What she said....

YOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWw:uhoh21:

my best guess to their answer would be that they answered it in relation to "NORMAL" or therapeutic. Kind of silly since they didn't qualify it. Bottom line is simple. If NOT on Coumadin, anything less than 1 is fine.. if the patient IS on coumad...

DANG....... too much estrogen flowing here... Gotta throw in the Testosterone point of view which so far is partially correct. Alyssa Milano - ANY haircut she wants Reese Witherspon Jennifer Love Hewitt Taylor Swift (once she's legal.. lol) Nancy T...

If the patient is NOT on coumadin, the INR should be negligible keeping in mind that therapeutic ranges are anywhere from 2-3.5 depending on what is being treated. Unless the patient is taking an herbal supplement that has coumarin (yes I spelled t...

When I still worked as an ICU charge nurse, we had a resident who was well known for "making his rounds" through all of the nursing units. (Still not sure how he remained so popular since all of the women he bedded knew his reputation, and per one o...

lol... it only gets worse.. Wait until you get your eyes on that one stethescope that you HAVE to have... lol don't ever lose your idealism, sense of humor, passion or compassion. Those are a few of the things that make you a phenomenal nurse. and...

I think they would disqualify us as being "professional" comics.. lol:jester:

"the man who said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons fire" - ___ success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ...

We had one of those in my office for 6 hours and 33 minutes. I know this because she walked back to where my collaborating doc and I were sitting and loudly.. (and loud enough for everyone to hear) said. There's some crabby old fat lady out here who...

a little late.. but CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

because Alopaths become apoplectic at the thought of a NURSE being called a Doctor... LOL. At one point I swore I was going to do the DNP thing JUST so that for one day I could force everyone to call me DOCTOR.. then I grew up.. sigh... lol

I had a Palm Tungsten... went through two of them.. not because they were crappy... but because I used them so much... I combined things and went to a Palm Centro and I love it..Phone and PDA all in one. I have Epocrates Deluxe and a number of othe...

I had a 35 year male patient who's "CNA" girlfriend did that to him. I open up the curtain, there is blood EVERYWHERE.. I just stared dumbfounded for a moment and asked her "WHAT THE @$#T#$T! Did you just do???" her reply... Well, he's being disch...

Any girl who can pull that off SCARES the Bajeezus outta me... lol

In the Spirit of the Holidays... I wish all of you a truly blessed Christmas and Holiday season.. Three years ago, a little boy and his grandmother came to see Santa at the Mayfair Mall in Wisconsin . The child climbed up on his lap, holding a pict...

Don't be the girl who came into the office complaining of rectal bleeding. send her for colonoscopy that finds "Significant abrasions in the rectal vault and anus as well as Grade 3 internal hemorrhoids", and become indignant when you're told to s...

reminds me of the girl who came into the ER with the complaint that she and her boyfriend couldn't find the condom he had on after they finished. She said that she made herself vomit but didn't see it in the vomit, would someone check to see if it w...

I go home on a regular basis and tell my wife I want to adopt ... she smiles softly... gives me a hug and reminds me I can't bring every child home that grabs my heart.... Gotta stop the squishy Oooey Gooey stuff, people are gonna start thinkin I...

I've read each and every one of these posts... laughed, and yes.. the giant guy cried too. I worked in a practice that had a number of special needs clients from group homes and inherited all of them, simply because my schedule was the most flexible...