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I will just say this to the original OP. I work in a hospital setting and only one of the doctors that i come in contact with on a regular basis started out as a RN. We were talking a while back and she made statement "If I knew it was going to be like this, I probably would have never become a doctor"; in reference to long hours, on call, seeing 30-40 patients a day... I, myself, always wanted to be a doctor growing up. I chose, however to become a nurse. For many reasons, but the most important to me was the patient interaction, the connection with the patients and providing quality care. I would rather spend 8 hours focusing on my 6 patients, getting to know them and what they need from me, instead of running into a room, seeing a patient for a whole 5 minutes if I'm lucky because my beeper is going off, I have 25 more patients to see and its 9 pm. That's why I chose nursing. I just finished my BSN and hope to continue in a few years for my masters and become a NP; i would never want to be a doctor, i like it just where I am.

just a 2 year degree is pretty insulting really. I recently had this debate as well in my BSN courses. "do you think BSN's are more qualified to practice nursing...Why did you return to school." I do not by any means think that the BSN makes you more qualified to practice nursing. We all took the same boards and passed them. We are all RN's. In my opinion, the ADN has more hands on clinical experience and critical thinking skills that are put to use on the floor. They are more adept to caring for the patients in emergencies because of critial thinking and reasoning that is drilled into our minds in school. I would never say I JUST have an associates because I worked my A*# off to get it. I've worked with many 4-year grads who have said themselves that they do not feel ready when they graduate to take on a full load. It may be the school that you go to as well. BSN programs concentrate on management type nursing where as ADN programs are hands on from the start and really crack down on knowledge and putting it to use. All that information crammed into 2 years and putting everything together in less time was more enlightening for me.

Thanks everyone, I'm on my way to work now so I'll take that information with me.

we use it for patients who get it around the clock but have problems with taking PO. The patients on this med are usually end stage and Hospice patients who get really restless and anxious. I had never heard of this until just recently starting this new job- it's all new to our entire staff.

Just wondering if anyone out there knows the proper way to apply topical ativan. At my facility, we are supposed to apply the gel to a Telfa dressing and apply to the skin. One of our nurses said the proper way to apply is to massage the gel into the wrist. We have looked in all online resources available through the local hospitals, in med books and we even called the local pharmacist. He looked in his reference materials and also the PDR and we have come up with nothing. Anybody out there know the proper way and where I can find that information.