Red Kryptonite

Red Kryptonite

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  1. I need all white leather shoes for my program. Any suggestions please?

    Red Kryptonite replied to unknowngenius10's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just bought Nurse Mates Dove shoes in white. My program is not so insane that they have a problem with the little blue heart on the side. They are leather uppers and pretty flat, simple shoes, but...

  2. Too old for BSN?

    Red Kryptonite replied to forever88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Right? I'm turning 40 this year so I guess I better get to picking my nursing home. Our wonderful LTC nurses will be wiping my butt in no

  3. Does anyone else get grief from their family for choosing nursing?

    Red Kryptonite replied to planetoi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went the other way and had a whole gaggle. The experience of raising my children is teaching me just how damaged my mother really is, because I cannot imagine cutting down my kids the way many of...

  4. Will LPN's be around for long?

    Red Kryptonite replied to OMMx3's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    People have been beating the drum about LPNs being phased out for 40 years. They're still around. I'm in a LPN program right now and it's full with a waiting list. I work with LPNs every day....

  5. The Last Dose

    Red Kryptonite replied to KatePasa's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The disease kills the patient. Not you. Not the meds you give. The disease kills the patient. Repeat it and believe it, because it's

  6. Does anyone else get grief from their family for choosing nursing?

    Red Kryptonite replied to planetoi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This thread is really disheartening for the number of parents who squash their kids and say mean, hurtful things. I hope all of us who've been on the receiving end are intent on breaking the

  7. African American Hair Problems in Nursing

    Red Kryptonite replied to desertstar6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "Traditional" for you....but what about them? For many cultures from which those we identify here in the US as African American are descended, braids, locks, twists, etc ARE traditional cultural...

  8. Banned foods in other Countries

    Red Kryptonite replied to CriticalCareRN1's topic in Holistic

    I'll tone down what I was going to say and just go with: mercola.com lacks credibility. FDA Orders Dr. Joseph Mercola to Stop Illegal

  9. African American Hair Problems in Nursing

    Red Kryptonite replied to desertstar6's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's mother-flippin ridiculous is what it is, and we should be ashamed of ourselves that overt racism like this still prevents people from getting

  10. Does anyone else get grief from their family for choosing nursing?

    Red Kryptonite replied to planetoi's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    She sounds a lot like my mother. One day I finally had to tell her that I had to run MY LIFE to meet MY needs, not hers, and that if she didn't back off, she just wouldn't see me anymore. Had...

  11. To be a CNA or not to be a CNA (in nursing school)

    Red Kryptonite replied to graceful151's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Being a CNA earned me the right to tuition assistance from my employer, also not something to be dismissed. The first step of my nursing education, LPN, will end up costing me nothing and I'll get...

  12. Denying Death As A Society

    Red Kryptonite replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    The OP is not about assisted suicide, it's about not using every extraordinary means at hand to fight a gladiator battle against imminent death and causing suffering while we do it. Allowing nature to...

  13. Um.....what?

    Red Kryptonite posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Okay help me out here friends. Maybe I'm crazy or not understanding this correctly. I'm reading for class and came across this: Goal/outcome statement - Patient's left hip ulcer will measure 1 cm x...

  14. Too old for BSN?

    Red Kryptonite replied to forever88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I always wonder at these people who aren't even halfway through their twenties and ask about whether they're getting too old for.....anything. Seriously, do they have a crystal ball that says they're...

  15. How long is your program?

    Red Kryptonite replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Mine is termed a "fast track" program and is 2 semesters but without any prereqs except being a CNA. So they're teaching us that stuff plus the LPN curriculum. The name seems well-applied so far....

  16. Is it worth it???New Nurse

    Red Kryptonite replied to marleysnh's topic in General Nursing

    First, you're looking at a self-selected sample who chose to go online and post negative things. You can't access the opposite self-selected sample, so you get a skewed picture. Also, people with...

  17. Denying Death As A Society

    Red Kryptonite replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. We moderns like to comment on how obsessed with death medieval European art seems to be. But death was a close friend, a companion to them every day. They lost multiple family members...

  18. Denying Death As A Society

    Red Kryptonite replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    If only they knew how scary and harsh resuscitation is on a fragile body riddled with cancer or ravaged by illness. But if a terminology change would help, then do it. I'm skeptical it would be that...

  19. What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

    Red Kryptonite replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a night shifter too, and when all the A&O's get left for me to bathe, it gets me pretty upset, mostly because I know I'm going to get crap in the morning about why more baths weren't done....

  20. What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

    Red Kryptonite replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're throwing off the

  21. What grinds your gears about your coworkers?

    Red Kryptonite replied to Nurse_Lily's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have one of these in class. I have to make sure I sit behind him because I'm one of those people whose face shows what they're thinking. At work I control it, but on my personal time not so much....

  22. Pearson Vue Trick 2015 Latest

    Red Kryptonite replied to NurseCalif's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Used to be society taught people that they had to learn to put their own anxiety aside sometimes because it can't be allowed to rule everything. These days.....not so

  23. First week of nursing school is over!!

    Red Kryptonite replied to dannygurl84's topic in General Students

    I won't say mine was awesome, but it wasn't terrible either. I think I'll survive but talk to me in four months at the end of the

  24. Um.....what?

    Red Kryptonite replied to Red Kryptonite's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    After reading a mere three chapters, I've decided that it's an error. I've found several other mistakes and come to the conclusion that the editor should be fired because they SUCK. Pretty...

  25. meds - confused

    Red Kryptonite replied to nurs15's topic in Patient Medications

    I find it really sad that the OP seems to need to keep insisting it's not a typo. Better to kill the patient 30 times over than take a hit to your ego, I