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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    ixchel replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I've been thinking about this since I first read it. Doctors ARE busy, yes, but they're busy providing PATIENT CARE like we are. When they approach with an attitude that they are simply there to do a...
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    First Aid Kit in Classrooms-What is considered unsafe?

    ixchel replied to arnoldlayne's topic in School

    This seems incredibly silly to me, and I imagine the teachers feel reservations as well. Honestly WHY would they want to stop what they're doing, do wound care or whatever they think they need to do,...
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    Words You Hate

    ixchel replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the word straight. Sticks are straight. I always be sure to introduce myself by saying, "hello, my name is ixchel, and my marriage is
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    ixchel replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    You are no longer allowed to leave. It's in the
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    I'm pretty certain I can't be a nurse

    ixchel replied to menot's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Before looking into schools, contact your board of nursing to see if they'll license
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    What are your views on male nurses

    ixchel replied to jared.butler90's topic in Men in Nursing

    My views of male nurses consist of the top side, the bottom side, the left side, the right side, the front side, the back side, and the outside. I've never seen the inside of a male
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    ixchel replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I just learned you, personally, have the heart and mind of a nurse, whether you've finished school or not. Keep that "I don't know enough" feeling. Once you start believing you know all you can know,...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's been a busy week for me, even though I feel like I've done very little actively. I've got a little extra bounce in my step (figuratively) since surgery and it has made me decide to get things...
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    When are you officially a nursing student?

    ixchel replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in General Students

    I considered myself pre-nursing during gen eds and prereqs. I wanted to call myself a nursing student when I dumped a crap ton of money into my first nursing classes semester books and supplies. I...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Keep an eye out for this week's thread, which will be guest OPed by Purp! I had such high hopes to do it yesterday and realized not one single thing was nursing related. I actually was happy for...
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    New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    ixchel replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's an excellent update!
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    ixchel replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Always.
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    ixchel replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You guys say "plead the 5th" over there? I can't drink with colleagues. I'd hate to end my uptight, scary-twisted, dark sense of humor persona. Buzzed makes me giggly, drunk makes me awesome. I have a...
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    when you feel creeped out

    ixchel replied to menot's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't happen often at all. I believe this is partly situational, partly your demeanor. Nurses are very "up in your business". We ask embarrassing questions, we do embarrassing assessments. We do...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry - this sounds awful! Welcome to allnurses! Welcome to our What I Learned This Week (WILTW)
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    ixchel replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This thread has changed its code status to DNR. So did the other one that you bumped, sauce. While we're on the topic of you, sauce, every time I see your name, I get the song Duck Sauce in my
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I love my rainbow
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    lol!!! I can only imagine! Glad you got it figured out, though! Now that you've had your awkward try, maybe your poker face will stick around for next time.
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Amazon. Lots of fun colors that can coordinate, or not. I like fun, regardless of whether they coordinate. But, like I said before, I'm miniature, so I usually find stuff too long, rather than too...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    The saturation factor is what makes me crazy when it comes to work shoes. I need, at the very least, water resistance and no laces. Laces kind of destroy the point of
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have flat feet but I do have tiny and narrow everything (except in the booty department) and don't find shoes easily as well. You might love
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    Things you wish you knew?

    ixchel replied to kichkinet's topic in General Nursing

    It seems you missed
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the heelless shoe pain almost immediately, and it sucks. You walk with your foot in a totally different way! I never did understand how nurses fall so in love with clogs. I stick with my closed...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Are you being literal or figurative about the
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Regarding the member, did anyone demonstrate techniques for getting the member to un-invert for foley insertion/care? There are tricks to this that will be good to learn for future encounters with an...