DDRN04

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1. Most RN's first borns?

   DDRN04 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

   first born and mother is first born also a nurse

2. What should I ask in my interview?

   DDRN04 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

   1. Patient load 2. Length of orientation 3. Shifts - can you rotate day/night (if you want to) or does going on nights make it permanent

3. I did something stupid... no, embarrassing and stupid

   DDRN04 replied to JessicaInOr's topic in General Nursing

   I think that you came up with a good term, that was not insulting or degrading, and that you did it quickly and under pressure. This is an example of the unexpected situations that nursing can thrust us into. The person you were speaking to did not...

4. Doctors and Nurses Gone Wrong....

   DDRN04 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Please explain how you are both not inferior but not equal to someone? Yes we do very different jobs but none less important than the other. Once again I make my point that nurses are at the bedside and see changes in the patients whereas dcotors m...

5. Doctors and Nurses Gone Wrong....

   DDRN04 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Doctors don't "cure" diseases they treat them. Do they address you as sir or ma'am when they speak to you? Doctors know more than us about medicine, but we know more than them about nursing. We are the ones at the actual bedside monitoring and obser...

6. Received bill for liability insurance today

   DDRN04 replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

   For students with NSO it is $20. We are required to have it and show proof on the first day of clinical. Is this not true of all NUrsing Schools? Shouldn't it be?

7. lowering standards R/T shortage

   DDRN04 replied to erezebet's topic in General Nursing

   I just wanted to add to this discussion: I am currently in an ADN program and I do not feel that the standards have been lowered at my school at all. Most of us in the program have spent a year or more before entering the program taking all of the co...