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    Praying in the work place

    PMFB-RN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    *** I am with you. I spend years working in a Catholic Hospital. Certain things about it drove me crazy. Like how no forms of birth control were covered under our insurance. I loved certain other...
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    FNP in a non-clinical position

    PMFB-RN replied to Kgantt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** The usual reason given for NP school is to get a better schedual. To make close to what a staff RN makes without having to work nights, holidays and weekends. Our health system will pay for grad...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    *** The guards annoy me. One recent prisoner I took care of had tried to escape from prison and jumped from a 3 story roof. He was intubated, sedated and chemicaly paralized. He had huge external...
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    Praying in the work place

    PMFB-RN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    *** What kind of country is
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    Awful Doctors

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

    *** Seems a strange thing to say when what is being discussed is not a mildly raised voice. If you think so please read the OP where the nurse describes a physician's track record abusing her power...
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    Praying in the work place

    PMFB-RN replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

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    ACLS requires a doctor's order?

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

    *** I don't understand what your concern is? Lots of nurses run codes without a physician. There have even been times when I as an RN ran the codes and gave orders to physicians (interns and...
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    Does having ONLY a MSN-RN allow one to work in a magnet facility?

    PMFB-RN replied to nps07's topic in Nursing Career

    *** Lots of Magnet hospitals hire new grads with ADNs. You also don't need any sort of bachelors degree to earn an MSN. You can go ADN to MSN and skip the BSN (or any other bachelors degree) if you...
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    Awful Doctors

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

    *** How embarrasing to me that so many nurses are so ready and willing to be bullied and abused. As said in the OP this particular physicians has a history of "chewing out" nurses, or at least the OP,...
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    Saying no when work calls

    PMFB-RN replied to TerpGal02's topic in General Nursing

    *** I would have laughed in that supervisors face! I am under no obligation to return any calls when off duty. How do they know if I even got
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    Administration vs nurses: priming lines with normal saline

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

    *** In that case JC is wrong. I know it doesn't mean you still don't have to follow their guidelines. In the case the OP is talking about the NS is being used to occupy space, not treat the patient...
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    What jobs are the safest?

    PMFB-RN replied to OCRN3's topic in General Nursing

    *** This highest level of care (ICU, etc) and ER in a federal hospital, like VA for example. They always need skilled nurses to take care of the sick people. Look at who is in the hospital on nights....
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    Administration vs nurses: priming lines with normal saline

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

    *** You work for morons. In the case the NS is NOT a medicin or drug or treatment, it is a device used as a place holder. This is why your NS flushes are (or should be) kept in the supply room and not...
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    PMFB-RN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** When the MD missed ovarian cancer diagnosis after four visits and the NP caught it the first time she met my wife it counts too. An fun as our own personal stories are to tell and read they...
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    From Cop to Nurse

    PMFB-RN replied to blueline's topic in Male Nursing Students

    *** That is the way to do it. Retire with your pension THEN enter nursing. That is perfect. Nurses are going to work until they are nearly 70 to get any kind of retirement. I urge those who are...
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    PMFB-RN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** I would say "Best of all it's for the same pay". *** It's a win-win for the student and the university. The student, who already has an undergrad degree and can no longer recieve student aid for...
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    PMFB-RN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    (shrug) Another day, another patient, another
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    PMFB-RN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** I am curious about your opinion of the direct entry to practice (entry level RN) MSN programs? Also do you see a roll for the MSN prepared RN in (let's say) unit educator, nurse managment and...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

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

    *** Oh how I wish that were true for nursing education! Realiety is far
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    In Support of Independent NP Practice

    PMFB-RN replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** Since we are telling stories........... I believe my wife's life was saved by an NP. After 4 visits to our family doctor (no visit lasted longer than 5 min) who told her that her symptoms were in...
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    Awful Doctors

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

    *** Yes! This. Well
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    Awful Doctors

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

    *** When you were an NCO it was YOUR JOB to train and disipline junior enlisted people. You were their immediate supervisor. Nurses have people whose job it is to train and disipline them and it is...
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    FNP in a non-clinical position

    PMFB-RN replied to Kgantt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    *** All are full time so if they have another job doing something else they must be part time there. A couple I know well enough to know that it is their only job. Mostly the say they couldn't take...
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    FNP in a non-clinical position

    PMFB-RN replied to Kgantt's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Plenty of NPs working as bedside nurses in my hospital. I can think os 5 or 6 off the top of my