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  1. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    APRN. replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    First name, license, highest degree (unless you're an ADN), credentials, clinical ladder level. Home Unit 18 point bolded license card behind badge as required by California law. Everyone has a...

  2. EBOLA- Is this a game changer?

    APRN. replied to HouTx's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is why I carry additional insurance. I do not look towards my employer to be my safety net in the instance where I am disabled (even temporarily). I think it is the prudent thing to

  3. Legal?

    APRN. replied to Junebug14's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Once upon a time, a long time ago and in a land far, far away, I worked in a nursing home passing meds as a new LPN. I can still see *Agnes* sitting there in her striped orange red and yellow shirt...

  4. Full vs part time scheduling rights

    APRN. replied to dkw1526's topic in General Nursing

    We do self scheduling. The only thing that gets taken into consideration as far as switching any hours is making sure that enough trained staff is on for open hearts on any given day. Other than...

  5. Bill would squeeze nursing staffs at Citrus Memorial Hospital

    APRN. replied to Advocator2014's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Am I the only one who saw the title of this thread and immediately thought

  6. Mantra?... Whats yours??...

    APRN. replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    “Not my Circus, not my

  7. BEST Ebola Theories

    APRN. replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Oh my goodness. It gets even better: This article claims the Red Cross is being dispatched by the government to spread Ebola as a form of population control. Ebo-Lie: Man Living In Ghana Confirms...

  8. Is it fair for the media to blame the RN in Texas for contracting Ebola?

    APRN. replied to luv2's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Bless the RN's who knowingly took on the task of caring for a patient with a potential, progressing to known, rare and scary disease. In the course of their care, they saw first hand how Ebola...

  9. BEST Ebola Theories

    APRN. replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it's All covered here:...

  10. CRNA Schools that dont require..

    APRN. replied to EMEddie's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/nursing/crna_nursing/requirements

  11. SCRUBS (Mailorder)

    APRN. replied to nurse2211's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Uniform

  12. Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

    APRN. replied to preddish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If people Still want to throw the triage nurse from "Ebola Medical"under the bus, then it is the same to say: The Physician cannot think independently and requires input from the RN. Without the RN,...

  13. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    APRN. replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My comment is directed towards the folks who are upset with the ones who are firm against taking care of an Ebola patient. My philosophy is: "Never bring a knife to a gunfight". That is to say,...

  14. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    APRN. replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thank You Brimfield Police Department! Very Well Said!

  15. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    APRN. replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    She spoke to "someone" at the CDC who cleared her to fly because her temp was below 100F. Source: Radio station quoting CNN. (Not very reliable, but its something to note and f/u

  16. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    APRN. replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    http://news.nurse.com/article/20141013/NATIONAL06/141013015?sf32476479=1#.VD8WgDe9KSN Emory Nurses decreased their work hours from 12 hour shifts to 8 hour shifts with a 45 minute break and a shower...

  17. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    APRN. replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I just heard that the WHO changed the fatality rate to 70%

  18. Advice About Being a Travel Nurse

    APRN. replied to roxy83301's topic in Travel

    Edited for failure to read the whole paragraph. Nvmd.

  19. Nurses are Not Doctors

    APRN. replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Physicians, and ONLY Physicians have earned the right to call themselves Physicians. That is the title that they can legally lay claim to. Anyone who earns a Doctorate, be in PharmD, DNP, DNSc, PhD,...

  20. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    APRN. replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If my hospital sent me in to care for an Ebola patient with our current isolation gear, H to the No! Let the CDC come to the bedside and bring their gear and isolation education and I will have no...

  21. How long to become ARNP if I already have MSN degree?

    APRN. replied to guest833402's topic in Advanced Practice

    I am currently enrolled in an MSN/CNL program. The “3P’s” are part of my CNL curriculum. I have been informed that if I should decide to go on to an FNP program (for a certificate), I would...

  22. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    APRN. replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My Microbiology instructor taught us that Bleach would kill it best in a 1-10 to 1-12 ratio with water. Too weak, and the bug would be surrounded, but the mixture wouldn't kill it, too strong, and...

  23. Anyone else "only" going for LPN?

    APRN. replied to Lmomma's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was an LPN (then moved and was an LVN) for a sum total of 15 years before returning for my RN. When I graduated, even though I had a ton of hospital experience as an LVN, I was forced into a "New...

  24. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    APRN. replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Has anyone else noticed that it appears that the longer the virus is incubating in the host, the more likely it is to be transmitted to someone else. I first got this idea when I read the reports on...

  25. How has Obamacare affected you and your employer?

    APRN. replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My hospital sent out a report some time back stating that they believe their insurance carrier for employees would be grandfathered in for the ACA. I pay under $40 a month for my husband and zero for...