bds165

bds165 has 4 years experience.

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1. A day in the life of a UK nurse

   bds165 posted a topic in United Kingdom

   Hello everyone! I noticed that there are several nurses posting here who have worked both in the U.K. and U.S. I was curious about the differences in practice that a staff nurse would see. For...

2. Why are the divorce rates among nurses so high?

   bds165 replied to TiffanyLe's topic in General Nursing

   You know, 100% of divorces started with

3. Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

   bds165 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Stewart/Colbert

4. Package

   bds165 replied to five_marshalls's topic in Government, Military

   Hey five_marshalls, We're in the same boat (somewhat). I'm completing my package for fully qualified med/surg (active duty) and the deadline is 27 Sept for submission to the board. The "Fully...

5. Air in IV line

   bds165 replied to beatrice1's topic in Patient Medications

   If your pump cassette has a piggyback clave, after you've primed the line take a 10cc flush and squirt out the contents and attach it to the piggyback clave (keeping things sterile with swabs of...

6. AF Officer with break in service...

   bds165 replied to bds165's topic in Government, Military

   Thanks for the info. Yep, got my BSN last year. Right now, I have 1+ years of full time Med/Surg experience. And personally, I would feel more comfortable with another solid year before looking to...

7. As we come to Independence Day

   bds165 replied to jadelpn's topic in Government, Military

   Here,

8. AF Officer with break in service...

   bds165 posted a topic in Government, Military

   I've gotten the ball rolling with my recruiter to join the Nurse Corps and I've got a few questions that you esteemed allnurses folks might have answers to. The recruiters, bless their hearts, don't...

9. how to leave work at work?

   bds165 replied to erhnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Excellent topic. I too am about 9 months into my nursing career and luckily I've had two previous stressful occupations that taught me some hard-learned lessons. I try to evaluate each shift by...

10. It's official I give up can't find a job anywhere

    bds165 replied to mb1949's topic in General Nursing

    Ok...way off topic...but dude, I love your screen name. Such a great SNL skit... Sorry for the

11. Please Help Me . . . Advice Needed . . . How to Title a Post

    bds165 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Freaking hilarious! Ruby Vee, I get the frustration, but is anyone making you visit this website? Are mouse-clicks that hard to pull off? "HELP ME" posts are never well thought out and, for the most...

12. New OR nurse here

    bds165 replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

    L&M refers to a Leadership and Management course. I'm in my last semester and this course allows us to work with a nurse manager to see the ins and outs of management within a unit. I think some...

13. New OR nurse here

    bds165 replied to ALORNurse's topic in Operating Room

    Out of curiosity, for those of you who have landed a New Grad OR job, what was your background/experience? Did you do your L & M/Summer internship in an OR? I've gotta say...I'm a little...

14. Cop to Nurse resume questions

    bds165 replied to bds165's topic in General Nursing

    Actuall post-op/ortho DOES interest me as well as OR. I loved my clinical rotations in both of those units. At this point, I'll take just about anything other than OB. Got any openings for a...

15. Cop to Nurse resume questions

    bds165 replied to bds165's topic in General Nursing

    I'd get sprayed with OC once a day and twice on Sunday rather than get hit with that Taser again...but I really like spicey foods so that maybe why it didn't bother me that bad. I still shudder when I...