Kyriaka

Kyriaka

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  1. "Socialized medicine"

    Kyriaka replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  2. "Socialized medicine"

    Kyriaka replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  3. "Socialized medicine"

    Kyriaka replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think we have to be careful about definitions. Nothing is free. Nothing. Someone always pays. I mainly deal (at this time) with Lyme disease patients. Yes, Canadian patients can get antibiotics...

  4. Any nurses DX with MS?? Need support

    Kyriaka replied to galenight's topic in General Nursing

    I dont have MS, but I do have Chronic Lyme Disease. Much of a chronic illness (MS, Lupus, Lyme, ect) is attitude. Believe me, it matters. But also realizing that you will have good days and you will...

  5. Question about thalassemia and organ donation

    Kyriaka replied to LPN_mn's topic in Public, Community Health

    ________________ My understanding (such as it is) is that the blood cells die early. Meaning a normal blood cell lives for 120 days. In thalassemia the blood cells never truly mature and therefore...

  6. I want a yellow stethoscope, know where I can find one?

    Kyriaka replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    ___________ Now that's an idea...and how many people are walking around with my name?? On a side note, I think yellow is b'ful. It is sunny. It is

  7. I want a yellow stethoscope, know where I can find one?

    Kyriaka replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I havent started clinicals yet. But will need to buy one. I have been thinking of a way to identify what is mine. I have heard thru the grapevine that there is a problem with nurses in local hospitals...

  8. Question about thalassemia and organ donation

    Kyriaka replied to LPN_mn's topic in Public, Community Health

    I have several family members with this. But they dont appear to have anemia, they are. If you dont mind me asking, are you Greek? I deal with this issue with Lyme disease. What is legal is sometimes...

  9. Reorganized, downsized, and out the door!

    Kyriaka replied to mamabear's topic in General Nursing

    I am changing careers to nursing, so have never been downsized in this field. However, I have been downsized many times in the corporate world (mergers happen aprx. every 3 years). As hard as it is,...

  10. kissing a pt/ resident

    Kyriaka replied to Marti Ann's topic in Men in Nursing

    I dont know why American culture automatically sees this as sexual. I come from a Greek American background. Kissing people on the cheek is the

  11. Accel and GPA's???

    Kyriaka replied to Beach23's topic in General Nursing

    ____________ 4 year. I just havent any interest, although it is

  12. Accel and GPA's???

    Kyriaka replied to Beach23's topic in General Nursing

    _______________ There seems to be a whole lot of people who want to do Accel programs, but I am not one of them. My grades are excellent and I just dont want the

  13. Anyone entered into BSN program w/o stats

    Kyriaka replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Next semester I will be taking Calculus and Stats. I have to have them before being accepted to the BSN

  14. What do nursing unions do?

    Kyriaka replied to pickles98's topic in General Nursing

    M grandfather was one of the founding members of either the AFL or the CIO (cant remember which one--the one that allowed blacks, the other did not). My grandfather also was a card carrying member of...

  15. What do nursing unions do?

    Kyriaka replied to pickles98's topic in General Nursing

    ____________ Amen! A glass ceiling for over

  16. immunizations - close call for me!

    Kyriaka replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ______________ Wow. It isnt that way here. I have to pay $150 for my Hept B, $20 for my TB, $40 for my titer, and $50 for my CPR...before I even apply to clinicals. Then another $50 for the nursing...

  17. allnurses mentioned in AJN and it ain't flattering

    Kyriaka replied to actioncat's topic in General Nursing

  18. Question about Conscious Sedation...

    Kyriaka replied to hoolahan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think a whole lot depends on the person. I had a tubal under

  19. Listing Credentials After Name

    Kyriaka replied to Summaboy's topic in General Nursing

  20. Listing Credentials After Name

    Kyriaka replied to Summaboy's topic in General Nursing

    However, for those doing patient care, I think it's sometimes confusing to those we're caring for. (Remember, if nurses have trouble dealing with the whole ADN/BSN/etc. debate, imagine the situation...

  21. Dress Code for nursing students?

    Kyriaka replied to NPTeacher's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    soap is cheap. But the only thing worse than a student dressed like a hooker (I am calling it like it is), is a teacher who dresses like

  22. Our class board scores 41.7%

    Kyriaka replied to goofylucy's topic in Alabama Nursing

  23. immunizations - close call for me!

    Kyriaka replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

  24. Jobs at hospitals and credit checks...

    Kyriaka replied to NO1_2NV's topic in General Students

    Why does it automatically mean that if you refuse that it's because you have bad credit? _____________ It doesnt. You will never know for sure. It sort of is the same thing with drug testing. When I...

  25. Jobs at hospitals and credit checks...

    Kyriaka replied to NO1_2NV's topic in General Students

    I recently read an article about this in a business magazine (cant remember which one). Their take was that yes, you can refuse...but you probably wont get hired (of course, they wont say that is the...