irenedelapaz

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1. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz replied to irenedelapaz's topic in Activism

   Do you distinguish between blended and integrated. I agree with a 4 year BSN program. However, if a student does not finish, what does he/she get? Nothing, right? I go more for the integrated. 4-year BSN as a goal, integrating LPN and ADN within it, ...

2. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz replied to irenedelapaz's topic in Activism

   Yap, ever since Nurses fought for their rights to be included within an Academic Profession, the academic community swallowed them up as another source of business revenue. Really? Nursing is a ministerial profession and a vocation for the many. And ...

3. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz replied to irenedelapaz's topic in Activism

   Your preference is a good idea, but with the following road blocks: 1. The LPN program is a non-academic program. Although it requires a license, it normally does not have an academic credit that can be converted into an academic degree. After fulfil...

4. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz replied to irenedelapaz's topic in Activism

   Please read your post thoroughly before posting. It does not contradict what I say.

5. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz replied to irenedelapaz's topic in Activism

   " there is no truth in a belief that a hospital staffed only with BSN delivers a better health care system than those with a diversity of nurses. " http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing/Nursing%20Education%202010%...

6. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz replied to irenedelapaz's topic in Activism

   I apologize for posting without an evidence. The proof of my statement will follow next. Thank you for your response.

7. Education of Nurses in the United States

   irenedelapaz posted a topic in Activism

   The educational structure of Nurses in the United States have always been marked by different pathways due to the historical deviations of scarcity and changing needs. Although having different roads to be a nurse is more of a benefit than a disadvan...

8. PCCTI LPN Program in Chicago

   irenedelapaz replied to winniecooper's topic in Illinois

9. PCCTI LPN Program in Chicago

   irenedelapaz replied to winniecooper's topic in Illinois

10. Adventitious Breath Spunds

    irenedelapaz replied to vintage_RN's topic in Student Assist

    Nursing interventions are normally action words, verbs, something that nurses do. In the phrase "drug administration", administration is the intervention and not the drug.

11. Nurses: Why do many of you do this?

    irenedelapaz replied to terina66's topic in Relations

    As you have said, as long as privacy is not violated, personal names or any unique identity is not revealed, a good and healthy sense of humor is not bad. Human disease, although possibly funny, is not always humorous if humor becomes laughing at peo...