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  1. I'll leave the discussions about whether the BSN improves one's abilities as a nurse for others. Let me just talk about the job market. There is currently a push to go to all-BSN by (I believe) 2015 in several states. In the northeast, I know that Ne...
  2. how to remedy this situation?

    Maybe when you said "for years" she thought you said "four years" and now she's mad because you hid two years experience from her. :) Either that, or she just needs to get the stick out of her butt and get over herself.
  3. Oh the difference a unifrom can make

    And when the pool dries up, because nobody wants to put up with being treated that way, the "oi, thingy" nurses will be the ones whining loudest about not having enough staff.
  4. Reporting to ICU

    Sometimes, those questions aren't to bust your buns. Sometimes the ICU nurse is trying to see if there's a reason that something wasn't done, e.g. "he needs a CTA but he's allergic to IV dye, so he's going to need to be prepped first." Sometimes it i...
  5. subjective versus objective data

    Please tell me you work on a pediatric unit :)
  6. Nicely undermining you.

    This has been such a great thread - you hardly notice the poor grammar at all! :) To the poster whose review included the comment "doesn't polish her shoe laces" that seems to me more like the sort of insult that's really a compliment. ("He sings too...
  7. Take her list, blow your nose in it, smile sweetly and say "thank you."
  8. Tasers being used on mentally ill patients.

    Although tasering sounds barbaric, is it actually worse then the alternatives? If a patient is out of control, the most likely alternative to tasering is a big hairy furball of a scrum - five staff members or so trying to get restraints on an out of ...
  9. My sister got a traditional ASN. Two years, two semesters per year, 14 weeks per semester, 16 hours clinical per week. I got an accelerated BSN. One year, four quarters, 12 weeks per quarter, 24 hours clinical per week. I actually had more clinical h...
  10. The word NO

    One possible reason for not using the word no would only apply to written charting, and that is the fact that "no" is such a small word. When you have people whose handwriting looks like they use their elbows to write, "absence of" gives you more of ...
  11. How do you stay organized?

    Cargo pants are good - they're basically khakis that have pockets mid-thigh in addition to the standard two front, two back. Some places would consider them too casual, though.
  12. 265 Questions

    The way the NCLEX works, 265 questions is no more likely to pass or fail than any other number of questions. If the test stops after 85 questions, it means that the test only needed that many questions to determine if you passed or failed. Basically,...
  13. I work in a neuro ICU - when people ask me health questions, I just tell them "let me drill a hole in your skull and stick a tube in your brain - then I'll be able to tell you exactly what's wrong." Oddly enough, I haven't had any takers yet.
  14. The Lehigh Valley Health System has job postings for GNs. That's in Allentown, about an hour north of the city. Also, think about government jobs - not just the military. The VA always seems to be hiring. The process takes a while, but it's an option...
  15. Air Force and Prior Drug Use

    You really really don't want to be caught lying about this. Such minor drug use is not going to be an issue, but if during some security clearance investigation they find out you lied about it, you will be bounced out of the service in a heartbeat. I...