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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    Maybe not, however there are a heck of a lot of people who would have better lives without the overwhelming burden of large student loans to pay back for an expensive education that doesn't increase...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    I suppose, but why not choose a program that is only 36 for a holder of a BSN, or 47 for an associates degree? It is in no way a problem given how I used them. Fact: ALL of my ADN students have...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    Yes, you have a point that the MSN is going to be more expensive, but probably less expensive than getting a BSN and MSN. So if the goal is an MSN then why not just skip the BSN? Uh, who is giving...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    Of course the ADN grad isn't going to be able to get a job in a hospital is lots of areas. I have to say that non of my ADN students over the last 2-3 year have had trouble getting acute care jobs in...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    Nobody needs to get a BSN. The is nothing a nurse with a BSN can accomplish that the same nurse with an MSN couldn't/ As a person who is in a position to advise student nurses and recent grads I no...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    The fact that the powers that be have not taken this rout, haven't even advocated for this route, indicates to me that increasing the percentage of BSN prepared RNs with the eventual goal of an all...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    Your point depends on an assumption that I do not accept. While it is true that a BSN is a higher degree than an ADN, I do not believe, and have not seen any evidence that an ADN is less education...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    Maybe, but they are a poor substitute for actual education. She DID get the minimum degree to do her job. if a BSN is actually required to be an RN then a BSN should be the minimum degree. Simple as...
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    WHY do I need a BSN?

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

    It's not compelling to me. All of the studies I have seen were seriously flawed and did not show what they are claimed to show. I agree 100%. However BSN programs simply do not provide preparation...
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    Southwest Technical College Fennimore, WI LPN to RN

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

    Wisconsin is in the middle of one of the worst winter I haev ever seen since I moved here. Brutal cold and when it isn't cold it is snowing. A couple weeks ago it got down to 34 degrees below zero at...
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    Nursing Pay

    PMFB-RN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    OMG! $18 an hour in NY!? So sad to see the decline of what used to be a decent profession. That has been the goal all along, and the reason the glut of nurses was deliberatly created. Amazing how...
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    Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    PMFB-RN replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    None of that is accurate. The glut of nurses was intentionally created to save / make money for those who employee nurses and schools of nursing. The tool used what the false "nursing shortage"...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

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

    Our medical director calls the shots as well. However in any one run there are going to be judgment calls made by the team. The RN and medic are going to make these calls together, only an idiot would...
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    Southwest Technical College Fennimore, WI LPN to RN

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

    I know, I moved to Wisconsin to do the LPN to RN here. Use of the word "cities" to describe Fennimore isn't really appropriate. Fennimore is a very small rural town of (I would guess) 3,000. It is...
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    Question about education

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

    I was only referring to the school's use of the term accelerated, not your use of it. I think it's misleading when the SCHOOL uses that
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

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

    Hmm, our transport service, and every other one I know of, both ground and air run with a medic / RN team. Our duties are pretty interchangeable most of the time. However the RN is the team leader and...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

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

    Esme12 I wish you would come and work with me on our RRT team. You would be a perfect fit and we would have a BLAST! I am afraid I fall into that camp. Judging by the new grads, from all kinds of...
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    Question about education

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

    I think calling a two year BSN "accelerated" is misleading and inaccurate since it is in no way faster or actually accelerated from the regular, standard BSN programs. Here in Wisconsin a college...
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    Question about education

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

    Esme12 you provided a great answer the OP's question but I don't get this. 2 years in the length of the regular, standard BSN program (assuming one already has a BS degree and doesn't need to do the...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

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

    Not quite the case. Depending on the state nurse practitioners can be autonomous. In the little town I live in our sole health care provider is an NP. She runs her own clinic and has admitting...
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    i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

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

    I wouldn't bar you, but I have to admit I would be very tempted to make fun of anyone who went to nursing school as a stepping stone to nuring school since it is not only NOT a stepping stone to med...
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    How long were your pre-reqs?

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

    I don't understand why one would choose to attend such a school? Is is cause it is close to your
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    Working for FREE!!!!???

    PMFB-RN replied to Candogal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is exactly why the glut of nurses was created. In the not very distant past (before 2008) they could not have got away with that for long. Nurses would have voted with their feet and the LTC...
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    Rapid Response

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

    We have the issue of ER patients being placed at an inappropriate level of care as well. Technically nobody can overrule the ER physicians on placement. However when the nursing supervisor gets a call...
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    Rapid Response

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

    Your concerns are common and valid. JACO decided that everybody needed RRT and so many (most) hospitals simply made up some policies and pamphlets and handed an ICU nurse a pager. You are right you...