Tragically Hip

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1. Should I do transition to practice in Psych??

   Tragically Hip replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in Psychiatric

   If it is your passion, though, from what I've read, psychaitric advanced practice nurses are in demand, and paid

2. Miami Dade College (MDC) Fall 2012 Full-time/Part-time Nursing program

   Tragically Hip replied to mjl88's topic in Florida Nursing

   Good choice. Hopefully the stethoscope I chose will work out, but if not, I'll do what you

3. My acceptance letter..

   Tragically Hip replied to jasilady's topic in General Students

   Congratulations, jasilady. You made it on on your own hard work and brains. I wish you great

4. Drug Shortages

   Tragically Hip replied to CrufflerJJ's topic in Patient Medications

   The amount of money pharmaceutical companies pay out in lawsuits pales in comparison to their marketing budgets, which easily exceed their R&D budgets. And don't conflate lawsuits by the public...

5. HIPPA is a joke.

   Tragically Hip replied to rickbar's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   When you use a lot of expensive medical services, chances are that you're not going to be able to hide the fact from your boss. In a small company, one employee with cancer or other expensive illness...

6. ADN's being pushed out

   Tragically Hip replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   In a local magnet hospital, ADN RNs are being "encouraged" (i.e., effectively forced) to get their BSN. I had a classmate from that hospital in my microbiology lab, and she hadn't taken a college...

7. Miami Dade College (MDC) Fall 2012 Full-time/Part-time Nursing program

   Tragically Hip replied to mjl88's topic in Florida Nursing

   You can get the same stethoscope cheaper on-line, including the cost of shipping (and normally, no sales tax). I got and ADC Adscope 601 with interchangeable parts for quite a bit less than the...

8. Feeling overwhelmed with gratitude

   Tragically Hip replied to LCinTraining's topic in General Students

   Congratulations, LCinT. There are indeed a lot of good people, or a lot of good things done by

9. Drug Shortages

   Tragically Hip replied to CrufflerJJ's topic in Patient Medications

   Propofol — there was a circus of recalls within the past few years for contamination with minute stainless steel particles, exotoxic bacteria, hepatitis C. Instead of making single-use vials, Teva...

10. What are some tips for Microbiology?

    Tragically Hip replied to EMT89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    it's generally a prerequisite, and you will get a lot more out of the class if you take it first. my microbiology professor happened to be a chemistry freak, which for me was pretty cool. i did a...

11. Miami Dade College (MDC) Fall 2012 Full-time/Part-time Nursing program

    Tragically Hip replied to mjl88's topic in Florida Nursing

    On this this MDC Web page it says that A&P 1&2 + labs have to be "Completed within 10 years of program entry date," but some courses (like microbiology) that should be there are missing, so...

12. Miami Dade College (MDC) Fall 2012 Full-time/Part-time Nursing program

    Tragically Hip replied to mjl88's topic in Florida Nursing

    I got the lab coat. It seems to fit OK. I wish I'd had it for chemistry and microbiology labs rather than the rip-prone disposable lab "coats" I used. I'm waiting for the bookstore to get scrub tops...

13. Drug Shortages

    Tragically Hip replied to CrufflerJJ's topic in Patient Medications

    It has nothing to do with companies not marketing drugs in which there is little profit? Why would a drug company bother when it can put its funds into marketing a little purple pill that does nothing...

14. Drug Shortages

    Tragically Hip replied to CrufflerJJ's topic in Patient Medications

    Most of the money pharmaceutical companies (certainly the large ones) take in goes to marketing. Their saturation advertising on cable channels, so that people are encouraged to wheedle prescription...

15. Adjunct Faculty a.k.a. 'Academic Sharecroppers'

    Tragically Hip replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps, The Chroincle of Higher Education, 6 May 2012 A few years ago an adjunct English instructor wrote a great essay on how hard it is to survive financially on the...