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    BSN only hospitals

    hiddencatRN replied to luckystarRN's topic in General Nursing

    It makes you shelf-stable
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    Anyone made to actually work two more weeks when resigning during orientation?

    hiddencatRN replied to luvapug's topic in General Nursing

    I think we need to agree to disagree at this point. Orientation or not, you have to do what is best for you. I do not believe choosing the timing of the notice you give is unethical. I don't think...
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    Anyone made to actually work two more weeks when resigning during orientation?

    hiddencatRN replied to luvapug's topic in General Nursing

    wow, we've moved on from immoral and unethical to illegal? these high horses just keep getting taller and
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    Anyone made to actually work two more weeks when resigning during orientation?

    hiddencatRN replied to luvapug's topic in General Nursing

    What happens to your insurance IS one of the implications to consider. I don't need to "rationalize" this, because I truly do not believe considering how a decision on when to leave a job will affect...
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    Anyone made to actually work two more weeks when resigning during orientation?

    hiddencatRN replied to luvapug's topic in General Nursing

    Agree x 1,000,000. It makes sense to consider all implications of resigning before doing so, and there's nothing unethical or immoral about
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    BSN only hospitals

    hiddencatRN replied to luckystarRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are a few hospital systems in my area that won't even glance at your application if you don't have a BSN, so BSN only hospitals do exist. I live on the east coast and in big cities here that's...
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    Nurse Residency Programs

    hiddencatRN replied to Leah236's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends. Some do require a BSN and some
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    RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

    hiddencatRN replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and it looks like the nurse was offered training to help her feel more comfortable doing IVs and refused the learning opportunity. MelosaurRN, did you recently have a similar experience that...
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    for those of you in a ABSN program

    hiddencatRN replied to Reese2012's topic in General Students

    It will vary a lot depending on the school. I suggest going to the AN boards for the state your potential schools are in and ask there: they might have info more applicable to
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    An accelerated BSN I can get into with 3.0 GPA?

    hiddencatRN replied to soxguy's topic in General Nursing

    and many will weigh your prerequisites/last 60 credits more heavily than your overall gpa. i got in with a 3.18 cumulative which included a 2.75 undergraduate gpa plus great prerequisite
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    Volunteer vs. Shadowing

    hiddencatRN replied to NursingDreamsS's topic in General Nursing

    One of the major teaching hospitals here has a volunteer program for folks interested in going in to health professions. You volunteer but also spend time shadowing and it's supposed to give you a...
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    Newly grad Bilingual RN and no job

    hiddencatRN replied to enfermeraRNinWI's topic in General Nursing

    What languages do you have? Have you had your resume and cover letter reviewed by your school's career center? Are you completing the online applications fully? Following up? Networking with...
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    Kant and his Theory

    hiddencatRN replied to NURSEBROWNEYES's topic in General Nursing

    Rob, I love philosophy. My first degree is in English and my area of interest was literary theory, which is where literature meets philosophy and sociology and history. I took the darn Kant class...
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    Kant and his Theory

    hiddencatRN replied to NURSEBROWNEYES's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I just Kant understand him. But seriously though, I failed a class on Kant and tried to retake it to fix the GPA and ended up dropping so I wouldn't fail
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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    hiddencatRN replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think it's definitely not a role for everyone. Before nursing school I shadowed and volunteered with an NP in an HIV clinic and loved it. I really admired her and thought the care she gave to her...
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    Lots of blood... starting IV's HELP!

    hiddencatRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I'm almost always getting blood when an IV is started, and I am new enough at it that the river of blood is reassuring I work in peds so there is often a second set of hands helping to hold but...
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    Should I Maintain EMT-B with new RN?

    hiddencatRN replied to MidnightAzalea's topic in Emergency

    Depends on the state. In PA,an RN with EMT-B cert can become a Pre-Hospital RN, a state specific cert. PHRNs do ground and air transport, prehospital and critical
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    hiddencatRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    we tell patients and visitors that they can't use our rolling chairs all the time. it's a safety and liability issue. plus, our chairs are in places the patients should not
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    Do you wear rings at work?

    hiddencatRN replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I wear my wedding band, which is plain white gold. No stones to ruin and no crevasses that can't be cleaned easily. If I stopped wearing it, it would stop fitting me: I have an indent on my finger...
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    Nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in General Nursing

    ....I'm not following you. By coming here to vent we're playing games? I am confused. You just joined and feel there is too much
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    How did you know what you wanted to specialize in?

    hiddencatRN replied to coolblue2's topic in General Nursing

    I always had the suspicion that I wanted to be an ER nurse. I'd thought about ICU too because I'm drawn to high pressure, adrenaline-y environments. I spent a day in the ICU in school and was both...
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    Spanish for Nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to nursejacquelina's topic in General Nursing

    Did you actually read the original
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    Spanish for Nurses

    hiddencatRN replied to nursejacquelina's topic in General Nursing

    There was a thread recently on this exact topic that had some super helpful resources posted: definitely do a board search to find it. I bookmarked it but am not on my computer. NYC is a great place...
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    How come my license expires in 1 year?

    hiddencatRN replied to RNSu's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe not. In my state we don't need CE the first renewal and as a new nurse, there is a ton of stuff to get CE for: I'm almost a year in and have close to 60 CEUs from PALS, my trauma class, our...
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    Pre-shift workout/exercises

    hiddencatRN replied to JWestbrook20's topic in General Nursing

    My preshift "workout" involved rolling out of bed and dragging myself in to the shower. I get my upper body workout washing and drying my hair and that is it lol. I think a mid-shift stair run sounds...