Bicycleboy

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1. Xylocaine gel

   Bicycleboy posted a topic in Patient Medications

   I ask because I am curious. I had an 84 year old pt who had recent knee surgery to reattach her left patella. She is progressing very well but the problem is a open blister on the the right heel that...

2. Your dad,uncle,cousin,etc. is a what?

   Bicycleboy replied to RNman09's topic in Men in Nursing

   I have never been laughed at for saying that I am a nurse. Most people admire me for being a decently paid professional in a community where most a very poor and don't have jobs. Of course I am pretty...

3. Question Guys: Do you enjoy nursing?

   Bicycleboy replied to guyRN2009's topic in Men in Nursing

   I have had only positive experiences as a male nurse, I recently graduated about 6 months ago and have been working ever since. If we are over bedded and there is not enough staff everybody...

4. Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

   Bicycleboy replied to mahkev2000's topic in Male Nursing Students

   4.0 for the entire 3.5 years I have been in school. The last semester was the only time that someone has had higher grades than

5. You know you're a male RN when......

   Bicycleboy replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

   You have your RN licensee as well as a member and testicles, and it is considered normal to have facial hair. You probably have a deeper voice

6. Type II Diabetes - now on insulin

   Bicycleboy replied to UKPedsRN's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

   I was at a diabetes conference the other day where Dr. Geremi Bolli was speaking and there were some interesting ideas about DM2 and insulin. The information went like this: Start someone on insulin...

7. Choosing to be a Type 1 diabetic

   Bicycleboy posted a topic in General Students

   I just thought that I would share this. I am doing my preceptorship at the local diabetes clinic and I was telling my preceptor that I would like to have type 1 diabetes for a week to see what it is...

8. Question for Any of You That Have Switched Careers to Nursing?

   Bicycleboy replied to PhilaGuy's topic in Men in Nursing

   I am a 4th year BSN student and I used to work in mobile

9. What do you guys during your off-time?

   Bicycleboy replied to mcknis's topic in Men in Nursing

   Spending as much time as possible in the woods with sharp objects, mainly knives axes and

10. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    Bicycleboy replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    By saying "I do not mean this facetiously" makes it more the like. You assume what my values are when I did not mention them. I would not invest this much time on my studies to be a volunteer nurse....

11. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    Bicycleboy replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    I must say that I understand why the brainwashing occurs. If we did not have a common knowledge base, and certain ways of doing and learning, things would be too chaotic. Nobody would now what the...

12. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    Bicycleboy replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    I I can see how you might be concerned. A large part of nursing school is brainwashing. You do learn a lot of stuff, but the more you learn the more you see that the health care world does not really...

13. Choosing a hospital

    Bicycleboy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I am a 3rd year BSN student with a bit more than 3 semesters left until I am unleashed on the hospital population. I have already got an offer from a hospital looking to guarantee me a job...

14. Help Me! I'm trying to quit smoking!!!!

    Bicycleboy replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    I quit about 7 years ago. I had become an expert at quitting, I had done it so many times. What worked for me was telling myself, and believing, that I was not a smoker, therfore there was no need to...

15. Does anybody know?

    Bicycleboy replied to kitty catt's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to school in Ontario, and I have been told by my teachers that to become an RN in Canada you need to get your BScN. Present RN's do not need to upgrade if they do not already have thier...