zenman

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    Which Specialty Is Best For Working In A Third World Country

    zenman replied to blueyesue's topic in General Nursing

    Probably med/surg and ER since you already have some infectious disease experience and will learn more quickly. I've got a typhoid patient now and getting ready to evac another to Bangkok in the next...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    zenman replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    yes, but sometimes they sure need slapping around a bit,
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    Just New Here... NEED HELP ON NURSING CURRICULUM (FOR MY THESIS)

    zenman replied to GoddessRaine's topic in Post Graduate Students

    you really don't need "pros and cons" since that's part of any feasibility study. is there more than one proposed nursing curriculum change other than the five yr one? if not, you might leave out...
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    i need of advice

    zenman replied to tamba's topic in General Nursing

    The use of most of your senses are the foundation for assessment. Just be careful with
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    I Hit A Bone!!

    zenman replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    This (debating research and methodologies) can be another topic entirely and one I love debating with physicians. As an example...and too make it short... do we look at the research regarding lab...
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    I Hit A Bone!!

    zenman replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    Frustrating isn't it! I can give you my viewpoint. In the classroom, you have to present a lot of info to a lot of people. Some of my classes had over 110 people. That info has to be geared to...
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    I Hit A Bone!!

    zenman replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    My analogy is very appropriate when one thinks that it's a "sin" to not sink a needle all the way in. That should now be clear to everyone. "My way" is based on lot's of experience (33 yrs) as well as...
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    I Hit A Bone!!

    zenman replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    Let me make my point, now pun intended. I do not "dart" as you do not have as much control and are more likely to "impact" bone. I quickly insert the needle so I have better control and can follow the...
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    I Hit A Bone!!

    zenman replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    What is your rationale for thinking that the instructor was
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    Any advice for someone returning to (hospital) nursing?

    zenman replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Advice for someone returning to hospital nursing? Get a psych consult and a bottle of Jack
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    Racism: Expanding Compassion

    zenman replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with
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    Question For Nurse Psychotherapists

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

    I trained as a psych CNS (individual, group, family therapy) but never went into private practice. However, a classmate went into practice with a psychiatrist and carried her own
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    Please stop the blank v.s blank debates.

    zenman replied to mydee's topic in General Nursing

    What about McDonald's vs Burger King? You take one side and I'll take the
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    What's special about male nurses?

    zenman replied to GBS_Fan's topic in General Nursing

    Hormone check
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    Please stop the blank v.s blank debates.

    zenman replied to mydee's topic in General Nursing

    You know they actually teach debating in school...don't you? There is a purpose for
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    University of South Africa doctorate

    zenman replied to bookwormom's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I don't know anyone with that degree also. I looked at the site and can't find anything about each degree program other than very little generic info that says nothing. Do you actually take courses or...
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    transcultural christian nursing

    zenman replied to delorip7's topic in General Nursing

    The perspective I was coming from is that if you have a perspective, there might be a problem...perspective problem! I work with 40 different cultures and I "try" not to impose any perspective,...
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    Help-Real quick question: I want to get a balanced view from all sides on this issue.

    zenman replied to Bob26's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And some scientists think that medicine is not a science, it just "employs" the sciences...and that is still teaching sciences that are not even current. Consider one of my roles, that of a Zen...
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    transcultural christian nursing

    zenman replied to delorip7's topic in General Nursing

    Something doesn't seem right with this picture...transcultural, Christian perspective.... Is another student doing one on the Muslim
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    Help-Real quick question: I want to get a balanced view from all sides on this issue.

    zenman replied to Bob26's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You won't get a balanced view, even from CNN, except for your last
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    zenman replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Just don't forget which end of the microscope that it is more valuable to look into,
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    zenman replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    OK, I was wondering if you were abandoning your prior
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    Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    zenman replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    But Josh, this is where the "real masters" excell...because of this knowledge... not because of massive hours in biochem,
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    generation gap among nurses

    zenman replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in nursing 33 years and still remember telling docs what I would and would not do during my first year in nursing. I think you're probably correct in that we have more endurance than the...
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    zenman replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Please tell your wife to stop calling me. I'm married and do not want to go out with