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    Okay, need some help here...

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    *waves to her fellow NICU/nursery alum* Tell her this wave's from me!! Pause for a funny story....before I went to RN school I was working for a CRO (clinical research organization). A woman came down...
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    Confusing shoe restrictions!

    carolinapooh replied to mrs.rn2be's topic in General Students

    I believe the OSHA guidelines are for actual industry, not hospitals; they're written for places like manufacturing, or even places that use heavy equipment or weighty stuff that could get dropped on...
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    Air Force ROTC nursing student

    carolinapooh replied to brawneyez's topic in Government, Military

    Wanted to add I did start to ask that RN about NTP, and then we got distracted - I didn't forget, we got busy. We work together again Monday night and I'll try to restart the convo
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    Air Force ROTC nursing student

    carolinapooh replied to brawneyez's topic in Government, Military

    I worked with a lot of RNs from W-P at my deployment. Most of them really liked it. I heard a lot of good things about the hospital
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    Gay with partner thinking of Navy Nurse

    carolinapooh replied to txtri02's topic in Government, Military

    wtbcrna, the military is currently not recognizing any gay marriage because of DOMA. They can't, as under Federal law, the marriage is not recognized. Which means that currently no partner is...
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    Current Nursing Student Considering The Military

    carolinapooh replied to RayJordan's topic in Government, Military

    Good point - don't buy an ASVAB book; that's the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam. That's what the enlisted corps takes to stratify them for jobs. brawneyez, you did quite well on the...
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    GS-what??

    carolinapooh replied to Kaligirl02's topic in Government, Military

    I'm actually an RN here in San Antonio and am active duty USAF. There is also a locality supplement for RNs here that's quite good. Please keep in mind the federal furloughs are beginning in the next...
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    Air Force Mental Health ( psychiatric ) nurse demand

    carolinapooh replied to mattyg's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm active duty AF and I know we need mental health NPs almost desperately. I don't know about mental health nursing as an RN specialty, but I'd take their need for NPs in that line as a good sign....
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    carolinapooh replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly. So why should we be expected to kiss their behinds, ingratiate ourselves to them, and keep pandering to their every whim? Apparently it's OK for THEM to be unprofessional and treat us like...
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    What exactly do physicians do again?

    carolinapooh replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The mere fact that I give the impression of being 'esteemed' at my former place of employment seems sad to me, when all I ever did was make it clear that I won't be trod upon. People took that as some...
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    I'm getting a little frustrated here.

    carolinapooh replied to NCmcMan's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My guess is there are a lot of people in your position. I know that community colleges offer 'pre-classes' in some subjects that might help you get your feet wet a little bit at a time (I think the...
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    Nursing School as an Older Student

    carolinapooh replied to Jonelrob's topic in General Students

    Wanted to add that we had a student in my accelerated BSN who was 53. She's now one of the best nurses I
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    Confusing shoe restrictions!

    carolinapooh replied to mrs.rn2be's topic in General Students

    I'd check to see what the school means by 'clogs'. We could wear closed-back Danskos and similar styles but not the open-backed, heel-less variety; the latter were considered
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    Additional certifications

    carolinapooh replied to Kencanwin's topic in General Students

    Keep in mind you have to pay for all of these out of your own pocket, whereas if you get them on the job (if they're required for your job - they're not required for every one of them), and they're...
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    Cost effective patients

    carolinapooh replied to SNB1014's topic in Nursing Humor

    If someone in billing is discussing your financial business with someone else, that's a breach of privacy and possibly a HIPAA violation. I personally wouldn't be willing to give money BACK to my...
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    Okay, need some help here...

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not familiar with the concept of family-centered care, but I will look it up. Thanks for explaining your viewpoint and I certainly understand what you mean. We sort of do that sometimes in what I...
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    OMG Say it correctly!

    carolinapooh replied to seanynjboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It took a long time for it to click with me that it wasn't Penney's! :) Yeah, those 'derived' words just make me roll my
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    Do you still have to refer to material or do you memorize it all?

    carolinapooh replied to kstrac13's topic in General Nursing

    The minute you stop looking stuff up, the minute you get too confident, you're in trouble. There are things I've learned in my short tenure, and there are things I haven't learned, and there is stuff...
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Not every school. Duke University's ABSN doesn't require a whit of chemistry, nor does it require a general biology class (it does require 2 semesters of A&P and micro, so if you need general bio...
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you are, and if that community college has an affiliation with the state university system and/or an agreement whereby two years at the CC directly transfers to the state system....
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    If we're all in the same boat, then the OP shouldn't disparage her coworkers when and if they talk about medical school, even if they're doing it as a bit of a rant at the med cart and even less so if...
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, let's do this together.
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    This crossed my
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    It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    carolinapooh replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I think times have changed quite a bit. I actually know someone who's done this. She did it because the doctors she met irritated her so badly she's set out to try and fix the system. Really. YOU GO,...
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    The flu shot making people sick

    carolinapooh replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The flu-like symptoms are a side effect of your body mounting its antibody-building response. It is NOT the flu, nor is it a cold. The stem cells that mature into the components of your immune system...