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  1. Anyone familiar with Big Bend Medical Center in Alpine, TX?

    bearscrubs75 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hello there, West Texas: I'd like to hear from those nurses (e.g., RN, LPN) familiar with Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine, Texas. I am planning to relocate to Marfa, Texas, a town 25 miles...

  2. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    bearscrubs75 replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Doing your job, being courteous to patients AND coworkers AND people in general is what we and everyone else on the planet should be doing----we are all members of the human family. *** You nailed it!...

  3. Should I leave this racist town?

    bearscrubs75 replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ChutneyFries, I'm glad you're leaving that horrible place. Although I'm not African-American, I've worked in some incredibly homophobic hospital environments before - and no, it's not the same thing...

  4. Should I leave this racist town?

    bearscrubs75 replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Chutney, SERIOUSLY, come to Minneapolis-St. Paul. I'm the only White male in an ocean of different shades of Black and Brown. It's different here. We'd welcome you with open arms. -

  5. Should I leave this racist town?

    bearscrubs75 replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Chutney, Come to Minneapolis/St. Paul. The majority of my fellow co-workers are Black (African immigrants) and everyone gets along. While Minneapolis isn't exactly a "Chocolate City" in the vein of...

  6. Reasons patients turn on their call light

    bearscrubs75 replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the female nurses I work with recently went to answer a call light and came back fuming. "Mr. K" was a frequent flier and usually on the light for a multitude of nonemergent reasons. Anyhow,...

  7. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    bearscrubs75 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Annie, your children come first. They need their mother. You're right, no one is prepared for this. Let's face it: you wouldn't be given proper PPE for the suspected Ebola patient and you would have...

  8. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    bearscrubs75 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here's a scenario for all of you: You work at a large urban hospital, let's say CCC/ICU day shift. You come on and get your report for the day. One of your patients discharges to a step-down unit at...

  9. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    bearscrubs75 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Girl, probably a cheap mask and gown. You know those tight asses ain't ready to fork over the thousands of dollars necessary to pay for the expensive Hazmat suits and sealed

  10. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    bearscrubs75 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That is just an excuse to leave us unprotected with cheap flimsy gowns and masks rather than the real deal expensive hazmat suits and respirators we should be wearing! I want this jerk to come and...

  11. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    bearscrubs75 replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Fellow Nurses, how is this virus managed in a health care setting? Is it droplets or airborne precautions? Airborne would be dried particulate that escapes the nares or mouth and travels through the...

  12. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    bearscrubs75 replied to Thirdwatch's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :tku::cheers:

  13. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    bearscrubs75 replied to Thirdwatch's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    esme, sorry about the racist thing i jumped the gun -- thanks for posting the links for me, but i will seriously have an mi if i read about this new "visas" bill. i'll be sick to my stomach and ******...

  14. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    bearscrubs75 replied to Thirdwatch's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Merlee, My maternal grandparents were Quaker Brits, German-Jew and Irish. Their parents were both immigrants here at the turn of the 20th century. My father's mother is Irish (her ancestors probably...

  15. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    bearscrubs75 replied to Thirdwatch's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Esme, I'm not racist. This is not about race or ethnicity, I swear. I'd be as irate if the U.S. was bringing in Brits, Germans, and Irish (facets of my own European ancestry) to compete with Americans...

  16. Can't communicate with the new nurses

    bearscrubs75 replied to Thirdwatch's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    WHITE-COLLAR IMMIGRATION (sorry, this is going to sound very bitter): The always cost-effective United States is currently bringing in immigrants from around the world (e.g., Russia, India, China,...

  17. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    bearscrubs75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all -- I'm a Level 2 (i.e., second-semester) nursing student right now at Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico. My GPA from Level 1 was a sold 3.0. This semester, I'm struggling with Adult...

  18. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    HiddenCat and OldNurseEd - Many newly minted RNs have left the NE and have come out West to work because of the competition for jobs. I am from the NE and completed my undergraduate degree at a ******...

  19. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    OldNurseEd, I agree with you wholeheartedly: a 4.0 GPA in nursing school does not necessarily make one a good nurse. Nursing is a multifaceted, dynamic discipline: academic proficiency is only one...

  20. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there. And thank you for responding to my post. The material isn't necessarily easy, it's 200-level college anatomy and physiology-based with some basic chemistry. I enjoy science, especially...

  21. Reasonable Nursing School GPA?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that,

  22. Will ACLS certification increase my chances of employment?

    bearscrubs75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi All - This message is particularly directed at nurses whom have hired for hospitals and/or have been administrators on floors. In this economy, it has been painfully difficult for new graduates to...

  23. Anyone familiar with Big Bend Medical Center in Alpine, TX?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi there. Actually, Santa Fe is full of posers and pretentious rich s**theads: it's really overrated. I've lived all over the country. Like everywhere else, Santa Fe is populated by people from,...

  24. Will ACLS certification increase my chances of employment?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not dissing BLS, but I still stand by the analogy BLS = pre-algebra and ACLS =

  25. Will ACLS certification increase my chances of employment?

    bearscrubs75 replied to bearscrubs75's topic in General Nursing

    ACLS = Advanced Cardiac Life Support PACLS = Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support ** usually only ICU/criticial care/NICU nurses actively use these skills but it's good to know them anyhow -...