Dogen

Dogen

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  1. When should I start applying for jobs?

    Dogen replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Nursing

    In Oregon you have to have license in hand before you can even begin orientation (the two days or so where they show you powerpoints about whatever model they use for professionalism that inevitably...

  2. Bruise vs hematoma

    Dogen replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    Just to nerd it up a bit, the Latin/Greek etymology may help. Hematoma = blood tumor, or blood growth (see "more of a three dimensional character to it") Ecchymosis = escape of blood Fun fact,...

  3. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you'll have a problem being brilliant in clinical. Just never approach a clinical situation and say, "Let me show you something I read on the internet." People don't like

  4. (8/29) This week, I have learned......

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient with chlamydia in her stoma. She was a prostitute. Men are gross. On my cardiac unit we used to call that "pillow therapy." We also had "liquid therapy," which was code for getting...

  5. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Mods are working overtime. They just deleted a dozen posts from the Texas conditional license thread (including a very insightful one from me that included the words "uuuuuummmm" and "uh"). It's like...

  6. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When I took micro I told the professor (a retired country veterinarian called Doc) that if I'd taken his class 10 years before I'd have ended up a microbiologist. It was all very sciencey, with lab...

  7. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I kinda like doing IMs. They're easy and brainless and yet still support the patient. Plus, I can always tell them I have an appointment coming in. They let me out of anything for that, since they...

  8. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    It's not so much that they didn't know the psych NPs and psychiatrist could give it, it's that they would never think to ask us to do something outside of our job description. Even if we can bill for...

  9. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Today I learned the staff at my clinic are 1) a little regimented, and 2) easy to win over. A client called about getting his monthly long-acting antipsychotic injection and an email was sent out...

  10. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Get yourself a bag hugger. Push that sucker in over a 15 minute break and get back to

  11. 8/22 What I learned this week....

    Dogen replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I just had my first post deleted, but it was totally klone's fault so I'm in the clear,

  12. Expecting a tough question

    Dogen replied to lkhrn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree... I think if asked just say your mother needed full-time caregiving and there was no one else to do it. I also like saying that you wanted to a fresh start somewhere new, so you can put your...

  13. I'm a sexless nurse

    Dogen replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    They need to fire whoever is running their facebook group. Or at least ask them to not resurrect dead threads. On Aug 22nd they re-posted the thread from June 1 about the "Get My Nurse"

  14. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    Dogen replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    1) Do you take the flu vaccine yearly? If you do not, what is the reason you do not participate (if you don't mind answering this question)? Yep. I'm a type 1 diabetic. Flu is the danger zone. I've...

  15. Buy Genuine Passports Identity Card Driver Licenses Visas Bank notes

    Dogen replied to louischris's topic in General Nursing

    I was particularly interested in the fraudulent baptism certificates. Maybe you need one if you don't really want to convert, but really want to get married in a Catholic church? Seems like a niche...

  16. What jobs did you do before nursing?

    Dogen replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    We have two of these threads

  17. To smile or not to smile-from the interviewer

    Dogen replied to NursetoMogul34's topic in General Nursing

    I had an interview where at the end the interviewer showed me around the unit, introduced me to a couple of charge nurses, and then said something to the effect of, "This has been great, I'm glad we...

  18. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    Dogen replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    This is true... female nurses get a lot of SUPER terrible behavior from mostly male patients that would get them arrested in any other setting... but I don't think it's fair to hang that baggage on...

  19. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    Dogen replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    Men and women are more alike than they are different. There's a reason we don't have "male therapy" and "female therapy." Or "male psychologists" and "female psychologists." Wait, that last one is a...

  20. Why did you become an MA?

    Dogen replied to studentih's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I became an MA because they wouldn't let me be a vet

  21. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    Dogen replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    That's... not how forums work. It's an open conversation, not a

  22. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    Dogen replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    No one reads most of the posts, it seems. They read the first page and then jump to the end and comment. So, threads become cyclical and repetitive pretty quick.

  23. I'm a nurse...for animals?

    Dogen replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    When I was stripping to put myself through nursing school I told everyone I was a vet

  24. Boyfriend of a Nursing Student

    Dogen replied to AZStudent01's topic in General Students

    I feel like with quotes it sounds like I have a bag of sex toys on me all the

  25. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    Dogen replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Don't worry about it. People get all twisted as soon as religion becomes part of the question, like we're one poorly worded forum post from an eighth crusade. Just be glad you're not among the...