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    Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

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

    Since this discussion started I have looked into our policy at my hospital. It is curious. RTs can only do radial art sticks per policy. In the policy for trained RNs who preform arterial sticks there...
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    ADN to BSN to CRNA or 4 year university?

    PMFB-RN replied to michelleburlinski's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not all ADN programs have pre-reqs. The Wisconsin technical college system's ADN can (and very often are) be completed in two years. There are no college class pre-reqs. One must have CNA, background...
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    If we make BSN the entry level degree, we should be paid more

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

    Good point! I would add that when they separate ADN and BSN nurses, all of the BSN nurses who started as ADN need to go into the ADN category. At least they di if an accurate study is to be
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    Flight Nursing

    PMFB-RN replied to DidiRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Nice and informative article. Pretty accurate in my experience. I wonder at the required experience ICU/ER. Our service does not hire ER nurses. They only hire adult ICU nurse who are then sent to be...
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    4 years in a CC??!

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

    Your concern that the ADN nurses are doing too much work to only earn an ADN is very valid. I agree. I do think your experience in Florida is not typical. Most places, including where I live attempt...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    Leaving aside the actual issue of ADN vs BSN for entry and commenting only on your position. Do you not see the irony of advocating to close the path that you took into nursing for others? Seems like...
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    Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

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

    OMG! You work in a hospital where ATTENDINGS determine nurse practice!!! A physician has no business at all telling nurses what they can and can't do. Any doctor who tried to dictate nurse practice in...
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    Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

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

    I can't imagine anyone doing art sticks for ROUTINE daily labs. Never heard of that or seen it done. We do art stick for labs in the ER and ICU in critical situations where the need to get the labs...
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    Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

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

    I have never heard of RNs being forbidden to do art sticks for ABGs or blood draws. RNs also place art lines where I work but only selected few who are trained and can do enough to maintain...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    Maybe she wants to differentiate herself from the MSNs who don't have a bachelors
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    *** Obviously "useless" is subjective. To me is means a degree purchased from a school with very low standards, the earning of which does not involve learning or
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    (chuckle, chuckle) "Resenting those with higher education"??? LOL. Hardly. As a nurse with a higher education nothing could be further from my point of view than what you perceive. You are talking...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    This is the pertinent quote from the OP that generated my comments: "Another comment was made that these degrees are mostly online degrees or from low standard/open enrollment schools. There...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    Talking about learning for the sake of learning, lifelong learning, and furthering one's education all have nothing at all to do with the subject of the OP and the discussion we have
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    *** If you think your desire to learn and expand your practice is a big deal then I have wonder if you have read this
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    She looks wonderful on paper and is a Lean Six Sigma expert. She has invented a ton of problems to solve while ignoring any REAL issues. She has never bothered to ask any of the RRT nurses about...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    I am all for furthering education. However the topic isn't furthering education or nurses who further their education. Read the OP. There is no concern about nurses furthering their education. The...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    I agree completely. While I certainly do not expect my manager to be currently bedside competent, I do expect then to have "been there, done that". A manager NEEDS to have working night shifts and...
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    Do you need all those degrees?

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

    Uh, the OP sounds like she is unaware of nursing's severe self esteem problem. Degree inflation, and nurses acquiring useless degrees, is merely a symptom (and evidence of) nursing's low self esteem....
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PMFB-RN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    My point was that you are in no position to make an argument on the topic. In the same way I personally have no experience with pre licensure BSN programs designed to take people off the street and...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PMFB-RN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    *** No, I don't think I have. I actually think I went to one of the best BSN programs in the county and that it is representative of the better BSN programs. However I also feel that is like saying...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PMFB-RN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    *** I am just saying the very expensive class took 8 weeks to cover what was already learned in a two day education offered by a group of area hospitals who used for more effective teaching methods....
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PMFB-RN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't think there is. I think the profession side will not rest until they have driven every last "trade" minded nurse out of the field. We see examples of this often. I Your statement above...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PMFB-RN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    *** I doubt it. I think if you compare the curriculum of today's ADN and BSN program you would be hard pressed to find any difference. The ADN programs started moving towards the BSN curriculum for...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    PMFB-RN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    *** Oh there was certainly information about the course itself. What I meant was there it wasn't like a lecture where a professor with advanced knowledge of the subject stood in front of the class and...