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  1. BS!

    rngreenhorn posted a topic in General Students

    As near as I can tell, when I finish my BS, I will have a BS in BS. Nursing academia is so wrong. They take an easy subject and twist it with their damn semantics and esoteric ideals (constructed...

  2. BS!

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Students

    Elkpark, thanks for the history of "disturbed energy field"-- you are right, in general nursing dx are good. I was stereotyping the entire group, there are some really great leaders with a smart...

  3. BS!

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Students

    I have a hard time with the fact that the master and doctorate prepared nursing leadership who are responsible for recommending a curriculum for a school, can also approve of nursing dx like...

  4. BS!

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Students

    oh crap... I got a ticket from the gammar police... will I go going to prison? How much is the fine? And what's with all ellipsis in my post? That's not proper english. Dang. Oh crap. Again, I did...

  5. BS!

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Students

    Thanks CCL, I'm slightly frustrated. I am wasting a lot of time writing BS papers. True education and expanding your intellectual repertoire is good. But damn... I see very little of that in the...

  6. Too many people who think they know everything!!

    rngreenhorn replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, they let new grads in the ICU all the time... true story, I've seen it happen. Even ADN nurses. (OMG! ADN's can't work in ICU! They'll hurt the patients.) In fact, some hospitals prefer to hire...

  7. crushing medications

    rngreenhorn replied to file03's topic in General Nursing

    I love me a peg tube!!! Crush em all together and make a medication smoothy... (as long as they are crushable and don't interact with each other). Beats the heck out of trying to get an entire...

  8. Ignorant Stupid Patients

    rngreenhorn replied to KY RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know why personal accountability is so out of vogue these days... But... I've been a nurse now for 5 years. I've done hundreds of hours of teaching. And while it's hard to quantify the...

  9. Swine flu sneeze game

    rngreenhorn replied to mizfradd's topic in Nursing Humor

    I always thought the "aPORKalypse" would be caused by

  10. Ignorant Stupid Patients

    rngreenhorn replied to KY RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Tisk tisk... nurses crack me up...

  11. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    rngreenhorn replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I guess I'll be more surprised if it doesn't fizzle out... All this talk about swine has made me hungry for a pork chop or a McRib... on a related note, I wonder how many people have died from...

  12. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    rngreenhorn replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wonder how many people die each day from regular ol' flu? PS I'm not being snarky-- I'm really

  13. BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    rngreenhorn replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    Hummm... one of my patients today asked the housekeeper, the cna, the physical therapist, the doctor and the lady from dietary to bring her some more morphine. She didn't seem to notice the insignias...

  14. Help, I'm getting worried to be oriented at ortho floor

    rngreenhorn replied to anneles's topic in General Nursing

    RUN!!!!!!!!!! You'll see more broken hips than a person should be allowed... Ortho is my least favorite place on earth. But-- don't let that scare you. It's a good place to learn... good

  15. How much $$$ do you get after taxes?

    rngreenhorn replied to FutureRNelizabeth's topic in New York Nursing

    You could buy a house/condo and keep more of your wages because of mortgage interest deduction. Your mortgage will probably be more than rent-- but, you might save more. It's worth investigating....

  16. Why do people abuse nurses?

    rngreenhorn replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in the hospitality/ service industry for 10 years before becoming a nurse. I can tell you that abusive people are everywhere. And often times in the service industry you are to smile...

  17. what to do when a PEG comes out

    rngreenhorn replied to fusster's topic in General Nursing

    Also if it helps, the proceedure for taking a g-tube out (for some botton types) is to get a good grasp on the thing and yank (after the patient has been NPO for ~12 hours). It's horrifying, because...

  18. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    rngreenhorn replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    Q: If you were a vegetable, what type of vegetable would you be? A: A vegetable? Hummm, problably a vegetable from a head injury involving an MVA in which I repeatedly ram your car with mine....

  19. a nurse's medicine cabinet

    rngreenhorn replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    A bottle of Wild Turkey.... and a bottle of pepto-bismol... and a shot

  20. Question about transferring a patient

    rngreenhorn replied to cad4296's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Do they teach you squat pivot or bobath transfers in school? These transfers are based on leverage not strenght. However at 5'2' and 115 lbs, you are not going to be able to transfer some patients...

  21. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    rngreenhorn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently recieved a pamphlet in the mail for a "Pranic Healing" weekend seminar for healthcare providers. Course fee: $400. For $400 the course promises to teach me how to heal my patients with...

  22. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    lol @

  23. "Pranic Healing" for healthcare providers

    rngreenhorn replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    Let me see if I can get this straight: If I administer the "energy-everywhere" laxative used for an energy field prep prior to a pranoscopy, it is possible to have an uncontrolled energy ooze or a...

  24. CRRN exam

    rngreenhorn replied to heidiann25's topic in Rehabilitation

    Finally got the results today, took the exam way back in June, same as you. I passed--- I was a little concerned, the test sucked. Did you get your results yet? Just

  25. "The Jesus Factor"

    rngreenhorn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gee Tom, I must be the ultimate Christian, I won't golf on any day of the week... and once or twice a year I spend an evening praying to the Lord