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    Air Force Nurse Tips and Help?

    carolinapooh replied to layne27's topic in Government, Military

    I've been a nurse for just about ten years, and have been on active duty for almost eight. I am prior enlisted Air Force and am currently an Air Force captain. Health Professions recruiters for the...
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    Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Not a comedy, but may I recommend "Sully"? It was
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    Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    carolinapooh replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    The CDC now tracks two modes of transmission of c-diff: hospital/facility acquired - and community acquired. It's out there, too. It almost killed my mother three years ago. She had no recent...
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    I am SINCERELY glad to hear this is going to work out for you. You will be far, far better off with that degree! I truly wish you the best and keep us
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    This isn't a flag wave, but it horrifies me that some people walk out with debt in a dollar amount that exceeds the tuition bills I got from Duke University. It's the predatory aspect that just...
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    9-11 - Where were You? What were You Doing?

    carolinapooh replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    I was living in Saudi Arabia. My husband was working in Al Kharj at Prince Sultan Air Base and I worked closer to Riyadh at Eskan Village as a GS civilian. The ladies were driven home in the afternoon...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Disgusting. IMHO it makes them no better than
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    YES IT IS!!! Thank you....I tried to back up folks by posting a definition of a wheal (which is it
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    Military Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

    carolinapooh replied to bnw6385's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm active duty Air Force. If I were credentialed as an NP, there is no way on this planet I would let the military also recognize me as an RN. You're giving them too much opportunity to stick you in...
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    Scrubs and iPhone 6 Plus?

    carolinapooh replied to aheadofthegame's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I actually deducted my phone as a business expense because of all the medical apps - and now medical reference books - that I carry on it. To say "use some common sense" regarding a phone is a bit...
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    I Hope You people are never my nurses.

    carolinapooh replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in oncology and other USAF folks would ask me what I do, I used to tell them "and I really hope I never run into you at work". Not dark humor in my case!
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    He's not anti-vax as far as I know. He's a proponent of an alternative schedule, but he's not clear-cut
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    She's a complete
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Not really. [h=2]wheal[/h] (wēl), A circumscribed, evanescent papule or irregular plaque of edema of the skin, appearing as an urticarial lesion, slightlyreddened, often changing in size and shape...
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    What's Your Sign Baby?

    carolinapooh replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    And that would've been a huge report up the chain from me. Disgusting (both the dude and your manager). Sorry you put up with
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    What's Your Sign Baby?

    carolinapooh replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    35 is middle aged? OMG. Perhaps I should quit now while I'm ahead. ETA: I didn't see the other posts regarding this. No, 35 is not middle aged (and my age doesn't bother me either). 50s is more like...
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    Am I wrong for thinking that this APRN was wrong?...

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

    You have completely misinterpreted her use of the word "attitudes". She didn't mean we were being defiant or arrogant. An attitude is also, by definition, "a feeling or emotion with regard to a fact...
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    "Do your own homework" was hardly a constructive answer, which is what prompted Kooky Korky to respond that way. Can't really say I blame
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I have witnessed people from ALL professions walking around that exact same way. From what I've seen, read, and been told, the nursing profession indeed acts as though critical thinking is some sort...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Why? For the exact same reasons that drug inserts have all the crap on them they have. I've worked for a Clinical Research Organization and dealt with the FDA and INDs and ROBs. I take it you haven't....
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Yes - and that is the difference in the taxonomy. Performing a task is exhibiting the lowest level on the scale - Knowledge. This would be tantamount to saying "the United States declared her...
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    Critical Thinking

    carolinapooh replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    It's a learned skill - watching kids in action will tell you that easily. At certain points of development kids just do stuff with zero regard for consequence or available information. Watch them age...
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    One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

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

    I've been in the hospital in Lugano, Switzerland - in 1989. I was inpatient overnight for observation after being shocked by a loose outlet in my hotel. I got my discharge paperwork in Italian,...
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    Am I wrong for thinking that this APRN was wrong?...

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

    I am well aware we're dealing with a new grad nurse. Which would be why I recommended another way of doing it. I had to be taught it, too. What is the difference in YOU recommending a method and me...
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    Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I am really looking forward to Michigan. I've seen the Aerial America on Michigan and both my husband and I are very intrigued by it. We don't mind cold (I've been in Minot, ND when the temp was -48F)...