furrie BSN

furrie has 14 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Med/Surg, Telemetry.

Latest Activity

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   Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   furrie replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Keep banging your head against that wall then....maybe you will begin to realize RNs generally aren't motivated initially by $$...they generally want to provide CARE for people and to heal patients, I know I do. Your reasoning is nothing but an excus...
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   Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   furrie replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   right on bro! you said it!! UNION!!
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   Nightmare start to an assignment!!

   furrie replied to NurseRies's topic in Travel

   it would be nice to know who these lousy agencies are as advice to the rest of us
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   Med-Surg nursing, a place where Innocence and Expertise collide

   furrie replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in Med-Surg

   I just started in med surg, with 10 months in rehab under my belt (that's all). Your title for the thread made me think of conflict, specifically the word collide. What exactly did you mean?
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   Took my NCLEX-RN today!

   furrie replied to southern.bellex3's topic in NCLEX

   dunno...if your name shows up on the BON site with a license # then obviously you are a licensed nurse
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   Took my NCLEX-RN today!

   furrie replied to southern.bellex3's topic in NCLEX

   Exactly my feeling about Saunders. It's only good for content. I took Kaplan and almost all the questions require higher level analysis. Saunders do not...even their "Analysis" questions. I take the NCLEX on June 17. The Kaplan classmates that I'...
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   Question About COPD Patients

   furrie replied to nicolel1182's topic in General Nursing

   If they're low O2 you have to get it up someway. I was taught to give the higher O2 but watch LOC and reduce O2 if LOC diminishes...this in case of low PaO2, high PaCO2.
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   Info on Denver School of Nursing

   furrie replied to rwh998877's topic in Colorado

   State approval of a school's nursing program by the BON is NOT accreditation. If you want to continue to an advanced degree make sure the program is accredited by the NLN or the other nursing accreditation board (can't think of the name).
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   Need advice on hospitals in Denver!!

   furrie replied to Danzin's topic in Colorado

   ..they are actually NICE at Exempla, St. Joes... "nice"...what the heck does that mean?...the pay is good, the training is cutting edge??? Nice???
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    Info on Denver School of Nursing

    furrie replied to rwh998877's topic in Colorado

    they have accreditation through career schools and schools of technology...they are not accredited with either national nursing accreditation agencies. paul