SanDiegoScrubs2010

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1. Your desired specialty

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Yay for teaching! I'm just getting started and hoping for a good med-surg new grad residency, but psych, home health, and hospice have all topped my list at some point. Also oncology and the cardiac cath lab--often whatever I happen to be doing at t...

2. Time to call a duck a duck?

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to eriksoln's topic in Professionalism

   Paganoid, I agree--there are many kinds of nurses and the OP seems to forget we don't all work in hospitals as floor nurses. Leading a team as a hospice or home health nurse, for example, or a public health nurse, or working in case management, or as...

3. When you have students on the floor...

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

   Not all RN students are LPNs. Many, many RN students have gone directly into an associate's or bachelor's program in nursing intended to prepare them to take the NCLEX after graduation. Most RN programs do not require any form of nursing certificatio...

4. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

   You corrected your misspelling of "and" but note: it's "punctuate," not "puncuate."

5. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, I didn't mean to start something about PAs, I'm sure nurses have plenty to say about good and bad experiences with them. The main thing for me was that I believe he represented himself as a doctor, similar to unlicensed personnel being called ...

6. Student Loan Reform

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to Anoetos's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Triquee and Elkpark, I would not have the patience to keep up with this debate the way you do, so I really appreciate the time you have taken to consistently post such well-reasoned and well-researched comments. Triquee, I dropped out of law school a...

7. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

   One more story--I was treated by a rude and arrogant physician's assistant at an urgent care, it seemed to me he had introduced himself, and been introduced, as "Dr. so-and-so." My husband noticed his tag said PA, and when I questioned him about his ...

8. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

   Um, WHERE do you get your completely false information that anyone can practice as a psychologist? PLEASE don't say things like this when you have no idea what you're talking about! "Psychologist is a protected title by law in almost every state. It ...

9. Vent: COBRA insurance, seriously??

   SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   So, which bill is "Obama care"? Was it H.R. 3962, that passed the House in November? Or was it H.R. 3590, that passed in the Senate in December? Why do you use the term "Obama care"? Are you just going to oppose anything you can attach his name t...

10. Vent: COBRA insurance, seriously??

    SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    No, the insurance companies have negotiated rates that are much lower than an individual's out-of-pocket costs, so they don't pay that much when you use the insurance.

11. Vent: COBRA insurance, seriously??

    SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    You're so right, it's terrible that right now people have to LEAVE work to go on disability or qualify for Medicaid in order to get lifesaving medications. That's just not good for anyone. Why are people so opposed to extending Medicare- and Medica...

12. Vent: COBRA insurance, seriously??

    SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like people say this but they can't back it up. How do you justify your reasoning? What specifically do you think should be different about the plan? Do you just dislike Obama, or have you read various viewpoints and thought this through ...

13. A Question to Nurses and Nursing Students.. HELP ME!

    SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to Hannah1991's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry! I decided against nursing a few years ago when I signed up to volunteer at a hospital and had to have my blood drawn; I decided I hated needles and blood too much. Eventually I changed my mind and now I'm in my last semester of nursing...

14. So Many Students! Will Shortage Now End?

    SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Students

    Okay, I think you missed the main point that was being made. Of COURSE many new grad nurses are having a hard time getting jobs right now! I don't think ANYONE is arguing that it's easy. But the point is that EVERYBODY, especially new grads in ANY...

15. University of Oklahoma-Accelerated BSN Program

    SanDiegoScrubs2010 replied to nicole15's topic in Online Learning

    Go for it! In our case we were told that if we weren't accepted we would automatically be considered for the next cohort, without having to apply or pay application fees again, so there was no risk. You can ask if that's the case now. I think summ...