noyesno MSN, APRN, NP

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    Can diabetic educators be fat?

    I never assume curvy folks are that way because of lifestyle choices because 10% of weight problems can be attributed to genetic factors or disease. For the other 90%, over consumption and inactivity...
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    Can diabetic educators be fat?

    When I was in school for nutrition my adviser, who was a registered dietitian, was significantly overweight. It always bothered me because I thought she should be a role model. I could see people...
  3. I'm a nursing student. Today I did post mortum care on a patient. I have never touched a dead body before and it was a scary experience for me. I know it will become easier the more I do it but I'm...
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    Post mortum care mourning :(

    Thanks everyone; your responses were very helpful to me. I decided to go on with date night because of your feedback and feel a lot better knowing the whole post mortum care isn't easy for most. I...
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    Thank you food from nursing students

    Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'll talk it over with the class and see what they think. I'm looking forward to this feast for the nurses!
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    Thank you food from nursing students

    Good to hear they vanish quickly! Yay for chocolate! :) Thanks
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    Thank you food from nursing students

    I really do love the Edible Arrangements! I have a bachelors in nutrition and we had to take all these food safety classes which made me paranoid about food born illness. I agree though, if its eaten...
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    Thank you food from nursing students

    I love Luna
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    Thank you food from nursing students

    There are 9 of us. Everyone bringing in something is a great idea! Going with a variety of food is smart! Thanks for input!
  10. I wanted to be Amish for a long time until I found out about the interbreeding... I found this website:...
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    Mandated scrub colors

    The hospital I had my first nursing school clinical at mandated the nurses wear certain scrubs half way through our semester there. The color pattern was the exact same as our student uniforms. The...
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    Nurse with ADD

    I had the same drug test by the same hospital at two different times (Jan 2009 and Jan 2010). The adderall showed up in 2009 because I took it that day. In 2010, it didn't show up and I had taken it...
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    Nurse with ADD

    If you take your meds the day of the test, you will get a call from a doctor at the hospital saying your urine tested positive for amphetamines. All you have to do is provide your doctors number or...
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    Recruiter's Interview Question. Confused

    Questions #1 is tough. I often don't have issues with policies but I am in nursing school so I haven't been out in the real world yet. I've had issues with our nursing departments violation of policy...
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    Should I have worn gloves?

    I am a nursing student. In clinical this past week I applied lotion to a 65 year old woman's back without wearing gloves. Her skin was intact so I thought it would be okay for me to rub in the lotion...
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    Should I have worn gloves?

    Thanks
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    Should I have worn gloves?

    I was still forming an opinion about my decision and what I would do next time. I'm going to check with the policy and procedures for lotion application at the facility before lotioning again. If its...
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    Should I have worn gloves?

    I'm going to look this up in the hospital's policy and procedures next week. My nursing intervention and clinical skills (elkin, perry, potter) textbook shows a nurse massaging a patient's back...
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    Should I have worn gloves?

    Thank you everyone for such great responses! :) I've been reading threads on allnurses for a few weeks now and the first thread start for me. Some more info on the patient: She was a cancer patient...
  20. I just joined allnurses.com so I could reply to this thread. While I don't know if it would be possible for schools to require instructors to have complete education degrees on top of their nursing...