Cohiba

Cohiba

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  1. If any of you are willing to answer my questions

    Cohiba replied to m.wivine4's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Standard answer, since this gets asked at least a couple times/week, is that the purpose of these assignments is for you to go out (perhaps breaking your comfort zone, perhaps not--I don't care...)...

  2. Cultural assignment

    Cohiba replied to sabita143's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    re: #7, you forgot Dr. Google... re: #9, you didn't mention my favorite self-prescription for pretty much all medical conditions (to include flu, broken bones, dehydration, and sobriety) which is...

  3. I need to interview a nurse!!!

    Cohiba replied to erock1star's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Standard answer, since this gets asked at least a couple times/week, is that the purpose of these assignments is for you to go out (perhaps breaking your comfort zone, perhaps not--I don't care...)...

  4. NURSES

    Cohiba replied to yayita's topic in General Nursing

    3/36, unless I can grab some OT, then it's 4/48 or 5/60. some days I work, some days I don't. nope, and yep. not enough.

  5. So how does it feel like to be a male nurse

    Cohiba replied to panjeremy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How does it feel? Pretty damned

  6. Already got hw!!!

    Cohiba replied to KStudentNurse70's topic in General Students

    Only 100 pages for 1 1/2 weeks? That's actually something of a

  7. Waiting to get that RN license

    Cohiba replied to MRSVRN716's topic in General Nursing

    I'd worry more about getting a job as a CA new grad than the capitalization on your

  8. Morphine

    Cohiba replied to parin's topic in Patient Medications

    Given a choice between IVP morphine and thumping a patient on the head with a cast-iron skillet, off to the Pyxis I'll

  9. I need ti interview a RN for my career class??

    Cohiba replied to kdr5311's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Standard response: the purpose of these assignments (very similar questions get posted probably 2x/week) is to get you out of your comfort zone and to interview a RN face-to-face, NOT to post...

  10. What Does "New Graduate" Mean?

    Cohiba replied to kaznurse's topic in General Nursing

    hogwash--since when does not getting told exactly and only what you want to hear count as "bullying"? The force has totally gone out of that word now that people equate bullying with being questioned...

  11. ER Practicum - What do I need to know?

    Cohiba replied to FutureFLRN2014's topic in Emergency

    "...and I'm allergic to everything else but that one doesn't bother me, so long as you push it

  12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Cohiba replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    It's hard to get a good history on those pt's since that phrase is usually triage-speak for "there's something in the pt's rectum that came in through the "out"

  13. When do you figure out your specialty?

    Cohiba replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

    I knew what I wanted to do ~6 years before starting nursing school and actually/finally got into that field 18 months and change after

  14. Feeling confident except for SATA

    Cohiba replied to 4mykids04's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    What LadyFree said--treat SATA like 4 or 5 separate questions and then they're nothing

  15. What are you doing to relax??

    Cohiba replied to 5ummer's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Scotch, cigars, more scotch, watching silly- or gratuitously-violent movies, G&T's, and playing with my

  16. Nursing: Then and Now

    Cohiba replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    That's not far from what I look like getting up at noon after sleeping for a couple of hours following a NOC

  17. What backpack do you use?

    Cohiba replied to goldenanchor's topic in General Students

    Timbuk2 "large" messenger--I've had mine filled to ridiculously-overloaded, used it for a primary bit of luggage flying back and forth to school, and otherwise beat the living crap out of it...

  18. Oh sweet relief!

    Cohiba replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You have a husband and a boyfriend?

  19. SATA

    Cohiba replied to jlynn167's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    When I walked out of the NCLEX I had to look at a map since I barely remembered how to get home, let alone the wording of any question or the composition (# of SATA vs regular multiple-choice vs...

  20. CNA's and Looking at Charts

    Cohiba replied to cd365c's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    As the others have said, check with your supervisor but IMO you'll need to be able to articulate a far better and more specific reason than "I'm curious" for accessing a chart, i.e. checking to see if...

  21. My 265th NCLEX-RN question was a SATA

    Cohiba replied to celliott09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Format of the last question, whether it's #75, #265, or something in between is totally irrelevant re:whether you pass or not as is whether you answer that particular question correctly or

  22. need help from a experience nurse

    Cohiba replied to mrs.smurf's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Standard answer, as has been given to any of the other (many) similar requests--the point of this type of assignment is to force you to go out, perhaps leave your comfort zone, actually talk to a RN...

  23. Need help from an RN

    Cohiba replied to jessikadln's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Standard answer, as has been given to any of the other (many) similar requests--the point of this type of assignment is to force you to go out and actually talk to a RN face-to-face and NOT to post a...

  24. What skills are checked off for new hire orientation?

    Cohiba replied to aeluere's topic in General Nursing

    There's no way to say what'll be on your check-off list since every unit and facility has different

  25. What's the best electronic device for Nursing School?

    Cohiba replied to Sbrewer777's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The electronic device I got the most use out of during NS was a coffeemaker with a timer so I could wake up and have a pot already