CCU NRS

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  1. Associates vs. Bachelors Degree

    Totally depends on what you plan to do. If you want to work in a hospital or LTC as an RN employee your Assoc. will be fine if you are looking towards management you willl eventually need you BSN but...
  2. Am I just too idealistic?

    I am not sure about BarbPick either she is usually pretty supportive and encouraging, If I may Iwill say that I think she may have meant that if you are just starting you need to give it some time to...
  3. Men in Nursing

    I won't harp I just have a couple of little things to say. There was a study (don't ask me by who or why) that showed that as people continued to recieve higher education they had more trouble...
  4. Men in Nursing

    Good Job Agnus and Dayray I couldn't agre more and actually just finished posting on the other thread that was what to do about opinions of male
  5. Ex pat

    All the places have such cool names Royal Manchester infirmary Stepping Hill Never been out of the country but maybe
  6. Well Here I go again

    trying
  7. We're #1: "Most Honest and Ethical Profession" ...

    We should be number one at something! Thanks for the
  8. How did you do it?

    Truly one of the curses of a career in nursing you always feel that you should be advancing. More school and better credentials and on and
  9. Tag. YOU"RE it!

    azverte You bring up an interesting topic. I (Thank God) have never had a needlestick (crossing fingers, knocking wood, etc.)but I ma not familiar with my facility policy which I probably should be....
  10. What would you do

    I am going on the supposition that you are looking for input regarding the difference from those of a LTC position Two words "Time Management" This is your main concern. I would suppose that in LTC...
  11. Maybe you should do more teaching on the importance and benefits of breast feeding and perhaps that would decrease the need and thereby use of Formula in your community and then you will have made a...
  12. Well in the last decade we have been attempting to teach our patients that doctors aren't God and that they should be involved in their care and they should be more active and learn more... so the...
  13. morning meds

    is very important in nursing. I honestly feel that a lot of the probelms some peopel have are related to time management. This issue sounds like you may be a very studious nurse attempting to do...
  14. :( sad and in need of advice

    here is the CDC link I got when I typed in bronch. etc...
  15. giving report to a monster!!!

    You got a lot of good advice here. I think the only other thing would be to seriously just tell this person "Look I will give you report and when I finish if you have questions I will try to answer...
  16. How do you cope with death?

    I beleive summed it up very nicely. This is also just about how I feel although when I was younger I never beleived anyone else felt this way. I thought that all the people touting organized religion...
  17. Well said and exactly what I was trying to get across with my earlier
  18. "Those days"

    I have a couple of favs If you don't have time to do it right the first time when are you going to have time to do it again? Take your time going, but hurry back! and just for s&g I don't feel...
  19. Can a felon become a nurse?

    EXPUNGEMENT You friend needs to go to the original county of the charge and get his record. Or to the state criminal record organiztion. In Oklahoma it is OSBI Oklahoma State Bureu of Investigation....
  20. I failed..........

    I am supposing you will get a chance to retake this test. Dosage calculation is very importan and once you lear the proper techniques you should be able to either peds or adult the numbers don't...
  21. Thank You for agreeing to disagree. This sometimes the best you can hope for. I will do a little research. I am not happy about the rising cost of medications or healthcare so on this we can agree. I...
  22. would have it you have invited me to discuss this topic and I have. My hackles aren't up I have simply been reading the information you provided and making informed opinions from your information. As...
  23. Iin an earlier post [/b] YOU wrote [/b] that Pharmaceutical companies SPEND 59% of their profits on marketing. Now you are posting that they spend another large percentage on sending people on...
  24. Very disappointed in my nursing program

    I am sure you have heard the old theory about standing up to a bully. Once you stand up to them they somehow respect you and leave you alone. I would suggest that you ask to speak to her in private...