PMFB-RN RN

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    Is there less cattiness/gossiping/laziness in the ICU environment?

    PMFB-RN replied to tRiguN's topic in Critical Care

    Every ICU I have ever worked in had a high percentage of male RNs. So yes I have alwasy found less "cattiness" and gossip. Some ICUs are like you describe, just go, go, go all night long. In...
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    What's the easiest job you've ever had?

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

    Easiest nursing job: I used to have a part time job in a very small (12 bed), very rural hospital ER. Whole night shifts would go by without a single patient coming in. Usually there were only two of...
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    diltiazem drip

    PMFB-RN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Cardiac

    You did fine. In this case the physician was right. You are lucky. In my hospital it is very, very unlikely that a physician (resident) would have the slightest idea what to do with any sort of drip....
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    I don't want to call you, but you ARE the doctor!

    PMFB-RN replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    *** His failure to preform the job he was hired and is getting paid to do should be brought to the attention of his supervisor. My pracitce, and what I teach new nurses is to page and document time...
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    I don't want to call you, but you ARE the doctor!

    PMFB-RN replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have pointed out I don't think you were using the right words when calling the docs to get the proper reaction from them. Also doesn't your hospital have a rapid response team you could...
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    Do you think nursing would be more advanced as a profression if...

    PMFB-RN replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

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    Very frustrated after taking pbsd!!

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

    I suggest that nurses, in particular trael nurses simply refuse to take it and not accept any contracts that require it. Many travels I know are already doing so. If we all refuse then they will hae...
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    What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

    PMFB-RN replied to xtxrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    *** I don't think so. Seems to me that all the nursing school in a particular state would operate under the same set of laws. Yet we (instructors in our hospital's nurse residency program) see a huge...
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    What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

    PMFB-RN replied to xtxrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am an instructor and preceptor in my hospital's nurse residency program. Recently (2010) we had to add 20 hours of basic skills instruction to the residency program. We never used to teach basic...
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    BSN vs direct-entry Nursing program

    PMFB-RN replied to sutanuka's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Do I understand you correctly that you have no intention of working as an RN? You do understand that graduates of direct entry masters programs are ENTRY level nurses the same as those who graduate...
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    You are doing gods work... semi rant, wondering what its like for the rest of you

    PMFB-RN replied to Sirapples's topic in MICU, SICU

    *** That situation never causes me a moral or ethical delimma, it is also rare in my experience. If my patient wants everything done I am happy to do it and will advocate for their wishes. The...
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    Very frustrated after taking pbsd!!

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

    Why would you want to work for such a hospital? I have always refused to take PBDS and hopefull alwasy will. I have seen too many good nurses get fired for
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    English As a Second Language

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

    I assume that the TOEFL is super easy. I assume this given some of the people I work with everyday who struggle to make themselves understood in english. They passed and if some of these people passed...
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    You are doing gods work... semi rant, wondering what its like for the rest of you

    PMFB-RN replied to Sirapples's topic in MICU, SICU

    *** Well said. My experience is the same. I sure as heck never think of myself as doing "god's work", of course nobody ever specifies which "god" they are talking about. Maybe I am depending on whose...
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    Anyone have NPs in their ICU?

    PMFB-RN replied to jcurlygirl's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ya lots of them. Out of the 56 RNs who work in our ICU at least 8 and maybe 9 or 10 are NPs (not sure if some if them are NPs or CNS). The work as regular RN and get paid exactly the same as an RN...
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    Associates degree question

    PMFB-RN replied to sbishop4455's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    *** An online associates degree is highly unlikely to cover the pre-reqs of a nursing programs. Most schools want your sciences with lab in a classroom setting. You would be better of in deciding on a...
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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    PMFB-RN replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

    *** Ah, you mean like large parts of Alaska. I work with a nurse whose previosu job was as a traveling nurse working in rural villages in Alaska. It was no uncommon for her to have to use air planes,...
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    USA RN to Melbourne!!!

    PMFB-RN replied to neeke816's topic in Australia, New Zealand

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    Combining ADN and Bachelor Biology?

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

    BSN = BSN ADN + any BS degree = ADN Non nursing degrees don't count in nursing. They won't help you get into any particular field and they won't subsitiute for "BSN prefered or required". A nurse...
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    Perioperative or ICU which Graduate program?

    PMFB-RN replied to Jebus76's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ICU is much more flexable. ICU is the path to all the best jobs in nursing. A trained ICU nurse can work in nearly any nursing field. Perioprative is much more limited and
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    pls help...advice for 1yr RN getting into ICU/SICU

    PMFB-RN replied to stacia77's topic in MICU, SICU

    The most important thing is to never tell anyone you want to go to CRNA school. Training an ICU nurse is very expensive. Nurse managers hate spending all that training money on someone who is planning...
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    Facilities not on the Customer service bandwagon

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

    *** I agree with you but to be honest, until you said it, it never entered my mind that averyone of use doesn't already know and understand that. The discussion isn't about good customer service, has...
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    How long did it take you to get into a program?

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

    I called to find out information on the program on August 14th. On August 26th I was sitting in the first day of classes. Waited for 11
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    Facilities not on the Customer service bandwagon

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

    Neither of the large Magnet hospitals were I work use any of
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    pre-reqs for adn program

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

    All the public ADN programs in my state require CNA before you can