BarbPick

BarbPick

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  1. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    BarbPick replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    Photographer. I learned in Crime Scene school how to use a manual camera. Now I do it for

  2. Night shift humor

    BarbPick replied to mittels's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never Never never eat out of a nursing lounge

  3. Who uses scalp veins in babies?

    BarbPick replied to wandernsoul's topic in Emergency

    Thinking more about this, I will never use a scalp vein at home. If a mom spikes a fever in Labor, the baby is put on 10 days of gent and ampicillin, 7 of which are done at home. Mom doesn't need...

  4. Have you ever taken care of a celebrity?

    BarbPick posted a topic in General Nursing

    My Cousin Susan took Louis Armstrongs vitals once as a student nurse

  5. Tell me I'll get over needle fear

    BarbPick replied to luv2yoga's topic in Nursing Career

    and gag you will so gut used to the idea of having to run out of a room, it is

  6. Large man wound care

    BarbPick replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Originally posted by earle58 the snf that he's going to will probably order a psche eval. That is what is missing. SNF have little time to invest in his nonsense. They have taken care of worse....

  7. If You Were A Patient and Had A Choice of A Hospital to Go to, Which One Would it Be?

    BarbPick replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did very well with the Cleveland Clinic in Ft

  8. Relocation from London to Florida

    BarbPick replied to michaeldwg's topic in Florida Nursing

    https://www.browardhealth.org/ This is your best start. The north Broward Hospital District. Good luck with your future plans,

  9. Most commonly used drugs?

    BarbPick replied to AlaskaKat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ps, remember how ototoxic gent

  10. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    BarbPick replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It says nothing of what is current, now I am finished with this. My family was in the Meat Packing business for 50 years, I totally disagree with all of this, end of

  11. Most commonly used drugs?

    BarbPick replied to AlaskaKat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did High Tech Home health for many years. When a mom spiked a fever in Labor on the 3rd day the baby was sent home for IV nurses to do 7 days woth of Amp and Gent. Make sure you know exactly how...

  12. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    BarbPick replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I just re read the post, it was written in 1998. I think I will let this topic drop. ANA does not allow any bibliographies older than 5 years. Neither will

  13. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    BarbPick replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I will keep an open

  14. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    BarbPick replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Every son had to go to what is now called Delaware Valley Collage in Bucks County Pa. it used to be called the National Farm School. I took my Dad to his 50th college reunion. The family business is...

  15. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    BarbPick replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I started reading the post and it just felt like hell fire and brimstone. People are really scared. The in your face statistics came off to me as something to make feelings worse at a scary time....

  16. considering the move

    BarbPick replied to KYMSRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    sorry to tell you, that is the high end of on staff

  17. Induction craze

    BarbPick replied to Blizzard's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are in a society demanding immediate gratification. We invented a term "snail mail" because of this. People used to wait till the weekend when long distance rates were cheaper to make phone...

  18. Baking Soda

    BarbPick replied to Carmex's topic in General Nursing

    asked to be induced and get this over

  19. Slaughterhouses, Mad Cows, and Public Health

    BarbPick replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And you are serving Humanity in what

  20. Crisis Pregnancy.... Rape Situation

    BarbPick replied to sandstormsdust's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why does a male have to be present? This is such a touchy topic. The whole backround of Law and Order SVU has to do with the female investigator was born as a result of rape. Thinking of a crime...

  21. listing credentials

    BarbPick replied to brucek's topic in Cardiac

    Wow, you really have to win don't you, ok you

  22. doctors becoming nurses

    BarbPick replied to Sanchai's topic in General Nursing

    I was just told about a program at Florida International University, here in Miami that does a one year transition for Foreign Doctors to become Nurses. They just graduated a class of

  23. burn pain management

    BarbPick replied to nekhismom's topic in Burn

    Part of Oncology is pain control. The best drug I can see is a once daily dose of Roxonol. Liquid Ms, perfectly titrated to Mg/KG by a

  24. Please help me

    BarbPick replied to PMHNP10's topic in Correctional

    Why no business, Travel Nurses are expected to function in an area that they have experience. You are expected to show up and function, not learn a specialty. I have taken a travel assignment. I...

  25. YOUR 3 hardest areas of nursing school

    BarbPick replied to Sunshine78's topic in General Nursing

    Krebs cycle, phisiology, and anything