WillRegNurse

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1. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

   WillRegNurse replied to jilljw's topic in NP Students

   It doesn't matter zenman. Yale university does not control hiring within Yale New Haven Hospital or the Hospital of Saint Raphael, which are its two teaching hospitals.

2. Are online ANP degrees destroying our credibility?

   WillRegNurse replied to jilljw's topic in NP Students

   I work for a teaching hospital of Yale school of medicine and online NPs wouldn't be hired. Instead, they would be derided by the Yale residents.

3. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

   WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Relations

   I respect young people just starting out in nursing, who are working for the floor and giving it their all. The ones who aren't jaded, weary, and constantly using dark humor in order to cope. They are cheerful, vibrant, and dynamic in their attitud...

4. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

   WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Relations

   The term I thought was apt. One of the characteristics that unites people with this mentality is that they have very low ambition. They are content working as a floor nurse, because it lets them feel above LPNs and CNAs, which is all that is imp...

5. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

   WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Relations

   There's often a little more to it than that, such as their reasons for quitting school. Writing off "whatever reason" as something unrelated to the identity of a high school dropout is flawed.High school dropouts are often marred by behavioral issues...

6. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

   WillRegNurse posted a topic in Relations

   This thread might draw ire, but I feel that it has to be said. In my carefully considered opinion, one of the biggest things that holds nursing back as a profession is what I view as a high school dropout mentality. Those who have this mentality act...

7. Penn State is now officially the most prestegious school with online RN-BSN program

   WillRegNurse replied to UGADawgs's topic in Online Learning

   I've begun the PSU program and it's excellent. I'm so glad I found out about Penn State's RN BSN program.

8. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

   WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in NP

   I'm not intimately familiar with Martha Rogers' views on nurses transitioning into medicine, but if she and I are of one stance on this, then she sounds like an intriguing individual whose views might be worth researching. The role of "filling in" ...

9. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

   WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in NP

   I may be a new as a nurse, but if you are gloating about how, as if it were supposed to be a "news flash," that a lot of people are disagreeing with me, then I think you need experience more badly than I do. It signifies that you need to grow up...

10. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in NP

    My last physical exam was with an NP for employee health at my new job. I have never seen so rushed an exam in my life. Definitely gave the "I've done this already 10x today" impression. Have any other anecdotal evidence which does not impress?...

11. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in NP

    In the end, it's the appendectomy that saves the patient with appendicitis. Not the NP's "holistic" spew. No disrespect to the NPs out there, or their training, but I see the bedside nurses as more important to the patient's care than the NP's...

12. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in NP

    People are commending NPs without any actual reasoning here, it seems. I think this is due to loyalty to the profession rather than actual logic. You guys are just giving anecdotal "crappola" testimony rather than showing any data that warrants the...

13. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    WillRegNurse posted a topic in NP

    Hi all. I am a new graduate RN who is enjoying his first job as a med-surg nurse. I don't know about everyone else, but I am so tired of the nurse practitioner craze that seems to be overtaking the newest wave of graduate RNs. Half the people I kn...

14. when to use a transfer belt?

    WillRegNurse replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean they are not used anymore..? They are used all the time in rehab. Ideally, everyone is transferred using a gait belt. Unfortunately that is a reality in few facilities. I can't imagine why a gait belt would be restrictive. They ...

15. Is anyone else annoyed by the expectations of male nurses in transferring patients?

    WillRegNurse replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Men

    Uncooperative patients are supposed to transferred using a lift. They should not be handled directly if it can be avoided, and they shouldn't be forcefully ushered into standing, sitting, or walking. SOURCE: Perry and Potter. "Use mechanical lift ...