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    Nearly $5 million will go to train new Arizona nurses

    PMFB-RN replied to GitanoRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    *** It's not competition. It's tax payer subsidies to create an over supply
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    Associate's degree v. Bachelor's degree starting wages.

    PMFB-RN replied to dzadzey's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    the op has a point. every other profession has a distinction in pay directly related to education. why not nursing? *** in other professions there is some difference between the different levels of...
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    Nurses working overtime

    PMFB-RN replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    *** My hospital is understaffed. I would love to see a bunch of bright eyed, ready to learn new grads hired. However it is expensive to train them, much more so now than in the past. I would also like...
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    Accredited or not Accredited ?

    PMFB-RN replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    *** The hospital where I work does not consider grads from unaccredited (NLN or CCNE) for employment. Lot's and lots of our nurses went to state community colleges that were not accredited but then,...
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    Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    PMFB-RN replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    *** Yes, of course we should discourage peope from entering saturated fields. I would think this so obvious as to not even need mentioning. I could not in good concious encourage a young person to...
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    Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    PMFB-RN replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

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    Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    PMFB-RN replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    *** To be honwar we shoULD all be discourging people from going to nursing school. I can hardly think of anything that would be better for
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    Do the doctors and nurses really sit apart in cafeterias?

    PMFB-RN replied to Maui79's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes they sit apart. My hospital doesn't have a special place for anyone to sit but let's face it, most docs won't be good company. It's not a case of docs not wanting to sit with other people, rather...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    in today's economy, if there are fifteen nurses lined up for the same position, the hospital is probably going to hire the bsn. why would the hospital want to foot the bill for john's adn-bsn...
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    New Grads to ICU- your opinion

    PMFB-RN replied to emmarin-2003's topic in Critical Care

    Many, many hospitals have been very sucsessfully using new grads in high level ICUs for years and years. Some hospitals even prefer them over RNs with years of med-surg experience. When properly...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Is the BSN worth the extra $120K? Figure two years at RN starting pay of (let's say) $60K/year that the ADN would have made in the two years since graduation while the BSN was still in school....
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** One of the hospitals were I work as an instructor in the Ciritcal Care Nurse Residency program does not hire new grad BSNs for those going into ths SICU. ADNs only. The residency is a 7 month...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** I was going by what it cost at a state university in my state. I know lots of nurses who went to private schools and paid
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    Should penmanship be a mandatory course for physicians?

    PMFB-RN replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    *** I mostly agree with you. However there are some truely terrable EMR programs out there. Some of them are so bad I would consider them a step backwards from paper charts and
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    Should penmanship be a mandatory course for physicians?

    PMFB-RN replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    On the other hand I do miss hand written orders in one way. When taking a verbal or phone orders it was my opertunity to write the order the way it should have been ordered, rather than what the...
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    Should penmanship be a mandatory course for physicians?

    PMFB-RN replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    *** Bad, bad idea. As we are contimplating a relocation can you please tell me what state the school is located in? Will put it on my places to avoid
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    Should penmanship be a mandatory course for physicians?

    PMFB-RN replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    It just occured to me that I haven't laid eyes on a sample of physician handwriting for years. The solution is not better handwriting, the solution is to eliminate handwriting in your faciliety. In...
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    Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    PMFB-RN replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    Now you see why I live on the other side of the country from my family, and the other side of the planet from my in-laws. Why do you let them own all that space in your head? Why do you let them...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Maybe. However in my opinion staff nurses don't make anything like enough money to justify all that time and money a masters will require. I hardly think they make enough to justify a $40-$60K BSN...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Yes, the false and self serving "nursing shortage propaganda" had borne fruit for those who propagate it. Tired of having to be nice to your nurses and having to provide decent working conditions...
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    Hospitals only hiring BSN's?

    PMFB-RN replied to txhopeful13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** I am an instructor in a hospital's 7 month Critical Care Nurse Residency program for new grads going directly into critical care. The BSn grads do indeed require more training. For example we send...
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    Are LPN and Associate RN degrees really being phased or rumor??

    PMFB-RN replied to ish84's topic in LPN to RN

    I have seen several articles that there is a shift in education for the RN to have as a basic and it has been decided that the BSN should be the level I read an article in Nursing 2012 and all saw on...
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    Best way to become a FNP

    PMFB-RN replied to AJ Healthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    *** There are many of these direct entry BSN/MSN programs popping up where a person who has no nursing education does an accelerated BSN and is already pre-admitted to an NP program that starts...
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    Are LPN and Associate RN degrees really being phased or rumor??

    PMFB-RN replied to ish84's topic in LPN to RN

    *** Magnet does NOT require hospitals to hire BSN nurses, or a certain percentage of BSN staff nurses. I sat in two hospitals Magnet commitees during their "Journy to Magnet" and I have seen the...
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    Best way to become a FNP

    PMFB-RN replied to AJ Healthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In my opinion NPs should have significant work experience as an RN before going on the NP school. I can sure tell the difference between those who were experienced bedside nurses before becoming NPs...