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    Which path to choose?

    PMFB-RN replied to ginaw623's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sounds to me like you know what you should do. I just wanted to point out a couple things. Hospitals willingness to hire associates degree RN is HIGHLY dependant on the area. Where I live there is no...
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    Thinking of ADN..Have M.S in Biophysics, B.A Biology Pre-med

    PMFB-RN replied to Powernick50's topic in General Nursing

    there are no options in which you could get your np in one semester post adn no matter how many non nursing degrees you hold. true dat. *** that is true but one could enter a masters np program with...
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    Thinking of ADN..Have M.S in Biophysics, B.A Biology Pre-med

    PMFB-RN replied to Powernick50's topic in General Nursing

    apparently it must be different. hence the requirement of only 1 semester between an adn to np if you have a b.a. which is what i'm basing my assumption on. *** there is no requirement for a bachelors...
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently spoke with a newly hired RN at my hosital. He has been a nurse for 5 years. the first two on a very busy tele unit. The last three he was an occupational health nurse working night shift in a...
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    Stupid things doctors do?!

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

    In my job physican + RN = same
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    Nurses working overtime

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

    *** That sounds good. However I hate to see one size fits all rules that apply to everyone reguardless of their strengths and abilities and reguardless of the type of job they are doing. I...
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    Nurses working overtime

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

    *** Different people have different tolerances for work
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    Nurses working overtime

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

    *** Back in the day when I was an LVN I got a job in a burn unit ICU. I was the first and only LVN ever hired in that unit. I only got the job cause the nurse manager had been my supervisor when we...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently I have been orienting a new hire to the SICU. The hospital is a large hospital in a small town. This nurses has 3 years ICU experience working at "THE World Famous Medical Center". She has...
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    So, what's your schedule like?

    PMFB-RN replied to alisia1's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Not a CRNA here but I know the schedule of the CRNAs in one of the small hospitals where I work. We have 3 CRNAs and no MDAs and they are not hospital employees. They work in two week blocks. For two...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    *** The really great thing is that we all like different things. For example I am thrilled that there are RNs out there who enjoy helping deliver babies. That means I don't have to do it. Different...
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

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

    *** Ya, that attitude from managment twords nursing isn't unique to your hospital. In 2009 the hospital where I worked went form chronic understaffing and always having a ton of opening and not being...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    *** Well every summer when a bunch of the RNs go off to CRNA school there are
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

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

    *** The new hire did mention that the factory was very happy to pay the nurses to be there as they recived a large savings in their insurance rates by having an RN there
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    I should add that our hospital (580 beds) is actually larger in number of beds than "THE World Famous Medical Center" where she came from, but we are located in a fairly small town. We are also a...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    *** Our hospital has many of those things too, but not for SICU. We have a very well managed code team but 2 ICU RNs make up 1/3 of the code team. We almost never have any kind of physician in the...
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

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

    *** We used to wear these on our uniforms when I was an army combat medic. I award you one feces magnet pach, well earned!
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    There Are Easy Nursing Jobs......

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

    *** I love it! We are no way in hell are we paid enough. One time I covered a tiny, very rural hospitals (12 beds, in the whole hospital) ER as a favor for a friend who is the nurse manager/ER nurse/...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    *** Our drips are mixed in pharmacy too. However we also have certain ones available on the unit for when we need them STAT. It can take 10-20 min to get a drip up from
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    What Have I Gotten Myself Into?

    PMFB-RN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in School

    YOU are a great nurse
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    It has to be a real culture shock for this nurse. I wonder if she would have taken the job if she'd known how different the duties would be. Hope you're able to help her get up to speed. *** She...
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    It's All YOU Baby!

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

    It's not only that facility and don't make fun of her. She just is used to another form of nursing. *** Oh I am NOT making fun of her. I like her a lot and she is wicked smart. I was more poking fun...
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    I think I've decided to go the ASN route

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

    *** Man, those people at the AACN really hate us nurses. Masters for generalist nurse? Really? First there just isn't enough about nursing that can be learned in a university setting. That mean the...
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    I think I've decided to go the ASN route

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

    *** I doubt it. My guess is that there wern't any MSN NP students going around claiming they will be physician equivlents the way we have DNP students
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    I think I've decided to go the ASN route

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

    *** I would give the advantage to the MSN NP. NPs are often hired by physicians. Lot's of physicians dislike the DNP for good reason. Also the MSN is likely to be seen as the more experienced...