ExtraShotNoWhip

ExtraShotNoWhip

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  1. Wanted: cool name for a team

    Echo delta crew...?
  2. 5th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    I heard they got mandated on a holiday...
  3. 4th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    so I was standing on the corner minding my own business and some guy hit me....
  4. Top 10 Reasons Nurses Shouldn't Go On Vacation

    Numbers 8, 9, and 1 over and over and over. Also, you swear you can still hear your acsom, or whatever nursing phone that is chained to you, in the distance.
  5. A Never Ending Battle

    Beautiful
  6. Is this professional?

    My best guess is she is showing off her sunglasses, or as someone else said, maybe she likes how her hair looks with them on it. Maybe she is afraid someone will steal them if off her person and not locked up. Either way, I do not believe it looks pr...
  7. When and how did AN begin?

    Thank you !!!!!:redbeathe
  8. Is this the norm?!?

    Keep your license....RUN
  9. What grosses YOU out?

    Dirty mouth with the tongue fuzz and white/yellow/green/brown disgustingness on every oral surface. However suctioning and normal phlegm does not bother me.
  10. sending an online thank you after interview

    Unfortunately that nice, thoughtful, extra little guesture appears to be mandatory, now. Send it Good luck :)
  11. How hard is nursing school? Another question...

    I didn't think nursing school was hard just very time consuming. Also it requires a different thinking process. You will learn/reinforce critical thinking skills. The test questions will be the type of questions you will see on your nursing board exa...
  12. The LPN trap

    Yes, at least the area I live in, LPN oppertunities are LTC or "simple" home health cases. I have been an LPN for 3 years, just passed my RN boards last Monday :clpty: Despite my 3 years of nursing experience, potential employers see me as a no exper...
  13. Alzheimer's: Communicating in Pictures

    Ruby, I really enjoy your stories and postings. That must have been an absolutely wonderful week with your mother. I am so happy you received that gift.
  14. One Born Every Minute

    What, The Bachelor is not real?!?!?!!! p.s. I laugh at that part of the commercial too
  15. Yet another CEN!!!

    Congratulations
  16. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    I play with play-doh. When angry I sqeeze and squish it, roll it into logs, fold it onto itself and punch it down like, well, dough. After that calms me down I make creatures and shapes and just have fun with it. Childish, yes....fun, you bet
  17. Hip, hip, hooray. Congrats Brian and crew...."who wouldda thunk" :lvan: :hpygrp:
  18. What does your username mean?

    I am quite fond of Starbucks and I order my drink with an extra shot of espresso and no whip cream. Also, when dealing with patients, and people in general I do not sugar coat things. Extra shot... I am assertive and make needs known, but not abrasiv...
  19. Difference b/w maternal role attainment and mother-infant bonding?

    lol I don't mean to sound mean. What gave it away...the different size, color, and font. To the OP google and medscape http://www.medscape.com/nurses
  20. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    What gets me is, the proper use of seen. I seen him yesterday...it hurts my ears when I hear this. No, you saw him yesterday.
  21. BEST video on drinking and driving!! Must Watch

    Thank you very much for this post. You can lose or take so much so quickly.
  22. When I was doing my clinicals in that area, those were almost the exact words several of the staff.
  23. I keep getting hugged

    "'boob press' thing." Almost spit out my tea with that one....
  24. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    I really do not think it is totally about the toast. This is another task nurses are expected to do while...direct patient care, med pass, charting, answering lights, ice water, coffee, juice, snack, blanket, my remote broke, there is nothing on TV, ...
  25. Postpartum to L&D...I'm scared/nervous!

    I would study up on L&D drugs and procedures, fetal heart rate monitors, birthing process and complications, as well as mom and baby complications during pegnancy, and I am not sure if the technical term but the contraction monitor. I am not a L&...