BlueRidgeHomeRN

BlueRidgeHomeRN

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  1. Microbiology Game

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    sterols in the cell membrane....which in addtion to its polymorphic and parasitic attributes makes it a "sleath" pathogen. e-coli, staph epidermis, and candida albicans are all examples of normal...

  2. Everyone's laughing except me.

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like doc's a jerk, but for future reference, if you make a perfect lady partsl landing, leave it there while you look for the urinary meatus. i've found them in all sorts of odd places,...

  3. Microbiology Game

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well, depending on who's version you're reading, it could be koch (and his postulates) finding anthrax, and/or jenner's observation about cow-pox vis-a-vis smallpox. (i'd take either answer, if...

  4. Microbiology Game

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    close enough....specifically, obligate parasites, such as m. leprae, rickettsias, and the spirochete that causes syphilis, treponema pallidum. ok, an easier one.. this important technique, which dates...

  5. Microbiology Game

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    nope--think category, not specific microorganism.... these bacteria can only live off another larger

  6. Interview...what Do I Wear? (cna)

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to One Scrubbin' Mama's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i second that--either a nice suit (skirt or pants with jacket) or a simple neutral dress, low heels (clean) small earrings (one set) simple makeup, no perfume, and a big smile and firm

  7. Microbiology Game

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to NurseBettyICU's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    flagellum. next question.... __________ are bacteria who have not yet been successfully cultivated on an artificial medum, and can only be propagated in a living host which serves as a

  8. Nurses and religion

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Lauren3787's topic in General Nursing

    i disagree slightly, but it may only be a matter of semantics. i can easily stow my relgious expression, along with my politics, distaste for "country" decor (i do home health/hospice) and rap...

  9. Employer told everyone results of my TB test!

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    find a competing law office and sue...for violations too numerous to list, including stupidity, since a positive ppd does not equal active

  10. A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to cpkRN's topic in General Nursing

    my point precisely...scum comes in all colors and

  11. RN can't find job, what gives?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to st4wb3rr33sh0rtc4k3's topic in General Nursing

    you need to talk to someone who will be honest with you. as a manager, i can tell you that there is some fatal flaw in your job history, recommendations, or interview style. if you honestly want...

  12. A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to cpkRN's topic in General Nursing

    sorry if ya'll are offended, but i personally experienced this in orlando, fl in the late 90's. when did it become racial to state the obvious--that some people (of all colors and creeds) care more...

  13. Nurses and the 2008 election

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Keep comparing your presidental candidate to the GOP VP pick....please!!! Nothing like having the other side do your work for

  14. Nurses and the 2008 election

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    lord forbid we have one of those in d.c..... ..someone who has been in a union, worked with her hands, driven the kids to hockey practice, shops at food lion (not whole foods) and raised at least one...

  15. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    well, that's right up there with krispy kreme as a weight watcher's

  16. Nurses and the 2008 election

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    yes, i've already conceded that all non-liberals are evil or stupid...because its easier than addressing facts, which seem to be so confusing to some of

  17. Nurses and the 2008 election

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    opinions are like elbows..everyone has one or two!! ..but let's save them for the election

  18. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    i know..that's why i

  19. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    what's it for?? (i don't see

  20. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    i totally exclude those with mental illness from my view of alcoholism as a choice......those souls absolutley have a disease, and alcohol is just a sidebar

  21. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    yup, my little home in levittown in 1959 was really primitive....it was practically 14th century london! deaths didn't drop off until last century, if you missed class that

  22. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    good point....the damage done by the poisoning effects of alcohol is very real and fatal. but, as you point out, it's because of a behavior that can be changed. in the same vein, most lung and throat...

  23. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    which is why so many of them died before vaccines were

  24. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    let me duck for cover before i add my that alcoholism is a choice. i chose to drink because i liked the numbness, i quit and learned to deal with my life. no one ever made me drink, and no one else...

  25. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    BlueRidgeHomeRN replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat: sorry, but your question is a bit like "how do i keep my child safe while we are driving and btw we think corificeats are too dangerous to use in case the car erupts...