Dogsarebest

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1. Having issues with being a "babyfaced" nurse.

   Dogsarebest replied to Ash2016's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad you have the time to micronitpick one letter of one word in my post.

2. Having issues with being a "babyfaced" nurse.

   Dogsarebest replied to Ash2016's topic in General Nursing

   I read this last night but had to wait until this morning to formulate a reply as I was too bothered by it last night. Ash2016, I've been a nurse for 16 years, six of those as an NP. I'm in my 40's, look younger😀, and get crap too. Only my crap...

3. Risk of getting your family members sick?

   Dogsarebest replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yeah, menus are worse than restrooms or shopping carts for germs. So are communal condiment bottles. Always sanitize after touching.

4. Risk of getting your family members sick?

   Dogsarebest replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

   Been a nurse for 17 years, NP in primary care for three years now. I've been coughed on, sneezed on, shaken hands ( thank God for Purell), and exposed to who knows what. Been sick twice. I'm blaming a patient for one, the other who knows. Like ot...

5. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

   Dogsarebest replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

   No grapefruit juice on any statins, a lot of other meds as well. It inhibits how the cytochrome P540 3A4 works to metabolize many meds. I tell all my pts not to drink it.