towntalker

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1. Is getting into a nursing school easy in other countries?

   towntalker replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

   ?? how about the people who decide to go to nursing school as a second career?? are there special programs for others

2. Patient making false allegations against nurse

   towntalker replied to sunnyshine's topic in General Nursing

   southernbee, that is a terrible story, and what makes it worse is that it could happen to anyone, we are so vunerable

3. New Head Nurse---how will this turn out?

   towntalker replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   sometimes when you are new you do over react hopefully things will come out ok in the end by the way what caused the opening for new head nurse?? maybe they told her it was because of doctor complaints and she is scared out of her gourd

4. Manager threatened me

   towntalker replied to sonnyluv's topic in General Nursing

   i don't believe that the family of the deceased were open to humor at that time however your mgr over reacted and to state that she could make things rough for you was wrong - be extra careful that you are on the same page...i have seen a don make o...

5. fibromyalgia

   towntalker replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

   fibro is dx by sx and ruling out anything else...the pain varies from discomfort to intense

6. My Little Mandona

   towntalker replied to Justhere's topic in General Nursing

   beautiful article

7. precaution meetings

   towntalker replied to RedWeasel's topic in General Nursing

   this is such a sticky wicket, privacy is essential to trust but stafff needs to know which patient is not capable of making a checking out with out doctors orders there are patients that are not on isolation but then they stress the good handwashing ...

8. Name on resume diff. from on license

   towntalker replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

   the BON will require you to have the up dated name on your license so your resume will also reflect this change

9. Blurred Boundaries: Should we eliminate the distinction between RNs and LPNs?

   towntalker replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in LPN-RN

   no, not at this point, i believe that we should encourage the further education of the lpns but making money available for tutuition and by making loans for expenses during school available the lpn schools now in exsistance could further the educatio...

10. What in the world? Your thoughts please?

    towntalker replied to Cherry2000's topic in General Nursing

    this job seems like a bad fit for anyone...don't take it unless there is absolutely nothing else available 'change agents' are usually resented and wind up being blamed for anything and everything maybe there is a different floor or different facilit...

11. 1st Baby Born Cancer Free

    towntalker replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    i guess that every advancement has an option for being negative as well as postive

12. Anyone work for a verterans hospital?

    towntalker replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    the pay in this area is comparable with the civilian hospitals and the benefits are much better, rn get one month vacation pay retirement benefits sick time lpn get a increasing scale of vacation pay but i am not sure what it is there opportunities ...

13. Who is in charge of my pt

    towntalker replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    i have been in the middle of two docs who didn't communicate with each other nursing sometimes feels like you are walking on eggshells, take a big breath and put it behind you

14. Just one persons opinion

    towntalker replied to dauschundlover's topic in General Nursing

    people like to write articles which stir everything up but really do not accomplish much as far as being thought provoking nurses have to learn so much as new things are introduced, they have to have ceus that are required by facilities and bon to be...

15. A quick question...

    towntalker replied to 5585nrse's topic in General Nursing

    the way i read the op she is currently a lvn and is going to school for rn, she was asking about the procedure of switching from lvn status to rn in same facility it would seem to me that she could talk with hr and see if she can be hired as an rn on...