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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    PMFB-RN replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    *** No doctor I work with pays anything at all for malpractice. I think this is true for most physicians. When you say nurses I assume you mean CRNAs. It is true that some of the higher paid CRNAs...
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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    PMFB-RN replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    What's the difference between medicine and nursing? *** $200k per
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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    PMFB-RN replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    *** We do it because we are advocates for our patients and want them to have good outcomes. Of course it depends of who the physician is. If you are talking to an attending or 5th year resident who...
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    What's the difference between medicine and nursing?

    PMFB-RN replied to Livinstrong85's topic in General Nursing

    *** I don't know about where you work but in the hospitals I have always worked at nurses practice medicine by proxy all the time. I have always worked in teaching hospitals. Our interns and residents...
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    Jehovah's Witnesses & blood transfusion

    PMFB-RN replied to carebeth's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    *** I would never say so at work or indicate to the parents that I felt this way but I really could not care less about their resentment. I am very happy to respect their religious beliefs as I do...
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    online college for RN-BSN

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

    The least expensive, all online program I know of is University of Wyoming. About $5500 for the
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    Do I need a BSN or will a MSN do?

    PMFB-RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    *** The hospital where I work has a 7 month nurse residency program for new grads going into SICU, MICU, PACU, PICU, NICU & ER. They do not hire new grad BSNs into the residency for the SICU. ADNs...
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    Jehovah's Witnesses & blood transfusion

    PMFB-RN replied to carebeth's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is easy. The kid gets what they need. Our medical center has an expidited process to make the child a ward of the state and we give them whatever blood products they require reguardless of the...
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    Do I need a BSN or will a MSN do?

    PMFB-RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    *** Not at all. You don't need any sort of bachelors degree to get an MSN. You can go from non-nursing bachelors degree to MSN, or from ADN to MSN without ever having or earning a BSN or any other...
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    Would YOU accept this position?

    PMFB-RN replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds like what you are worried about is a coding patient. You have CRP training right? If a patient codes call an ambulance and do CPR unti it gets there. No big deal. Unless there is some...
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    Did you got placed into your preferred field of nursing right after graduation?

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

    I don't know what you mean by "get placed". Who are you expecting to place you in a job? I went directly into a large surgical / trauma ICU after graduation. I had to move half way across the...
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    How did you pay for school?

    PMFB-RN replied to mr.hustle's topic in General Nursing

    ADN - GI Bill more than covered all the costs. BSN - Double dipped the GI Bill and my hospitals education scholarship program. After paying all costs related to school I was pocketing
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    Best area of Specialty for Male Nurse?

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

    The best areas for men to work in nursing, in order with best first: Medical transport. Surgical / trauma ICU. Medical ICU / CCU
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    ADN in Nursing, BA in Theater ok for CRNA?

    PMFB-RN replied to jeremy224's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    *** Usually the CRNA schools that are not based in a university will accept degrees other than BSN, but they usually want a science class. I suggest you apply to those schools that accept other...
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    Do you stop vasopressors(/inotropes) during a code?

    PMFB-RN replied to Sedate&intubate's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    *** The levo and neo where useless anyway. I would guess the patient was very acidic. When their Ph get very acidic the levo and neo might as well be just slow running IV fluids. Vassopressing does...
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    Associates or Bachelors?

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

    *** I don't know of any shortage in nursing. Plenty of RNs looking for jobs out there. As for management, most manager jobs I see require a BSN and quite a few want MSN. That said I work in the...
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    crna's that got bsn from chamberlain or indiana wesleyan?

    PMFB-RN replied to Rasengan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    *** A nurse from the SICU where I work got accepted to the Rush University CRNA program and he got his BSN through Chamberlain. I know several who got their BSNs from University of Phoenix and went to...
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    Critical care residency for CRNA school

    PMFB-RN replied to talknw's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    *** For sure some do. I know for a fact that Rush, U of MN, St. Mary's, Minneapolis School of Anesthesia, La Crosse WI program and the Mayo clinic program all accept critical care nurse residency...
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    Are A's really not practical in nursing school?

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

    Lots and lots of people graduate from NS with strait As. Nursing isn't really very difficult compared to some other fields of study. There isn't any reason that a nursing student who applies...
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    nurse abuse

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

    *** Hmm, ya threatening people with a baseball bat in not overreacting, but calling security is!? Here is a true story you will love. I used to work with a cardiologist who was famous for losing his...
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    nurse abuse

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

    *** I am sorry you had to put up with that. I work in a VA hospital and find that the management does have our back when we are clearly in the right. At my last hospital not so much. Two years...
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    Recession creates apathy.

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

    *** YES! That is EXACTLY what I have observed as well. The second the hospital I worked for found themselves with more RNs applying than they had jobs for (and of course the Magnet recert was over)...
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    PLEASE tell me there is more to nursing then this.... otherwise, it's for the birds..

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

    *** Your description of your job sounds nothing at all like mine. I work in a busy CVICU/neuro/trauma ICU. I don't give much in the way of meds except titrate drips which is very interesting to me....
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    FNP, ACNP, CRNA What is everyones opinion?

    PMFB-RN replied to bluejay2823's topic in Advanced Practice

    I wouldn't worry about getting into CRNA schoo. Every single nurse I know that applied got in on thier first of second try. Apply in stated that have many programs like PA & FL, As for jobs google...
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    US RN planning moving to NZ, what's it like?

    PMFB-RN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in International Nursing

    *** My wife's hometown is Westport which is on the west coast of the south island, but she has a lot of family in Christchurch as well as a waiting job any time she wants it in a family business....