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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    PMFB-RN replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    *** Translation of those names = Not only am I an idiot, I am an idiot who hates my own children and I want to make sure they have as little chance in life as
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    PMFB-RN replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    *** I thought women could hyphenate their "maiden" names with their married names. I didn't know they would hyphenate two married names. That shouldn't be allowed. Once knew a doctor Crapster who...
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    What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    PMFB-RN replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    *** Thor is not an uncommon name among the descendants of the Vikings who have settled here in the frozen north. I know several Thors and even a couple girls names Thora . No reference at all to a...
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    What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

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

    *** The OP was a comment about the current state of the economy and society and NOT a warning about any one group of people. FWIW I am absolutely THIRLLED to see people with your background...
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    What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

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

    *** In my view we would need to dramatically change the nature of the BSN education in order to equip nurses to be effective in their spot at the table. Leaving aside the question of weather a BSN...
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    RN to BSN to MSN

    PMFB-RN replied to Happy_RN123's topic in School, College Programs

    Lots of people do their BSN in a year or less, some even in six month with WGU. Have you considered skipping the BSN and doing and RN to MSN program? Most can be done in 2
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    What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

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

    *** Maybe. I am more skeptical. I also am not seeing the potential benefits of socializing with physicians and administrators. If you don't please expand on this. If you are right what would be the...
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    What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

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

    *** I agree, however there are quite a large number of people working hard to eliminate that path into nursing. As for the hospitals that refuse to hire ADNs. Please, please remember exactly who...
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    All the cool people work nights!

    PMFB-RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** I know. I was just kidding. As I already
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    Propofol and NS

    PMFB-RN replied to ezgreazin's topic in Emergency

    *** I am curious how vascular access is obtained in your unit? I assume you can and do place IVs, and PICCs and your providers will place central lines. How is it that you can "always" give propofol...
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    What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

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

    *** Maybe. If one does the first two years at a community college then transferred to a moderate cost state university or
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    All the cool people work nights!

    PMFB-RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** I don't doubt it. I was just poking fun at the day
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Close. We didn't get people leaving for NP school. It was CRNA school. Very few of the BSN grads completed the required two year contract they singed to get into the critical care nurse residency....
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    what was your "eureka" I want to be a nurse moment?

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

    I didn't know anything about nursing or health care and wasn't interested. When I joined the army I wanted to be in the infantry. After I took the ASVAB the recruiter guided be towards being a medic...
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    All the cool people work nights!

    PMFB-RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** Except it would be inaccurate. I am a full time rapid response nurse. We (the two night shift RRT RNs) receive and deal with 68% of all RRT calls. We are based in a trauma unit that receives more...
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    All the cool people work nights!

    PMFB-RN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with what everybody has said so far. I am reluctant to trust the day walkers. I suspect many of them work days so as to be able to brown nose and smooze management for their own
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** First the debate isn't really about requiring BSNs. It's about BSNs being the only entry to practice. A position that would have prevented you from taking the path you did. tried and proven path...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** I can tell you both as a nurses who has had many managers who had BSNs and as a BSN nurses, there isn't anything in the typical BSN programs that teaches a nurses how to be a manager. The evidence...
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    Why do nurses constantly say they don't hire ASN?

    PMFB-RN replied to dance4life's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *** Ya, no it doesn't work like that. Besides paying more for a BSN would defeat one of the main purposes of requiring a BSN. That is to have highly indebted nurses who are less likely to vote with...
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    Working during RN-BSN?

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

    I *** Nope, I imagine that no nurse ever did. However a few have learned to do those things as nurses. Lots of nurses intubate as part of their jobs. *** All of the nurses on our service are...
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    What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

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

    *** Right we need two things. 1. Many fewer seats in schools of nursing. 2. A revamp of nursing education to produce the kind of nurses needed. Rather than all the ADN vs BSN and DNP as entry to...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** Such a plan had tremendous advantages over traditional BSN programs for the nurse. So much so that it has caused deep resentment and jealousy among some people and that is part of the reason...
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    Propofol and NS

    PMFB-RN replied to ezgreazin's topic in Emergency

    I don't think you mean piggybacking. If you piggybacked it the propofol would be running alone in the line. Yes it's fine to connect propofol into NS lines below the pump. Everybody does it all the...
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    Piercings as a CRNA

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

    To the OP. In my experience in nursing your body modifications would not be allowed in any hospital I have ever worked in. The bottle neck for wannabe CRNAs is getting that ICU job. Many others are in...
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    ADN's being pushed out

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

    *** I have never experienced or heard of any patient having any idea what Magnet is, or whether or not they were in a Magnet