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    RN to CRNA - which road?

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

    Great! Thanks for finding that out. Interesting that the AANA's own website is putting out inaccurate
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    RN-CRNA?

    PMFB-RN replied to mzkede's topic in Operating Room

    *** We have had several OR nurses come to work in our ICU. Except for general hospital orientation they go through the exact same training as new
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** You can get a BSN in 12 months in my state. Anyone with zero health care experience and a degree in underwater basket weaving can become an RN BSN in 12 months....
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    RN to CRNA - which road?

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

    *** I don't remember where I got the information. Seems like I have always known that. However it can be found on the AANA's web site here: Become a CRNA "[h=6]Requirements[/h] The requirements for...
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    2015 DNP

    PMFB-RN replied to BabyLady's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    *** There is no rational to pay an NP or CRNA with a DNP more. They can't bill at a higher rate and don't bring in more money to the practice. *** There is a very understandable and logical reason...
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    RN to CRNA - which road?

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

    *** All school accept a BSN. The only ones that require it are the schools based in university schools of nursing (a minority). All require a bachelors degree in something. I have knows nurses to get...
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    New Grad, where to start career?

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

    *** CRNA is a great career but you can't start there. You need a bachelors degree (doesn't need to be in nursing) with very good grades, be an RN, and have a year or two minimum of ICU experience....
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** To be fair only one side of the issue is doing that. *** Yes, we all know that. So what? Just because they jumped over the degree inflation cliff doesn't mean we should. Are they making more...
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    New Grad, where to start career?

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

    *** Our OB department LOVES to hire ICU nurses and, everything else being equal, will hire them over med-surg nurses or new grads. The like nurses who have a proven track record of prefromance in...
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    New Grad, where to start career?

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

    The path to all the best jobs in nursing runs through the
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    Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    Cost of living is very reasonable. I chose to live in the highest nurse pay as compaired to cost of living area in the country that I could find. I actually drive in to the city from a very rural area...
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    Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    Six figures WITHOUT OT is very doable. Just about all the staff nurses with 5-6 years experience in my hospital make well into the 6 figures. You just have to decide you want to do it and relocate to...
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    BSN patient outcomes

    PMFB-RN replied to S.G.'s topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** It's great you are finding some benifit to at least some of your classes. For me the BSN was only re-hash of things I already understood. For example the health assessment class I took in the BSN...
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    BSN patient outcomes

    PMFB-RN replied to S.G.'s topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Any study that wants to compair patient out comes based on degree needs to srot out those nurses who entered practice as BSN from nurses who entere practice as ADN, reguardless of any other...
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    BSN patient outcomes

    PMFB-RN replied to S.G.'s topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Since those studies are being used in the BSN as entry to practice discussion I would not consider them valid if they included ADN RNs who have gone back and got their BSN. They _MAY_ be valid in...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

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

    *** Now that they have suceeded in creating a large glut of nurses with their false and self-serving "nursing shortage" propaganda they have that option. Only a few years ago they couldn't even...
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    Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't think the things I like about nursing are different than the things my female co-workers like. Well with one exception. I have NO TROUBLE getting vacation during hunting season. My friends who...
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    Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    PMFB-RN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    *** LOL! So true, well
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** What I would LOVE to see is a large study compairing patient ourcomes when cared for by nurses who have specialy certifcation and nurses who do not. I have see one such study that was done by an...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Certainly NOT the AACN! To judge from their actions and statements they despise nurses. I don't know who the N-OADN is. N*** My hospital hires all 4 kinds of new grads. Only the SICU doesn't...
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    Father going back to school for nursing - Need advice

    PMFB-RN replied to tcast67's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    *** If you get your ADN I would strongly consider you to look elsewhere for your BSN. 1.5 years!? You could likely do it in in 6-12 months in another
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Of course Ford would have a vested financial interest in refuting Chevy's claim. There is nobody to make money from a study to refute the biased
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** I can see how learning superb assessment and critical thinking skills and gaining experience dealing with a large variety of patient conditions, and the confidence that comes with it, would...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** The residency has saved the hospital a ton of money in recruiting and nurse turn over costs. The grads are in big demand with other area hospitals and we have seen several cases where another...
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    Rude embarassing comment by midlevel

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

    *** Hmm, my statement was: " if they make a habit of creating a hostile work environment by bullying nurses" I didn't say ANYTHING at all about anyone who is a jerk now and then. I stand by my...