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    Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

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

    *** ya that's true. However, for some reason all the hospitals in my area require all newly hired acute care nurses to go through ACLS regardless of their certification status at
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** Right. Some people don't seem to realize that nursing skills and mostly learned on the job hands on and are not well suited for classroom learning. *** DE MSN grads are treated, paid, and...
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    Pushing a Cardizem bolus

    PMFB-RN replied to queenjulie's topic in Cardiac

    Yes 20mg over 20-25 min is crazy and inappropiate. 4 min is too long as well. Seems better access would be in order if one is going to push cardiac
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    Would you recommend doing RN to BSN or RN to MSN

    PMFB-RN replied to TXRN44's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** The ONLY reason I can see to do a BSN is if you plan on applying to CRNA school. The absolutly require a bachelors degree to apply (doesn't have to be in nursing). Why not just do the RN to...
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** Maybe. Maybe BSN in ten doesn't have much support. I am not sure who the natural support would be. BSN in ten would continue to attract the undesirable types into nursing, is unlike to result in...
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** Yes I know they are. Sounds reasonable to me. I have no problem with requiring BSNs. I have a problem with making BSN as entry to practice. *** (Shrug) I am unmoved by such arguments. If the...
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** Ya I know. I wasn't talking about
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** Oh no. That would never fly. Those who advocate for BSN as entry to practice would absolutly be aginst anything like BSN in Ten. It simply would not acomplish the goals they have in mind. It would...
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    AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    PMFB-RN replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    *** Maybe a minority but a VERY important minority. It is after all CRNAs and not AAs or MDAs who make it possible for critical access hospitals all over the country to offer surgical services. This...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Not just you. *** Mine was even worse. I am pretty sure I got dumber while "earning" my BSN. I certainly missed out of some real world experience and applicable training while I was writing a...
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** We could alwasy do what some of the other countries that require a BSN have done. Simply pronounce all the ADN programs 3 year BSN programs without changing them. That however would not acomplish...
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    Implementing BSN as entry to practice

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

    *** That seems very reasonable and prudent. As such it is unlikely to ever be adopted by the BSN as entry to practice crowd. Mainly cause it would not acomplish the goals they are trying to achieve...
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    Critical care for new grads without critical care senior practicum?

    PMFB-RN replied to SummitRN's topic in Critical Care

    Our hospital's critical care nurse residency program does not take what clinical experience students had in school into account. It simply doesn't
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    breakdown at work

    PMFB-RN replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    *** Being in control of you emotions is one mark of a professional. Never in my life has any one remark pushed me over the edge where I lose control of my emotions and start crying. I have cried at...
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    Is health care a "right"

    PMFB-RN replied to tulip5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    *** YOU recieve fantastic benifits from living in a healthy society. YOU should help pay for the benifits your and your family
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    breakdown at work

    PMFB-RN replied to LookForward's topic in Health, Stress Management

    *** Good for you! Many people never come to the proper realization that you did. Yes crying at work is inappropriate. There are of course exceptions. Devastating news from home about the death of a...
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    Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

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

    *** My guess would be because you are looking at ACLS and PALs as boxes to be checked off, rather than as vital skills that need to be taught closer to the time of possibility needing them. this is...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Some BSN programs in your state, and maybe some others require O chem, however a BSN, or MSN for that matter is NO indication that a nurse has taken O chem. Many BSN programs do not require it at...
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    BSN requirement for new grads in acute care

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

    They can have their cake and eat it too. They can only hire BSN nurses AND not be required to assist their current nurses obtain degrees by not requiring it for current employees. They can do it...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Good point. The exam for the BSN grads would have to be much more comprehensive in scope than the current NCLEX RN is. This would mean a vast change would have to occure in BSN education since...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** That is the price I pay for writing posts after working 12 hours and being awake for 30 hours. My usually bad grammar gets worse. I also intended to use the word "unbiased" rather than reliable....
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** No, it's nothing like that. Although your point about them wanting to increase to price of admission is valid. A more apt beef analogy is the premium price paid for certified Angus beef as...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** As I have mentioned I haven't not seen any such reliable studies. Speaking as a rapid response nurse, whose job it is to respond to changed in patient condition, I have totally unable to detect...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** I haven't seen any unbiased, realiable studies showing that. *** I do have a BSN. It is obvious that at this time many employers of nurses are preferring BSNs. I don't really understand why why...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** No we don't. PAs and RTs spring to mind as other fields in health care that have multiple entry points. *** I am all in favor of raising the bar. I am unconvinced that requiring a BSN for entry...