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    Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    PMFB-RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    But your wife went to nursing school in Florida, correct? SO in nursing school they also never went over intra aortic balloon pumps, dialysis machines, LVADS, or ECHMO, yet all of those are regularly...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    I appreciate the explanation. I am shocked at the 975 US seniors who didn't match. Are these people who have something very wrong with them, or were they too picky about what would they accept? Could...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    Ya, that is pretty much true. The health system I work full time in didn't used to use NPs in specialties. However when they reduced resident's work hours to "only" 80 hours a week, suddenly lots of...
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    Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    PMFB-RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Come work in my hospital. Nurses run their own vents. We do have a single respiratory therapist in house who does vent checks and serves as an expert consultant if we call and request his assistance,...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    I am curious about this comment. The vast majority of IM residents I work with are from India, various African countries, Pakistan, Russia and middle eastern countries (the ones without oil). Are...
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    Is the RN--->BSN push a clever way to get older nurses out of the way

    PMFB-RN replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    IMO you have is backwards. It is those who are advocating for BSN as entry to practice who consider themselves more important than their patients and the profession. In my view one of the worst...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    Oh they do really like their milk. The county I live in has more dairy farms than any other in the
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    Assertive with your providers.

    PMFB-RN replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    I don't put up with crap from doctors. They are the leaders of the care team, the key word being "leader". It's not "master" or "boss". Those who exhibit leadership and respect get respect back. Those...
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    VA problems are in most hospitals

    PMFB-RN replied to rnpatrick's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The VA in Phoenix sucks! I was a patient there once and got out as fast as I could. I was treated badly, my doctors (different ones each day) could hardly speak English and ignored obvious problems....
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    "milk" was supposed to be COPD!
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    IMO physicians have brought this on themselves. I live in a very rural area with limited access to medical care. the nearest small, critical access hospital is a 45 min drive away IF the roads are...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    So I just read the whole discussion over on Studentdoc.net related to this discussion on allnurses. Turns out their reading comprehension sucks. Plenty of what has been discussed here has been...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    SO it turns out you are about 99% right and I am ALMOST completely wrong. So plenty of medical schools do not list a bachelors degree as a requirement, but almost all who get accepted do have an...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

    PMFB-RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Your concerns are unfounded. I have known dozens and dozens of RNs who hold a BAN and none has even had the slightest difficulty obtaining employment or getting accepted to any graduate program...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    Hmm, I thought what has been posted here is pretty common sense. I am not the one who said that but what I assumed they meant was non medical specific education. In that case it is easy to see how...
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    are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

    PMFB-RN replied to kelligracie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Its no accident that the hospital waited for the Magnet surveyors to leave before springing the new uniform on the
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    are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

    PMFB-RN replied to kelligracie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I notice that many of these hospitals seem to have adopted color coded scrubs very recently. It is a symptom of the oversupply of nurses that was deliberately created. The tools used where tax payer...
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    Dear Nurses, I desperately need your help

    PMFB-RN replied to juniper1968's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What is this change over you are referring to? I know the IOM (hardly reputable IMO) has a recommendation for 80% BSN nurses, but am unaware of any kind of change
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    UPS Drivers make HOW much????

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

    LOL! Doctor? What doctor? Not in my job. When I respond to a critical patient call, either there is no doctor at all, or the doctor is a junior resident who usually says something like "Hmmm, PMFB,...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

    PMFB-RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Uh, no applesxoranges said this on post number 25: https://allnurses.com/registered-nurses-diploma/a-ban-bsn-921143-page3.html I am interested in what programs you know of that require a BSN and...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

    PMFB-RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Ya, pretty much. I assumed that since certain people where posting in a rude and condescending manner that their desire was to receive condescending replies. Here are some examples of what I am...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

    PMFB-RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I asked for this too. I am very much looking forward to applesxoranges informing of the programs she knows about that require additional course work for
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    A Ban=Bsn?

    PMFB-RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have always been surprised at how little the average nurses knows about their own
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    A Ban=Bsn?

    PMFB-RN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    RNs who hold BANs would be perfectly eligible for any job that says "BSN required" and in fact are hired into such jobs without difficulty all over the
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    Thanks but I don't think there was any confusion about what it takes to be a licensed physicians in the USA. The confusion was that some nurses apparently didn't understand that there were medical...