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1. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   pepperlady: go back up the string as we have discussed your point; if you do not see the difference relative to your point and the broader context within which this issue presents a greater communication problem, i can't help you understand it. suff...

2. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   thank you nurse4years, i think you get it. true, we can learn from everyone, but patients who are sick, scared, worried; don't think they are in the learning mood. i have seen patients unable to communicate with nurses due to heavy accents, and they...

3. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Altus bulldog and others: This whole discussion has drifted from its original topic and apparently the salient point of the discussion is getting lost. Let me put it this way, for example, were I to go to work in France I would not expect everyone t...

4. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Iantueno: I am not suggesting that you or anyone else assimilate anymore than you want to as members of the U.S. workforce; what I AM saying is that care providers and patients must be able to communicate period. All of the other issues you cite are...

5. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   No, I am not suggesting that patients should not speak up, I am suggesting that they should not HAVE to do so because they cannot understand the caregiver.

6. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Madam: Some of the very nurses about whom I speak were educated in U.S. nursing schools but cannot speak the language with the proficiency required to deliver quality healthcare to their patients; this issue is a matter of degrees and invoking a Sout...

7. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   ECKpowers: As a patient if you have to constantly ask someone else to help you because you cannot understand your care provider that will only exacerbate the existing nursing shortage (and short-staffing) in healthcare facilities.

8. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

   Texs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Some foreign nurses are competent in delivering care to patients, however, a prerequisite to practicing nursing in this country (the U.S.) and to being a fully competent nurse is to have a facility with English such that patients and staff can unders...

9. Nclex

   Texs replied to tiffdeandre's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hello all, I took the NCLEX-PN yesterday and found out this morning I passed; I am in MN where you can get your results very quickly by just going to the Board of Nursing website (where you had to register in the first place to take the exam) before ...

10. I just took the nclex yesterday got 85 questions

    Texs replied to Deb2Victorious's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    By the way, I am not in TX but sort of in the Northwest, I am from Texas originally thus the handle, TEXS. TEXS

11. I just took the nclex yesterday got 85 questions

    Texs replied to Deb2Victorious's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I think the results are posted on the BON (Board of Nursing) website within a couple of days so there is no reason to pay Pearson for "quick results" as there results are not even official. Maybe it it is different where you live but classmates have...

12. I just took the nclex yesterday got 85 questions

    Texs replied to Deb2Victorious's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    My test stopped at around 95 I think so I do not know what to think. Any thoughts? TEXS

13. Lpn To Rn Online In Michigan...

    Texs replied to ER JUNKIE's topic in Michigan

    Thanks for the advice regarding Excelsior; I just am not sure how to proceed but would like to get there as quickly as possible so I need to do some more research. I think once I have a job as an LPN perhaps I can find some help from those with who...

14. Lpn To Rn Online In Michigan...

    Texs replied to ER JUNKIE's topic in Michigan

    THANKS for the information; your sister's experience does indeed sound unfortunate and the person with whom she dealt a bit suspect. I just learned that the (Excelsior) clinicals can be difficult to pass unless the student has had the opportunity ...

15. Currently LPN- Excelsior and FL- Should I be worried?

    Texs replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Online Learning

    I think Nurse2B gave you good advice about getting an approval in writing, however, I would add that you need to get that approval from someone who has the authority to give it, that is, a BON member and not just a secretary, etc. In addition, I sh...