zenman

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    Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    zenman replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You make a lot of blanket statements that are not correct. I'm sure someone will point them out to you, lol. ....Ex ARMY medic and Helicopter Flight Nurse and Excelsior
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    Being a Big Guy

    zenman replied to MurseHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    I had a male mental health tech once who was a bodybuilder. He bear hugged a kid once... perhaps too hard...who was going berserk. The kid threw up...and it took the fight out of him, lol. I'm 6'3"...
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    What nursing journals to you subscribe to?

    zenman replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I subscribe to none..they're so boring don't you
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    Medical Mission Trip to Haiti to teach nurses

    zenman replied to oncnursemsn's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Bangladesh and we just had our weekly meeting yesterday where we (Embassy docs and nurses) get together and compare stories about local health care. Nurses here are viewed as lower than a...
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    Activities in the clinic

    zenman replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I've found that "boredom" cures many a stomach problem and they race back to
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    A different kind of Nursing injury

    zenman replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you never think about cooking
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    Horrible thing happened in O.R yesterday

    zenman replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    Surgeon was informed about count and failed to follow protocol. He's got to tell patient, "I left it in
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    Hospital@night

    zenman replied to gradcare's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I've worked in a hospital where they had an experienced nurse as a "crisis nurse" that was available throughout the hospital and were also part of the code team. I think it worked ok. Other than that...
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    How Does Soda Dehydrate the Body?

    zenman replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Ah little Jack Daniels in tht coke will kepp your fingars
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    Indian Laying Of Hands and Energy Balance

    zenman replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is the thought behind most practices...that the actual power comes from a higher power. However, some have a better "connection" than others,
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    Indian Laying Of Hands and Energy Balance

    zenman replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I've always found it strange that "Christians" would have any problem with this since all religions developed from shamanistic thought. It would be akin to having a horse and buggy and then Henry Ford...
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    Do You Look Like A Nurse?

    zenman replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in India at the moment and people are curious about where you are from and what you do. When I tell them I'm a nurse you can see their brain cells misfiring and they can't think of what else to...
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    Kids Say the Darndest Things

    zenman replied to EricJRN's topic in School

    Oh yes...one of my favorites: "Do you have any waterproof tampons for swim class?" and "Can you make my period stop for
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    Kids Say the Darndest Things

    zenman replied to EricJRN's topic in School

    "My poop is
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    Nurses GET OUT AND VOTE

    zenman replied to vivicaq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Certainly not for that woman that has been boss
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    Any Veterans in nursing here?

    zenman replied to NiteQwill's topic in General Nursing

    Ex mortar man and then medic (91C). Still in nursing for 35 years. Holy Moses, I'm almost
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    Advantages/Disadvantages of NP vs PA

    zenman replied to amzyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Different roles yes, but think about what training/experience a nurse brings to the NP
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    Nursing cultural paper questions..Int. Nurses not US, Canada or Asia

    zenman replied to junefejoy's topic in International Nursing

    Might want to post in the international
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    Pedi Nurse Practitioner as School Nurse?

    zenman replied to MommyandRN's topic in School

    I remember seeing a program or two that trained school nurse
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    Abdominal pain

    zenman replied to dory2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Been out of country? Stool
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    DNP Article

    zenman replied to prairienp's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    cause nursing can't even decide on an entry level degree,
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    Unethical behavior?

    zenman replied to suzi-Q's topic in School

    Ask for a meeting with your instructor, the nurse, personnel and you. Confronting these type of people, in my experience, makes them tend to rethink their
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    Field Trips

    zenman posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm posting in this section instead of the School Nursing section since many of you guys have kids. Do your kids go on field trips in school? What kind of concerns do you have regarding emergency or...
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    Is a degree from excelsior.edu worth anything?

    zenman replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    Mine has been worthwhile and didn't even cause a hiccup on the way to two masters. I even taught in an ADN and BSN
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    Navy Hospital Corpman to LPN

    zenman replied to rob25910's topic in General Nursing

    Way back in the early 70's I was a 91C in the ARMY and we took the LVN boards. I also took the CA state boards and got my RN, then moved to Mississippi and got my RN license. When I moved to...