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About Franca

D.C. degree. Medical transcriptionist for hospital and clinics.

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  1. Difference in dregrees and licensures

    I found a Web site that discusses the options of various nursing degrees/routes, and it turns out there are possibly more than two. http://www.allnursingschools.com :kiss
  2. Difference in dregrees and licensures

    Renee, Thanks for the reminder that there are two routes and neither one is perfect; deep down I think I was wishing that one was perfect, :). To Renee and all... So, accepting that I'll have to weigh pros and cons of both routes and choose the b...
  3. Difference in dregrees and licensures

    Hello, I've read all of the posts on this thread, and I wonder if my choice to apply next year to an associate degree nursing (ADN) program to earn an RN degree is wise, or should I, instead, apply to a BSN program. I have the pre-requisites needed ...
  4. Workplace mobbing...

    Thanks for this thread. Years ago, in a non-nursing medical department as a new employee, I soon learned that employees over the years had left the dept. b/c of a particular employee's behavior. It didn't take long for me to pick up that this emplo...
  5. Do you think the Boards really mean your competent?

    I am amazed to read that nursing school instructors would tell a student that he/she is not nurse "material" with the tone it seems it was said in based on these posts. Congratulations to each of you who went beyond the teacher's erroneous assessment...
  6. They buried my friend today

    RNcountry, I regret the loss of your friend, not only for you, his family, and his other friends, but also for your employer, the other nurses, and the patients, all of whom would have been doubly blessed by you two as a dynamic nursing duo. ...I am...
  7. Which pharm. reference do you prefer & why?

    This feedback is T-totally helpful as we say in the South! Thank you very much. Please keep it coming! Mary, I read a little bit about electronic references from links on a thread on the students' AllNurses.com forum (many thanks to Brandy and the o...
  8. Which pharm. reference do you prefer & why?

    Thank you, kaknurse. I liked the NDH too, and its alphabetical drug index at the back of it is helpful. I wish the binding of both the Springhouse NDH and the Lippincott NDG was such that the books would stay open instead of flipping closed fairly ...
  9. Why Nurses Leave Nursing

    Nurses' dissatisfaction is a problem in multiple countries based on a research-report summary of May 2001. See one-page summary at: http://www.ahcpr.gov/research/aug01/801RA12.htm#head2 For the full research, the above site gave this reference: See "...
  10. Does anybody change out of uniform/scrubs before leaving work, or is that not an infection control issue?
  11. Nasty M.D phone manners

    There's a device that can be attached to the phone to record conversations. I heard about it as being used by news reporters doing phone interviews in order to have audio documentation of their interviews, for clarification and also, in case of laws...
  12. Tell me, which pharmacology reference do you like and why of these four or is there another reference you prefer and why? I am reviewing two alphabetized indices: 1) Lippincott's "Nursing Drug Guide" and 2) Facts & Comparisons "A to Z Drug Facts"...
  13. Dear Brownms46, Your post is important to me, b/c it reaffirms the understanding I've gained from many other nurses' posts: you go up the chain of command, even if belittled for questioning an order...you hang tough and keep asking, and ultimately re...
  14. Nurses over 50 &/or with health issues affecting work

    Thank you Dennie. Hearing from you that there are possibilities other than long, long shifts is the encouragment I need. Also your information about pharmacology courses (and big pockets on uniforms! :) ) tells me that yes, I can do this. I'm okay wi...
  15. Nurses over 50 &/or with health issues affecting work

    I'm not in school yet, so I'm green to the gills--but not young. I'm reading on the BB's about 12-hour shifts that sometimes extend to 16 if the nurse is on the mandatory list and about no meals most of the shifts with a trip to the lavatory a rare e...