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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...

  16. How Did You Pass Pathophysiology??

    Bicycleboy replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    I also found patho easy. My teacher did not know her stuff at all but that was of no consequence for me. I am very analytical especially when it comes to stuff like patho. I would make sure to read...

  17. For those that wanted Drug lists.

    Bicycleboy replied to Thedreamer's topic in General Students

    May I also have a copy please. Thank

  18. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    Bicycleboy replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Up here in the great white north the only way you will become and RN is to get your BScN, so there is not need to worry about which degree to

  19. Ways to use my BSN other than bedside nursing???

    Bicycleboy replied to bigd1023's topic in General Nursing

    Why not stick it out then get an advanced degree. How about flight nursing or working in the

  20. After reading negative thread, want to give up nursing dream!

    Bicycleboy replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that there is so much you can do as a nurse, if one part is terrible go and do something else. I see nursing as my ticket to reach my full potential, there are so many different directions...

  21. Increasing focus

    Bicycleboy posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For me nursing school is not that hard, it requires a lot of work but I have no problem being at the top of my class. This is very nice, but I know that this means nothing when it comes to being a...

  22. Increasing focus

    Bicycleboy replied to Bicycleboy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i thank you for your information, i appreciate that you took the time to give my your honest opinion. you don't have to excuse yourself for busting up anything, although you should for calling me a...

  23. Best area to start nursing carreer?

    Bicycleboy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am still along way off from becoming an RN so this question is just to satisfy a present curiosity. I a wondering where do you people consider the best area in nursing to start in? I am asking this...

  24. Eeeeeewwwww!

    Bicycleboy replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC. The management complains that we, (the nursing students that they hired for summer work) use too many gloves. Many of the full time staff have been there for a long time and the only...

  25. Eeeeeewwwww!

    Bicycleboy replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work it is rare that the PSW's even put on gloves, and mangment discourages the use of