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  1. Army Nurses Face Biggest Battle Of Their Lives In Baghdad

    bukko replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At the moment, I'm crutching around after breaking my left hip in March. Enviro freak that I am, I ride my bicycle to work instead of driving an SUV like a good American. Hit a mist-slickened trolley...

  2. Army Nurses Face Biggest Battle Of Their Lives In Baghdad

    bukko replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    my sympathy goes out to all the horribly wounded servicemen and women. at least they have the comfort of getting good care. let us also remember the iraqis who are being mangled. i'm sure there are 10...

  3. Lorcet OTC

    bukko replied to RainbowSkye's topic in Emergency

    I'll put it this way -- I didn't do anything that was contrary to local laws. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. And when in Amsterdam, then I'll be damned! I could tell you about some short grass,...

  4. Do RN's co-sign assessment sheets at your hospital? What does it mean to you?

    bukko replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    The trouble with laws, Steph, is who really knows what they are? Unless you sit down and read every line of a state's nurse practice act, which I haven't, you have to assume that the way things are...

  5. Angry at feeling used

    bukko replied to Good_Queen_Bess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's fascinating for an American like me to read posts from other countries and see how things are there. (That's why I love the Aussie area.) The word "fitting," for example. I know it's a Briticism,...

  6. Eating Boogers??? Is this for real?

    bukko replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    does she have any other odd bodily habits, possibly regarding bathroom details? it could be some kind of compulsive thing, one symptom of

  7. Lorcet OTC

    bukko replied to RainbowSkye's topic in Emergency

    I've heard from U.K. patients that it's Tylenol #3 they sell OTC there. But you need a script to purchase ASA! (Too many side effects) As for marijuana, anyone been to Amsterdam? Waterfront area is...

  8. Segregated Nursing homes: Your opinion Please!

    bukko replied to kwagner_51's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wonder what the wards will be like in 20 years when Baby Boomers (of which I'm one) begin to get senile. Maybe it will be less than 20 because of all the illicit drugs... I can imagine the...

  9. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    bukko replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

  10. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    bukko replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    Right on, dude! Have confidence as you walk through life. You won't always succeed, but if you start out with the attitude that you will, it's more likely than if you take the attitude that you

  11. the term "animal nurse"

    bukko replied to Clarvina Streisand's topic in General Nursing

    If a stranger came up to me and said she was a "vet nurse" I would wonder if she was someone with a German accent who got paid to suckle other womens'

  12. Just read this "woman does own C-section"

    bukko replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe everything I read either. Thankfully, this Internet thingy makes it easy to research. I Googled that journal's title, clicked on its link and found the article (March 2004 issue). I...

  13. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    bukko replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    Needy -- I've given you some smirky replies, not to be insulting, but to try and inject some humor. All smirkiness aside, let me add a few points. 1.) People here have read extra meanings into your...

  14. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    bukko replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    You've probably heard the saying "Nurses eat their young." Before they do that, sometimes they have their youngs' fiancees as an

  15. Ratio law, California Dreamin' or nightmare?

    bukko replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    Sad but true, Fins. What a shame when we have to rely on trial lawyers to step in to protect us when the government won't. Maybe that's why a certain faction in the government wants to do some tortie...

  16. Ratio law, California Dreamin' or nightmare?

    bukko replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks for the articles and links to the CNA. They helped me to answer a question I had about charge nurses under the ratio. (Unfortunately, the answer favors management more than nursing.) I will...

  17. Applying for RN license in CA...need some advice!

    bukko replied to Roni725's topic in California Nursing

    I had a minor ETOH-related issue in college two decades ago. (Don't wanna say more -- never hurts to be paranoid...) The details on that were so well-sealed that when I first applied for a nursing...

  18. How to start a Union??? (Long Term Care)

    bukko replied to mandykal's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wish you luck with starting a union. SEIU is a good place to start because they have organizers whose job is to get unions rolling. I'm in a statewide union that covers the RNs in California. The...

  19. 45 yr old total right hip

    bukko replied to TinyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! to your mom. I'll be 45 for another month yet, and I'm recovering from a left hip Fx. (Crashed my bicycle while riding to work -- try to do the healthy thing and it half-kills me!) I can hardly...

  20. Segregated Nursing homes: Your opinion Please!

    bukko replied to kwagner_51's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In San Francisco, there is an entire hospital for Chinese patients. (Its official name, appropriately enough, is "Chinese Hospital." I have always wondered why no marketing genius has gotten to it and...

  21. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    bukko replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    Dude -- you forgot to ask NeedsAdvice for his fiancee's phone

  22. Psychiatric RN position at a Correctional facility?

    bukko replied to cindyrn1's topic in Correctional

    Yikes! I never worked in a state mental hospital, just that prison, hospital psych wards and residential facilities. Compared to what you've been through, prison will be a breeze. Inside, there ARE...

  23. Psychiatric RN position at a Correctional facility?

    bukko replied to cindyrn1's topic in Correctional

    You didn't seem to be getting too much response about prison psych nursing, so I'll add a bit about my experiences in Florida. I like psych, and the state prison in my county was the one where the...

  24. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    bukko replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    I think the original poster is worried about all the wrong things. Your nursie wife-to-be is likely to come home talking about all the gory, smelly episodes she observed at work. Soon you'll be happy...

  25. Male vs. Female

    bukko replied to CarllS's topic in General Nursing

    I had no idea this was a problem for so many male nurses. I have no problems (except for that "finding the spot" issue) with cathing females. If it's someone A&O, I always ask if they'd prefer a...