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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

    What are you talking about? Who said that? I thought this would be so obvious as to not need mentioning, but what a person knows is a very different thing than
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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

    While we are getting rid of the ADN, diploma and other paths to RN we will also need to do away with the direct entry MSN programs. If we don't we will be having the same argument in a few years but...
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    Sexism in a primarily female dominated field

    PMFB-RN replied to ritit123's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe, but I have never seen
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    Opinions on this plan please?

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

    Yes, it will be seen as a huge gap. I think you would be at a serious disadvantage taking that year "off". Being an RN to BSN student would not mitigate this in my experience / opinion. You are...
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    Bellevue trauma center

    PMFB-RN replied to lydoch's topic in New York Nursing

    Well I am happy to hear that the published starting pay doesn't really reflect realiety! On another note, interesting to me that your new grads start out very close to the same as our new grads, but...
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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

    That he didn't refer to LPNs as nurses in the second statement jumped right out at me. I work in a hospital that hires many LPNS for their clinics and for the attached rehab and long term care units....
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    Sexism in a primarily female dominated field

    PMFB-RN replied to ritit123's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a nurse who happens to be a man I have noticed one advantage in particular given to nurses who happen to be female. Over the last 18 years in nursing I have noted that any female who is getting...
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    Bellevue trauma center

    PMFB-RN replied to lydoch's topic in New York Nursing

    Sorry to take this off topic. I searched for nursing jobs at the employment.nychhc.org site. My jaw dropped at the low pay being offered! $68K plus experience pay for a head nurse? That is very close...
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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

    I have never noticed the average physicians as being smarter than the average
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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

    I very much agree that there is that perception among nursing mangaers and administration in many cases. Not saying it's true, but that many people think it
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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

    (shrug) Who gives a darn about what physicians prefer? Do you think that physicians would care AT ALL if there was a statistical preference for physicans with the DO or BSBM degrees vs MD degrees...
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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

    Except that employers of nurses have found a way around that. The used the false and self serving "NURSING SHORTAGE!" propaganda to lobby state and federal governments for tax payer funds to...
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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

    Well said!!! I think your comments are spot
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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

    15 months? It's worse than that, it can be, and is, done in 12 months with some of the ABSN
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    Any Former Veterans?

    PMFB-RN replied to stratus93's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I went to Southwest Wisconsin Technical College (SWTC). It is part of the Wisconsin Technical college system. There are 16 of them. I started calling them and speaking to program counselors. They all...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I know the most about the U of A program. Several of my friends / co-workers are in it now. U of A actually does not require any transferable credits. All they require is an associates degree from an...
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    ICU RNs running CRRT?

    PMFB-RN replied to liz0105's topic in MICU, SICU

    3 to 1 with CRRT!? Very unsafe. One day it may cost a patient their life. BTW such staffing is not only NOT a suprise in a Magnet hospital, it seems expected and normal to
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    Abuse in Nursing

    PMFB-RN replied to stickit34's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, once again I would like to know what state this is, so I can stay far away. In my state health care workers, including nurses, are a protected class. In the eyes of the law hitting a nurse is...
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    Abuse in Nursing

    PMFB-RN replied to stickit34's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would love to know where you work, so that I can stay far, far away. Of course it is not OK and I won't work in a hospital like yours that tolerates it. I would expect that managment that has so...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    "Free market"??? Hardly, anything but. More like a highly manipulated market. More like insider
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh I very much disagree. The ANA is very powerful in this matter. True they are not a regulatory body but people, especialy those in power like congress, listen to them. I Sure we can agree to...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There are a bunch of them. University of Arizona, American Sentinal University, and University of San Francisco among
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well they say they do. Their actions don't match up with that though. IMO more BSN prepared RN is only a distant and secondary goal for the ANA. If it was actually their goal they would have advocated...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes your are right. Nurse employers have a strong motivation to improve their bottom line by hiring only BSN
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

    PMFB-RN replied to AnnMarie52471's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Maybe, that would depends on what their actual goals are. Free market? I don't think so. More like a heavily manipulated market. More in common with insider trading. The nursing market has been...