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  1. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

    Roland posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am speaking primarily from two perspectives here: 1. The degree to which NP's are accepted, recognized, and utilized in that area/state. 2. The degree to which state law recognizes NP's,...

  2. Need advice for overcoming or manageing gag reflex.

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    My wife will be graduating in December and wants to work in critical care/ICU. However, she has a very sensitive "gag" reflex that is activated primarily by smell (meaning looking at gross stuff...

  3. An ICU nurse manager told my wife that her Med/surg experience was hurting her!?

    Roland posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    We went to a job fair at a new North side hospital today only to learn that all positions (including med/surg) required two years experience. I started up a conversation with the manager of the new...

  4. Best pay for RN's when cost of living is factored into the equation...

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    I would vote for the Indianapolis area. I know several RN's who earned over $24.00 per hour right out of school (ADN program). Furthermore, the cost of living in Indiana is very reasonable. You...

  5. My wife claims that Sudafed 24 hour helps her allergies, but Claritin 24 does not!

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    Don't they have the same active ingredients except that Claritin-D 24 Hour adds loratadine to pseudoephedrine. Could it be that the loratadine somehow makes the pseudoephedrine less effective in her...

  6. Does this article prove that BSN nurses are safer than ASN?

    Roland posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What would be some of your criticism of the author's methodology? I am doing a review of this article for a statistics class and am looking for some fresh perspectives. Educational Levels of Hospital...

  7. How do you live cheap (okay cheaper) on Oahu?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    My wife and I plan move to Oahu, if and when she graduates from CRNA school. The plan is to live on her CRNA salary, and to save my RN salary (I hope to find ICU or home healthcare work). From a...

  8. Am I the ONLY person who had trouble just making a bed to nursing standards?

    Roland posted a topic in General Students

    Perhaps the TOUGHEST skill for me during my first semester of nursing clinicals was making the darn bed! I would prefer to have to retake A&P twice, and place a foley in every old lady over...

  9. Nursing student thinking about quitting due to other nurses attitudes.

    Roland posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The following email was sent to me by someone that I know asking for input. All of the names, and key identifying details of both the instructors, student, and locations have also been altered to...

  10. Should I be mad at Hospice? My mother...

    Roland posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    was admitted to in patient hospice and died about a week later. At the time of her admission her Dr. (and a second opinion) had given her from two to six months to live (she had non small cell lung...

  11. I spoke to an MD the other day who told me that Hepatitus C was the SINGLE biggest...

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    threat facing health care workers today. He said that he personally knew two doctors that had been infected through their jobs. Thus, he told me that there was NO WAY that he would subject himself...

  12. What's the job market like for Rad Techs in the real world?

    Roland posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I know that the governmental publications say that it's "above average", but those are often not all that accurate. I also know that it is no where near as good as it is for nursing (just look at any...

  13. Is it even possible anymore to start a home nursing business?

    Roland posted a topic in Home Health

    I know of a local couple who started a home nursing business about 17 years ago. Her only experience was as a Med/Surg RN (2 years), she was so successful that her husband went back to school to...

  14. Why is Hep C. not considered to be a barrier isolation situation?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    It is my understanding that MRSA (and VRE I think) will often not even make a healthy person sick, but Hepatitis C is a serious threat to even a healthy individual with no effective vaccine available...

  15. So she go after the sabotaging nurses's license or job?

    Roland posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry that should read "Should". The nurse in question (referenced in the now closed post" is sabotaging a student ethical/legal") actually admitted the incident on my wife's weekly evaluation. The...

  16. So she go after the sabotaging nurses's license or job?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    That is a very good queston because they have the so called "eICU". I can only surmise that chest tube vacuum integrity is not a parameter that is closely monitored by the folks "in the

  17. So she go after the sabotaging nurses's license or job?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with that is about 50% of the posts that I place have the same sort of "attacks on my personal sincerity or integrity" The net effect of closing all such posts is to place a "de facto" ban...

  18. So she go after the sabotaging nurses's license or job?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I had one post where I referenced writing a book about why nurses lose their license. I did that even BEFORE my wife experienced her present situation precisely because I believed then that many, many...

  19. So she go after the sabotaging nurses's license or job?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    The original thread in question is here https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/is-legal-ethical-preceptor-sabotage-student-133692.html . Note this is an issue that we will be following up in one manner or...

  20. What's the job market like for Rad Techs in the real world?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in Nursing Career

    The problem with the rad tech sites is that you have maybe a 1,000 members rather than 100,000. With a 100,000 people there's a good chance that there is an expert or two out there in Allnurse land...

  21. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    Roland posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My wife recently posted about the difficulties she has faced in a new ICU job. She is recluctent to leave because it was tough to find the position that she now has. However, just the other day when...

  22. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In reply consider the following: 1. My wife posted her own post on her issues with this ICU and they can be read with a simple search on the name OahuRN (I think she only has a couple of posts so it...

  23. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In reply consider the following: 1. My wife posted her own post on her issues with this ICU and they can be read with a simple search on the name OahuRN (I think she only has a couple of posts so it...

  24. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why is "eating their young" used so frequently (espcially around here) to water down the reality with should be stated as acting like an aXX. The reality (IMHO) is that many nurses (it especially...

  25. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    Roland replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Jessica, my wife read all of the replies except for yours (she had to get ready for work) and she promises to write her own response tommorow night (she has a meeting in the morning with her manager,...