Intern67

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  1. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    Intern67 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Daniel Noonan (Think

  2. Can You Live Off A CNA's Pay? Do you?

    Intern67 replied to HS/College Student's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I couldn't. Nor could I live off the $10.25/hr I got at my first CNA job in LTC. However, after a very difficult year and a half, I finally had enough experience for a hospital to grant me an...

  3. Do I Stand a Chance of Getting into Nursing School?

    Intern67 replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Your 05 NLN exam score probably won't make as big a difference as the fact that your prereqs are getting old. As always, talk to the counselors at the schools you are applying

  4. Should I go over my supervisors head?

    Intern67 replied to TXPediNurse's topic in General Nursing

    State Board of Health. They may be quite interested in the vaccination issues you bring up and you may be able to report

  5. home health aide hours

    Intern67 replied to misty720's topic in Private Duty

    Can you tell your employer you would like fewer hours? If they have that many hours they should be able to hire more help. I work for a large hospital's Home Health department and I love it. I...

  6. Best Nursing Diagnosis of All Time

    Intern67 replied to This's topic in General Students

    Fantastic! Hey, if they don't like it they should take that snake oil BS out of the NANDA

  7. What do the male nurses do to prevent sexual assault accusations?

    Intern67 replied to SkySoldier's topic in Men in Nursing

    I find that my attitude and demeanor help avoid any problems. Fully explain what you are doing when working with all patients and make sure any concerns they have are aired. When I worked in the...

  8. Whats it like being a guy in a female dominated career?

    Intern67 replied to Josh_H's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, it isn't an entertainment choice, it is a career choice. Go find a nursing home TCU, get a job as a CNA and see how bored you

  9. constant complaining

    Intern67 replied to Izzy11's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Yes. I immediately instituted a policy of "never complain." You never really win. If I see a problem I can help with and offer a solution, I do that, but I let my classmates do the whining. And boy...

  10. Going to school while pregnant?

    Intern67 replied to Wan2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It must not be a big deal. Based on the number of my classmates coming down with sperm poisoning and the numerous posts on the board, pregnancy is dang near a

  11. was i wrong?

    Intern67 replied to goldc8's topic in General Nursing

    If your charting says what you posted here what the blazes are your other employees thinking? Unless the resident was DNR, hospice, or palliative care what the heck else are you supposed to do, wait...

  12. Can I use "Electrolyte Imbalance" instead of "Risk for..."

    Intern67 replied to itri4vt's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A great way to get on the bad side of your clinical instructor is to invent your own NANDA diagnosis. If you really want to address the hypokalemia, you need to find out why the patient is...

  13. Pre Admission Essay

    Intern67 replied to PMHNP2023's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your essay is so good you should not have posted it. I would not be surprised to see this exact essay turned in at nursing schools around the country! An essay can perform some of the same functions...

  14. Confusion on the NA/water relationship

    Intern67 replied to swnewrngrad's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Exactly! But the one liner seems to be all that sticks. I noticed this strange trend even before I started Nursing school when I was working as a CNA. I asked an RN a question having something to...

  15. Confusion on the NA/water relationship

    Intern67 replied to swnewrngrad's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Stop "undertsanding" that sodium follows water and start thinking about what is going on to cause excesses or deficits. My classmates are often similarly confused by the "sodium follows water" axiom....

  16. Discouraged by Nurses who hate their job

    Intern67 replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am surprised to hear so many people saying, "every nurse I know" or "I only know nurses who" hate their job. I personally know many nurses who like their jobs and a few who love their jobs. The...

  17. Seeing loved ones before death?

    Intern67 replied to Keila's topic in General Nursing

    The examples cited are simply more confirmation bias. How many times do we dream of something happening to relatives and they turn out fine? We forget this immediately. How many patients do or say...

  18. Seeing loved ones before death?

    Intern67 replied to Keila's topic in General Nursing

    I might see a lot of things when my brain is starved for oxygen or my body is ravaged by disease or I am on a powerful cocktail of medications... That certainly in and of itself doesn't mean any of...

  19. Seeing loved ones before death?

    Intern67 replied to Keila's topic in General Nursing

    "Pretty much everyone" is quite a claim you are making. I have seen many people die who had no such hallucinations and I have seen many people die who had many other types of hallucinations. As I...

  20. Seeing loved ones before death?

    Intern67 replied to Keila's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great subject and worth looking into. I personally think the sightings are manifestations from within the person having them. No supernatural forces needed. This phenomena is a very good...

  21. Am I making the right decision

    Intern67 replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like any change might do you some good. Or it might not; there is not enough information to tell. You might also want to look into the reasons why your current job so negatively affects your...

  22. BSN/MBA career opportunities?

    Intern67 replied to GusM's topic in General Nursing

    A fine career consisting of making life miserable for people actually doing the work? Until you are downsized, of course. I purposefully avoided the MBA track in my previous profession because I saw...

  23. Voice Recorder Recommendation?

    Intern67 replied to TXRN2B13's topic in General Students

    i have an 80 gig ipod and use a belkin tunetalk. it is a doohickey that you attach to a 5th generation ipod that enables it to make very good quality voice recordings. i really like it. i convert the...

  24. Why hospitals continue use incentive spirometry

    Intern67 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    If incentive spirometry was "not shown to decrease pulmonary complications" and deep breathing and coughing is "just as effective" as incentive spirometry....then both are equally ineffective? I am...

  25. What kinda watch....

    Intern67 replied to nursingstudent221's topic in General Students

    I went with a more deluxe model from Target Boutique - a $30 Timex. You will want a crappy watch, as you will very likely get actual crap on it. (I make sure to wipe mine down with alcohol preps...