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  1. Which PDA?

    I've been offered a beta test of medical reference for PDAs by a major publisher. I'd love to work with them on it, but I need to aquire an actual PDA first. Which unit do people prefer? I know the Palm units have the major market share, but I read g...
  2. Professionalism and Credentials

    I think the people who care about what sheepskins one has, are the colleges and universities. Part of the reason is it is how they insure they have a market. If they require MSN to teach, then they know they will have some number of customers. If all...
  3. Professionalism and Credentials

    Just a thought. re. KARRN3 post. Does anyone but me think the that it is because the license to practice nursing comes solely out of the Dept. of EDUCATION, not the Dept of HEALTH (At least in NYS) that these issues about degrees over experience, who...
  4. Any Guys in school now?????????

    I'm a male in school (RN) and I love/hate it. Although it is not why I decided to go to nursing school, being surrounded by loving compassionate women is a very nice place to be. About one fifth of my class are males. We've all become very close to ...
  5. male ob nurses

    I'm a RN student in my ob/gyn clinical rotation and I'm just wondering, are there any male OB nurses around. Or would I be the only one?
  6. Questions; Is that hospital closing beds? Has that doctor reduced his hours or patient ‘load’? Until the health care bureaucracy feels the costs of NOT compensating nurses adequately we’re toast... When the health care bureaucracy discovers that nurs...
  7. I basically agree with Charles S. Smith and ocankhe. Recently I observed a local (excellent) physician inquiring as to who would be on the ICU to receive his patient before he performed his procedure. The implication was that if he wasn't secure wi...
  8. It seems to me that in this culture and most of the 'developed world' your pay is determined by how far up the financial food chain you are. If you are a capital generator you will get paid more than if your are solely an expense. This is why people...
  9. cross-cultural home health care research

    Thankx for all your comments, insights, and web sites. My original assumption was that because we Americans are such an independent lot, compared to more family oriented cultures, that there might be a difference. This doesn't seem to be the case. ...
  10. Hi!, My clasmates and I are currently working on a presentation for a nursing management class involving a local home health care agency. My piece of it is cross-cultrural contexts, i.e. how do they do it in Europe, Asia, etc. My assumtion from wha...
  11. student research project

    Hi!, My clasmates and I are currently working on a presentation for a nursing management class involving a local home health care agency. My piece of it is cross-cultrural contexts, i.e. how do they do it in Europe, Asia, etc. My assumtion from what...
  12. best start in nursing

    Wow! Thank you all! I suspected, but was not positive, that the lower level of patient acuity on a Med-Surg floor was enough to 'compensate' for a new grad at risk of dropping a ball or two. OUCH! The director of my program says, in effect, 'God for...
  13. best start in nursing

    Wow! Thank you all! I suspected, but was not positive, that the lower level of patient acuity on a Med-Surg floor was enough to 'compensate' for a new grad at risk of dropping a ball or two. OUCH! The director of my program says, in effect, 'God for...
  14. Fast tracking in the RN program

    I'm in my first year of a two year RN program (NYS) and it is a BEAR! It is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I've got a supportive mate, a intelligent 9 year old child (going on 21), supportive instructors, an a short commute. Think long...
  15. Fast tracking in the RN program

    I'm in my first year of a two year RN program (NYS) and it is a BEAR! It is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I've got a supportive mate, a intelligent 9 year old child (going on 21), supportive instructors, an a short commute. Think long...