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  1. Which NP specialty is most needed?

    danu3 replied to My409's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Psychiatric NP? In the first place, not too many people are interested in psych nursing. Look at the neuropsych at UCLA http://www.nursing.ucla.edu/admissions/specialties.html Look toward the...

  2. Does size really matter?

    danu3 replied to hello_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    As for helping or moving patients who are bigger than you, it is all technique. I still remember when my mom was really sick, I had one nurse-aid who is really big with lots of muscle and she move my...

  3. Ancient nursing symbols

    danu3 replied to DrZaphod's topic in General Nursing

    Try this site and contact them: http://bnhbs.freeservers.com/index.htm They may have something.

  4. "Safer" Specialties

    danu3 replied to secondfiddle's topic in General Nursing

    If you are willing to go to grad school, a couple specialties pop into my head. One is Nursing Informatics and the other is Nursing Attorney. Another potential one is Medical Searcher (need a master...

  5. oldest nursing student?

    danu3 replied to grammyd's topic in Nursing Career

    I am not as old as you are, I am in my 40s and prenursing. The age thing occur to me also. One thing that encouraged me to go for nursing was that my dad got his Ph.D. in his 50s (he was the oldest...

  6. Work experience before Nurse Education?

    danu3 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    This may be obvious, but it is not obvious to me. It seemed that if one want to go into Nursing Education, one would need a few years of clinical experience under his/her belt. One question is how...

  7. Trend To Decrease Use Of Seclusion And Restraint

    danu3 replied to marylyn_91604's topic in Psychiatric

    My understanding of NAMI positiion is that it is only to be used if the safety of patient is at sake. It cannot be used as punishment or just for the convience of the staff. So in the case you...

  8. One step away from the paddy wagon.

    danu3 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Psychiatric

    See if your husband is willing to take some classes on serious mental illness (does not sound like it the way you described, but worth a shot). If he is willing, go to http://www.nami.org and look...

  9. Phasing out LPN's.

    danu3 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There are nursing attorneys. I've personal met one once, very interesting person. She is a full blown attorney and a nurse at the same time.

  10. zyprexa

    danu3 replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

    Yea... that is one of those problems with a large "cocktail" of meds. After a while, you don't know what is interacting with what and it really becomes more of an art than a science at this point in...

  11. zyprexa

    danu3 replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

    Ooops! I messed up. I only posted the second abstract. Here is the first abstract: --------------------- Olanzapine in the treatment of agitation in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia and...

  12. zyprexa

    danu3 replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't have any experience with mania and extreme agiataion with Zyprexa. But when my friiends were on it for sz, if I remember correctly, it took around 3 weeks before Zyprexa finally start to kick...

  13. zyprexa

    danu3 replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

    Oh, another thing, Zyprexa is suppose to calm agitation in some instances. But one of my friend, it actually caused the reverse. The pdoc tried other meds to combat the agitation and it did not help...

  14. zyprexa

    danu3 replied to margo123's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a prenursing student. However I do have some indirect experience with Zyprexa as I have a few friends who take them. As you already know, the top dosage range is 20mg per day. Above 20mg,...

  15. I can't start a new thread in The Break Room?

    danu3 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Email brain. There is a change in policy on this site. You have to be a premium member to post in the break room. If you are a premium member, than there is a bug with the change of policy and...

  16. things I didn't learn in nursing school

    danu3 replied to mygirlsmom's topic in General Students

    Would this class be offer at night time?:)

  17. Theory and Reseach

    danu3 replied to BS Nursing Student's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. For example, evidence base research is very important especially in the area of alternative medicine since there are things in the alternative medical world that works, that does not...

  18. I was punched

    danu3 replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    just ran across this article. thought it might be interesting: "[color=#995522]workplace violence in health care: recognized but not regulated" http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic25/tpc25_6.htm...

  19. How many people are leaving nursing to go into a different field and what field?

    danu3 replied to alison-z's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you go into Nursing Informatics? You get both worlds at once.

  20. New user

    danu3 replied to bwdav2's topic in Psychiatric

    Have you take a look at the program description at UCSF? http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/spec-psy.htm

  21. Moses & God on the Computer

    danu3 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    This reminded me of a Far Side (I think it was Far Side) cartoon. You have Moses telling God "God, you got to do better than this!". In the cartoon, you see only one stone tablet and only one...

  22. Holmes, Watson, Stars

    danu3 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down for the night and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his...

  23. Nurse Self-Defense Class

    danu3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    If there were such a class as a "Nurse Self-Defense" class, would you take it? A "Nurse Self-Defense" class teaches a nurse how to deal with physically violent patients basically. But it does have...

  24. where to take pre-req courses for RN/MSN at bay area near stanford?

    danu3 replied to spdn's topic in California Nursing

    For basic Anatomy/Physiology, take it at Foothill Jr college with professor Lopez (very very good teacher) if you can. The problem is that it is almost impossible to get into her class unless you...

  25. Ducks in Heaven

    danu3 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Found this on another BB: =========== Three golfing partners died in a car wreck and went to heaven. Upon arrival they discover the most beautiful golf course they have ever seen. St. Peter...