TC3200

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1. How many of you disinfect car after work?

   TC3200 replied to PHC-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think it's farfetched. I used to work the QC lab of a foundry that made huge heavy section cast iron parts for wind turbines, mining, rock crushing, etc. Those are cast in huge molds made of sand and resins. There was black carbon dust eve...

2. Charlie Gard

   TC3200 replied to Lavender111's topic in Headlines

   Why didn't they just listen to the trained medical professionals who told them the truth back in October. July has been like watching two people who've lost their marbles. They act like they are on autopilot or something, like they never listened ...

3. Ethics in grading?

   TC3200 replied to rfsager0021's topic in ADN/BSN

   I'll preface this by saying I was in a diploma school that enrolled a cohort of 65-75 students EVERY year, if they could find that many students. But they only graduated a class of 25-35 students, at most, consistently over the recent 4 years I have...

4. diploma vs. bsn program, I can't decide...

   TC3200 replied to soon2beNP's topic in ADN/BSN

   Can you get a new-grad RN job where you live or where you intend to live, with "just" a diploma RN? Or would you need a BSN to be hired as RN? LTC facilities in TX still hire new-grad diploma RNs with no experience. Hospitals in more rural area...

5. Contemplating LPN? Already have Bachelors

   TC3200 replied to Andydandy304's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Here in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, every county has a vo-tech that offers LPN that can be completed in 1 year or less. It's a trade school type degree that doesn't transfer to college credit later. We have at least one community college that o...

6. How old is too old to become a new RN?

   TC3200 replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have time to read through all of the pages of this thread. But, what women who have been nurses for decades forget is that those of us who have had less physically demanding jobs for those decades are a lot fresher in our 50s because we have...

7. Tattoos?

   TC3200 replied to heronurse's topic in Professionalism

   No, they don't want find out. They are just very convinced of their power to force their values and preferences onto other people, and make other people bend to their will. That may have worked on doting parents, but it won't work on everyone and...

8. Tattoos?

   TC3200 replied to heronurse's topic in Professionalism

   I think YOU are the one who missed the point of Heinz57's post, which is don't do something that you might regret later. You sound blissfully ignorant, lol. Don't do something that could handicap you. My mother told us kids "If everyone jumped...

9. Alternatives for students that fail out of traditional nursing schools

   TC3200 replied to sampson44's topic in General Students

   I think that too many nursing schools have realized that this type of student is their future. If mom & dad or spouse can't pay, and there are no grants, and the reality is that MOST of the students are non-traditional older students and career...

10. Best way to become an RN

    TC3200 replied to Gemini616's topic in Mississippi

    Take a good look at the LPN program. Is it set up to be a feeder into RN or BSN degrees? I'm in Pennsylvania. There is one community college near me that offers a LPN degree, and that's a rarity here. That LPN degree is structured so that all of...

11. ADN nurses Los Angeles

    TC3200 replied to ChrisB718's topic in California

    I have two friends who finished the diploma RN school in Pennsylvania that I attended but didn't finish. Both were grausated in Dec 2012 and passed NCLEX-RN soon after. One stayed in that town, got a RN job in ER, and finished her BSN while working ...

12. Washington Hospital school of Nursing

    TC3200 replied to mjohns13's topic in Pennsylvania

    Class of 2015. This diploma school has consistently graduated a class of about 30-35 from 2012 to current, even after curriculum changes. Buyer beware. It's sink or swim there. Starting a class of 60-65 students and finishing 30-35 including tr...

13. To old for nursing school?

    TC3200 replied to wannabeny's topic in Pre-Nursing

    It's pretty much a fallacy for many people to think that "retirement is just around the corner." Unless one has a large nestegg or is a broken down wreck at 65, there's no real reason to ever quit work that you can do competently. Remember, the re...

14. Can my school change prerequisite requirements?

    TC3200 replied to km1427's topic in General Students

    Religion class doesn't sound like a huge workload on the prof. Talk to the prof and see if he or she will allow an extra student in the class. You have to figure there's always one who drops out or drops at the last minute when they can't pay.

15. Why are you a nurse and not a doctor?

    TC3200 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I just read something the other day (actually, several articles online) that said med schools across the board were expanding to be able to admit larger classes. It you're interested, go for it. There's always an emphasis on family practice. I k...