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  1. NCLEX prep question: What's the right answer?

    Freedom42 replied to Freedom42's topic in General Students

    Thanks, Daytonite. I am using Prentice Hall, if anyone has any experience with that disk. I've noticed a number of what I can only conclude are

  2. NCLEX prep question: What's the right answer?

    Freedom42 replied to Freedom42's topic in General Students

    Thanks, ghillbert. I just double-checked my high-acuity text book. I'm thinking the disk is wrong, and you and the book have confirmed

  3. NCLEX prep question: What's the right answer?

    Freedom42 replied to Freedom42's topic in General Students

    I don't understand this. Thirty percent is not a normal hematocrit. I think this question is asking for the anticipated results based on the specific transfusion

  4. NCLEX prep question: What's the right answer?

    Freedom42 replied to Freedom42's topic in General Students

    bumpity

  5. Upsate on trouble-making co-worker

    Freedom42 replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. If all HR did was "informally" remind the two employees to "be careful," that suggests to me that HR can read between the lines and was merely covering itself by acknowledging the

  6. ATI Exit Exam

    Freedom42 replied to UjonesRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thank you both. I needed to read that. I graduated the week before Christmas, and since the holiday I've been doing about five hours a day (some anxiety there, but it's also a great way to avoid...

  7. For BSN did you take Calculus or Stats?

    Freedom42 replied to sam3992's topic in General Students

    My BSN program required algebra and stats. That said, I'd urge you as a high school student to take calculus instead. How about talking to a guidance counselor? I suggest calculus because as a...

  8. ATI Exit Exam

    Freedom42 replied to UjonesRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thanks, Goodoldnurse. Any suggestion on how much time I should spend studying? My ATI score was 96. I've spent about five days so far studying, and I have about 1,000 questions under my belt. If I...

  9. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Freedom42 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP quits, she gives management exactly what it wants: It gets to continue violating the contract at the expense of her co-workers. Besides, she doesn't have to quit. The employer signed a...

  10. Is it ethical for nurses to go on strike?

    Freedom42 replied to ManuelaBeltran's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The only people blaming current U.S. economic problems on labor unions are those who have always opposed unions. The current crisis is a convenient opportunity for them to renew their campaign. If...

  11. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Freedom42 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Well said. This thread is not about soup and a sandwich. It's about an employer who's decided to act abritrarily and without regard to a legally binding

  12. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Freedom42 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen various estimates of what percentage of U.S. nurses are unionized. All range between 15 and 20 percent. The most recent figure was 16 percent. I'm not looking for a job at my home town...

  13. ATI Exit Exam

    Freedom42 replied to UjonesRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    New grad here. If you're talking about the ATI comprehensive RN predictor, I recently took it. I did not prepare for it, nor did any of my classmates. Most folks scored in the high 90s (meaning a 90...

  14. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Freedom42 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Most American nurses are not unionized. Are there great unions in this country that work in partnership with employers to benefit all? Yes. Are there unions in this country with fat cat mentalities?...

  15. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Freedom42 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    So, the OP and her colleagues should do nothing... because the obvious way to "relieve the tension" is for the employer to retaliate against them? Interesting. What other benefits should they...

  16. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Freedom42 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    While this appears to be about discrimination, first and foremost, it's about the employer's breach of contract. The meals aren't "a nice extra" or something "terrific" that's been offered by the...

  17. "Nursing students with C's are still nurses".. ?

    Freedom42 replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

    Students who've quit worrying about other people's grades don't denigrate other people's A performances in order to justify their

  18. NCLEX and disaster nursing

    Freedom42 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Can anyone direct me to any sources of information regarding the NCLEX and its relatively recent focus on disaster response? I have scoured the NCSBN web site and Googled but can find nothing. I am...

  19. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

    Freedom42 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    "In just the last week, administrators at Maine Medical Center's outpatient surgery center in Scarborough confirmed a case [of pertussis] in an employee that prompted them to send home another 40 who...

  20. Pre-Nursing Student in NJ with a TON of questions.. need help!

    Freedom42 replied to NJnancy5178's topic in General Students

    You cannot collect unemployment simply because you lost your job and want to go back to school to change careers. When you apply for unemployment, it doesn't necessarily kick in right away, even if...

  21. Is it ethical for nurses to go on strike?

    Freedom42 replied to ManuelaBeltran's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Any reasoned response to your questions requires looking at the nuances of the particular situation. Compensation is not the only reason that workers go on strike. Nurses at Eastern Maine Medical...

  22. Help: My Nursing Instructor is a Bully!

    Freedom42 replied to MOLLBEE's topic in General Students

    There's a big difference between a demanding instructor who insists that you rise to the occasion and a bully who operates by demeaning and intimidating students. To suggest that intimidation tactics...

  23. personality clash? Bad Aide? HELP

    Freedom42 replied to alabastershadow's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This isn't praise. It's an entree to criticism, so of course she moves to cut you off. Your criticism may be legit, but your working relationship might improve if you offer genuine praise without...

  24. Why wouldn't you chart this??

    Freedom42 replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in General Nursing

    Student here. I did some reading about this after reading this thread the first time around. What I learned: Incident reports are not always confidential. In some states and under certain conditions,...

  25. Intramuscular injections- drawing back

    Freedom42 replied to minnimouse's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting topic! I went to Applied Nursing Research to find out more: "As noted by Beyea and Nicoll (1995), the use of an air bubble in the syringe is a topic that engenders heated debate...