NurseSpanky

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  1. Operating room nurse-greatest skill set

    NurseSpanky replied to goodrust's topic in Operating Room

    Interesting enough, I was in your same shoe 4 years ago. I was an ortho rep with a decade of experience in the OR. I had a rapid reduction of business and decided to cut my losses and go back to...

  2. Very brief survey for my pre-nursing class--Please help!

    NurseSpanky replied to wonderboyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hope it helps. Good luk with

  3. Anyone wear Dansko clogs?

    NurseSpanky replied to MurseJon's topic in Men in Nursing

    I had a pair of Danskos that I wore out in the OR. Loved them. Tried to replace them but noticed they didnt fit the same. After some checking I found out that Dansko used to be produced by Sanita but...

  4. are you in the area of Sales/Pharmaceuticals? tell m about it.

    NurseSpanky replied to hansmanalo's topic in Men in Nursing

    I was in Ortho sales for a decade. I went into the OR and helped the OR staff install my implants. My formal training to that point was as a mortician of all things! It was alot of self learning. The...

  5. what are the best mens scrubs you have found?

    NurseSpanky replied to Buckyxj's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a CNA, Nursing Student and free lance embalmer. I love Aviator, 5.11 pants and Nurse Joe camo scrubs for something different. The best deal for 5.11 online is through LA police gear. Not much...

  6. Starting NS w/ no prereqs = suicide?

    NurseSpanky replied to Summers_Off's topic in General Students

    A lot of schools have different requirments and give points for classes already taken. I applied last year for Fall 2009 and didn't get in. With my life experiance the Director of the department told...

  7. Has anyone had a synvisc injection?

    NurseSpanky replied to Audreyfay's topic in Orthopedic

    I'm not an Ortho Nurse, I'm actually am applying for a CNA position in Ortho tomorrow and was trying to bone up on the issues of the Ortho Floor. I am a pre nursing student after leaving a decade long...

  8. Feed back requested

    NurseSpanky posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am a prenursing student taking a technical writing class for my pre reqs. I worked as an Orthopaedic sales rep in surgery for a decade before returning to school. I decided to do something for my...

  9. State Test in 2 Days --- I'm So Nervous

    NurseSpanky replied to Kim8501's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    See, I told ya you would do great. There is no doubt that the stress level is up there. It didn't help my instructor always trying to get us all worked up about it. It was all for good though because...

  10. State Test in 2 Days --- I'm So Nervous

    NurseSpanky replied to Kim8501's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I tested at a place in Shelby. I just wanted to get it over with so i asked for a place that had it everyday. I was the same way. Not really worried about the written, scared to death of the skills. I...

  11. State Test in 2 Days --- I'm So Nervous

    NurseSpanky replied to Kim8501's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I took the NC CNA test 2 weeks ago. I found it a breeze. The big thing for me is in the skills section, just talk your way through it. Don't psych yourself out before you get there.Good

  12. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    NurseSpanky replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    LOL I posted this and then realized the last post was 2003. That was pre Advamed . The Pharma and Ortho companies have chanfged the way they work quite a bit. I was just reading back posts on the joke...

  13. Pharmaceutical Companies are taking YOUR money!!

    NurseSpanky replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was an Orthopaedic Sales Rep for almost a decade before finally burning out and returning to school. I am in CNA training now and hope to get into an ADN program in 2009. The changes at least in the...

  14. Advice for new student

    NurseSpanky replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Sure, open itunes, go to Itunes store. In the search box do a search for Biology 2110/2120. That should get you to Dr. P's podcast. The nice thing about these is they are the complete lectures and...

  15. Advice for new student

    NurseSpanky replied to Bo Shoi Ming's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If you have an Ipod or itunes, there is a series of lectures from an A&P class in Minnisota on Itunes under itunes U. They are complete and you can actually go to the schools website in the show...

  16. Dying Patient and Spirits

    NurseSpanky replied to NewMexicoJohn's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My wife works at a Hospice care facility and this came up in the interview process. She is just an admin assistant, none clinical, but they still brought it up. It appears to bequite common in her...

  17. Prestige Sprague Stethoscope not working for me

    NurseSpanky replied to JayB18's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Be sure your ear tips are facing up towards your nose. That helped a bit with my Sprague. I just put in an order for a Littman Master Cardiology though, Im sure there will be a huge difference. ( I...