DuluthMike

DuluthMike

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  1. Anyone can obtain RN license plate

    DuluthMike replied to bullet27fRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why is this an issue? The plate does not state that the owner is an RN. The plate states "Be a nurse". Be A Nurse License Plate You can also get a Black Expo plate if you are white. You can get a...

  2. Buying Viagra Online

    DuluthMike replied to TheK's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your physician and get a legal script. End of

  3. question about having research as a class

    DuluthMike replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

    how do we know what to do as nurses without research behind our actions? we don't practice just because, we practice because there is evidence behind our actions. it sounds like your school is...

  4. New GUY Nurse

    DuluthMike replied to fbutche's topic in General Nursing

    It's never too late so long as you are determined, capable, and hard working! However, I'll correct you. You will be a nurse, not a guy nurse. We all get the same license :) Work hard and there is...

  5. To you ICU nurses

    DuluthMike replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not an ICU nurse but the mortality rate for ARDS is about

  6. Straight caths - to clamp or not to clamp?

    DuluthMike replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    The volume in the bladder has no relation to the fluid volume status of the body. Once fluid has passed from the glomarulus and down the ureter it is part of its very own system. There is anecdotal...

  7. Low blood sugar, juice or D50?

    DuluthMike replied to mappers's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    If the patient can tolorate juice, go with that. There is no reason to administer D50. D50 is not

  8. Expanded roles of advanced degree nurses

    DuluthMike replied to Kingbandit's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot begin to describe how wrong you are on so many levels. First of all, a Phd in nursing is an academic degree. I assume you are referring to the DNP degree. Second, a DNP does not have near...

  9. question about pt symptoms

    DuluthMike replied to k8lyns_mommy's topic in General Nursing

    You need to give a lot more information if you want some help. Patient age, past medical history, labs ect ect ect. Maybe then we can help you work through the pathophys of

  10. Emergency Nurse Practitioner programs?

    DuluthMike replied to CraigBSN02's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I realize this is an older thread but I would just like to throw my advice in as I have been traversing deciding between an ACNP/FNP and PA for working in the ED. The scope of practice, overall, is...

  11. uh oh- the drama begins.....

    DuluthMike replied to LunaFae's topic in General Students

    My tough advice: You owe your fellow students nothing. They owe you nothing. You are in school to become a nurse. Should they engage in gossip or grouping/excluding. Who cares? If that is how...

  12. How do you wear your hair for work?

    DuluthMike replied to ChasingRain's topic in General Nursing

    I wake up, wash it, and run my fingers through it in a messy spike. Then again my hair is 2

  13. Need to find an accelerated BSN program that I can get into!

    DuluthMike replied to SuperNova153's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Indiana-South Bend is near Michigan and with a good interview you may be able to get

  14. Stage set for Temple University Hospital strike by PASNAP

    DuluthMike replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    At first I thought good for them, but... They are striking because management didn't want them to be drug addicts? Seriously? If you want to do that sort of thing I don't care. Just don't be a...

  15. HELP...Health care considerations for the Amish culture

    DuluthMike replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'll give you a good working framework to begin with. Amish view disease not as pathogenic, but as caused by divine power. Thus, curing can be accomplished only through prayer. Medicine is viewed...

  16. advice about PA or NP?

    DuluthMike replied to creativetype2007's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest shadowing both, as this question is intrinsically too broad to be answered with the background information and the preferences you have provided. While PA and NP may be synonymous to...

  17. Nursing in the Florida Keys

    DuluthMike replied to LesphotoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Could you elaborate? I've been looking into relocating to the Keys as

  18. if u had to choose another career in healthcare besides nursing, what would it be?

    DuluthMike replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Doctor of Osteopathic

  19. Has Feminism Abandoned Nurses?

    DuluthMike replied to Teresag_CNS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My question to you would be why should the issues listed by you be championed as a female plight and not a nursing plight? Do males in the profession not deal with these issues? Perhaps by looking...

  20. Are nurses smarter than resident physicians?

    DuluthMike replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    This is really an inflammatory topic with a false dichotomy. Are first year nurses smarter than Attendings? We are all a health care team. If you encounter a resident who is not versed on a...

  21. Am I being "dumbed down" in my current dept?

    DuluthMike replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    How on earth did you get a 3.9+ without basic ECG interpretation skill??????? What school did you attend? If you feel out of your element in these situations go back and learn these basic

  22. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    DuluthMike replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to meet a nice

  23. Fired but asked to resign!

    DuluthMike replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Did you violate the attendance

  24. ACNP/FNP or PA for a career in the ED

    DuluthMike posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Looking to get some career advice! I want to work as a midlevel practitioner in the ED but don't know which route to go. I am torn between going for PA vs going for a FNP/ACNP. In general is the...

  25. bad experience with a male nurse

    DuluthMike replied to bigd123's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You had a bad experience with a nurse, not with a male