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ARG!! Sometimes school makes me so mad..not the course work, not the clinicals, but the other students!! We are currently in our 2nd rotation, and have just now started to give meds and injections (makes me feel like a nurse now! woohoo!) but...we on...

What about the craziest way you've seen a name spelled?? You can take a common name like Jane....and make it unique!!! Jaeyn...TADA! I've told my daughter its not Mommy....its Mohmee (Jk) name my daughter Brittknee? Jules

My standard call-in "Hi this is Julia calling from Dr. so-and-so's office, our number is ###-####. Calling in an RX for Joe Shmoe DOB ##/##/####. Prescription for Lipitor 20mg 1 by mouth every day quantity 3 months with 3 refills." Our doc gives yea...

Hi everyone...just kinda wanted to get your opinions on this....I work for an Endocrinology practice....just got our samples of the new rapid acting insulin Apidra...put out by Aventis...same people who make Lantus... Does anyone else see a HUGE med ...

Hey guys...just wondering about LPN programs around country to see how different they all are. First thing I would like to know....I'm in Naples, Florida. Down here, from what I've heard, LPN programs are not allowed to include IV certification clas...

I've been on the guard all this time for a pt that met the inclusion criteria! The biggies were: pts were never on insulin (greater than 1 week) and their a1C being >8.0 We finally randomized a patient on Friday!! I never knew there would be s...

Hi everyone! Just thought I see what everyone else is wearing! (been scrub shopping..down 50 pounds...WOOHOO!!) :balloons: Does your office require a uniform? I've worked for a few different offices (as a nurse, a secretary, medical records, and tr...

OK, I don't know, maybe because it happend to my husband, I'm blowing things WAY out of wack. And we all know what emotions can do to our view of what happens. So! here's the background... My husband woke up with sharp right-sided abd pain. I did my ...

Its going pretty great. The patient came back for her first visit after the start date. She's doing pretty good. She still wants to call me when she has to do the averages of her blood sugars so she can titrate the insulin dose....but other than that...

I've never been a big fan of "you can wear anything you want...as long as its we tell you what color it is and how to wear it" I figure, as long as its professional, and you look decent....who cares. You can always tell when its laundry day at my hou...

I love NPs. I'm an LPN right now, in distance school for RN. I'm hoping to become an RN/CDE. But I do know from paying attention down here in Florida, that NPs are in high demand. Most MD offices are so overbooked with pts they see frequently, and th...

hehe..I work for a doc with TERRIBLE handwriting! I've gotten use to it, so I'm able to read it....but no one else can. Especially when we fax prescriptions and whatnot... I've gotten into the habit of just re-writing it when we have to fax. If he w...

Oh no...no offence taken! I know some of these shots burn and hurt like the living daylights!!! Like I said, this just may be the emotions running wild! LOL I decided the technique the nurse used....dart throwing stance..it was REALLY an odd stance! ...

My mother has FM. She is TERRIFIED of having to take narcotics all the time. She's to the point of just dealing with the flare-ups rather than try a new med. She's pretty much allergic to everything anyhow..makes her itch. She tried Ambien-made her d...

My husband works for a small fine-furniture business (owned by my parents). No particular job title..he runs all the machines to manufacture the furniture and makes the programs for the machines..I think its AutoCAD.... I get so confused when he talk...

Hi there! Quick question (or maybe 2-3) I just wanted to see mainly what type of research nursing this thread is about. I work for a small Endocrinology private practice. We are doing a study through a pharm company on one of their drugs already on t...

This is my firsrt research project that he's done since I've started working there. The company sent me this huge binder with all the paperwork and such in it....plus all the boxes with the stuff for the pts who do the study. It was VERY overwhelming...

I graduated from LPN school in May. I took the NCLEX in July, but didn't do anything with it until late August (got married...not a good interview when I tell them I need time off before I'm even hired) I knew from the start that I'd hate LTC work. ...

Hi! Glad to hear you are doing so well with school!! If you go to a bookstore, they have a ton of books about pharmacology. Boarders seems to have a bigger selection of text books than B and N....One of those books may help. Once you get the jist of ...

I wish I could remember the whole song...last year during our last few days of LPN school, we came up with the 12 days of christmas...nurses style....I only seem to remember "5 Full bedpans" I'm sure we could all make a new one..LOL Jules

They probably won't ever get rid of those boxes...We are beginning a study right now for Novolog 70/30...and part of the rules state that we have to keep the records for a min of 15 years. Since the drug is already on the market, has been tested befo...

My doc is VERY good with the reps...they love him...so we tend to be kept VERY well stocked. Besides lack of money...he gives samples for people trying new meds, or for starting meds like Synthroid...where the dose has to be slowly moved up or down d...

Hello everyone. I work in a Endocrinology private practice. Right now, we are a VERY small office (the doc, me and the receptionist) We have about 3000 total pts. We have a pretty decent sample closet...figuring how much stuff is effected by Diabetes...

This one is a set of Billboards in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.... On US 1 coming out of the airport, there is a big "Welcome to Ft. Lauderdale" sign. The next billboard right behind it is a naked man covered only with post-it notes in the "naughty places"......

What do you mean the shortage is debatable?? Here in Florida, we have 4-5 hour wait times for a flu shot at the grocery store..every time I call in an RX to a pharm, there is an announcement about canceling this years shots...and we are still fussing...