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    Gay nurses?

    smk1 replied to aedis_aegypti's topic in Men in Nursing

    Shouldn't make a
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    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    smk1 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    oops! I missed that. In any case I'm shocked to see the OP come back. I personally am appalled at the way the "realism" on this thread has been posted. I can't believe the negative tone toward...
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    What Patients do to make you mad!

    smk1 replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was a man at an ALF I worked at that would throw his full urinal at you when you answered his call light. "clean that up!" he'd say as you stood there dripping with his urine. :angryfire He...
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    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    smk1 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Why does it matter either
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    Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    smk1 replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, why are we not offering more advice and applauding her for actually thinking of her future at age 21? Yeah the plan isn't necessarily realistic, but even if she manages to save only 300k by age...
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    LPN in trouble......

    smk1 replied to NursePeace's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Exactly! and not only did they fire her, they want to go after her license as well so that she no longer has the means to support herself in her chosen field. It's not like she had the CNA giving...
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    first name last name issue and drama

    smk1 replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    I understand this, but in the world of HIPAA, last names might not always be best if you are out in the halls where visitors and other patients can easily overhear. Just saying that an argument could...
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    first name last name issue and drama

    smk1 replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    I understand this, but in the world of HIPAA, last names might not always be best if you are out in the halls where visitors and other patients can easily overhear. Just saying that an argument could...
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    LPN in trouble......

    smk1 replied to NursePeace's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow, just wow! The more I see posts like this the more I get nervous about my impending
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    Research Papers?

    smk1 replied to Hanabna's topic in General Students

    We had two large ones per term in most cases (and smaller ones 3-6 pages). Our advanced med surg I term we had a physiology paper due every week between clinical days and it ran 4-20 pages depending...
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    Not enough attention to BMs in nursing today!

    smk1 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient at clinical a few weeks back that had been in the hospital for a week and a half post surgery and I noticed he seemed a bit distended and asked when he last pooed and it was before he...
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    LPN in trouble......

    smk1 replied to NursePeace's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    See if there is anything in the practice acts that don't allow this. If not, then bring a copy in along with a copy of the employee handbook that you have that also didn't say that this was a no-no....
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    Tricky test question on nutrition

    smk1 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would say fat because I remember reading in my nutrition book and also because a full fat cookie, cheese, pie, biscuit etc... always tastes better than a low fat version of the same
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    Getting along with classmates??

    smk1 replied to toreyjane's topic in General Students

    Some people will be obnoxious, but probably most people will be pretty normal. A lot of the competition will end, but not all. Keep your grades to yourself if you don't want
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    Absolute No-No's

    smk1 replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    this is such good info. i am very allergic to pcn and probably wouldn't have thought twice about priming/spiking and hanging pcn and the possiblity of getting a little on me. :uhoh21: never ever...
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    low lymphocytes during an infection...

    smk1 replied to serenity98's topic in General Nursing

    If the infection is bacterial then the primary wbc's used to fight that infection are neutrophils. IF the bone marrow needs to mount a large response to bacteria then it will produce more neutrophils...
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    PA's make more $$ than NP's?!

    smk1 replied to GirloftheSun's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    [QUOTE=SWR PA-S;2533529]I think there's a big difference, even if you include NPs into the question. A PA-C/NP training is 2 years. Medical doctoral training is 4 years. In addition, they complete a...
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    green poop

    smk1 replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Pediatric

    Cap'n crunchberries cereal will do it too. Pretty shocking the first time you see it. My daughter was about 3 and came running out of the bathroom with her undies down around her ankles screaming...
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    PA's make more $$ than NP's?!

    smk1 replied to GirloftheSun's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Not all PA students (or even most I would imagine) take the same classes and prerequisites as physicians. There were several paramedics in my class who were applying to PA schools who took the same...
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    Does EVERYONE Feel Like This?

    smk1 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm going to buy some support hose. I have only had 9 hour days a a student, but I've noticed that achy sore feeling a lot too when I get home. I have a bad cold and have been attributing the...
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    chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    smk1 replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    This is the school of thought that I subscribe to as well. Just a student, but I always wondered why people are so concerned about "addiction" while the patient is in the hospital. You aren't going...
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    Disrespectful Nurse aids

    smk1 replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she is trying to assess as well. You need to actually see the urine color and the poo in order to assess for a problem. She can't just flush it and then tell you it was bloody or...
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    It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    smk1 replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Racism is alive and well. I've dealt with it in restaurants (not being seated for over an hour and people coming in behind me getting seated immediately and noticing the pattern of the type of people...
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    Owning a home in California

    smk1 replied to love-d-OR's topic in California Nursing

    I've heard the Lake arrowhead area is quite inexpensive (under 250k for a decent starter) and beautiful. (have no idea about the hospital /job situation
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    Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    smk1 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    WHen my daughter was 3 1/2 years old. I looked at our finances and dicussed our future as a family with my husband and decided to go back to college. I knew I liked biology and had worked as a...