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    Sorry state of Nursing ...

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

    *** (sigh) It's NOT about me. I was using things I do to illustrate what thousands of nurses across this country do every day. There are 5 full time RRT RNs in my hospital. Everyone of them does...
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    Sorry state of Nursing ...

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

    *** Hmm, trying to figure out how you have come to the mistaken belief that any offense was taken? Or how you could think you have started an ADN vs BSN debate? It's simple. You made a claim. I...
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    Sorry state of Nursing ...

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

    *** It's only a big issue with nurses. Not anyone else. Please explain your rational for your assertion that we would be taken more seriously if BSN was required for entry to practice. I am interested...
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    Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    PMFB-RN replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    *** Lol! A GREAT question. *** It's actually worse than that. In addition the to lobbyists pro single payers advocates must also fight strong grass roots resistance to single payers by a vast number...
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    Reactions to being a NP

    PMFB-RN replied to orangepink's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    *** It certainly is! (It's the masters programs where a person with no experienced, but just about any bachelors degree & pre-reqs) can walk in off the street and be a provider in two years. I...
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    Reactions to being a NP

    PMFB-RN replied to orangepink's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    *** I am sure there won't be much longer. Back when I first became a nurse nearly all the PAs I knew were either associates degree or certificate grads. Now they are mostly masters programs yet their...
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    Sorry state of Nursing ...

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

    *** The implacation being that it's not too low for an
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    Sorry state of Nursing ...

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

    *** Being called off is unacceptable. When I went looking for a new job I decided I simply wasn't going to tolerate being called off anymore. I found a job where I never get called off. Even if there...
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    Sorry state of Nursing ...

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

    *** Thye MSN doing the exact same job as an RN with an ADN should gte paid the same, ajusted for experience. The BSN or MSN doesn't bring any more income into the hospital than the ADN
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    difference between associates and bachelors in nursing

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

    *** My understanding is that ALL collges in Texas require History of Texas for all degree
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    difference between associates and bachelors in nursing

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

    *** Nearly all ADN programs have required microbiology and chemistry for
  12. PMFB-RN

    Please help new grad very anxious and upset.

    PMFB-RN replied to spiritual_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Relax! I was way worse than you when I started (although I didn't beat myself up like you do). I was a disaster for my first three months and barely acceptable for another 6 months. Two years after I...
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    80% BSN staffing by 2020

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

    *** Respiratory therapy and physician assistant come to mind. Both are like nursing and can be enter at the associates degree, bachelors degree, or graduate degree level. *** I see you point but...
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    Reactions to being a NP

    PMFB-RN replied to orangepink's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    *** Yes I know. However there are also associates degree PA programs based in community
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    Reactions to being a NP

    PMFB-RN replied to orangepink's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Or they could go to a community college and get an associates degree to become a
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    St. Joseph - Marshfield Critical Care Internship

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

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    Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    PMFB-RN replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    *** I Have experienced as both a patient and a nurse in VA hospitals. Sounds GREAT to me! The Best Care Anywhere - Phillip
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    13 month Bsn for $9000? Whats the catch?

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

    Seems long and expensive to me. 6-12 months and $6K sounds more reasonable. If you are having to take more than 7 classes (one of them stats) in an RN to BSN program I would consider a different...
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    Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

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

    *** You are mistaken. That's not what I am. I am just a regular staff RN who has worked in hospitals without unions, and now worked in a hospital with a union. I can tell you about my experience. I am...
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    New Male Nurse = No Problem Landing A Job ???

    PMFB-RN replied to RetSGT's topic in Men in Nursing

    *** Ya me too. However a little leg up or some advantage is nothing like what was said to the OP. Read the subject line of the
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    80% BSN staffing by 2020

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

    *** Of course. The DE MSN program that prepare basically trained nurses qualified to take the NCLEX and apply for positions as entry level staff nurses. We have several of them in the region....
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    difference between associates and bachelors in nursing

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

    *** My ADN program included similar clinical, BSN no clinical at all. *** Certainly not! Have you looked at RN to BSN programs? Classes like that are NOT part of the program. *** The idea come...
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    80% BSN staffing by 2020

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

    *** I do a lot of teaching. In my experience the ADN and BSN grads (or soon to be grads) who come to me for preceptorship, or who I teach in the Critical Care Nurse Residency are better prepared than...
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    New Male Nurse = No Problem Landing A Job ???

    PMFB-RN replied to RetSGT's topic in Men in Nursing

    *** I have absolutely no doubt that you where told that frequently. I am as equally as sure that those who said it to you actually believe it while they were saying it to you. *** Probably difficult...
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    80% BSN staffing by 2020

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

    For two reasons. First we have a vast oversupply of nurses. We don't need these "shake and bake", less than two year programs churning out more nurses to worsen the over supply. Second the quality...