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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

    There have been some great and valid point raised in this discussion. Many very perceptive insights raised. Allow me to go off topic for a second and mention what a great career nursing has been for...
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    How do I get a new job after being fired?

    PMFB-RN replied to Bkre8iv2's topic in General Nursing

    I have been fired twice from nursing jobs. Once I totally deserved it (invited a rude and condecending resident out to the parking lot for a butt kicking). Once when my hospital wanted to get rid of...
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    Will DNPs be chosen over MSNs?

    PMFB-RN replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    correct me if i am wrong, but isn't the reason for the big push to have msn np's move toward a dnp degree is because many physicians did not think that np's have the proper knowledge to practice as...
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    LVN-RN 30 unit-option california

    PMFB-RN replied to littleone03's topic in LPN to RN

    *** I think you will find that no college will actually have the 30-unit option available. This even though they will list it in the college
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    ADN vs BSN

    PMFB-RN replied to Jenni811's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Until recently the ADN was at a temoundous advantage over the BSN. At least in those states like where I live in Wisconsin where an ADN is desined and set up to actually be completed in two years. The...
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    Doctor as a patient

    PMFB-RN replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    I have physicians as patients on a pretty regular basis. They don't get any special consideration at my hospital except when having things explained to them we use the big words. I am the nurse...
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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

    the biggest setback in the nursing industry? i take it you mean as a profession? one would be the lack of a unified point of entry with education. we have lpns, asns, bsns, msns. this affects...
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    Has anyone in a MEPN or similarly-named program had a hard time finding a job?

    PMFB-RN replied to iridium54's topic in Post Graduate Students

    *** This sounds like a workable model on paper. However I wonder what nurse manager wants to hire a new grad nurses who they know for sure will be leaving to be an NP right at the point where the...
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    Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

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

    *** I don't know. If I was considering hiring a new grad nurse who had not learned a very basic nursing skill I would wonder what other basic nursing skills they had not
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    Lot's Of RN Jobs, Experience Not Required

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

    *** As we say here in Wisconsin........The great thing about the winters is they keep a lot of rif-raf out of the
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    Lot's Of RN Jobs, Experience Not Required

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

    *** My advice would be to follow the link I provided in the OP and view the many LPN openings they have
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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

    **** EXACTLY! There have been many good points raised here but as far as I am concerned the quote above is THE biggest mistake nuring ever
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    Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

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

    *** Well lets see. If a hospital hires (lets say) 20 new grads a year and in my hospital grads make about $31/hour. If they each do two 8 hours shifts learning to be come proficient at a basic nursing...
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    Lot's Of RN Jobs, Experience Not Required

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

    *** The reason for all the job is cause that area is experiencing a HUGE population explosion related to the vast oil fields that have been found there and that recent technology has allow them to...
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    Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

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

    that's probably because those types of skills can be quickly learned in the work setting. *** maybe but it's an added expense for the hospital and one more reason not to hire a new grad. i don't think...
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    Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

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

    *** Well I didn't say they won't hire them. I said I didn't think they would. It's not like there was an official proclamation or policy change. I say that based on discussions I have had with...
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    Accelerated BSN/MSN Grads - Jobs?

    PMFB-RN replied to 10yearreunion's topic in Nursing Career

    When the direct entry masters was new there was a lot of excitment at my hospital to hire them. It was thought that they would not run away to CRNA school like the accelerated BSN students so often...
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    Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

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

    I am an instructor in my hospital's Nurse Residency Program. We do not teach either IVs or venipuncture, other than a brief demonstration of the types of needels and equipment our hospital uses. Our...
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    differences between PA and NP?

    PMFB-RN replied to magichospital's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** I fully understand what you are saying but I disagree. My observation is that people (at least us nurses) seem to expect PA student to already be experienced in health care. Nobody expects medical...
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    What do ER's hire more: PA-C, FNP or ACNP ?

    PMFB-RN replied to treejay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** I find this very interesting. The two state university DNP programs (CRNA & NP) whose students do clinicals where I work went from MSN to DNP without adding a single hour of clinical time or a...
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    differences between PA and NP?

    PMFB-RN replied to magichospital's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** None of the PA programs here in Wisconsin require any health care experience at all. For many of the PA students who do rotations in our hospital the first time they ever touched a patient, and...
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    reamed out for using soft wrist restraints

    PMFB-RN replied to newnurse012's topic in General Nursing

    as for intubated patients - why have you got intubated patients who are not anaesthetised ? vs trache for longer term ventilation .. *** A good question but not one a nurse can answer. Physicians are...
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    reamed out for using soft wrist restraints

    PMFB-RN replied to newnurse012's topic in General Nursing

    *** i was horrified when i read the on-coming nurse's suggestion. we all make mistakes. we have all made, or will make bad mistakes that may cause harm to a patient. in these situations what we do is...
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    reamed out for using soft wrist restraints

    PMFB-RN replied to newnurse012's topic in General Nursing

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    Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

    PMFB-RN replied to mariposabella's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** Here you