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  1. How do you protect your back health?

    dannyc12 replied to Silas's topic in General Nursing

    By all means everything you can to strengthen your back. Walking really helped me, especially for my lower back. Yoga, weight lifting, and a variety of other strengthening exercises will help too....

  2. Your thoughts and ideas needed - 2 matters!

    dannyc12 replied to akrn70's topic in General Nursing

    1. Disband the committee immediately. Committees are useless in situations like this. 2. Assign one person (one!) to get to work identifying issues that might help morale. 3. Have that person present...

  3. Middle aged men are such babies!!

    dannyc12 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

  4. Know of Any ADN Programs With No Wait List?

    dannyc12 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    If his prereqs are accepted and his grades are good, there is no waiting here: http://www.normandale.edu/academics/depts/nursing/nursing.cfm NLN accredited and no waiting list. You are in or you are...

  5. CNAs, LPNs, RNs and Pumps and Pearls Please Advise

    dannyc12 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to ask if you worked in my facility! I think a lot of places have turned into "Lord of the Flies" with the aides actually determining patient outcomes through their neglect. In some...

  6. Diet Sodas - bane of my existance

    dannyc12 replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I kicked a case-a-week Diet Pepsi Max habit cold turkey. It was miserable: severe headaches, nausea, malaise - felt like the flu without fever. Fortunately, like other physical dependencies, those...

  7. Obsess with Nursing

    dannyc12 replied to Mr I Care's topic in General Nursing

    You mean, "Nursing Against The Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care" by Suzanne Gordon. Gotta love the cover - a nurse in...

  8. Obsess with Nursing

    dannyc12 replied to Mr I Care's topic in General Nursing

    Read anything you want - read War and Peace if it turns you on. You will probably find it won't help you all that much in nursing

  9. My Crazy Study Habit

    dannyc12 replied to rosedale4u's topic in General Nursing

    Your post pretty much describes how my study habits were defined. Rule #1: No Computer. So no facebook, no email, no news, no allnurses, no nothing. I also have to get outta the house. So no laundry,...

  10. Chemistry skills relevant to nursing

    dannyc12 replied to futurenurse93's topic in General Nursing

    If you work hard and apply yourself, you can learn chemistry. It really is not that difficult and yes it is that relevant and important. My younger cousin asked, "Why should I have to learn any math...

  11. A Professor's Grade Deflation Policy

    dannyc12 replied to Millerstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Approximately ZERO. Like others have stated, that is the way it is. In my class, 93% is an A and 77 is a C. I have a question for you: What is the grade distribution in your class? How many As? I am...

  12. Is Nursing still a good career path?

    dannyc12 replied to Emile's topic in General Nursing

    There is really no such thing as real "job security" in the US. Ask those who worked for GM for years. Ask engineers who had their highly paid, secure jobs shipped to China or India or Taiwan over...

  13. He doesn't want her to work. Is it fair?

    dannyc12 replied to mscgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    The constant flow of "I don't understand why anyone is responding to this / this is none of our business" messages is equally perplexing. It's a discussion board. Careers and relationships get...

  14. He doesn't want her to work. Is it fair?

    dannyc12 replied to mscgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    So much money, so little happiness... Of course there is an easy answer here - DTMFA. Further, one of the nice side benefits of acquiring a sought-after skill in an area of your choosing is that you...

  15. Colleges spitting out new nurse without any training?

    dannyc12 replied to fulzgold's topic in General Nursing

    Great points. I've got some classmates who never worked in healthcare and plan to never work in healthcare until they graduate. They have a lot of trouble at clinicals. In the limited time we have...

  16. Professions before nursing

    dannyc12 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see.... Quality Engineer, Mechanical Designer, Project Manager, Mechanical Engineer, Salesperson, Clerical Temp Agency Worker, Sheet Metal Worker, Bartender, Short Order Cook, Dishwasher,...

  17. Question for CNA's and Nurses

    dannyc12 replied to Lucina11's topic in General Nursing

    RUN!!! Run away fast. That facility is worse than the one I work at - and brother that is saying

  18. Years Experience on the white board

    dannyc12 replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    Of course you haven't - it is a stupid practice. I can almost guarantee that whichever administrator thought this was a good idea never even considered following up on whether it was being done or...

  19. will it be hard for me nursing school?

    dannyc12 replied to pandameow's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it was. The prospective student is clearly for looking for information on specific difficulties an ESL student might have. The OP's question was not much different than others who ask about...

  20. will it be hard for me nursing school?

    dannyc12 replied to pandameow's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, There are a lot of ESL Nursing students in my class and most of them are having very specific challenges because of language skills. They have a hard time reading all the material because...

  21. Please don't expect CNAs to

    dannyc12 replied to Lendytaylor10's topic in General Nursing

    You know who you REALLY need to get mad at? Your fellow CNA coworkers who violate saftey rules and DO transfer that person by themselves. They are why the nurses expect you to do it. I work on a...

  22. pro life to work in ER OR OB

    dannyc12 replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    You are being dishonest, and this post really gives you away. You claim to start threads about nursing and ethics, but you are really just using them as a platform to bang your anti-abortion drum over...

  23. Those who can't...teach...your thoughts?

    dannyc12 replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    That is a completely bogus phrase. Teaching, like nursing, is a skill and a profession in its own right. Two of the best professors I have ever had were in Psychology and Chemistry. Either of these...

  24. Starting RN school in MARCH!!!!

    dannyc12 replied to ladybugme!'s topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! Here are some random notes based on what I've noticed from my fellow students in Nursing School. 1. Get good at dosage calculations. After 12 weeks, many of my classmates still freeze...

  25. Health Care Reform

    dannyc12 replied to Stickyrunner325's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it is a small step forward for us as a country and is in line with Provision 1 of the ANA's Nursing Code of Ethics: " The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion...