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    Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    PMFB-RN replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Sounds like incompetent management. Why do they refuse to take measure to cut
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    Major Med Error

    PMFB-RN replied to keynurse's topic in Patient Medications

    Its good and proper that you recognize your accountability in making an error. I would consider this to be a very MINOR med error. That said your job should not be at risk for something like this. At...
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    Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

    PMFB-RN replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am willing to bet that your unit's staffing issues would disappear if they significantly increased RN pay. Your question is based on a false assumption, that there is a nursing shortage when there...
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    Scary co-worker. What to do?

    PMFB-RN replied to blondenurse12's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work with some very fine NPs. People who I would absolutely trust with the care of my family. The primary care provider for my whole family is a wonderful NP who was a local ER nurse for more than...
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    DNP required for NP?

    PMFB-RN replied to ronrandallgabiola's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Good and informative reply elkpark. Just wanted to point out that CRNA will require a doctorate in 2025, not necessary a DNP. Most CRNA programs can't grant nursing degrees and so will grant other...
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    Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    PMFB-RN replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    Well said. Look if you can't administer blood products then you are simply NOT qualified to be an SICU nurse, period. Get a job someplace else where administering blood is rare or never happens....
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    IVs in the breast

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

    Well said and so true! That said I have and will use IVs in the breast for things like the female patient who does not need fluids, but mainly needs doses of IV pain meds and no other access can be...
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    Have you encountered useless residents?

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

    This is great advice. I take it a step further and set out to intimidate those doctors who have shown themselves to be dangerous to my patients. One of the great things about working in one place...
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    Have you encountered useless residents?

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

    Yes, frequently. Most are simply inexperienced and lack confidence. The vast majority go on to become competent physicians. Mostly they are not too dangerous if they keep their ego in check and are...
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    Why don't nurses bond?

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

    I think you mean why don't FEMALE nurses bond. My experience as a male RNs is that the guys DO bond. Pretty much all of my friends are fellow male nurses (with a couple male MDs thrown in). We hunt,...
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    Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    First nurses are very underpaid relative to their level of responsibility. Comparing our salary to median income isn't useful. We should be compared to other fields who have a similar amount of...
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    Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    How awful! I am sorry for you. Even if every one of their nurses refused to accept lower pay and quite on the day it took effect, there would be a line of new grads waiting to take their
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    Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    It's bigger than you. But those who entered nursing because they failed to even take a cursory look at the field of nursing and simply believed all of the false nursing shortage propaganda and were...
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    Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    Yes I oversimplified. You are right about the supply and demand. The whole reason a huge over supply of RNs was created (created using the false NURSING SHORTAGE! propaganda) was to depress nurses...
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    Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    PMFB-RN replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    RN pay is lower in some areas for only ONE reason. Nurses in that area are willing to accept the pay offered. Pay is higher in higher cost of living areas simply because nurses in that area won't...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    PMFB-RN replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    R.E. q 1 ABGs - I received a similar order on a similar type patient one time. I knew perfectly well the order was ALL about the physician showing the nurses who was boss and NOT about caring for the...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    PMFB-RN replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once had a cardiac surgeon throw a telephone that hit me in the head. He wasn't throwing it at me, he was just in a rage from whatever he had just been told on the phone and ripped it off the desk...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    PMFB-RN replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am amazed that in this day and age something like that can happen! In my area there would be an RRT team (in my hospital's case the RRT "team" is just one well trained and experienced RN) who can...
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    BSN or MSN

    PMFB-RN replied to srp21's topic in Nursing Career

    This is fun to think about but as some of you know from my previous postings I only attended nursing school for two semesters. I challenged the LVN boards based on my military medic experience then...
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    FNP in the Main ED

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

    Not sure who you are talking to here. However just the fact that we are well paid and treated as nurses where I work pretty much precludes any chance that we are in
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    FNP in the Main ED

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

    It should be very easy to show where in their education there were trained to deliver babies or intubate or whatever they do. Doctors are not trained to intubate in medical school, or in most...
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    BSN or MSN

    PMFB-RN replied to srp21's topic in Nursing Career

    I get you, but with the 44 credits it takes to go from ADN RN to MSN in about 2 years is very similar to many RN to BSN programs in credits required and length to completion. I would say the RN to...
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    Why is it okay for Doctors to yell at Nurses?

    PMFB-RN replied to GlowBear500's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Speak for
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    FNP in the Main ED

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

    Its very surprising to me that so many people who purport to be nurses so easily and willing use a degrading term like
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    BSN or MSN

    PMFB-RN replied to srp21's topic in Nursing Career

    You won't miss anything by skipping the BSN. I don't even know why anyone does RN to BSN