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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

    *** Speak for
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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

    *** When I was a kid my mom never accepted the "everybody else was doing it" argument whenever I was caught doing something stupid. Her standard response was "if everybody else was jumping off a cliff...
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    Charge nurse asking me to lie

    PMFB-RN replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    *** A good reputation for integrity will serve a nurse very well long before anything gets to court. A number of times in my career I have taken verbal or phone orders in critical situations and then...
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    Becoming a RN after high school

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

    *** Or PA is an associates degree program, or a bachelors degree program. To the OP. If you want to go to PA school then you should work in that direction. If you want to be a nurse you should work in...
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    Charge nurse asking me to lie

    PMFB-RN replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your CN was setting you up for failure. Nurses are among the most trusted professions and I hate to hear this kind of thing. Please take my advice as a nurse who has been around a while. NEVER do...
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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

    *** I see your point. However we should remember that one group of nurses is advocating to get rid of another by insisting that their practice isn't safe and that they contribute to increased deaths...
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    Long drive after night shift

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

    I work five 12 hour night shifts in a row then drive 3 hours home once a pay period. Not a problem. I stop once an hour and get out and walk around. The 2 hour stop is at a grocery store and I do the...
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    The College Network Scam

    PMFB-RN replied to karmabrown's topic in Online Distance Learning

    *** Wisconsin is one of the places. *** Since TCN is not a school of any kind obviously it can't be "recognized" as such. What is TCN "recognized" as in other
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    I'm tired of screwing up at work

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

    I don't understand what your scew up was? The fact that the neo was running when he came out of OR is order
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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

    Any potential data from studies will also have to fight an up hill battel of RN personal experience. For example all 5 of the full time RRT RNs in my hospital are either ADN RNs or started as ADNs and...
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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

    *** It's the way these things work. If it is require training or education for your job either they have to hire those with the education they want, or pay for them to get it. It's like ACLS. If your...
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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

    *** Unlikely when one group of nurses is trying to do away with another
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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

    *** It's a lot worse than that since we haven't even decided that a single level is desirable. I for one am opposed to a single entry point and prefer to keep a variety of pather open. *** That's a...
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    Smarten me up please! I come to you humble.

    PMFB-RN replied to PatMinotaur's topic in Psychiatric

    *** I have absolutly no idea. Anyone who punches me stands a good chance of finding themselves intubated, or at least drugged and tied to the bed. I just wanted to say I love your attitude and...
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    How to Become IV certified.

    PMFB-RN replied to Jgun359's topic in General Nursing

    *** Well thats good news. *** I see IV skills as the canary in the coal mine. If one basic nursing skill isn't being taught, what else is being left out? ** Well that is a fair point. In my...
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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

    *** On a slightly different vein.... It occures to me that with many Magnet hospitals being university affiliated teaching facilities, requiring BSNs prepared RNs creates a market for thier own...
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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

    *** Oh I am sure the hospital don't like it. As I have posted in the past I have reason to believe that hospital administration prefers it's nurses in debt and thus less likely to "vote with their...
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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

    A few years ago we had a case where our MICU hired a new 20 year old ADN grad into the residency program. She did very well and progressed through the residency and became a competent and respected...
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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

    *** I can't read the study from home. But it baffels me how there could be ANY difference. After all every ADN RN is only 12-24 months away from being a BSN RN. What I would really love to see is a...
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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

    *** Lots of Magnet hospital do hire ADN RN grads. Even more hire experienced nurses with ADNs, especialy in harder to fill units like ICU. One Magnet hospital where I work part time ONLY hires ADN...
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    How to Become IV certified.

    PMFB-RN replied to Jgun359's topic in General Nursing

    *** I can tell you that when I interview a new grad for a position (as a member of a committee who makes recomendations to the unit manager) we assume that as a graduate of nursing school they have...
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    How to Become IV certified.

    PMFB-RN replied to Jgun359's topic in General Nursing

    *** Is it any wonder that hospital are so reluctant to hire new grads? They are very expensive to train and having to teach basic nursing skills in a addition to everyhing else only increases the...
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    Blue about Code Blue

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

    *** Wouldn't that be great!? Can't come soon enough as far as I am
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    Blue about Code Blue

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

    *** Oh ya, been there, done that. A few times it was I could do to stop myself from yelling "THAT"S BS!" when listening to a physician (usually not an ICU doc) tell families something like that. I...
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    How to Become IV certified.

    PMFB-RN replied to Jgun359's topic in General Nursing

    FYI When I say "competent" I don't just mean the actual insertion of IVs. I mean the nurse should understand why we use different size IV for different patients and what size IV is appropiate for what...