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  1. What is Happening with the Texas BON!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to barefootlady's topic in Texas Nursing

    Apparently struck close to a nerve. Sorry. Guess I should have known anything I could have said would offend someone. I'm not sure what most of your post has to do with the original theme of this...

  2. social anxiety

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    OP would be better off consulting a counselor or psychotherapist. Medication for a behavioral problem is like surgery for a medical problem. Overkill, and it doesn't address the root issue. Anxiety...

  3. When "do no harm" meets parental denial

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not to rain on your parade, OP, (could this situation be any worse?) but there are two factors here that need attention. These parents have serious anger control issues AND premature infants have a...

  4. Question regarding neutropenic patient...

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to AmyRN1227's topic in Oncology

    You were wrong not to know or at least suspect that your patient was neutropenic. Isn't that kind of a gimme with onco patients? Seems like that would have been at the top of your mental list. It...

  5. Kansas no longer accepting EC

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to willtm's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Lawsuits are pretty expensive. Unlike California, where there are schools on top of schools with waiting lists and charging top dollar, Kansas is not likely to be motivated out of competition. More...

  6. What is Happening with the Texas BON!!!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to barefootlady's topic in Texas Nursing

    We don't have to venture very far to find oodles and oodles of inconsistencies in the justice system, our society's value system and similar settings and situations. I believe that in nursing, we are...

  7. TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to paula77720's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Maybe you passed. If not, see my post above. Less expensive and longer lasting than Kaplan or most books. Worked for me and for the dozen or so people I know who used it. Good

  8. Working with a racist

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to xmaxiex's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First time anyone made a remark that offended me personally about my faith was when a member of one of the recently evolved born-again protestant churches (arrived in the last 50-75 years or so)...

  9. Anyone here CLEP College Algebra?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to fry.girl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I CLEP'd Algebra about two years ago. I don't know how often they update the tests. You might want to look for a book or an online source that will give you a review, just so you know what you are...

  10. How much $ do RNs start out at?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

    I am in the Dallas area, where the cost of living is pretty steep (somebody mentioned the coasts were pricey). I got a temp job at a flat $25/hr, no benes, no diff. It was actually a pretty hideous...

  11. My license is probation & I need interviewing advice

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to BeckyJN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have any friends presently working as nurses who could vouch for you? Sometimes that helps, getting a word of mouth reference from a good employee. Have you done whatever the BON wanted you to...

  12. Best staffed specialty?????

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Nursing

    Critical care is the best staffed, I think, universally. I have never heard of an ICU, CCU, CVICU, NICU or other "CU" with more than two patients per nurse. Recall that these patients are also very...

  13. I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to katlpn6's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Good for you! but you are not done. Their practice is not only stupid and clinically incorrect, it is dangerous. You have attempted to let the front office know, and they ignored you. The practice...

  14. Dallas Nurses

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chad75's topic in Texas Nursing

    Try this site and see if you can find the answers to your questions about Baylor. They have "Big Baylor," which is in downtown Dallas, and there are a lot of other Baylors (which are also pretty...

  15. Mosby's CAT... how accurate is it?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to BJohnsonNU80's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That would be me, most likely. It was actually a little Mosby--and it was also exactly like the exams I had when I tested for my degree with Excelsior, but that would be another story. When you see...

  16. motorcycle accidents

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    GET LIFE INSURANCE WITH A DOUBLE INDEMNITY CLAUSE AND NAME YOUR PARENTS YOUR BENEFICIARIES. It won't be much consolation should the worst happen, but it can go a long way. Good luck, have fun, make...

  17. motorcycle accidents

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, yes and yes. What pod184

  18. Is there any one out there that can help

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Malt123's topic in General Nursing

    It does look as though your license and your mental health area at risk. Some places are just sick, and it looks like you bungled into one. Definitely take care of yourself first. It's good that...

  19. Cheapest place to find scrubs?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to studentnurse74's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Tafford Outlet turns out to have scrubs, but Lydias.com is some kind of quilting and lace website. Maybe it is something slightly different from "lydias.com?" I never have had problems with allheart....

  20. what do you use: notebooks/binders/other??

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Maycee's topic in General Students

    I started out with a binder for each course--syllabus in front, my stuff in back. Then I got a laptop--made all the difference in the world. Saved paper too. Wouldn't you think in this day and age...

  21. Nursing Doctorate-University of South Africa

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to bookwormom's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yeah, one morning there it was, the name change. It was maybe a week after I passed the NCLEX. (You knew about that, though, right? It has been a long time!) I tried to track down the culprit to...

  22. Frequent fast food meals increase weight, diabetes risk

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to VickyRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Not to mention the MSG that everything fast is loaded with. And it's not just fast food! One cannot find packaged meat here that hasn't been soaked and loaded in "up to 30%" of some seasoning fluid,...

  23. Is there any one out there that can help

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Malt123's topic in General Nursing

    Hon, there is a reason why it says, in red letters, don't just put something like "help," put something substantive in the title of the thread. That would go for the actual message as well. We can't...

  24. Thumb sucking adults

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    1) Don't feel bad for her. Sounds like it is a bad habit she never got over. If the off-going nurse knew the 4 year old teases her, she probably would have known of any horrors by history that were...

  25. motorcycle accidents

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    My Mom, who was an RN for over 50 years and worked ICU/CCU 15 of her last 20, used to call them "donorcycles." I think it's like anything with inherent risk. Wear your helmet, be extra-extra...