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  1. Male Nurses on the rise and they make more money
    Sounds like a bunch of crap...
    Feb 27
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  2. Concealed Carry...as a nurse?
    Depends on where you live I guess. I carry one in the car or in my coat pocket, but I don't carry when I go to work. To each their own.
    Jan 29
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  3. Restraints
    sounds like a long-term care facility?
    Jan 7
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  4. Nursing Organizations
    so GrnTea...I take it you are trying to insult me there...
    Jan 5
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  5. Nursing Organizations
    Since 2009, I've signed up year after year for an AACN membership ever January. I don't think I'm going to renew my membership. I don't feel like nursing organization really do much for nurses...
    Jan 4
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  6. Online BSN - Is it taken seriously?
    To be honest, it doesn't matter where you go to get your RN-BSN for employers. Experience counts more than anything. Human Resources is just going to see that you checked the box that says you have...
    Oct 25, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  7. Fighting for Medicare for All
    Self proclaimed Christians??? How did that wrench get thrown in the mix?
    Aug 3, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  8. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?
    You better just stop listening to mainstream media all together if you want real news. It's naive to believe that mainstream media portrays any truth whatsoever. It's also naive to believe that this...
    Jul 26, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  9. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?
    It was our 34th President, dwight d eisenhower, that had warned us of the Military Industrial complex
    Jul 26, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  10. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?
    i really don't see how any of this will be paid for...how do we expect to enroll some what, 30 million americans on medicaid, when state by state the healthcare systems are already broke and...
    Jul 26, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  11. An RN's thoughts on the health care law
    I really don't see how any of this will be paid for...how do we expect to enroll some what, 30 million Americans on Medicaid, when state by state the healthcare systems are already broke and...
    Jul 26, '12
    Forum: Nursing Activism / Healthcare Politics
  12. Where do I have a better chance, Sacramento CA, or Phoenix AZ?
    Arizona is broke, California is broker. I would say move to Arizona. Just know, that the economy is a mess regardless and we are going to be facing some harder times.
    Jul 21, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  13. Does anyone work as Rapid Response?
    We don't have a "rapid response team", but we in the ICU cover certain sections of the hospital that we are responsible for if they are to call one, or if there is a code. I love going to them. :)
    Jul 11, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  14. Starting new job, no overtime allowed?
    There's no overtime anywhere...reason being is cost. Hospitals are getting less reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid, and the government no longer funds the hospitals for treating illegals. ...
    Jun 4, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  15. Splitting pills outside of nurse's scope of practice?
    Nursing is really becoming dumbed down...
    May 29, '12
    Forum: Nursing and Patient Medications
  16. Blood transfusion time frame
    I dunno, usually in the ICU we give blood a lot faster than that depending how quickly they need it. Had a patient whose EBL was around 8 litters, so you can imagine that 100 ml an hour wouldn't be...
    May 25, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  17. NPR Article:  Need A Nurse? You May Have To Wait
    Our healthcare system has become an out of control beast thanks to our government agencies like Medicare and private agencies like JCAHO.
    May 25, '12
    Forum: Nursing News
  18. A Problem Most People Want....
    I agree, get rid of your school debt.
    May 2, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  19. Compassion?
    The longer you are a nurse, the less compassionate you will be. We all get burned out, and we are only human. You don't need compassion to do the job, but you need to have common sense and be smart...
    Apr 22, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  20. RN labor supply: Are we in a bubble?
    Do you think that this time there will be a recovery? I don't. Never before this nation been so far in debt that we have to continue to borrow money and print money to pay for Medicare/Medicaid. ...
    Mar 23, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  21. RN labor supply: Are we in a bubble?
    We are already starting to feel the effects of Obamacare at my hospital. Medicare is reimbursing less while Medicaid doesn't take any new applicants from people who don't have children under the age...
    Mar 23, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  22. Socializing after work in your scrubs
    like a bar is any cleaner? Probably have higher chances of getting Hep C sitting at a bar than you do working in a hospital.
    Mar 19, '12
    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  23. Online RN-BSN
    I just finished the program. I'm actually really glad I did and knocked it out of the way. I don't regret doing it now that I'm done.
    Mar 10, '12
    Forum: Online Nursing Schools, Traditional Schools, Colleges, Universities
  24. And I thought you were all joking on the Mockery of Nursing thread...
    Makes it easier for them to play bingo past 8pm.
    Mar 6, '12
    Forum: Nursing News
  25. giving report to the next level of care
    our healthcare system is always about the money now...our federal and state governments are always talking about health care cuts, while the hospitals are always trying to cut corners to keep the...
    Mar 5, '12
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing