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Some thoughts: (1) what is a "letter of regret" ? (2) why were you terminated ? (3) from your name, I'm assuming you work in Indiana; are you living in a town that's controlled by one hospital system ? When you can't find a position in your local ar...

I paid $45,000 (cash) for a 14-month accelerated BSN at Johns Hopkins. I would pay it again. I went from floor nurse to director in 12 years. I can tell you that 80/20 is already here. My facility does NOT hire any RN who does not possess a BSN. Ther...

The OP stated that this woman is not a friend. If she's using street drugs, then nurses with knowledge of that fact have a duty to report it to the state BON. Morality is not relativistic.

I strongly disagree. When drug use is the issue, she needs to be reported to the state BON. Just ask yourself: would you feel comfortable having that nurse take care of you, or a member of your family ? The answer I'm sure is NO.

Benzoin spray is indeed still manufactured; you would never use hairspray.

It goes on a well-developed MUSCLE mass, as close to the site of surgery as possible. NOT an area of fat. Fat is an insulator; muscle is a conductor of electricity. If you place it on a fat mass, the power settings will need to be higher.

I agree about the Zander course; a huge thumbs up from me !

The AORN course is pretty much worthless, in my opinion. The Zander course, which I took, was awesome and gave strategies for how to answer multiple-choice questions, and simplified the guidelines into points that you really had to know.

The OP doesn't want a nursing career; she wants to be married, with kids, and have nursing as a hobby. She says so herself in the last paragraph of her post, where she inquires if it's possible to work part-time immediately out of nursing school. In ...

You're quite wrong about Florida requirements: they require verification from your original state of licensure (your exam state) and from a state in which you have a current active license. Only one verification is required if your original state is ...

It's safe to say that I don't know what to say, because I can't understand what you're trying to say. Totally incoherent. Try again.

As someone who started working at age 14, the oldest in a large family that was not well-off, and who had a successful career in law prior to becoming an RN later in life, I was offended when I first read this posting. Then I re-read it, and I just h...

Most people are unable to speak precisely. We often say one thing and mean something else. Language is subjective. Lawyers are paid to ask questions in order to elicit the true meaning and intent of a witness's words. Both sides do it ... plaintiff a...

A defense representative ... that's a different story. The hospital wanted to put a "human face" on its corporate existence, and so an employee was required to sit with the defense lawyers. As for out of state people who were called by the defense, t...

Most of these responses are wrong in some respect. I practiced law before becoming an RN, so I'll attempt to answer. You're asking (1) whether a former employee of a hospital, one who has moved "very far away", can be compelled to attend a court proc...

Really ? "Ruler of Kolob" said: "I do not know why men socialize differently from women ... but a group of women interact differently than we do." Ah ... that would seem to indicate that "Ruler" is a guy.

The OP asked: "Is it worth it ?" Many hospitals, including my own, are requiring all staff to have the BSN by a date certain. At my institution, the date is December 2014. We do not hire anyone who does not have a BSN. (And this requirement was promu...

You need to relocate. There are plenty of areas, urban and rural, with markets that need experienced nurses. I've read countless threads on this forum about this subject. Yes, new grads are having big problems. For the most part, experienced RNs are ...

The presumption comes from the real world. Where I work (in the operating rooms of a huge, well-known academic medical center), there are, routinely, complaints about male surgeons who supposedly "mistreat" (i.e., aren't nice to) female RNs and scrub...

I became an RN in my late 40s. It's never too late to return to school. By the way, I graduated from my accelerated BSN program with the highest GPA in the class ... we "older" students tend to be more motivated than the younger ones. I work in the O...

This post reminds me of why I never visit this site anymore, because it's become a venting stage for unhappy nurses and anxious students. Ugh. I earned my BSN after a career in another field. I've been an RN now for 7 years, the last five in the oper...

This is a joke, right? I sincerely hope you don't have a nursing license.

Each state enacts its own laws governing residency. In Maryland, for instance, to qualify for in-state tuition, a student must demonstrate that, for at least twelve consecutive months immediately prior to registering for courses in the semester/term ...

I never said or implied that Australians are "ignorant fools sitting in the 'outback' ". I made a textual analogy to the expansive and lightly-populated American west/midwest, which has a high rate of drug addiction along with a "live and let live" a...

I agree completely. One can never be certain about anyone or anything. However, making the proper inquiries to the right people regarding a provider can lessen one's chance of having an incident of medical error. As health care workers, we're in a be...