chris_at_lucas_RN RN

I have found that a relatively expensive stethoscope, while often providing a slightly better sound, isn't much better than those cheapie disposables that hospitals provide for patients in isolation. If you can try out a stethoscope, that's best. Li...

I can hardly contain myself. Can't breathe. Eyes keep getting misty. I'm in. My God, I made it and I'm in. I never thought I would. Wow. Wow and Wow. Thank you God....

Plenty of errors and poor care have come from people out of traditional programs. Accreditation is by national organizations, and it's consistently applied. There will always be reasons for MD's to prefer PA's (who cannot practice independently and t...

University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has a total online RN to BSN program for about $240 a credit hour. How many hours depends on what you've already done.

Anyone know what drugs were given for women in combat in the Middle East for menstrual suppression? A client served 8 years as an EOD (explosives ordnance disposal, for the uninitiated--as I was until recently!) and spent weeks out in the sand with ...

No one said it was against her will--not me, not her. I'm glad you and your two female soldiers were so close, I'm sure it made a difference in your experience. I also think it qualifies you for nothing more than your own experiences, and not a lot...

thought I posted earlier in response to your first suggestion that I would encourage her to do so. I still will. Thanks.

Thank you! she sent off for a copy by snail mail. I'll pass on the suggestion.

It's not me.

She is having difficulty getting her DD-214 and believes she will have further difficulty getting her medical files. That's what she said when I asked her. I will of course encourage her again to get them. Meanwhile....

Didn't think you were suggesting that either, in fact it seemed like maybe you were trying to get people to realize what they were posting. And you are right, very weird posts, some of them. Thanks for your support, and it does feel like support.

I'm surprised you personalized this. I didn't even respond to your post particularly. Thanks for your service, btw.

Interestingly, there are NIH articles about menstrual suppression in the field and particularly in battle situations, which is where my client was. Most people in the world may lie some of the time, but why would I come up with this here? I'm surpri...

What do you mean by fishing? She wants to get pregnant and at 29 has the s/s of a hormonal disruption that wasn't there prior to service.Let me guess--you are male, aren't you. You know, I don't think anyone said anything about trying to get someth...

First, thank you for your service. My son was a Marine and my proudest day was seeing him graduate from basic. I appreciate what you have done and who you are. I don't know about alluding to plots. I do know that it is sometimes very hard to get m...

I googled military menstrual suppression drugs and such, and didn't find anything like what she described, also nothing to suggest any long term effects. What is available online, and I only am interested in scholarly sources, are what we see advert...

If you are in north central Texas, you can check with Group One. They call themselves a credit reporting agency, but any supervisor you ever have can post anything there about you that they want to, good or bad, honest or not, and you won't find out...

I graduated in 2004 with a 4.0 from an award-winning (literally) accredited school of nursing. I had the same issues at that time as you all do today. Everyone was tooting about the nursing shortage--I sure didn't see one. I also loads of foreign ...

I left my first nursing job because I was disgusted and dismayed by the poor care I observed in the nurses who were supposed to be my coaches. Obviously I cannot put that down. Poor match/fit? Might keep me out of telemetry jobs, which I would still...

My source of information was my specific experience. That's a source. Kind of like the "O" in SOAP--objective. Remember that isn't the client's opinion, it is the observable fact.As for the rest of this, I'm getting tired of the long winded slurs....

I am talking about how many people who start, finish. Those data are not reported and won't be published. I am not certain what you mean by "retention rate for their grads."No reason to be sorry, and it isn't a matter of like or don't like. There ...

Hey, Greg-- Impressive post, the statistics are pretty impressive, and except for the character assassinating passive aggression, not too bad an effort. Your post was a better presentation than some of my university students' work when I was an adjun...

OT from the OP but since there are those few who do care, the last PET was absolutely clear, so the "little something" was just one of those things. OR, it may have been something to be concerned about but like the primary lung tumor, which GOD and ...

Pain is not acceptable. No one said to load anyone up until they were dopey. But pain relief is a serious issue and the failure to provide it is neglect.The other nurse was right: the patient should have had something. If you are concerned about li...

Thank you for bringing up this important issue.People with intractable pain who are also drug dependent are especially challenging if you subscribe to the concept that pain is not acceptable and should be assessed and treated, period. Which is, of c...