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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    No! Certainly not! I do know PHYSICIANS who are fully licensed to practice medicine as PHYSICIANS who do not hold either an MD or DO degree. I don't know what it means to practice as "an MD" since MD...
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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

    Adopting color coded scrubs is evidence that a facility is NOT up to date on EBP. or that they are simply ignoring
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    Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    PMFB-RN replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I got bit by a dog one time. I don't hate all dogs
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    The difference is that NPs do not think they are doctors the way so many MAs think / say they are
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    Offensive Op/Ed About NPs

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

    We have several NPs who have admitting privages in my hospital. The usually round on them in the morning before they go to the clinic. They consult specialists, take call on their patients, pretty...
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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

    Who has done
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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

    Hmmm, different strokes I guesss. To me it looks VASTLY less professonal. One of the hallmarks of a blue collor worker is wearing a uniform. The more uniform it looks the more blue collor and the less...
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    Offensive Op/Ed About NPs

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

    Since the issues you bring up are already non-issues in other states I assume that you mean that these issues would be specific to
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    Dear Nurses, I desperately need your help

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

    I live in Wisconsin. I too graduated from a technical college ADN program. I precept 4 or 5 ADN students each year. ALL of them have found hospital jobs within 6 months. I am shocked that your...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    I have to wonder if you even read the post you are addressing. It doesn't appear that you did. Who stated that any physician got a license with a "US equivalent" bachelors
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    You may not be, but many of us are. I would guess that every nurse here who works in a taching hospital where they get a lot of residents trained abroad does. I certainly do. They may not even know it...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    If you read the Wiki link I provided you would see that they are not equivelent at all. The bachelor of medicine is a professional degree. Who is making comparisons between a bachelors degree in the...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

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

    My guess is that, judging from the positions they take, and what they say, they are not well
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    Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    PMFB-RN replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    In my experience union hospitals are much better. After experience in a variety of hospitals in differest states I decided what I wanted. That was to work in a modern, EBP based, publicaly owned, non...
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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

    Maybe that one faciliety, or VISN is going to color coded scrubs, not the VA as a whole. Besides the VA has never been known for being up to date in
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    Sure, there are a number of them. In addition many schools will admit RNs who have a bachelors degree in another field other than nursing. I know that many of the schools who state "BSN required" will...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    Regular physicians you probably work with every day. I work with dozens of phsyicans who do not hold a doctorate in anything. You probably do to. I many countries the Bachelor of Medicine, bachelor...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

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

    You are missinformed. Unlike psychology programs this is not an issue with nursing. RNs who hold the BAN are exactly as qualfiied and compedative for grad programs as RN who hold the BSN. The BAN...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    At any level really. The DNP programs have not added clinical hours. Maybe, maybe not. Lot's of physicans without bachelors degrees practicing in the USA. Lots more who hold bachelors degrees but...
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    Nurses are Not Doctors

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

    (yawn) So NY is finally catching up to more progressive states and eliminate NP's requirement to colaborate with physicians. This is risk free, unless the case is to be made that the NPs of NY are...
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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

    More like what some old fashioned, out of toutch administrator thinks will make their nurses look
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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

    LOL! NO! More like a "blast from the past". Back in the day color coding was all the rage, a fad that passed when studies showed that color coding did not help patients determine who was who. IMO...
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    A Ban=Bsn?

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

    Wow! You never even heard of a BAN and yet you claim she will not have the same core science classes as a BSN? Considering that you have never heard of a BAN how do you arrive at this
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    A Ban=Bsn?

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

    Why would you be worried about a RN with a BAN continuing on to grad
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    A Ban=Bsn?

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

    Of course it would have no affect on magnet status as a BAN is a degree in nursing as required by Magnet for nurse