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    DNP in 2015? Forreal?

    PMFB-RN replied to jiwonkim89's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    *** First DNP will NOT be required for NP in 2015. The nurse haters at ANA have proposed the DNP for NPs but it is far from realiety. What is realiety is that many schools have already done away with...
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    Can an ER Nurse to an ER Physician?

    PMFB-RN replied to lilyellowfireball's topic in Emergency

    Yes an ER nurse can become an ER physician. The path is the same for everybody reguardless of under grad degree. You must do pre-med courses, then go to medical school, then complete a residency. Some...
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    what is the most adrenaline pumping job

    PMFB-RN replied to proudpops's topic in Men in Nursing

    any pgy3 or pgy4 er resident should be more than able to manage advanced scenario concering the emergent and crashing pt. *** no doubt. just as any well trained er or icu rn should be more than able...
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    Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

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

    *** Persistant vegetative state is a pretty high standard. Very few of the people we withdraw life support on are there. They will likely get there in a few weeks or months if we persist in continual...
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    what is the most adrenaline pumping job

    PMFB-RN replied to proudpops's topic in Men in Nursing

    well i dont work at a big truama center with plenty of staff and residents at my side that can take over where my skills stop. *** your comment about residents taking over where a nurses skills stops...
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    Did you get enough phlebotomy experience in your ADN program?

    PMFB-RN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    *** The hospital where I work does not provide IV training for new nurse. Nor is there an IV team. Grads are expected to have been trained in the most basic of nursing
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    Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

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

    *** First of all as you get more experience you will learn what about your job should not be shared with non-medical family and friends. Second there is a VAST difference between allowing...
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    RNs being negative about NP school

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

    *** Your co-workers are misinformed about NP and CRNA. True there may be local areas with an abundance of one or the other, Minneapolis, MN is a good example of an area saturated with CRNAs. They have...
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    Did you get enough phlebotomy experience in your ADN program?

    PMFB-RN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    The community college I went to each of us spend 2 or 3 full days in out patient procedures starting one IV after another. 30-40 IV attempts in a day for a couple days and everyone became reasonably...
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    Real Stories of the ER

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

    *** I agree that it is a good show. However I hate watching it. It's just like being at work and when I am off I need down
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    Not always feeling challenged

    PMFB-RN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    *** What you are experiencing is the normal, expected result of the decision you made to get in a non-challenging, boring field. I know what you are talking about. Years ago I too did HH as an LPN,...
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    Did any of you NOT take a NCLEX prep course??

    PMFB-RN replied to Zookeeper44's topic in General Nursing

    *** Very true. To prove the point I once watched a very smart engineering graduate student with no medical background what so ever, but who also taught test taking stratagies, do quite well on an...
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    what is the most adrenaline pumping job

    PMFB-RN replied to proudpops's topic in Men in Nursing

    *** when you say "almost complete panic and confusion" i assume you are referring to patients and / or their families. i work in a large trauma center and critical care transport (air &...
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    Did any of you NOT take a NCLEX prep course??

    PMFB-RN replied to Zookeeper44's topic in General Nursing

    I did. 9 months worth. It was called nursing
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    what degree to pursue?

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

    *** Well you would have to apply to a school that offers ADN to MSN with no BSN (or any other bachelors degree) required. You will have to take some "bridge" courses that include SOME of the content...
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    Can You get a ASN if you have a B.A. in another field

    PMFB-RN replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Some do and some don't. There is no requirement to hold a bachelors degree in order to earn a masters degree. Plenty of people go from ADN to MSN with no bachelors degree of any
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    Corpsmen & Medics, Become an RN in 9 Months

    PMFB-RN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Government, Military

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    Should new grads always start on a med/surg floor?

    PMFB-RN replied to swaffy8's topic in General Nursing

    The idea that all new grads need to spend a few years slogging it out in med-surg before they go to ICU or ER or some other speciality is a very, very old fashioned and out of date way of thinking....
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    I hate what's happening to nursing...

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

    *** Uh, YOU don't actually say all that do you? If so I encourage you to take a leadership role in refusing to act in such a condecending manner to your patients and providing great nursing care....
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    RN to BSN - look at prereq's only?

    PMFB-RN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about it. There are like 600+ online RN to BSN programs. Many of them don't even ask or look at what your previous GPA was. All they care about is that you are an RN and that you can pay...
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    what degree to pursue?

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

    If you plan on getting a masters there is no need for the
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    Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    PMFB-RN replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    if the posts at allnurses.com are any indication, it's painfully apparent that many, many nurses could benefit from more education. i'm not talkin' 'bout nursing learnin' either. critical reading...
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    I hate what's happening to nursing...

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

    i really wouldn't imagine anyone would be expected to just say the same thing over and over no matter what the situation is. really, no one could expect that. that is stupid. *** of course that is...
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    I hate what's happening to nursing...

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

    *** I don't find your examples of scripts used between professionals to be at all comparable to what we are talking about. There must be some other examples of college educated, licensed,...
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    I hate what's happening to nursing...

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

    *** A couple weeks ago O took care of a guy who had shot himself in the head. His family decided to donate his organs. The brain death tests were done and my patient was declared legally dead. My job...