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  1. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    oldandintheway replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, it's bad luck to be

  2. Clinicals - What Not to Do?

    oldandintheway replied to meganec17's topic in General Students

    One thing to do: Approach clinical rotations as you would an extended job interview, be attentive and situationally aware. The person walking down the hall may be the DON or hiring manager, your...

  3. PVT: Question of Character?

    oldandintheway posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Okay, I fully expect to be slammed for this. What do all these posts about gaming the system to get early results say about the character of some of the new grads/nurse candidates? One of the prime...

  4. PVT: Question of Character?

    oldandintheway replied to oldandintheway's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ok, I'm the OP and let me clarify my post with an example: you place a wager with a bookie, it's a proposition bet with two possible out comes. The bookie does not have any affect on the outcome only...

  5. PVT: Question of Character?

    oldandintheway replied to oldandintheway's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey, I'm encouraged by the support of my original post. I was hesitant to raise this issue thinking I would get flamed and accused that my user name is an accurate depiction of me and my character. I...

  6. Feeling Lost: Prestigious Nursing School Debt

    oldandintheway replied to seekinghappy's topic in General Students

    Seekinghappy, If you search online for largest nonprofit hospitals and hospital systems you may find a significant number of them are church affiliated. Some of these facilities have a well entrenched...

  7. Feeling Lost: Prestigious Nursing School Debt

    oldandintheway replied to seekinghappy's topic in General Students

    I think you may have meant Regionally Accredited. Nursing is an interesting case, it aspires to be fully accepted as a profession but because of its relatively low barrier for entry it does not...

  8. How much do nurses make?

    oldandintheway replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    Funny thing about Unions, although it currently is a (buyer's) employer's market; high tide floats all boats. Academic facilities, state facilities (prisons and jails), and Kaiser are strongly...

  9. How much do nurses make?

    oldandintheway replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    But not entirely true, California is a large state that extends beyond the Bay Area and the Palm Tree belt. Some places have a reasonable cost of living and good

  10. Working in a Trauma Center but nervous about Traumas, advice appreciated

    oldandintheway replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I agree that traumas should be basic, primary assessment, ABC, DEF on down the line. Initial response to a trauma will attract a lot of help. One thing about trauma response it requires delineation of...

  11. Illegal immigrant nurses can now be licensed in California

    oldandintheway replied to Guest07/13/15's topic in Immigration Advice

    I tried to lighten this up by a poor joke about the difference between unlawful and illeagle (sic) is a sick bird, it fell flat. So know listen to a story. There once was a province of a sovereign...

  12. Taking 20 credit hours?

    oldandintheway replied to Kaylle's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This may sound like a dumb question but do you speak any Romance languages? Knowledge of languages such as Spanish really does make anatomy more intuitive, the Latin roots of many anatomical terms...

  13. Illegal immigrant nurses can now be licensed in California

    oldandintheway replied to Guest07/13/15's topic in Immigration Advice

  14. Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    oldandintheway replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Holy Crap! I'm getting sucked into this vortex again. It's very simple behave as a gentleman and you'll be treated as a gentleman, remember you will at some point need your colleagues assistance with...

  15. Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    oldandintheway replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Besides I don't want them to blame

  16. Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    oldandintheway replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay, I'm a guy, I can't help it I was born this way. But I was raised to always be respectful and good mannered; it is not unusual to be the only male staff member on my unit and I take it as a sign...

  17. PALS Certification

    oldandintheway replied to newmedsurgnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Corrected for

  18. PALS Certification

    oldandintheway replied to newmedsurgnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    ]Okay I lost my awesome response, PALS, I bet what scares you is leading the MEGA CODE. Here is what is going to happen, you will be chosen to lead a team in a vignette. You will have one shock...

  19. PALS Certification

    oldandintheway replied to newmedsurgnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Okay I lost my awesome response, PALS, I bet what scares you is leading the MEGA CODE. Here is what is going to happen, you will be chosen to lead a team in a vignette. You will have one shock...

  20. No calculators allowed as an RN?

    oldandintheway replied to dancediva234's topic in General Students

    Calculators absolutely are used by RNs in the clinical setting, but they are only useful in completing the arithmetic, you have to know the mathematics to be able to provide safe patient care....

  21. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    oldandintheway replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of acetaminophen referred to paracetamol in this

  22. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    oldandintheway replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    One that gets me: in our charting there is a choice for paracetamol overdose, but no choice for acetaminophen or Tylenol overdose. Please understand this is in the USA and our vendor for the program...

  23. Bad experiences after another,how to overcome and find my niche?

    oldandintheway replied to irishlynn5's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, what I really meant, nursing has great varieties of opportunities and one should take an honest evaluation of their skills and passions before committing to a single path. Explore, ask...

  24. Bad experiences after another,how to overcome and find my niche?

    oldandintheway replied to irishlynn5's topic in General Nursing

    I have yet to find my niche, but I have found a great position to maintain at work; supine with occasionally prone. Works till you're

  25. nursing burnout

    oldandintheway replied to bwhite285's topic in General Students

    Burn out may be very real, but I believe a significant number of these nurses bring these issues with them to nursing school on the first day and the problems ferment. How many of these people have...