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I just want to go to the other end of the scale. Don't sacrifice your life or your families lives' to get a 4.0. I DID and it wasn't worth it! No one ever asked me for my transcript...only my license. I do feel I got a good education but at what ...

Wow! I'm shocked at this thread. Can you say "Law Suit"? It's hard to believe there are still schools allowing students to practice IV starts and catheters on other students! If there were infections or trauma caused by the student to another stu...

These are SO funny. While we're really not laughing at a patient's pronunciation because we know they just don't get a chance to use these terms very often, we still get a great deal of amusement out of some of the things we hear in Pre Admission Sc...

Actually, I work at an Outpatient Endoscopy Center in the Midwest (Michigan) and our patient's insurance covers the Anesthesia cost for Propofol. (Medicare included.) Of course, the co-pay is higher to cover the fact that Anesthesia fees bring the ...

I live in the Midwest and our patients insurance fees are being covered for both the Colonoscopy fees from the Doctor and the Anesthesia fees from the Anesthesia group. As far as it being a good use of our health care dollars, I truly believe it is ...

Thanks for your accurate, concise reply, David Carpenter. There ARE risks with colonoscopies and every GI Doc I've worked with so far, has had at least one perforation in their career. To say you would only pick the Doc without a perforation means ...

I can't believe you had to preop that many eye patients yourself....there are so many drops to put in...it's pretty confusing! Too bad there are so few surgeries the second week of your notice. It would have been nice to be able to work out your tw...

I hope it works out. Good luck to you. That's a shame that you have to leave such a perfect job hour wise, but the environment doesn't sound like a good one. Hope you let them know why they're losing a good nurse...maybe it'll help with the people...

I have to disagree with the people who have said that Nursing School isn't any different than any other undergrad program. I went through an undergrad program for my first Bachelor's and Nursing School was completely different....in a bad way! In m...

I'm a nurse in an Outpatient Center and we don't deal with PICC's much. But we're having a debate and thought maybe you guys could settle it. Our question is, how often should PICC's that aren't being used daily, be flushed and heparinized? Every 1...

No advice...just wanted to say that's it's definitely 'doable'. I did it and it worked out very well. Of course, I was very concerned because I was hearing the same advice you've been given...."You have to put in at least a year in Med Surge to get...

I don't know about this. If I was going to be insured by that hospital I wouldn't have a problem with them asking about my present physical status, but if my insurance wasn't even through them...they'd have no right to my medical information. I'd loo...

I am SO with you there, Jenlaana! Wow! I believe in giving 100% to my employer while I'm working, too, but I don't believe in giving them my life. The job is NOT more important than my family and if someone calls me at work, I would be furious if a m...

"A more appropriate response would be to work together with your fellow employees to present the reasons you feel the rule should be changed and parameters you feel appropriate to insure that it is not abused, and request a trial period to see if it ...

Cell phones and other technology are here to stay. It's understandable that people want and need to stay in touch with family during the work hours in the hospital. The shifts are quite long and hectic and many times hours pass without even realizing...

That is such a rude question I never know how to answer. It's none of their business but I'm always afraid of hurting their feelings because obviously, they haven't learned social boundaries yet. I don't mind talking to my other close nurse friends...

I believe with computer charting, you don't need to date and time the late entry because anything you put in has the date and time you entered it. Anyone can look back and see when you put info in. (You just have to right click the entry and it wil...

This would only happen in the nursing profession. Unbelievable. I guess the key point here is....can you find your copy of the signed PTO request? If you have it in hand...I would push this. Not that you want your job back but they should be forc...

They doubled your salary?!? Something's going on here that you don't understand. You did the right thing by going to your Administration and you stood up for yourself and didn't allow this guy to get away with it. He's gone and you're working in a wo...

I was teaching a roomful of college students in the early 90's and cell phones weren't around yet. We had just purchased a pager to keep on my belt so my husband could get ahold of me when I was in a classroom. I was giving a lecture in the front o...

If the hospital administrators were supposed to meet on Friday....what happened CluelessRN. Did they tell you you couldn't discuss this with anyone else and shouldn't post anything further? If so....please ask a friend to let us in on what's happen...

My personal experience was that no one EVER asked what my GPA was. I had worked very hard to keep it high and if I had to do it over again, I would have relaxed a little and enjoyed my family more. I ended up with a nursing license and the job I wa...

I've been a registered voter since I was 18...suffice it to say that that's quite a while....yet I've never once been called to jury duty. My son just turned 18...just going into his Senior year in High School....and he's already received a question...

ADPIE...Your name brings back memories of Nursing School! You hit the nail on the head as far as the Manager not being interested in your suggestion. The computers in our hospital were placed there for us to use with an almost nonexistant training ...

There are so many areas you can take your nursing degree. Don't give it all up until you've tried other arenas. The hospital was too much for me, also. I left and went to an Ambulatory Surgical Center. MUCH BETTER! You can actually spend time ta...