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Make Yourself the Office Nurse Every Doctor Craves

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I’m not going to bore you with a lot of standard advice on how to do well in a job interview. You’re smart enough to wear professional clothing, minimize the skin showing, have a proofread (and spell-checked!) resume with personal references, etc. What I want to tell you is what doctors actually look for in [...]

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@nursejennifer actually decides to work out!

by under Life, Vids

So yes, she has lost about 130 pounds in the 5 years she has had her lap band. But as her surgeon I’m not quite sure how. With a diet heavy in cigarettes and vodka, she has avoided all forms of exercise for all these years. After my constant pestering she finally agreed to participate [...]

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How betting on Adam Lambert could have made you rich.

by under Finances

My husband is good for a few things; taking out the trash, killing mosquitoes (actually the Mosquito Magnet does that, but he sets it up), taking out the trash, and taking out the trash. But he is also good when it comes to financial stuff. A few years ago, he found out about this website [...]

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Diamond buying guide – tricks on color and clarity

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This is the second and final post in the series on how to get a champagne diamond on a beer budget. Yesterday we went over how to use the cut to influence the appearance of the carat weight.  (If you need to review yesterday’s post click here :How to buy a diamond – part 1 [...]

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How to buy a champagne diamond on a beer budget

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This post is for everyone out there who likes big rocks. Whether you’re shopping for an engagement ring or whether you just wanna buy yourself some big bling, the common denominator of most diamond admirers is size. Yes, the setting is important, yes the quality gets a lot of lip service, but big is what [...]

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Divorce and the single nurse

by under Finances, Life

  Remember all the happy memories you thought you’d make when you got married?  The rocking chairs you were going to…uh.. rock when you were old and grey?  But then you could only get a job on nights – in the ER – and the stress and the never seeing each other broke all the [...]

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6 ways to avoid the credit card debt spiral

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1. Don’t apply for new credit cards: when those ads come in the mail for “0% interest x 1 year” don’t rush to open a new account and transfer all your balances to that card unless you have a realistic (in this universe, not evil Kirk’s) chance of paying off that balance within a year. [...]

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