NCVegRN

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1. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

   NCVegRN replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

   Or to anyone who is vegan for ethical reasons!

2. Question about "diploma" RNs & jobs in CT

   NCVegRN replied to NurseHubby2b's topic in Connecticut

   I am a diploma RN, and while I don't live in CT, I got offered every job I interviewed for and got interviews for almost every application I submitted. And I applied in various states since I was interested in relocating. Many places do not care. ...

3. dobutamine

   NCVegRN replied to samaletta's topic in Cardiac

   I am also a CCU nurse (albeit a new one) and am not sure why there are all these mentions to CVP. Our orders are written to parameters - typically to MAP >60 using an art line. We have a lot of autonomy as well. UO may or may not be an effect y...

4. Let's Talk About Myelograms--What was your experience?

   NCVegRN replied to KELLYGIRL's topic in General Nursing

   I am not trying to be flip, but my dog had a myelogram a couple of years ago for a cervical injury. She now has a disc problem lower down. This vet (at a vet teaching hospital) said we should get an MRI - that a myelogram isn't used as much because...

5. Iabp...

   NCVegRN replied to BSN_DEC_2006's topic in CCU

   We were taught by our manufacturer to only do so in an extreme emergency - and that is waht we practice.

6. Scrubs

   NCVegRN replied to LSUGIRL's topic in General Nursing

   I like uniformcity.com. I've bought in person in Richmond, VA and online. Been happy every time. Stephanie

7. Can you sue your instructor?

   NCVegRN replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Students

   Side note: I was on the honor council at my school. One student review I was juror on we found the student guilty - blatantly so - of her offense. The policy was then that the council would make recommendation for punishment based on prewritten gui...

8. Dissecting a sheep's brain?

   NCVegRN replied to Logos's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thank you. I am so glad to read someone say this. I took anatomy online with no lab dissections. Guess what - I passed it with an A, passed nursing school with a high GPA, passed NCLEX the first time in 75, and now I am on my way to being a great nur...

9. When do you sign RN?

   NCVegRN replied to NCVegRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, that's what I was thinking also. I am very into promoting the professionalism of nursing. I am just not sure what I think about using RN outside of the healthcare facility. But it seems like something that could positively impact our image.

10. When do you sign RN?

    NCVegRN replied to NCVegRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I said in my original post "until I got my license about a month ago".

11. When do you sign RN?

    NCVegRN replied to NCVegRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your input everyone. So far we have one person who put it on her checks and everyone else only uses it by accident. : ) I kind of wonder why more people wouldn't use it - don't doctors use their title when signing in the 'real world'?

12. When do you sign RN?

    NCVegRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I never thought about this until I got my license about a month ago, but when is it appropriate to sign RN after your name? This never came up in school and I couldn't find anything online. Is there protocol? Obviously I would use it at work and w...

13. How do you know when you're ready for NCLEX?

    NCVegRN replied to GracieLVN's topic in NCLEX

    I never felt ready to take it. Yet I did and I passed in 75 questions. You are on the right track getting a good % on the tests. To me it was a lot more about learning the way to answer the test questions than it was about specific knowledge. Good...

14. What I love about nursing

    NCVegRN replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Clemm - I am just getting started in my nursing career, but you have mirrored a lot of my reasons. It is truly a dynamic profession with so many options. I had a career before nursing and know that most jobs have their share of negatives. It was u...

15. I just got home...

    NCVegRN replied to NCVegRN's topic in NCLEX

    i passed! i passed!!!!