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    DNR's that do not mean a thing!! Help...

    PMFB-RN replied to kati.corirossi's topic in General Students

    *** Well first of all I don't do that. I have refused to code more than one patient who I knew did not wish to be coded in spite of the families wishes. None of us should be coding and patient who has...
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    BSN or MSN? Which path to take?

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

    I suggest the ABSN. The direct entry MSN programs are much more expensive. Most importantly, at least in my area, DE MSN grads have a harder time find jobs. Some local health system won't even...
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    Muslim nursing students

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

    It should be no problem. However there are plenty of small minded people out here and I am sure you will hear some comments. I would not expect you to ever be asked to take it off as part of nursing...
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    100k salary?

    PMFB-RN replied to pilot833's topic in General Nursing

    *** It does sort of even out. However there are a few places where the pay for nurses is high and the cost of living relatively low. The highest paying city in the USA for nurses is San Jose....
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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

    *** The ANA White Paper seems designed from the start to cause controversy and start fights. Pulling the "RN" title our from under established and successful RNs? Naw, who would get upset about that?...
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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

    *** _IF_ liberal education improved critical thinking then I think the modern ADN grads would have it over the first degree BSNs hands down. I haven't precepted an ADN student who didn't already have...
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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

    *** Of course people like to say the BSN results in better / more critical thinking. Critical thinking is pretty difficult (maybe impossible) to measure. That makes it easy to claim one group has more...
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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

    *** Doing away with ADN programs simply isn't going to happen. For the reason you list and others. There is no hope of ever doing away with them. Nor would that be desirable. The obvious solution is...
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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

    *** IMO this would be fairly easy to accomplish and the advocates of BSN only entry to practice would not have such a fight on their hands if they would simply follow the examples of the other health...
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    affect of nursing shortage on nursing leadership and management, help!

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

    *** The nursing shortage was made up. It was/is a fabrication. False propaganda used to lure many people who would have not considered it otherwise into nursing and to extort tax payer money to...
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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

    *** I don't doubt that you worked hard for it. The graduates who work in the local teaching hospital work hard as well for only slightly more than $20 and hour. If they work in any of the smaller...
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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

    *** Wow! I agree. That is very good new grad pay. In my area new grads start out at less than $20 an hour. *** Well we can agree on that. Seems a little off topic given the total lack of such...
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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

    *** That's not the case. The MD doesn't make more than the RN because they went to school longer. They make more money because more money is required to attract people to the field. Imagine the US was...
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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

    *** We disagree. Have you ever worked as a bedside
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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

    *** One thing I never hear addressed. When one advocates for a single entry point to nursing does that mean doing away with the DE MSN programs as well as the ADN & diploma programs? I would...
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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

    *** I didn't say nursing is the only field with a high level of responsibility. Do you have an opinion on nurses pay? If so please share it with
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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

    *** With the exception of a few other health professions, like respirator therapy and physician assistant, what other professions receive the same training and do the same job regardless of
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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

    *** The length is more than adequate. The content isn't. However I am assuming you are only referring to formal
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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

    *** I hope you reminded them that those nurses where highly likely to be working every third, or every other weekend at least, that those nurses would likely be working on at least half of the...
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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

    *** The market isn't correcting it's self. The current glut of nurses was deliberately created using false "nursing shortage" propaganda. Looking at pay for education level is only one small...
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    Inver Hills Nursing Program

    PMFB-RN replied to mangosoccer11's topic in General Nursing

    I often serve as a preceptor for Inver Hills senior nursing students. I find them well prepared in basic nursing
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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

    *** SO, SO, SO true! Good point. Hard to blame the like of Mass General though. Nurses have allowed our education to become so watered down that our new grads are helpless and their first employer...
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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

    *** Considering they aren't qualified to do anything that an ADN isn't qualified to do I disagree. Besides the BSN is just giving the hospital money, as you pointed out. In my view it is...
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    Phasing out noc shift differential in acute care?

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

    Right. The plan to reduce nursing wages and benefits be creating a glut of nurses is well
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    Nursing supply vs. Demand in america

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

    *** I have been in nursing for around 18 years. I have worked as a staff nurse in four states and as a traveler in several others. At no time have I ever observed a shortage of nurses. I have of...