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1. is it oriented or orientated?

   norweaver replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

   Oriented- adjective per Webster's is the correct term. In your explanation, you quote the verb, orientate as also being correct. If you are speaking about what direction your patient is facing, you might be correct, but in terms of his mental status,...

2. Nursing Theory???

   norweaver replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

   K123456, My first question, in order to clarify what nursing science is would be, What do you think nursing is? How would you define it? What body of knowledge is the basis for nursing in your definition? I'd love to hear your answers and go from t...

3. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

   norweaver replied to Mijourney's topic in Career Support

   To all of you out there who have said they are ashamed, Consider...do you work WITH your fellow nurses, understanding the "bigger picture", and come to the table with suggestions, not just gripes??? Or is it each nurse for him/herself???(and I don't ...

4. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

   norweaver replied to Mijourney's topic in Career Support

   mijourney, i would like to congratulate you for a most interesting question. i am a 50 year old diploma nurse with 27 years of nursing experience who becomes prouder every day of being a nurse. it's interesting to see the responses, people admitti...

5. Need advice re MSN strategy

   norweaver replied to Mary Dover's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Mary, I'm a 49 year old nurse in an RN to BSN program now, and looking into grad school myself, so I have some empathy for your dilemma. Have you searched the web for grad schools of nursing? There are many out there now which either work online...

6. Insurance CM's being used as internal "staffing" agency, since our work "can wait&quo

   norweaver posted a topic in Case Management

   hi everyone!! i hope someone out there can help me. i'm hot, and trying to build ammunition against unfair treatment by my employer. here's the situation. at my publicly traded bcbs plan, the case management dept is integrated into the um depar...

7. Nurses over 50 &/or with health issues affecting work

   norweaver replied to Karen4HIM1951's topic in General Nursing

   I apologize if anyone took my comments as negative to the posts on this forum. I was trying, in general, to reflect on my own experiences on the job, which include many comments about "You're not a nurse anymore, are you" and classmates who are in c...

8. Nurses over 50 &/or with health issues affecting work

   norweaver replied to Karen4HIM1951's topic in General Nursing

   It's true that there are compensations for on the job injuries, etc, Mario, but so many of us abuse our bodies through years of work. When you work shorthanded, you have total care patients, and everyone else is working as hard as you, sometimes yo...

9. Nurses over 50 &/or with health issues affecting work

   norweaver replied to Karen4HIM1951's topic in General Nursing

   I am a 27 year veteran of critical care nursing, UR, and Case Management with Rheumatoid Arthritis, approaching age 50, presently working on my BSN to further my nursing career. I have a question for others. Does anyone else feel that nurses in ge...