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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    PMFB-RN replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    *** i think you failed to read pexx84's post and was pointing out your mistake and condescending manner. here is what i was replying to. you wrote: "oh, and there is no such thing as all nursing...
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    New grad in ICU needing advice

    PMFB-RN replied to pinkynbd99's topic in MICU, SICU

    Back when I was a new RN in the ICU I found the Cathy White book to be
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    How to Deal With Ignorant Medical Professionals

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

    Dr. Horse's *** would be facing a slander suit if i were in your shoes. I don't know if it's better in larger towns but I live in a small town and our physicians are all on board with hospice /...
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    Working as a bedside RN after getting NP....

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

    We have a bunch of NPs working as bedisde nurses in the SICU where I work. I can think of 5. There may be more I don't know about. All of them were our staff nurses before they got their NP. They are...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

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

    , *** I went from nothing, nada, no college credit, to RN in a little less than a year. I am not saying a lot of people can or should do it but it IS an
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

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

    *** Well I didn't claim it was a typical path. I only told about it cause you said you don't believe me. It Does NOT take 3-4 years to become an RN. It can, and is, done in two years by lot's and...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

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

    *** here is a link to the nursing program requirements at the school i went to: http://www.swtc.edu/gray_map.aspx?id=105431 as you can see the program is set up to be done in two years in four...
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    New grad in ICU needing advice

    PMFB-RN replied to pinkynbd99's topic in MICU, SICU

    Have you tried going directly to your manager with your concerns?. I too was a new grad in a very large fast paced trauma/CV/surgical ICU but the hospital where I worked offered and excellent 9 month...
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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    PMFB-RN replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    *** First nobody has ever said in this discussion that some school had all nursing classes. Second that was very, very
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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    PMFB-RN replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    *** Here is the one I am most familiar with as there are a bunch of grads from this program working at my hospital.
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

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

    the associate's for NURSING is different, however. the nursing courses alone take 2 years so you can NOT do all of your pre-reqs and the nursing courses and be a RN in two years, *** Unless of course...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

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

    e=DonaldJ;4687649The average is one year of pre-req's. Here in Wisconsin none of the public technical colleges have any college class pre-req's. You need HS graduation or GED, CPR, CNA, background...
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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    PMFB-RN replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    *** Just curious but why are those direct entry masters three years instead of the regular two or less for direct entry
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    LVN-RN 30 unit-option california

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

    *** No state other than Ca will license a 30 unit option nurse. You could work in other states if you only work in federal hospitals. I know a 30-unit option RN who works here in Wisconsin for the VA....
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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    PMFB-RN replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm from a rural area in Virginia where NP's make upwards of 90k per year (VERY good money because the cost of living is quite low). *** I live in a rural area of Wisconsin. As a staff nurse in the...
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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    PMFB-RN replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Most of the NPs in the medical center where I work make LESS than I do as a staff RN in the SICU. They went into NP for the schedual, not the pay. I know that some of them took pay cuts to do NP....
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    MALE NURSES

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

    *** Just wondering , with two degrees in engineering why in the heck would you want to get into
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    MALE NURSES

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

    Dito. A little "whale tail" can liven up a
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    Would your institution hire an MSN w/o BSN?

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

    The medical center where I work hires advanced practice nurses without BSNs all the time. Quite a few of the CRNAs do not have BSNs, including newly hired new grads. Several of our newer CRNAs have...
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    MALE NURSES

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

    *** And _I_ see no problem with females in
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    Order for EKG?

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

    Are you asking if you need a physician's order for doing an orientation EKG? Probably not but on an EKG machine we usually enter a specific code name that alerts Cardiology that we are using the...
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    Order for EKG?

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

    *** You mean they require the order to reimburse? You are not saying it is illegal to run an EKG without an order in the absence of an attempt to bill for it? Like in the case of EKGs run for...
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    Order for EKG?

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

    *** We don't have an EKG machine. We just use the regular monitor and hook up the extra leads. We run them for educational purposes all the time, like to show orientees and students. Unless we hit the...
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    Is nursing shortage a myth?

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

    *** In the 15 yeas I have been paying attention to this issue there has never been more than a local a shortage of nurses. What there has been is a shortage of nurses willing to work under the current...
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    Order for EKG?

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

    The physicians I work with would be upset if I waited for an order to do an EKG on a patient who was having