nursewall-e

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1. regarding ratios: 5:1 days, 6:1 nights

   nursewall-e replied to nursewall-e's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, colleagues. Your insights mean the world to me.

2. regarding ratios: 5:1 days, 6:1 nights

   nursewall-e posted a topic in General Nursing

   Opportunity knocks in a right-to-work state for this new grad with above ratios. Is this a good thing or a disaster in the making?

3. ANA New Membership: Join or shred?

   nursewall-e replied to nursewall-e's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for insightful feedback. Allnurses.com is like having a great professional consulting firm on retainer. I am so impressed by the professionals here.

4. ANA New Membership: Join or shred?

   nursewall-e posted a topic in General Nursing

   Schools seem to be all for it. Nurses, not so much so. Opinions are all over the map. What is a nursling to do? Please weigh in with rationale.

5. Does "BSN preferred" mean "ADNs need not apply"?

   nursewall-e replied to nursewall-e's topic in ADN/BSN

   I'm surprised the management did not have a 2 year employment commitment clause for the BSNs going to the ICU. That's what is required of new grad ADNs around here. Thanks for the comment.

6. Does "BSN preferred" mean "ADNs need not apply"?

   nursewall-e replied to nursewall-e's topic in ADN/BSN

   Thanks much for all the fine input here. Will not let the language deter me and will apply to all except the BSN required postings.

7. Does "BSN preferred" mean "ADNs need not apply"?

   nursewall-e posted a topic in ADN/BSN

   Curious what the general consensus is regarding the matter. Please weigh in.

8. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

   nursewall-e replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

   magnet status...many pros and cons here. Hard to know what to think. All I know is I very much appreciate the debate.

9. HESI A2: Don't stress- Tips from a recent test taker!

   nursewall-e replied to twolittleleaves's topic in HESI

   sure, wannabeRT. Main focus is to reduce test anxiety...the number one reason for failure among applicants! Well prepared students, many of which had more A&P knowledge than your's truly, nursewall-e, failed due to stress and not being in the m...

10. honeymoon during orientation

    nursewall-e replied to notah's topic in General Nursing

    a good example of a good negotiation. Nice work, flying_ace2!!!

11. honeymoon during orientation

    nursewall-e replied to notah's topic in General Nursing

    My thought is you can get anything you can negotiate, but you rarely get what you deserve. If you don't ask, then the answer is always no. nursewall-e says, "GO FOR IT" :))

12. Drug seeking- something to ponder

    nursewall-e replied to Nsg is an art's topic in Pain

    Did some research on fibromyalgia a few weeks ago and found out NIH.gov doesn't even have a medical diagnosis page for it. Just a mini-page. Even Google spellcheck doesn't know the word! (now added to my dictionary) so maybe I would call it someth...

13. I'm scared that I deal with stress in a bad way

    nursewall-e replied to natmanzo's topic in General Students

    Daily yoga has always been very effective for me. Difficulty is my companion...I am serenity. It really works.

14. Best shoes for nursing

    nursewall-e replied to guest114's topic in General Nursing

    Just ordered a pair of ITEM 97598395-1 Klogs Springfield from shoebuy.com with the 20% off allnurses promo email. They should be here 22 OCT. I'll let you know how they worked out.

15. HESI A2: Don't stress- Tips from a recent test taker!

    nursewall-e replied to twolittleleaves's topic in HESI

    Hello, I teach HESI class to pre-nursing at a local college. I have a public slideshow here: http://tinyurl.com/allnursesHESI It covers A&P and math only, which are the two big weed-out topics here. Works best with Chrome Browser, then click "pre...