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lupin

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  1. New Student meet and greet

    lupin replied to Nurseboy1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello, I am an RN with 6 yrs experience. I am in an accelerated fnp program at my state university. I work PRN night shift at a local ED and have a 3yr old and husband. Feeling a little...

  2. CMMC School of Nursing? or SMCC?

    lupin replied to bd22's topic in General Nursing

    I went to Cmcc and graduated in 2005. I felt I got a good education from CMCC. The instructors were very helpful and the clinical experiences were interesting (our clinicals were mostly at Central...

  3. who draws your labs?

    lupin replied to GraceNotes's topic in Public, Community Health

    Not really this week, one was sick, the other was at FEMA training, and we were also down a nurse. But we made it through

  4. who draws your labs?

    lupin replied to GraceNotes's topic in Public, Community Health

    We have two CNAs with phlebotomy training do our labs and we also draw some labs ourselves depending on the amount of labs or if we are working up an STD

  5. Possibly Moving to NH-Advice

    lupin posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am an RN currently residing in TN, but my husband and I are considering moving back to New England, possibly to the Portsmouth, NH area. I am curious as to how the NH nurses feel about the...

  6. Possibly moving to Mass-advice please?

    lupin posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hello, Iam an RN currently residing in TN but my husband and I are considering moving back to New England, possibly to the area around Boston. I am looking for any advice regarding where to go for a...

  7. Possibly Moving to NH-Advice

    lupin replied to lupin's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, not getting any results here. I would really like to hear from you NH nurses. This is one factor that can make a difference in where we move to. Any help is

  8. Possible move to PA-advice please?

    lupin posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hello, I am an RN currently residing in TN but looking to move back up north, possibly to the Lehigh or Lancaster area on PA. I'm looking to get any advice about where to apply for a good job with...

  9. PTSD in ED Nursing/ Critical Care Nursing

    lupin replied to likemike's topic in Emergency

    There are nights I come home from work and feel like calling in for good before my next shift. I have had bad nights run through my head over and over again (Tyleonol PM is a great thing). When I...

  10. Your least favorite patient.

    lupin replied to errn7's topic in Emergency

    Oh, so many favorites! Let's see. My-Primary-Doctor-is-the-ER-doctor patient Mean Drunk (male or female) Redneck trash-talking woman (the type that think snapping their fingers gets them...

  11. venting: fetal demise

    lupin replied to redhedgoddess's topic in Ob/Gyn

    While all nurses see problems with patients' health caused by their own poor choices, none to me is more heartbreaking than when it affects infants/children. It is so easy to get angry and furious at...

  12. L&D nurse is calling formula poison!!!

    lupin replied to hotmama2be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was a bottle fed baby and while I'm not the smartest or richest person by far I don't think I turned out too badly. I fed my son breast milk and supplemented formula for the first two weeks of...

  13. Brother and Sister born on the same day

    lupin replied to L&DRN03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't help but feel that a lot of these women are so uneducated about their options and are so desparate for some kind of family unit they take whatever they feel they can get. The men seem to prey...

  14. Did anyone read the People story about Christina Aguilera?

    lupin replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    An earlier poster stated that c-sectioned women "bounce back" to their pre-pregnancy shape earlier than vag delivered women do. Pray tell how, because after eight weeks, my body is in "Snapdragon"...

  15. ER Pet Peeves

    lupin replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    1. Press Ganey (goes without saying) 2. Drama Queens/Kings 3. EMTs who don't know how to start an IV and have fluids running through an infiltrated line. 4. Restarting IV sites on pts who came...

  16. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    lupin replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    I forgot this one in my first post: We hear from the PD there is a bad MVC on a well-known curvy road. We've had pts from MVC's on that road before, rollovers, going too fast that sort of thing....

  17. My first SANE exam...

    lupin replied to amy's topic in Emergency

    Congrats to you. I tip my hat to you because I can't handle being a SANE nurse. Have a hard enough time as it is doing my regular job, not going to add the stress of evidence collection and seeing...

  18. Why do you like Emergency Department Nursing?

    lupin replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    I like the variety and the fact that I come away from every shift knowing I learned something new. I love some of the other nurses and paramedics I work with and since this is a small town, I know...

  19. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    lupin replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    Older male pt, comes in via EMS with c/o vomitting blood. Had eaten spaghetti that night. That was mixed in to the emesis. I couldn't eat Italian for a month. 50 yr old construction worker came in...

  20. Perpetuating the myths

    lupin replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I fell for the story that if you explain rationales to a patient when coming up with interventions they would be more likely to agree to try them. *snort* . Whatever. Most of the time I don't get...

  21. pregnancy and night shift

    lupin replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Hello: I just had my first baby in June of this year. I work noon to midnight in the ER but around the time I was one-two months pregnant (I didn't know until 10 weeks along) I picked up extra...

  22. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    lupin replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is like my third post: Don't shoot a carpet staple into your finger, claim workmen's comp, come into the ER and then throw a fit because your job requires a drug screen with injuries. It's not...

  23. Our new granddaughter

    lupin replied to Wise Woman RN's topic in General Nursing

    COngrats! I just recently had my first child and am constantly amazed at him.

  24. HOPKINS: 20 minutes into the show

    lupin replied to HopeItWorksDNP's topic in General Nursing

    It's because of shows like this that patients either think I'm there to go get coffee for them and therefore have NO medical knowledge or they think I can just prescribe them any med they want and am...

  25. They Called Out WHY??????

    lupin replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I called out of my job at walmart one time with Stomach flu or some such nonsense. Spent all day with my husband, hehehehe. But then got sick with the flu for real the next month and was miserable....