MellowOne

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  1. Best Pocket Reference?

    MellowOne posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Hey all, Just wanted to get your opinions on the best pocket reference for a flight nurse to carry. I've looked at the ER checkmate, and Kathy White's Fast Facts. The Checkmate is smaller, and has...

  2. Icu Or Ed Nurses Make Better Flight Nurses?

    MellowOne replied to SOCALRACERX911_RN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    As a pretty new flight nurse, here's my view: Every nurse that enters flight nursing comes with strengths and weaknesses. I have significant ICU experience, but not much trauma and almost no peds. I...

  3. Tnatc

    MellowOne replied to StangBoss302's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    This class has only 16 slots, and I think it's close to full. Better sign up quickly if you want to get in. Be well... The Mellow

  4. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

    MellowOne replied to inquiringnurse's topic in General Nursing

    No The Mellow

  5. Males in Nursing: Improvement or Hindrance?

    MellowOne replied to Firedawg03's topic in General Nursing

    I've actually found that males aren't just welcomed, but openly courted. I've been told a number of times by nurses that they need more male nurses on the unit. Strangely enough, a male nurse on the...

  6. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    MellowOne replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    Well, allow a poor little ADN to throw in his 2 cents worth. In my short 9 years as a nurse, I've worked the units, and been clinical manager on a cardio-thoracic ICU. I'm currently house...

  7. Strike Vote

    MellowOne replied to husker-nurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, I personally would like to know more about the situation before I would support a strike. While it is sometimes necessary when a hospital administration is filled with clueless idiots, other...

  8. Who are the Uninsured?

    MellowOne replied to kitkat24's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Simplistic, to say the least. Like all nations, the U.S. history is a combinatin of greatness and shame. A very small percentage of Americans owned slaves, and a far smaller percentage abused them...

  9. Where is the nursing proffesion going?

    MellowOne replied to finchertwins's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The Government should fix the nursing shortage? How? When I hear that the government is going to fix my problem, my first reaction is to cringe. We don't need another bureaucracy sucking down tax...

  10. Nursing Editorial

    MellowOne posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last year I was a contributing columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. This was my first editorial. It was on nursing units all over the state the next day. (most of my other editorials have...

  11. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    MellowOne replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Here's an editorial that I wrote for the newspaper last year. It was on unit refrigerators all over the state. Give nurses a break Demanding job getting harder at understaffed hospitals By Robert...

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

    MellowOne replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I asked that political discussions about the war take place in a different thread. Threads here have a tendency to get way off of the original topic. This thread started as a salute to our fellow...

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

    MellowOne replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Karen, thanks for posting these links. Several people from my unit are deployed in Iraq right now. I've just learned that my unit is on a short list for deployment. We don't want to leave our...

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

    MellowOne replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  15. flight nursing over rated

    MellowOne replied to FlyingED's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I just started a job as a flight nurse. The training is incredible, and you can't beat the schedule. (24 hour shifts, 7-8 days per 4 week schedule). Pay's pretty average, but the training, the...

  16. Re- mariage is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    Don't worry about. When discussing stuff in online forums, one thing that folks can't do is to take stuff personally. Still, the apology is appreciated. Shows an open mind and honest heart. Be...

  17. Re- mariage is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    Why, thank you. I've been validated.I simply don't understand the hostility toward the concept that part of a spouse's role is to help fulfill the other spouse's needs. Is this generation really that...

  18. Re- mariage is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    LOL...what's a SNAG? Can't be good.....:rotfl: Be well... The Mellow

  19. Re- mariage is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    Well, it seems that this is part of the problem. People who see you as part of the problem just don't understand and are bad. As others have said, if you wanted only people who agree with to tell...

  20. Marriage Is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Shoot, if you're a typical male, then I'm probably a chauvinist pig who wants to establish a patriarchy in which women don't vote, work outside the kitchen, or own property. Still...I'm there. Might...

  21. Marriage Is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I don't mind good natured sexist humor. The problem is that it's bled into the culture that says that when there are marital problems, the woman is right and the man is wrong. Her priorities are...

  22. Marriage Is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    I'm not a fundamentalist, and I don't take every word of the Bible literally. It is, however, a great source of wisdom. The verses that I quoted basically said; 'If you don't take care of your...

  23. Marriage Is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Then would you say that my wife does not have the right expect to have her emotional needs met over my wishes? When she feels that she wants to talk, or go to lunch, or just relax together, is it okay...

  24. Marriage Is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Apology accepted. I have no idea exactly what form the mentoring took, only that part of it was basically letting the Mrs. know that sex is an important part of marriage, she needs to take care of...

  25. Marriage Is over

    MellowOne replied to nurse07's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    Now, truer words were ne'er spoken. Jeff Foxworthy does an absolutely hilarious bit on what being married does to a man. I don't remember the exact words, but it's something to the effect that; Men...