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  1. How important is GPA while in Nursing school?

    I just want to go to the other end of the scale. Don't sacrifice your life or your families lives' to get a 4.0. I DID and it wasn't worth it! No one ever asked me for my transcript...only my license. I do feel I got a good education but at what ...
  2. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    Wow! I'm shocked at this thread. Can you say "Law Suit"? It's hard to believe there are still schools allowing students to practice IV starts and catheters on other students! If there were infections or trauma caused by the student to another stu...
  3. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    These are SO funny. While we're really not laughing at a patient's pronunciation because we know they just don't get a chance to use these terms very often, we still get a great deal of amusement out of some of the things we hear in Pre Admission Sc...
  4. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    Actually, I work at an Outpatient Endoscopy Center in the Midwest (Michigan) and our patient's insurance covers the Anesthesia cost for Propofol. (Medicare included.) Of course, the co-pay is higher to cover the fact that Anesthesia fees bring the ...
  5. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    I live in the Midwest and our patients insurance fees are being covered for both the Colonoscopy fees from the Doctor and the Anesthesia fees from the Anesthesia group. As far as it being a good use of our health care dollars, I truly believe it is ...
  6. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    Thanks for your accurate, concise reply, David Carpenter. There ARE risks with colonoscopies and every GI Doc I've worked with so far, has had at least one perforation in their career. To say you would only pick the Doc without a perforation means ...
  7. SOOO sick of my job already!!

    I can't believe you had to preop that many eye patients yourself....there are so many drops to put in...it's pretty confusing! Too bad there are so few surgeries the second week of your notice. It would have been nice to be able to work out your tw...
  8. SOOO sick of my job already!!

    I hope it works out. Good luck to you. That's a shame that you have to leave such a perfect job hour wise, but the environment doesn't sound like a good one. Hope you let them know why they're losing a good nurse...maybe it'll help with the people...
  9. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    I have to disagree with the people who have said that Nursing School isn't any different than any other undergrad program. I went through an undergrad program for my first Bachelor's and Nursing School was completely different....in a bad way! In m...
  10. I'm a nurse in an Outpatient Center and we don't deal with PICC's much. But we're having a debate and thought maybe you guys could settle it. Our question is, how often should PICC's that aren't being used daily, be flushed and heparinized? Every 1...
  11. New RN

    No advice...just wanted to say that's it's definitely 'doable'. I did it and it worked out very well. Of course, I was very concerned because I was hearing the same advice you've been given...."You have to put in at least a year in Med Surge to get...
  12. What did you tell your Employee Health Nurse?

    I don't know about this. If I was going to be insured by that hospital I wouldn't have a problem with them asking about my present physical status, but if my insurance wasn't even through them...they'd have no right to my medical information. I'd loo...
  13. I am SO with you there, Jenlaana! Wow! I believe in giving 100% to my employer while I'm working, too, but I don't believe in giving them my life. The job is NOT more important than my family and if someone calls me at work, I would be furious if a m...
  14. "A more appropriate response would be to work together with your fellow employees to present the reasons you feel the rule should be changed and parameters you feel appropriate to insure that it is not abused, and request a trial period to see if it ...
  15. Cell phones and other technology are here to stay. It's understandable that people want and need to stay in touch with family during the work hours in the hospital. The shifts are quite long and hectic and many times hours pass without even realizing...