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  1. Ironing your Scrubs

    CuriousMe replied to medsurgtrenchesRN's topic in General Students

    Certainly there must be a middle ground between starched and poor grooming though. I think if ironing makes you feel good, you should do it....but neat and clean are all that are

  2. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    CuriousMe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, exactly! I agree that it's a convenient and inexpensive screening tool, for sure....but a high BMI is often treated as a diagnostic test for obesity, instead of an indicator that someone may be...

  3. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    CuriousMe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    That would depend on whether "obesity" was determined by BMI alone (that screening vs diagnostic test thing again). Additionally, per her profile she's 40. While this is younger than I she's of an...

  4. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    CuriousMe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I think her point was that she didn't feel it was an "adverse health condition" based on all of her blood work, and level of activity. BMI alone is a poor indicator of whether someone is obese or...

  5. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

  6. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Neither of those are clinical Doctorates (I'm not sure what the DHSc is....Doctorate of Health Science, I know, but I don't think it's tied to a clinical role at all) so neither should use the title...

  7. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yes, it's possible that tuition will increase....but I don't think there's evidence that supports that it will be likely for tuition to increase any more than it has been in the

  8. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I don't think that anyone is supporting that those with non-clinical doctorates use the title Doctor in a clinical setting, but any healthcare professional that has earned a clinical doctorate should...

  9. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I guess I don't see it as anywhere near the expense of medical school. There are already BSN --DNP programs that are three years long as opposed to the BSN to MSN programs which are two

  10. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is pretty limited view of the Nurse Practitioner role. Primary care is one of the roles of an NP (and a very common one)...but there are many other NP roles. The first examples that come to...

  11. Looking for history behind how RN's and LPNs developed

    CuriousMe replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    For a BSN program to be accredited, there's certain content it has to provide, above and beyond the requirements of an ADN program. Your state BON should list the criteria required for BSN's as...

  12. Looking for history behind how RN's and LPNs developed

    CuriousMe replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A BSN program has upper level nursing classes as well as liberal arts and sciences requirements. A bachelors degree in accounting, or biology or whatever else major does not have these...

  13. Potassium and Insulin Relationship

    CuriousMe replied to standout22's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've managed patients in DKA in the ICU with incredibly high blood sugars...I've never seen an RBC Potassium lab. The practitioners didn't order it, and it's not part of our order set. Is this new? Or...

  14. GPA for California Schools

    CuriousMe replied to Eddiec28's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Be careful about Western Oregon U. They accept WUE, but OHSU runs the nursing program there and I don't think that OHSU accepts

  15. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    CuriousMe replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused. Are you under the impression that the majority of obese patients don't know they're obese? Or don't know that obesity will greatly increase complications of DMII, HTN, etc... ? I don't...

  16. Sharing prescriptions of non narcotic medications

    CuriousMe replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in General Nursing

    It's illegal for someone to take prescription medication that isn't prescribed to them (not just controlled meds...all prescribed meds). Practitioners don't write "family" prescriptions, they're...

  17. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    CuriousMe replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Epi, Levophed, Fentanyl, Versed, Dilaudid, protonix and

  18. 2015 DNP

    CuriousMe replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    But I don't want to be a physician....I want to be an NP. I'm sorry you regret not going to med school....but that doesn't mean everyone

  19. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    CuriousMe replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    I didn't say that protocols are the reason that O2 is a drug (BTW, different definition of protocol than you used). I said that O2 is a drug and the reason they're allowed to give it without a...

  20. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    CuriousMe replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    Lifeguards can give it for the same reason that EMT's and nurses can give it....they're following protocols. They need the training on the protocols because it is considered a

  21. is oxygen considered a medication?.. what do you think?

    CuriousMe replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Students

    O2 is a drug. It has to be ordered, it can be toxic if given in to high of concentrations....it's a

  22. Qi Gong in nursing school

    CuriousMe replied to anneuhbanana's topic in General Students

    No, I've never had a Prof do anything like

  23. Nurse: 'I was fired for refusing flu shot'

    CuriousMe replied to DesertRN2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As has been mentioned countless times....no one is forced....everyone is free to work at a facility that does not include a seasonal flu shot as a requirement of employment. It just so happens it's an...

  24. Ironing your Scrubs

    CuriousMe replied to medsurgtrenchesRN's topic in General Students

    Wow! Judgement much? I never iron my scrubs (don't own an iron, I just pull them from the dryer right away and they're fine), and I can't imagine that anyone is whispering behind my back or turning...

  25. Nursing School/Tattoo Vent

    CuriousMe replied to LikesToWander's topic in General Students

    I think the problem isn't that the school is worried about your ability to get a job at local hospitals and more that they can't allow a student in clinicals to break a written hospital