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    Dropping the "Nurse Card"?

    Well then since Im an actual former cop, obviously the LEO in your family never explained to you that we have discretion to write or to warn. Extenuating circumstances,
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    Advice on a situation

    Frankly Im speechless that you let a patient walk out of the ER without discussing this because you think the doctor could be a "hardass." If you wont advocate for your patient then who will? You...
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    As a PA, how can I be better for the nurses in the ER?

    Can you PM me the link then? I'd love to
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    Best stethoscope for an ER Nurse?

    Just curious what they would have done then for nurses with hearing loss? Not all of us can hear through a standard el
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    Army Reserve to Active Duty

    Dustin, 1. Try the other branches. Your enlisted experience will still give you a pay bump as an O1E, O2E, etc etc. They might not be as full. 2. Look into the commissioned National Health Services...
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    How did she/he get through nursing school?

    I know there are those who claim IQ tests as being biased on along racial or socio-economic lines, but even if the tests are biased that doesnt rule out over all differences in the capability of...
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    Dropping the "Nurse Card"?

    Former NYPD cop here, current nursing student. Firstly, nurses will almost always get out of tickets with cops. Why? Because most importantly, as a cop you never know when you may end up in an...
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    How did she/he get through nursing school?

    "Fully" developed but only to the limits of their capacity. Not everyone's capacity is the
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    Nurse busted for drugs/Hep C

    MultiCare: Nurse stealing drugs may have exposed thousands to Hepatitis C | Q13 FOX News And has been arrested: Arrest made in hepatitis C outbreak at Puyallup hospital. Nurse could face assault...
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    How did she/he get through nursing school?

    Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. A principle textbook for medical students and internists. Although after the disclosure earlier this year that the author's had received over $11 million...
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    How did she/he get through nursing school?

    You see the same phenomenon right here on AN as well. How often do we see students post, "I've got a 72 average (75 is passing), and I've failed two courses and the school is kicking me out of the...
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    How did she/he get through nursing school?

    I can relate. I'm a non-traditional, 3rd career, nursing student. This week we had a research paper due. We were given a choice of topics and two sources by the professor. Wanting to excel at the...
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    How did she/he get through nursing school?

    I don't know you but I think we may be soul mates. I can so relate to this
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    Would you tell a co-worker he needs hearing aides?

    Annie, Im a combat vet. My hearing in certain frequencies is shot. Your partner might very well be in denial about his hearing loss. I would talk to him one on one after work one day, be encouraging,...
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    Tulane Medical Center StaRN

    I wish I could but my information on Tulane is so old, its from back when Tulane was an all girls Catholic school, with no meat on Fridays and dorm curfews with bed checks. But good
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    Is it possible to raise my 2.76 to a 3.0?

    Why do people post the most inane questions on here and expect perfect strangers to be able to answer them, without supplying any of the relevant information? Based on the fact you posted this here...
  18. You dont have to be a "PROVIDER" to look at a patient's skin and find ticks. See the fully licensed RN's (wyosamRN) response just above yours. Yes I am presently a simple BSN student but I was a...
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    Miserable nurses

    Since so many are posting here and dont seem to understand what a DEU is, here: 1. Former AN thread and discussion about DEU models for clinicals:...
  20. Then use Google. Its a naked patient and an insect attached to the skin. No one asked the RNs or LPNs to perform outpatient parathryoidectomy. It is COMPLETELY within their
  21. And asking would have been so
  22. Because doctors are profit centers. They, the AMA, the hospitals, all of them have a vested interest in protecting the doctors which are quite literally printing money. There is an OB/GYN from...
  23. @PotatoRN I completely disagree with the "dont report it" advice. Whether it's verbal abuse or sexual harassment, if you dont report it then it will continue. Period. #MeToo has hit Hollywood and...
  24. ^ This. I dont know why the RN's in the OP's post refused, and I dont know why other RN's posting here are making such a big deal about it, but it's patently ridiculous. The RN's should have had her...
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    Failed anatomy...are there other options

    Then honestly what's your point in posting? You know you screwed up, and you know its your