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  1. Trying to understand the death of an Organ Donor

    ukstudent replied to missingunc's topic in General Nursing

  2. Forced Donations part of Employee Review!!!!

    ukstudent replied to icurn11's topic in MICU, SICU

    Is anything in writing. If you can find anything, take it to our State Labor Board. The newspaper, as someone else suggested is also a very good

  3. oh so now we PAY to do residency to get a job?!?! seriously?

    ukstudent replied to bymysoultosqueezeRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    i'am with you bymysoultosqueezern. it is one thing to offer a job with a promise to stay x number of months/years, and if you don't then you need to pay back some money. but to ask new nurses to...

  4. Student Wrongfully Dismissed

    ukstudent replied to thinksdifferently's topic in General Nursing

    i was interested by how this was worded. you obviously are biased in this students favor, but even here it seems that the "student" did in fact record questions and answers into his cell phone. just...

  5. Got a job offer, but lost it????

    ukstudent replied to Jmae's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    You did not have a job offer. You had an offer for a future possible job. Unless it is in writing and specific, it is not a job offer (no, we would like to hire you to our med-surg floor). It needs...

  6. Are we experiencing mass burnout in healthcare?

    ukstudent replied to SheaTab's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That was well written and so very very true. However, part of the problem with burnout is the fact that nursing is powerless to change any of the causes of burnout. Lateral violence is a symptom,...

  7. Using BSN credentials(not a BSN)

    ukstudent replied to funfunfun550's topic in General Nursing

    Before doing anything, make sure that you have all the facts. Did she have these made or did the hospital? Just the same as wanting a fellow nurse talk to us about a potential problem before going...

  8. Associates degree nurse salary vs. bachelor's ??

    ukstudent replied to Strawberrygirl2's topic in General Nursing

    No difference in pay for ASN, BSN or MSN, here in DC. I did notice in your post that you want to go to NY after graduation. Please think hard on this. If you look at posts from NY, you will see...

  9. Continuing Education Credits in PA

    ukstudent replied to mdonohue's topic in General Nursing

    You need to do it yourself. The amount needed is for every time you renew your license. I don't know PA, but it is probably every 2 years. You can get CEU's from nursing magazines, professional...

  10. Starting BSN next month... having serious doubts... advice?

    ukstudent replied to Lools's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to give you the opposite advice. It sounds as if you may or may not want to be a nurse. However, you do want to be a stay at home mom sooner rather than later. If you go to school now,...

  11. MSN :Which path to choose?

    ukstudent replied to noellepage2000's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't know what you want to do, how is anyone here meant to know? Why do you want to get a Masters in the first

  12. May 2010 grads

    ukstudent replied to scarcity21's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I graduated from AACC in May 2007. I started applying for jobs in the end of January beginning of February. Some hospitals by that time had already posted, interiewed for and accpted job offers for...

  13. Need Help on an instructor who helped me fail Hesi

    ukstudent replied to natalieonaje's topic in General Students

    Even if you now know that you would have passed without the teachers "help" you still can't prove it. And just because you didn't ask for the help, the school could still view it as cheating and kick...

  14. Need Help on an instructor who helped me fail Hesi

    ukstudent replied to natalieonaje's topic in General Students

    You don't know what your score would have been without her interference. It could have been better, or worse or about the same. The only way for you to be sure that the result is correct is for it...

  15. Leaving Neuro ICU - wishing it had gone better

    ukstudent replied to PedsDrNurseTheo's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Don't feel bad about looking after yourself, no one else will. Do however tell your current manager just why you are leaving. He will not be able to change the culture of a select few always doing...

  16. AED Training without CPR Class

    ukstudent replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Send them to a BLS class and make sure it includes the use of the AED. Yes it it made for use of the layman. As in they don't have to understand how to read cardiac rhythms, the machine will do it for...

  17. Christian Science Nurses

    ukstudent replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't disagree more. I want to know that the "nurse" looking after me in the OR, ICU etc., is not someone that lost their job last week as a mechanic and decided to be a nurse this week. And...

  18. Do you agree or disagree with President Obama regarding malpractice suits?

    ukstudent replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    Before I could agree or disagree I would have to know what his position is. Like Elkpark said he hasn't stated a

  19. First Year ICU

    ukstudent replied to VerCellPen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Washington Hospital Center used to. It hasn't hired a new grad into the ICU recently, however, by next year it might have changed again. For May grads they start interviewing in March for a July...

  20. Slap in the face

    ukstudent replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of hospitals tie the eval number to the pay raise. Therefor if the hospital is not going to give any pay raises, then no one can have an eval number that would require a raise by their rules....

  21. My boyfriend gets upset when I have to study. Advice please!!!!

    ukstudent replied to MandaTaye's topic in General Students

    please be careful, the following came from a dear abby letter. the 15 signs of an abuser was part of her response. reading this helped my daughter to see her now ex-boyfriend in a new light. 1....

  22. Obese Women and Anesthesia..

    ukstudent replied to RescueGrrl211's topic in Ob/Gyn

    in anesthesiology, the mallampati score, also mallampati classification, is used to predict the ease of intubation.[1] it is determined by looking at the anatomy of the oral cavity; specifically, it...

  23. blood in syringe after injection

    ukstudent replied to keithleo's topic in General Nursing

    A difference needs to be made between vaccinations and other IM shots. The CDC no longer recommends aspiration for vaccinations, however, other IM's such as narcotics, anti-psychotics should still be...

  24. blood in syringe after injection

    ukstudent replied to keithleo's topic in General Nursing

    The CDC no longer recommends aspiration for vacinations. There is no evidence based research that has shown better outcomes with aspiration. So don't worry about

  25. ICU vs CCU experience

    ukstudent replied to jorbir73's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You should ask the different schools that you are interested in what their preference is. I know that we have had several nurses come from the CCU to the SICU in order to get more experence for CRNA...