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    Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

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

    *** So under the Bush rules it was OK to FORCE employers to keep employes who were refusing to do their jobs.. How is it OK to FORCE the owner of a pharmacy to continue to employ a pharmacist who is...
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    Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

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

    *** Using the word "forced" is inaccurate and creates a straw man argument. These people were hired to do a job. If they refuse to do their job then their employer should be free to fire them. I...
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    Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

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

    *** The government isn't forcing anything. Those people went way out of their way and worked hard to get into their CHOSEN field. They had the oppertunity to never have to dispence Plan-B or oral...
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    Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

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

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    Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

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

    "the department of health and human services (hhs) announced the rescission of most of the bush administration's 2008 conscience protections, removing the rights of doctors, pharmacists and other...
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    Anyone been told a lie about making money as a CNA?

    PMFB-RN replied to JoeM's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You made a decision to attend a training program without already knowing how much you can expect to make? Seems a little basic checking could have given you all the wage info you needed prior to...
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    ACNP with flight focus applying for just Flight RN job?

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

    *** I don't really know what more they could do than the regular transport RN. There doesn't seems to be much we can't do already. About the only thing that comes immediatly to mind would be inserting...
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    Nurses Pushing Propofol for Conscious Sedation -Your Thoughts?

    PMFB-RN replied to *traumaRN*'s topic in Gastroenterology

    *** None are sedated with a GOAL of intubating. They are not all full stomachs either. I don't know why you would think / say that. We usually keep them NPO prior to cardioversions, EGDs and other...
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    Becoming a flight nurse?

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

    Our flight service runs with an RN / paramedic team. We only hire experienced SICU nurses. We want nurses with a lot of open heart experience as well as trauma. We do not hire nurses with only ER...
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    Nurses Pushing Propofol for Conscious Sedation -Your Thoughts?

    PMFB-RN replied to *traumaRN*'s topic in Gastroenterology

    My hospital has a protocal for using propofol for sedation by regular (non CRNA) ICU, ER and Rapid Response nurses who have gone through a hospital training program. I use it all the time for...
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    which nursing (RN) specialty has the most autonomous practice

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

    In my experience the most autonomy possible by an RN are in theres jobs in this order: 1. Transport (as previously mentioned, need high qualiety ICU experience, not ER to get in) 2. Rapid response...
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    What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    PMFB-RN replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** I explained why those tasks are no longer physicians jobs in our system. Trust me if a physician could bill at lucrative rates for starting IVs or taking BP they wouldn't let an RN near. Unless...
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    Becoming RN solely to become CRNA

    PMFB-RN replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    *** I wouldn't tell lies. If asked directly then tell the truth. If not asked directly then keep it to yourself. If what you are saying is true (and I don't doubt you) you can honestly answer the...
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    Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?

    PMFB-RN replied to RN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I'll tell you a secret. Some physicians are very lonely and LOVE to get phone calls from nurses in the middle of the night to alleviate their loneliness. At least that is what i assume. I find that if...
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    Looking for a CVICU job- should I list CRNA goal?

    PMFB-RN replied to jelly221,RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Not if you want to get
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    What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    PMFB-RN replied to almost30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    let us not forget that it was within our lifetimes that the nurse practice acts in most states did not allow nurses to give injections or start ivs, because breaking the skin was something only a...
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    Becoming RN solely to become CRNA

    PMFB-RN replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    *** Well it depends on if you want to job or not. I have worked in several large hospital CVICU and SICUs in 4 states and in each there were complaints of spending so much time and money training ICU...
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    How much do diploma Rn's make vs. ASN Rn's

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

    *** The Magnet hospital where I worked doesn't interview new grad BSNs for it's Critical Care Nurse Residency program. I assume a diploma grad would be very welcome but there are no more diploma...
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    Debate: 8-hour shifts vs. 12-hour shifts

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

    *** I don't understand why it has to be one or the other? Why can those who want to do 12s do 12s and those who want 8s do 8s? Hospitals larg and small do that all the time. I would really love to...
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    Why aren't more nurses and nursing facilities unionized?

    PMFB-RN replied to Ev1987's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    *** They do. I now work in a union hospital and definitely prefer it. However it can be a pain in the neck. For example my manager could not give me the schedule I wanted due to union rules, even...
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    Debate: 8-hour shifts vs. 12-hour shifts

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

    *** My hospital is full of nurses in their 30's, 40's and even 50's. I don't find floor nursing stressful. What is stressful to me is having to get up nearly every dang day and go to work. Never...
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    Debate: 8-hour shifts vs. 12-hour shifts

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

    There is one thing I never see taken into account. What would the effect on patients be if large numbers of highly expeirenced nurses, in particular ICU nurses suddenly left bedside nursing? Do away...
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    Why aren't more nurses and nursing facilities unionized?

    PMFB-RN replied to Ev1987's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Well some nurses are opposed to unions. In my state (Wisconsin) there is only one union hospital and it's the state university hospital. At my last hospital attempting to union organize would get you...
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    Magnet Status And Adn Nurses ** Not Another Adn Vs Bsn Thread**

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

    "magnet status" is a friggen fraud and means absolutely nothing to the day to day practice of the average nurse. *** i disagree. in my experience magnet certification is an indication that it is...
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    Magnet Status And Adn Nurses ** Not Another Adn Vs Bsn Thread**

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

    i live in massachusetts and grad. ( god willing in may with an adn). the word on the street in boston is that the major teaching hospitals are not taking new adn grads and are only taking bsn's due to...