printernurse

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1. "The Healthcare Crisis"

   printernurse replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

   A recent pole of Canadian citizens found that 65 percent of them were happy with their health care. US health insurance have spent a lot of money trying to make Americans believe that things are bad in Canada. Most Canadian's are completely fearful...

2. "The Healthcare Crisis"

   printernurse replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

   What about all the millions of americans who have jobs that pay substandard wages? Many two wage earner families where both husband and wife earn 11 or 12 bucks an hour have no health insurance or substandard insurance with premiums that are unafford...

3. Question Trainer

   printernurse replied to spatel02's topic in NCLEX

   I believe that my average was in the low 60s. A had a high of 80% and a low of 50%. Buy passed the test in 79 questions. When I was done with the test I did not feel very confident. This was the case on almost every test I took in nursing. Even the ...

4. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

   printernurse replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

   My take is that hospitals are more willing to train younger nurses as they are considered a better investment. I don't necessarily agree with this. My haunch is that they believe that if they train a younger nurse that that nurse will be with them f...

5. Heart Sounds anyone?

   printernurse replied to ltrnkoczy's topic in Med-Surg

   I'm a new nurse, but I've found that heart sounds are hard to find on some "big" people. Some pts have a lot of muscle, bone, and fat and you can not get heart sounds in every spot.

6. Wow, got a test to study for before school starts!

   printernurse replied to droopy1592's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Get used to nursing school. We were given reading and/or project assingments before every semester. We were always told that it was optional, but most of us tried to do at least part of the work. Nursing school is a matter of survival. There is a...