selkie

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1. It's RN, Not MD.

   selkie replied to steven007's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Steven, nice article.. I do remember hearing students saying things like this. Trying to rack my brain to remember LOL. I think it was often those who were little-interested in pathology and just didn't get why it was important to know, and perhap...

2. MA working beyond scope of practice

   selkie replied to Catedi's topic in Safety

   Hm... in WA state, the Dept of Health has it clearly spelled out in writing what the scope of practice for an MA is. MA's are not even legally allowed to do phone triage in clinics (though it happens all the time, since doctors are hiring them now in...

3. I hate nursing..

   selkie replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

   I think I got the idea of the backbreaking work while I was in clinicals :-). How could one not? I've heard the expression "nurses eat their young" of course but in my own personal experience, the mature nurses have been the greatest mentors...encour...

4. I hate nursing..

   selkie replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

   I am not happy with nursing but my experience is/ has been/ different than Bree's. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I've worked with some really wonderful nurses that I respect a great deal. Actually.. that's partly why I went to nursing school- I like many...

5. I hate nursing..

   selkie replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

   I'm on the same page with you re school- I loved pathology etc!! I know a doctor who went to nursing school then realized after a couple of years that her body was NOT going to hold up to it (she was only in her 20's and felt this way) - so she went ...

6. Nursing Home Blues

   selkie replied to NamasteNurse's topic in General Nursing

   This is quite beautiful, thank you for sharing it. Beautifully written. Compassionate.

7. I hate nursing..

   selkie replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

   There is a concept in psychology...lol, cannot remember the term for it, sorry, but- the gist of it is this: if people invest a lot of time and energy in something (like $$, time and energy in nursing school) then it becomes harder to admit or reali...

8. Regret becoming a nurse

   selkie replied to DoubtfulStudentNurse's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hi, I'm posting late too. I love photonurse's reply. When I read the original question, bigtime deja vu.. exactly the same as I felt in nursing school. I loved the theoretical, the anatomy/phys, the pathology. I loathed the clinicals, the care plans,...