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    Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    PMFB-RN replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    Speak for yourself. What _I_ need to recharge my batteries and come to work fresh and ready to work and think is multiple days off in a row where I get involved in something totally different that...
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    In the ICU, do you get a tech?

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

    I'm disappointed that RNs would agree to work in such unsafe staffing ratios. Those who do are enabling the facility and risking the safety of thier
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    Are Nurses First Responders?

    PMFB-RN replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    In my previous job I was definitely a first responder, often being the first person with any training on the scene. We were a ground and air ambulance crew of an RN team leader, paramedic, and EMT...
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    Horrifying medical quack info on the Internet

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

    Every chiropractor I've ever met was a
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    Horrifying medical quack info on the Internet

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

    LOL! You win the
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    In the ICU, do you get a tech?

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

    I don't know what a tech is. In ICU's where I have worked they staffed CNAs. They are helpers and don't really have an independent roll. Maybe record hourly urine output. Mostly they help each RN with...
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    DON on cart

    PMFB-RN replied to arainh20's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Please excuse my ignorance as I've only worked critical care and ER. What does "work the cart"
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    RNs: How much vacation time do you get?

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

    I thought the VA would be consistent across the board. At the Minneapolis VA nurses only earn 8 hours of vacation per pay period, that's 208 hours, or 5.2 weeks. Interesting that you get
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    Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

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

    Nurses have skills that are in demand in other fields. I wouldn't work as an RN for that pay. If that's what was available Id go into a different line of
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    Do FNP's really make 80k to 90k a year?

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

    It makes me so sad that nurses will work for such
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    Worried about the future of ICU nursing

    PMFB-RN replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Critical Care

    This is exactly why one ICU where I work actually prefers Associate degree RNs. Sure some of them go on to grad school, but fewer of them, and those who do send more years at the bedside
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    Can a Manager limit how may days off in a row you can take?

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

    No, no rules preventing her from doing that. What you have to do is get as many of your like-minded coworkers as your can toget her and approach the manager. Tell her the 4 days in a row off are...
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    Rapid Response

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    12:19 pm by [COLOR=#003366]ready4nu We are a small group in my hospital. 5 of us full time with another 3 or 4 MICU and SICU RNs who are cross trained to cover for sick calls, vacation, etc....
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    I need to vent about my Nursing program

    PMFB-RN replied to mariawong86's topic in General Students

    You are going to be totally lost when you start your first job. All new grads are. We know that, expect it and plan for
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    I need to vent about my Nursing program

    PMFB-RN replied to mariawong86's topic in General Students

    Ya, your program is NORMAL. You are learning more than you think and have no worries, you WILL be the new grad who doesn't know anything. Thats all new grads. Nursing school will definitely not teach...
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    So you're an RN - you must be earning big!

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

    The answer is romance. I used to be a dairy farmer. There is NO romance in dairy farming, but dairy farmers make a LOT more money than ranchers, but ranching has ROMANCE! They are always making movies...
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    UW Milwaukee Takes a Page From WGU's RN to BSN

    PMFB-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The UWM had rolled out a new RN to BSN program that is set up very similarly to WGU's competency based RN to BSN. Like WGU one can pay a flat fee per semester and earn as much credit as they want/can...
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    So you're an RN - you must be earning big!

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

    Nurses are well paid relative to the education investment, but significantly underpaid relative to our level of
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    Any jobs that male nurses are "not allowed" to do?

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

    No. There are no jobs men are nor allowed to do in nursing. That said I never seen them hired into L&D, nor have I ever known of a man who WANTED to work in L&D. I've been a PICU...
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    From Cop to Nurse

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

    That only true once you have a solid knowledge and skill base. New grads are basically helpless and useless. To just maintain by working once a month or so, you'll first need a solid experience
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    RNs: How much vacation time do you get?

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

    That is the whole point of PTO rather than vacation. Do you work in the deep
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    RNs: How much vacation time do you get?

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

    This is awful. Do you ever think of leaving for a place that values its
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    LPN to RN vs LPN to BSN

    PMFB-RN replied to keykey0890's topic in LPN to RN

    I went to Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. Not sure if the program is the same
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    LPN to RN vs LPN to BSN

    PMFB-RN replied to keykey0890's topic in LPN to RN

    You don't. Once you pass the NCLEX you don't have to take it
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    Transfusing blood in an emergency situation

    PMFB-RN replied to Enthused RN's topic in Emergency

    I've seen that, looks like a slaughter house. A little blood makes a huge