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    I love working in the NHS because..........................

    P_RN replied to mabel u.k's topic in United Kingdom

    May I ask something here: Has the shortage gotten worse there since the UK began requiring the entry level to be a bachelor's degree? _____2000 (sorry I can't recall the exact
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    Your State,your Isp,your Faciltiy!

    P_RN replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    Also your username can be traced using any search
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    Bad experience as Paramedic intern

    P_RN replied to daveman's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hate to burst your bubble blood donor & Dave, but most facilities don't care if you are male or female. It's your attitude and body language that form most folks' opinions. You go in there with...
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    Tpapn

    P_RN replied to Mayprosper's topic in Texas Nursing

    Moved to Texas forum as Texas is the only state that has this
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    Everybody wants something for nothing...pt's trying to "clean up"

    P_RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Home Health

    i usually was clinic based for wic and epsdt , but i did ride shotgun on many a home visit. medicaid isn't the bad guy here, neither are the patients. my mom is on medicaid....so by this logic my mom...
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    Do you know that a male nurse is the founder of allnurses.com?

    P_RN replied to Bala Shark's topic in Men in Nursing

    Brian's the bossdog of the barnyard!! You
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    patients who LIE about their symptoms!

    P_RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    that patient decided to lie? i seriously doubt that. more likely she was scared stiff. to the layman funny feelings in her chest was the call of the grim reaper. more likely she'd had it before...
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    MRSA Fears and Protecting Family

    P_RN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    FirstyearStudent. I am sorry to hear about your 2 year old. Please contact your primary care provider for help with this. As a Nursing site we can't give medical
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    Anyone ever work full time while getting their RN?

    P_RN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 3 jobs One was P T 30h week the others were daily pay, transcription of court records and typing othere students papers. And that's plus 2 kids 3 and
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    Stuff Patients Have Smuggled onto the Psych Unit...

    P_RN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I hope intake procedures have been changed appropriately for these things never to happen again. I don't do psych, but as we all did take a semester of psychiatric nursing. Their intake was...
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    god is good all the time...

    P_RN replied to batibot's topic in California Nursing

    Best wishes for a long and happy career as one of the family of
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    Anyone work weekends only?

    P_RN replied to teresab_2000's topic in General Nursing

    I did it for a time. 12h sat/sun days=36h +$5 hr weekend RN bonus 12 sat/sun nites=4h +$5 hr weekend RN
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    Don't put that in your nose!!

    P_RN replied to whiskeygirl's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a year at Headstart. I must have pulled 20 things out of kids orifices.
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    Gray hair?

    P_RN replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Pediatric

    Mama had a streak grey hair at age 2. Mine didn't appear til I was 19. My sister's came at about 12. Is there more to your question? Is there a person that you are concerned about? IF so then their...
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    Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    P_RN replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Dear friends, let us take a cooling moment here. Choose your words carefully in order to convey your thoughts. Harsh words only let the reader know that your available vocabulary is somewhat limited...
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    H&H Question

    P_RN replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Orthopedic

    In addition to the other great answers, the stress of any kind of surgery could cause gastric
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    Question about Stryker Drains

    P_RN replied to Red251078's topic in Orthopedic

    Hi Lorbun. These are special reinfusion systems that have a battery pack to draw the fluid into a container which can be clamped off. The Stryker Constavac is the one I am most familiar with but...
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    Being a man in the field

    P_RN replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Why is this such a hard concept for these students to grasp? 33 years ago we had men in our classes. They did well, they were short, tall, fat slim gay, straight black, asian, white, and frankly...
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    Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    P_RN replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Not one for alphabets, but mine would read BARN ONC and that to me looks like a pig. I much preferred "Registered Nurse IV (4 not intravenous) My daughter is a BAMA and...
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    How to deal with death of toddler death on picu..

    P_RN replied to nd deb's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    nd deb, please accept my sincere condolences. I can't imagine the pain of losing your precious little one. You will be in my prayers for a long
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    Myers-Briggs Type

    P_RN replied to piscesguy's topic in General Nursing

    On the M/B I am I N F J. But on the Jung Typology I am I S T J.......neither had exactly the answers I wanted, so some I just picked the lesser of two
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    GYN floor

    P_RN replied to gapeach427's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not quite sure what the question is? GYN is gynecology-basically women's reproductive medical and surgical problems such as hysterectomy, cancer,
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    Over 20 years at the hospital, left and not even a "thank you"????????

    P_RN replied to 27YearRN's topic in General Nursing

    I got a Seiko watch at 20 y (must be same catalog). It had a dead battery and I had to pay to get a new one because Seikos have to be opened with a special tool. I watched as people older than me were...
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    Some musings about reading posts here...

    P_RN replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    Good golly wolly (thanks for the excellent expletive Tweety) for goodness sake let's learn some homonyms.
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    any suggestions/advice

    P_RN replied to aprilangel01's topic in General Nursing

    I want to add this caution: The information you reveal is being read by anyone who has access to the internet. You are on the biggest, most read nursing board in the world. Even though you don't...