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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    PMFB-RN replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    *** I see you described the NHS as "inferior" and in the past have seen you describe the NHS as "evil". Above you put ' ' Marks around the word rather than quotation marks. What does this mean? Why...
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    How should I approach Nurse Practitioner before 2015?

    PMFB-RN replied to ggryz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are still going to be plenty of MSN NP programs in 2015 an beyond. Most of the big state universities have already converted to DNP, but they are not usually 4 years long. Here in Wisconsin and...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *** You are being condescending by pointing out the obvious. Where the money comes from is patently obvious to anyone. That costs of doing business affect the amount of money the business owners take...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *** I know exactly who pays for those things. It's obvious. You missed the part of my post where I said "individually". They don't have to worry or think about it. It's done for them by people they...
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    Kootenai Medical Center?

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Folks I am an Idaho native currently living in Wisconsin. I live here because after I got out of the army I was offered a full ride scholarship to a nursing school in exchange for a...
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    Kootenai Medical Center?

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

    i worked for kootenai for many years (in the icu). i ran, yes ran when management decided it was ok for surgical nurses with no critical care experience to work in the icu because they were so short...
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    PMFB-RN replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

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    Things you would like the ICU to understand

    PMFB-RN replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    Lots of the nurses where I work may be SICU one shift, ER the next and PICU or MICU the next. We don't have ER vs ICU issues since most all of us have "walked a mile" in the others shoes. Another...
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    My ex-employer is ruining my life! How can I get past this?

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse_Breonna21's topic in Nursing Career

    Your previous employer can say anything they want about you. Most choose not to say anything except to confirm emoloyment dates as they are afraid of a law suit from you. If they are not afraid then...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *** The physicians & midlevels that own the medical center attached to my hospital don't have to worry about any of that individually. Nor do they (at least I have never hear them) worry about...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *** Salaried would suck. However there are other ways to get paid besides punching the time clock or being salaried. I would like to bill for
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *** Or being a fee for service like my accountant and lawer. Either way I doubt many physicians or dentists or lawer punch time
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    Age and Nursing School

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

    My nursing class had age ranges from 16 (yes 16) to 63. Many people like to exagerate how difficult nursing school is. It's not really very difficult in comparison to some of the other science /...
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    PMFB-RN replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    That said, if you have a pt. with decreased breath sounds, an x-ray that shows consolidation, and a pt. coughing up purulent sputum; you know, I know and EVERYBODY else knows the pt. has pneumonia....
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    Navy Corpsman to Nursing

    PMFB-RN replied to DocNasty8's topic in General Nursing

    I dd army medic to associates degree RN in less than a year. I challenged the LVN boards in California (corpsmen can too) then moved to Wisconsin and did LPN to RN in two semesters at one of...
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    Working for the VA

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

    **** It's a matter of there being an opening in the department you want to work in and applying for it. VA nurse managers like to hire internal applicants as the process is much shorter. If a manager...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    *** Totally different. Attorneys, being professionals, bill for the hours they work for their client. No time clock for them to punch, they are trusted to be professional. Nurses, like factory and...
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    PMFB-RN replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    *** Not sure if you are being serious or not. It means to advocate for. It is a baseball
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    PMFB-RN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can never got away form the time clock. I am not aware of other "professions" who punch time
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    PMFB-RN replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    however obvious the symptoms leading to a conclusion are: we are not authorized as nurses to diagnose a disease. period, end all discussions now. you do not get to do this! want to diagnose? go and...
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    Becoming a flight nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to blackscrubs's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    do you believe reading, writing and math classes are a waste of time? just the tech stuff is good enough to make a well rounded professional? no need for understanding any of that research stuff which...
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    Becoming a flight nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to blackscrubs's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    *** I would heartily agree with you, _IF_ the BSN actually had any nursing component to it beyond what was taught in the associates degree program. But it doesn't. I know I went through the whole...
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    Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    PMFB-RN replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I seriously though we did away with nursing dx years
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    Is it difficult to go straight from nursing school into critical care?

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

    Many hospitals have residency programs for new grads going directly into ICU. My hospital has a 9 month residency (fully paid) for new grads. They only hire ADN grads but that is very unusual and most...
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    Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    PMFB-RN replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    *** He actually has it backwards. When an anesthesiologists preform anesthesia THEY are doing it like nurse anesthetists. The NAs were the first providers of anesthesia and the first MDs who learned...