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  1. Nurse-ified Song Titles?

    nickos posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    My coworker recently walked up to me singing "Looking for gloves in all the wrong places" (instead of "looking for love in all the wrong places). He then followed it with "(She's got a )Tick in her...

  2. Prereq needed - ethics

    nickos replied to GonnaBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I took Ethics as a telecourse through my local community college about four years ago. Telecourse meant it was offered through our local cable company, as a cable access show. I live a bit out of...

  3. Missed a call for an on-call shift

    nickos replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP: Wow, what a thread this has created! Sorry this happened. Either way it's done. I skimmed the last few pages of responses, but have a suggestion (if you haven't already implemented the...

  4. Nurses and Coffee

    nickos replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of the only people I know who DOESNT really drink coffee. I like it alright, and I will..but just plain old black and strong for me...usually if I'm camping or something. I will drink a...

  5. Gold Star Stickers For Nurses??

    nickos replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm kind of surprised at the number of people that replied to say the same thing: how "juvenile and insulting" this program is. I'm not going to disagree, but I think there's something to be said for...

  6. Nursing License AND CNA certificate

    nickos replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I know this probably doesn't help much, but I would just contact the BON. Good thinking

  7. Please help, I have salmonella

    nickos replied to iliket3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, OP, but it's against the TOS of the site to give medical advice. Nothing substitutes for going to see a medical professional. Hope you feel better

  8. Funny ER video!

    nickos replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ER (mostly with mental health; as a tech) and this video has been making its rounds with everyone from techs to docs. People have been CRYING laughing. Spot

  9. what is your new years resolution??

    nickos replied to Scorpio, MSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    be healthier sell my house/pay off debts get into a nursing

  10. How do you protect your back health?

    nickos replied to Silas's topic in General Nursing

    I think there's a lot of good advice here. I hope mine is useful as well! I know sometimes these things aren't possible, but whenever you can: -always have EVERYTHING ready when you know you are...

  11. Question for CNA's and Nurses

    nickos replied to Lucina11's topic in General Nursing

    Generally the best way to quit is to put it in writing and present it to your manager with at least/about 2 weeks notice. Just walking out/not showing up is not only going to look bad if you need...

  12. Question for CNA's and Nurses

    nickos replied to Lucina11's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds HORRIBLE, new CNA or not. I'm impressed that you are not only trying to stick with it, but that you SEE that these things are not ok. A lot of times people sort of go with the flow and...

  13. Fingerprints for BON and Pyxis: Unable to Print or Scan

    nickos replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh! That really stinks! I'm not even in a program yet, but when it comes time to be printed I will try to remember this....I burnt my hands badly when I was about a year old and my...

  14. allnurses or allSTUDENTnurses?

    nickos replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  15. Too Uptight?

    nickos replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not allowed to give medications in my CNA position in the ER, but being a mental health tech sometimes nurses ask/tell me to give something they hand me because I have a repoire with the patient....

  16. Chief complaints that made you laugh?

    nickos posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ED and get a kick out of the wording that is sometimes used to summarize a patient's chief complaint/reason for coming in. Tonight, one of the patients was entered in the computer as...

  17. Chief complaints that made you laugh?

    nickos replied to nickos's topic in General Nursing

    "Grandma

  18. Can CPR renewal be done online?!

    nickos replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    HAHA I'm sorry but the idea that firemen perform "fireman's CPR" which results in death is pretty silly. I think CPR is to save lives..and I've heard...if you hear ribs crack; you're probably doing it...

  19. Can CPR renewal be done online?!

    nickos replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad you found it through the fire station! I realized too late that all my opportunities for renewal through my workplace were on days I couldn't make it. I was panicking when an EMT I work...

  20. Thinking of moving to WA for school from OR

    nickos posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    Hey everyone, I'm currently working as an ED Mental Health tech in OR where I have finished all of my prereqs and 90% of my coreqs required through OCNE (Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education) to...

  21. please HELP ME!!

    nickos replied to ssroadrunner's topic in General Nursing

    I would guess that your state's BON would have better answers than most of us would...good

  22. My Daughter Has H1N1

    nickos replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Moogie, I work in the ER (but not as a nurse, as a tech...mental health at that ) but from what I hear, some places don't test to find out what type of influenza people have because a positive...

  23. Bellin College

    nickos replied to NinjaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I currently live in Oregon but have family in the GB area. My mother knows someone whose daughter got in "immediately" with approximately a 2.8 GPA. I was really hopeful to apply there as...

  24. Quitting smoking..the second time around

    nickos posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, here I go again. I started smoking, part time at first, at the ridiculously young age of twelve. When I was 24, I quit cold turkey; putting on almost 20 lbs in 2-3 months but not smoking again...

  25. Quitting smoking..the second time around

    nickos replied to nickos's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thank you Jami! I keep thinking; "I remember how hard this is..and I don't want to have to do it again and RE-quit because I slip up and smoke again." I am very close with my mother, and she recently...