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  1. "New Program Seeks to End Nursing Shortage and Improve Real Estate Values in US"

    Freedom42 replied to Mukfay's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get it. In looking at this school's website, it does not appear to offer any programs for nurses -- which I interpret as LPN or RN -- beyond a certificate in holistic health. So who are they...

  2. Skills Fair Ideas?

    Freedom42 replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital puts on skills fairs for nurses twice a year. Since teaching colleagues about a particular topic or skill is part of the institution's clinical ladder, many volunteer to act as...

  3. Nursing Unions: Pros and Cons

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

    "The benefits for workers that unions pushed for are mostly covered by law now." Really? When did health insurance become guaranteed by law? Raises? Retirement plans? Paid vacation time, sick days,...

  4. Nursing Unions: Pros and Cons

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

    If you work with lazy nurses who are not fired, that's a problem of poor management. The union's legal obligation -- its contract with its members -- is to ensure that they are not fired without just...

  5. Assault on a nurse

    Freedom42 replied to futureRN09's topic in General Nursing

    It is a common misconception that alleged victims "press charges." They do not. They can file complaints with police, who investigate, then turn the results of their investigation over to the...

  6. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    Freedom42 replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The issue is denying care, treatment or information to the patient based on personal belief. A pharmacist in New Hampshire, for example, twice refused to dispense Plan B. His employer adopted a...

  7. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    Freedom42 replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As a nurse, I respect my patient's decisions. If I were to disagree on moral grounds, I would ask another provider to take over, not simply refuse to give the med. My patients come to me for nursing...

  8. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    Freedom42 replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, I have my own core beliefs. One of them is being truthful, something sorely lacking in this

  9. Accelerated BSN - Will it help you get a job?

    Freedom42 replied to jam752's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was hired for ER with only nine months' experience. My boss specifically pointed to my past career accomplishments and academic background, neither of which involved health care. She said that based...

  10. How do you know if you put an IV in an artery?

    Freedom42 replied to crystal777's topic in General Nursing

    All helpful. Thank

  11. How do you know if you put an IV in an artery?

    Freedom42 replied to crystal777's topic in General Nursing

    The color of the blood would be different, no? Arterial blood is bright, fire-engine red, whereas venous blood -- deoxygenated -- is more of a

  12. need help with a very difficult supervisor

    Freedom42 replied to keepongoing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing you've never had true

  13. Tring to find advance patho,pharm and statistics online

    Freedom42 replied to ldeleon111's topic in Post Graduate Students

    UMass Online offers advanced patho and

  14. Drug seeking patients

    Freedom42 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    No one looks like a fool for erring on the side of caution. If you'd ignored his symptoms and he actually did have an MI, then you'd look like a

  15. "Students with good grades = not good clinical nurses"

    Freedom42 replied to cogath's topic in General Students

  16. When job-hunting, when/how to ask for time off

    Freedom42 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    She should bring it up after she's received an offer and accept the job contingent upon her scheduling needs being

  17. Kaplan or Hurst NCLEX-RN review which one is better?

    Freedom42 replied to ChloeRae's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Marlene Hurst rocks. I passed the exam two years ago in 75 questions. The whole thing, including the optional 20-question survey at the end of the exam, took me 55 minutes, and there was no doubt in...

  18. Nurse Practioner Experience requirements

    Freedom42 replied to Nishacat03's topic in General Nursing

    Now I get it. Thanks,

  19. Nurse Practioner Experience requirements

    Freedom42 replied to Nishacat03's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose it's possible, but I doubt it. The work you would be doing at the clinic would be that of an RN. The NP's role is quite different; in grad school, you'll be paired with an

  20. New to nursing leadership and having some difficulty

    Freedom42 replied to nfdfiremedic's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above posters: You now wear the cloak of management. For many of your co-workers, it no longer matters how experienced, how smart, or how trustworthy you were when you worked...

  21. Do you have to be a registered nurse to start an IV?

    Freedom42 replied to Acole3's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer: An LPN who has been certified in IV therapeutics may start IVs only on the upper extremities of adult patients in restricted settings (e.g., hospital or nursing home). The certified LPN...

  22. Nursing Student, ADN or BSN? im about to quit

    Freedom42 replied to jassmin's topic in Nursing Career

    You don't necessarily have to go to LVN school to be an LVN. My state allows students in ADN programs to sit for LVN licenses after completing half of the program. The OP should see what's permitted...

  23. What certifications do you have???

    Freedom42 replied to godbless-yute's topic in Emergency

    SANE = sexual assault nurse

  24. Nurse Practioner Diagnostic Ability

    Freedom42 replied to guest_57352's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    NPs are not "technically always under a doctor." Their degree of independence varies by state. In my state, NPs are independent following a two-year residency. PAs never practice independently. NPs...

  25. ANCC gerontology exam

    Freedom42 replied to Freedom42's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is a certification exam open to RNs with active licenses and at least two years of experience. You can find the rest of the eligibility criteria