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5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER

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    help finding "N95 mask fitting" thread

    Our N95 masks are made by 3M. In order for my mask to fit properly, i have to criss-cross the straps on the back of my
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    "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    Actually, a few people have done that on this thread, maturely even. My issue stems with those that proceed to insult and downgrade other nursing degrees and even other occupations in order to...
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    Sexist English Teacher

    I'd be stopping by the dean/president's office. There is no reason why this person should be teaching any subject until he gets his act together. He's got issues that he needs to work out in therapy,...
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    The truth about the transition form OR Tech to OR Nurse

    I went the LPN route, because i knew that some of my classes would transfer to an RN program in the future, and i couldn't afford the cost of the RN program at the time. By going the LPN route, i was...
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    Terms we will not admit to using

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    "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    whew, my thoughts
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    "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    I will say, i know from experience, and not even being an RN yet, that Magnet status is not all it's cracked up to be. It's a nice feather in a hospital's cap, however, that feather was lying in a...
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    "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    Ya coudda fooled
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    "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    Quite honestly, the above 'opinion' doesn't do anything to promote any unity in nursing. If anything, it alienates.:trout: It's one thing to support furthering education. It another when the rationale...
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    Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    Today's song would have been AC/DC's "I'm on hiiiiiighway to
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    "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    Thanks for the
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    Injured Football Player

    The last thing they need to do would be to put him on a plane. Long travel after such and injury, and surgery? Bad
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    Getting a nursing degree and a Tan at the same time!

    Um, who has time to TAN in nursing
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    More circulating than scrubbing in US?

    Make sure to put a scrub hat over the horn lol
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    Let's play: What's that word mean?

    Jaundince that forms in newborns 2-8 days after birth. Charlatanry (ooo i know a few people that this applies to
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    Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    Keep in mind that when some people do not pronounce words to another's liking that it could be because of a true speech problem. Back home, quite a few people make fun of one of our news reporters,...
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    Battle of the Shifts

    I noticed this as an aide on the med-surg floor. The next shift coming in like the A-team, sans green van and Mr. T. Wondering why X shift didn't get this that or whatever done. Rinse and repeat....
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    No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    :deadhorseOh, if i had a dime for every time people say
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    RPN vs PLN

    They're the same thing, just different
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    Let's play: What's that word mean?

    Abscess in the buttcrack. thenar
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    A surgeon's perception of nursing education.

    Kinda interesting how he didn't have any ideas on how to improve on
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    Nursing school friends = regular friends?

    There's four of us who get together at least every 2 months, usually once a month though, for appetizers and
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    LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    Perhaps the women you work with show aggression in such a manner, but please spare the rest of the female population from getting lumped into such a degrading
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    LPNS in the ER?

    We have LPNs in our ER. I used to work PRN in
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    Nursing school graduation to OR?

    We have quite a few nurses who went straight to the OR after graduation. They've done just