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    The Mockery of Nursing

    Twinmom06 replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    not to derail the hilariousness of this thread but why is it lately that the "career changers" are getting a bad rap? I've wanted to be a nurse for a long time, but my former employer wasn't schedule...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    Twinmom06 replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    you guys are
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    Twinmom06 replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked for an insurance company for 10 years before getting laid off...I don't think I could have handled being a nurse in my 20's - but once I hit my 30's, did a lot of research and had kids - and...
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    Calling all peds/ER nurses RE: Tylenol dosage

    Twinmom06 replied to 6spdftwtm's topic in Pediatric

    Thank you for
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    Twinmom06 replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm doing an ADN program now from the same school I got my bachelor's from in 1996 - made all the general ed's completed - the only pre-reqs I needed were A&P and Micro certainly makes me
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    Calling all peds/ER nurses RE: Tylenol dosage

    Twinmom06 replied to 6spdftwtm's topic in Pediatric

    I'm not a nurse yet, but I do have children and the pediatric guideline in a baby that young was a fever over 100 was a HUGE deal and needed to be admitted to the hospital - has that guideline...
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    Does ANYBODY enter a traditional BSN program anymore?

    Twinmom06 replied to RN In FL's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    there is only one accelarated BSN program in my area and on top of the nursing classes, you had to finish the pre-reqs first - which is ok but the pre-reqs included 12 credits (4 classes) of religion...
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    Weird question about poo....

    Twinmom06 replied to girlswcurls's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a pt last semester that pooped EVERYWHERE - down the side of the bed, into the bed rails, in his socks, etc (you get the idea) - cleaned him and the room up but couldn't understand why the room...
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    what color uniforms does your school use?

    Twinmom06 replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    I assume satellites are the fly away hairs that sometimes shoot off your head...LOL... we wear navy scrub pants with either a Navy blue or white scrub top with our school name and caudeus embroidered...
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    Useless degree! At what point do you quit trying?

    Twinmom06 replied to SuburbanGypsy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    NEPA is begging for nurses and its only a short jaunt up the
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    Dumb things new nurses do....

    Twinmom06 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    last semester we did a 1 day rotation up to the hospice unit (during fundamentals)...anyway I cleaned up a patient who'd had a rather shall we say large poop and it took A LOT of wipes! So I go to...
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    Dumb things new nurses do....

    Twinmom06 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to hang that for the first time last week (I'm still a student) and all I could think about was that it looked like liquid
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    Will the economy ever get better so less people will pursue nursing?

    Twinmom06 replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    so let me get this straight - your TEAS scores are too low in reading to gain acceptance to nursing school and you're ****** off because too many other people got higher scores and accepted before...
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    Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

    Twinmom06 replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have to disagree with you - I'm in a 2 year ADN program at a major university that has one of the most stringent acceptance requirements in the state... not a single one of my classmates is...
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    Craziest Thing You Saw a Surgeon Do.

    Twinmom06 replied to gymnut's topic in Operating Room

    I'm glad the pt survived and that sounds like something you'd see on
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    Is it AAOx3 or A&Ox3

    Twinmom06 replied to Starfish1's topic in General Students

    I wrote AOx3 last semester and my clinical instructor didn't know what it
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    Your first semester/quarter grades

    Twinmom06 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    our Fundamentals is split first semester so I got a B in Fundamentals 1 and unless I bomb the final will be getting the same in Fundamentals 2...also getting probably a B- in Anatomy... our program is...
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    someone put soap in my drink!!

    Twinmom06 replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    recently a man was arrested for masturbating into his female co-worker's
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    Catheterization Expiriences

    Twinmom06 replied to ubsjl's topic in General Nursing

    I've herd that if you do wind up inserting into the lady parts to leave it there (since its contaminated anyway) to use as a landmark so you don't do that the 2nd
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    Im 24 and I want to be a nurse badly but my age discourages me!

    Twinmom06 replied to M.C.P's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ditto to what the others said...I'm 37 and have just survived (and passed!) my first semester of the nursing program YAY!!! and I'll be 39 when I
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    Someone, throw me out a life jacket!!! What am I doing wrong?

    Twinmom06 replied to nique281's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I suggest getting an NCLEX style fundamentals book to study from - I have Fundamentals Success and also the study guide from my Fundamentals book...both are very
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    What career did you have before nursing?

    Twinmom06 replied to julibyrd's topic in General Nursing

    Licensed insurance
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    Have you ever been paralyzed by fear?

    Twinmom06 replied to LegalQuiltMom's topic in General Students

    I'm 37 and finishing up my first semester...I've been out of college for 20 years...I started small - taking a developmental psych course 2 summers ago to see if I still "had it"...I'm sure you do...
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    Help! Cute Visitation Sayings in LTC facility....

    Twinmom06 replied to shell1977's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess "Go the hell elsewhere to sneeze" wouldn't be appropriate?
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    Does Simethicone Work?

    Twinmom06 replied to yuzzamatuzz's topic in General Nursing

    when my DD was a baby (actually up until she was nearly 2) if I didn't remember to give her Mylecon drops before bed she would wake up in the middle of the night SCREAMING from gas, fart and...