So you want to be an APRN

Nursie poo, I don't really want to be just a nurse, I wish to practice medicine (yes a real statement from a nursing student) Hmm, then go to medical school. See APRN's are not about the practice of medicine, we are about the advanced practice of nursing. I know we don't use them as much …

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Thy snot runneth over…

So, my favorite 1am phone call for a patient with a sore throat, cough, of course nasal discharge which goes by the technical term, snot. The patient is miserable as I roll into the exam room, feeling way more no thrilled about this than I hope I was showing.  Nice enough gentleman who was not …

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It itches “down there”

Mother always said, “Wear clean underwear in case you got in an accident.” I’m not sure where that phrase came from, so if somebody knows, you’re more than welcome to send Nursie poo an email with that information. It does make a larger statement about hygiene though.  The end result of most accidents is less …

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Boys will be boys but should be better

Oh, how the times change, and the APA is usually a tumbleweed bouncing along the progressive path. I’m sure the NBC article has made its rounds and been picked apart by both the conservative and liberal talking heads. Mostly to the tune of gay, queer, faggot, derka der, feminist, grunt, and spittle dribbled down their …

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