Cohiba

Cohiba

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  1. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    Cohiba replied to skinzvictory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I find it amusing that you're concerned about a well-behaved and probably well-groomed dog but will throw open the ER doors for all manner of infectious disease carriers, homeless people who haven't...

  2. What stimulates voiding...PDA edition 3

    Cohiba replied to 30days2nclex's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If someone is pulling anything in my gentleman's area, the LAST thing I think about is taking a

  3. An omen...

    Cohiba posted a topic in Emergency

    I should have turned around and gone home today when the first three songs out of my truck's stereo on the trip in to work were "Bodies", "Born To Be Wild", and "Crazy

  4. Impending haemodynamic compromise

    Cohiba replied to Jomaflyhigh's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What have you done to try figuring this out for yourself? We're not going to just do your homework for

  5. Need a seasoned nurse and new grad to interview

    Cohiba replied to dacoop's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The standard response to this type of question is that this type of assignment is to force you to go out and talk to people face-to-face vs asking some stranger on the internet (who might not even be...

  6. What's the scariest thing you've ever seen as a nurse?

    Cohiba replied to Nurse0621's topic in General Nursing

    The scariest thing I ever saw was a first-year resident without his attending anywhere

  7. New Grad orientation...

    Cohiba replied to Sparrow91's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unpaid? How doe the hospital get away with that since it's kind of hard to make loan payments with $0.00 weekly

  8. Before Nursing School

    Cohiba replied to Casha9's topic in General Students

    I was over 21 y/o so that might affect your plans somewhat, but my pre-NS routine revolved around Scotch, cigars, and good times. Figuring that an ABSN program would be intense (oh, how wrong I...

  9. Courses you found useful...

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

    Is there a ASL (American Sign Language) class that'll fit in your

  10. Useful to know another language?

    Cohiba replied to knnyz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IMO speaking Spanish, especially if it's only at the level you'd get from a year or two of classroom instruction, is nothing special at all since there are enough natively-fluent Spanish speakers...

  11. Nursing pack and watches

    Cohiba replied to luvmysoldier's topic in General Students

    You registered last month and have two posts, both about the same widget--are you selling them or affiliated with the maker somehow? Otherwise I can't see how you're adding any value at all to a FOUR...

  12. Abuse at school

    Cohiba replied to jdoezer's topic in General Students

    I've read that a flyer (hand-written is ok since you're "not very tech savy [sic]" stapled to a telephone pole and detailing the situation has been effective in other cases like

  13. Your response to "there is a high demand for nurses"

    Cohiba replied to Ecl09's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My response to that statement usually revolves around making sure that I'm on a soft surface so that when I fall down while laughing uproariously I won't get

  14. ABC TV:NY Med shows ER nurse fired due to social media post

    Cohiba replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    You're a few days late...

  15. what is the first question a male nurse asks to an another male nurse?

    Cohiba replied to selva tito's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Does this stink (while holding a specimen cup of some unidentified

  16. What is a "passing grade" for your nursing program?

    Cohiba replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in General Students

    Scary, isn't

  17. What is a "passing grade" for your nursing program?

    Cohiba replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in General Students

    My program had 90% as passing and there was ZERO averaging or rounding so that meant students had to earn that grade on every...single...assignment. It was hellaciously tough, but "GPA 4.0/4.0" does...

  18. Nursing Interview Etiquette?

    Cohiba replied to guyman123's topic in Nursing Career

    When I had two interviews two days apart (Monday/Wednesday), the facility at which I Interviewed on Monday offered me the position on Tuesday. Buuuuut, since (1) the clinic where I interviewed on...

  19. New job in home care...how fishy is this?

    Cohiba replied to givingitmybest's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If your employer isn't giving you the tools to do your job, i.e. procedures in place to prevent HIPAA violations/inappropriate PHI disclosures or sufficient training to perform safely, then that's a...

  20. which route to go

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

    Yeah--new grad unemployment in some parts of CA is anywhere between 40%-50%, even if you have a BSN and all the alphabet-soup

  21. Does It Matter What College I Choose For RN-BSN/MSN?

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

    Once you get a MSN, where you went for your BSN doesn't matter worth a puddle of spit. The same idea applies to most higher education with a couple exceptions, ie getting your undergrad from Harvard...

  22. trying to get my first RN position at the VA and i need help!

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

    The pace of the VA doing ANYTHING, especially with HR stuff, makes glaciers look mind-blowingly fast so if you need a job in a hurry, the VA isn't where you want to

  23. third semester challenges

    Cohiba replied to FutureRN_15's topic in General Students

    Wrong wrong wrong--kids are anything BUT small

  24. hypotonic,hypertonic, crenate, etc. help

    Cohiba replied to thumper1960's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    http://Www.google.com

  25. Online PALS Class

    Cohiba replied to resumecpr's topic in Pediatric

    You can do ACLS/PALS online though the AHA (ahaonline.org or something like that...) but have to go to an instructor for a skills check-off. Since all the in-person classes when I was coming due for...