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  1. by Jan 19
    The ignorance evident in this article is just staggering to me. No wonder the general public is confused.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/your-skills-matter-more-than-your-degrees/2013/01/11/8480565a-4b93-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html?hpid=z5
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    by TakeTwoAspirin Jan 19 9:19 pm
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  3. Jan 19 by
    Wow. Really, "Karla"? Really?
    psu_213, BrandonLPN, and nrsang97 like this.
  4. Jan 19 by
    Perhaps Karla would let me do her taxes this year. I'm pretty good at math. I think I'll call myself an Accountant, yeah.
    Not_A_Hat_Person, teeniebert, tewdles, and 14 others like this.
  5. Jan 19 by
    Oh my!
  6. Jan 19 by
    She may be s------ when she asks for that job descripton, and it requires an RN.
    Not_A_Hat_Person and nrsang97 like this.
  7. Jan 19 by
    And now — unless patient welfare is at stake, or you’re being asked to do something illegal —

    ....liiiiiiike practice nursing without a license?....Karla?
    Not_A_Hat_Person, teeniebert, tewdles, and 9 others like this.
  8. Jan 20 by
    The person never really says what her job is. She could be an office manager in a doctor's office that oversees both clinincal and non clinical staff. I've worked in a few doc's office where the manager was not a nurse. The thing that bothers me is that she says she has the same skills as an RN. Unless she went to an accredited nursing school and is licensed in her state, she does not possess the skills. This Karla chick, whoever she is, might want to have advised the questioner that working as an RN without a license is a crime. Honestly, the whole thing offended me.
    tewdles, KarenfRN, sharpeimom, and 6 others like this.
  9. Jan 20 by
    Huh. That whole article was weird.
    Orange Tree, KarenfRN, MJB2010, and 2 others like this.
  10. Jan 20 by
    Um, I'm pretty sure that if her job title is "RN unit manager" and she's not a RN, she is committing a crime. Period.
    tewdles, canoehead, KarenfRN, and 2 others like this.
  11. Jan 20 by
    Also, it's pretty insulting that she applied for a RN position saying, "I'm not a nurse, but I have all the skills needed for the job." No, no you do not. And how about Karla calling a RN licence "some irrelevant qualification" Really?
    Not_A_Hat_Person, WifeMotherNurse, tewdles, and 20 others like this.