NurseBlaq

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    Student Loans and Debt

    175K? No ma'am, find another, lower cost program. That's ridiculous. Go to a community college and get your ADN/RN and work your way up from
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    BSN but not a nurse

    Paging @Davey Do we need a pic for this scenario. You know what to do.
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    BSN but not a nurse

    Oh now we're getting somewhere! Maybe she can't take the NCLEX until her legal issues are settled. BON doesn't play about character when it comes to approving
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    BSN but not a nurse

    Not the same as wishing her to fail. When were you made the gatekeeper of success? If you call wanting to someone to fail a friendship I can only imagine the carnage you wish on your
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    BSN but not a nurse

    Hateful! Be careful when you speak ill of others. Karma is very
  6. Seek the help of an attorney. Also, have y'all thought about filing a class action complaint against SU with the department of education and/or your loan service provider (if you took out a student...
  7. You told other people, maybe she or someone she knows also knows those "few close friends." I think the whole situation sounds messy. If lawyers are involved then let them handle it. We only know the...
  8. "It's 4 AM on a Saturday, Mom. I'm not Mr. Beasley and there are no meds to pass. You're on vacation, go back to
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    Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    I usually ask people what they have or haven't done to get a baseline of where they're at and what I can and can't expect them to do without having to teach it. However, if they don't speak and relay...
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    Rude nurses

    Define rude.
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    Problems Before Nursing School

    A classmate and I took turns driving. One week she drove, next week I drove. If we had something to do like a dr appointment and needed to leave early, or what have you, we let the other know and we...
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    Single mother working 12 hours night shift

    I used to pack my children's lunch in the evening before work (when they had to take a lunch), bathe them and put in PJs, get their clothes ready for the next day, you have a daughter so do her hair...
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    Problems Before Nursing School

    Forgot all about schools offering students health insurance. Good
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    New Anxiety and Depression from Work

    Glad you are reaching out for help, getting therapy, and taking the initiative to recognize you have a problem. First, stop drinking before it becomes a downward slope. Second, I would continue...
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    Problems Before Nursing School

    Are you in the US? Is there a way to apply for Medicaid? Do you already work and haven't picked up insurance at your job? Since you don't have a car, is other transportation available in your area...
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    Mini Rant

    Maybe so. That is not what I meant. I meant there's no difference in duties and working conditions. Maybe I wasn't clear in what I
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    New nurse guilt

    OP also stated they did everything possible to get the patient transferred to a higher level of acuity but no one would support them in that decision. Maybe a call to the RRT team would have helped...
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    Mini Rant

    Not at all what I said. What part of ASN does the same work as BSN and learns the same thing in a shorter period of time is wrong? The only extra difference arre fluff classes. I know because I also...
  19. Nope, you're not wrong. I would tell the charge nurse to sign it
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    Mini Rant

    In the States we have diploma, associate degree, and bachelor degree RNs. Diploma and associate degree RNs learn the same as bachelor degree RNs only in a shorter amount of time. I did the associate...
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    RNs giving patient lab results.

    See what I mean? More BS. So when the surgeon and his team opened my throat during surgery and actually SAW the goiter was more bigger than it displayed on the ultrasound your excuse for that is what?...
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    Punched by a patient

    Depends on several factors as others have pointed out. The main thing is complete an incident report as it's very important in case you need it in the future for litigation or worker's comp. Also,...
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    Mini Rant

    I know you're ranting but have you looked into agency/travel nursing? You have the experience. Give it a try and see if you can get an assignment close to your
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    No Order

    Cathed not once, but twice without an order AND Joint Commission in the building? Oh