Allison S.

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1. Question re: Grad School Admission

   Allison S. replied to Allison S.'s topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your comments, Suzanne. I suppose it's good to know that this is not an isolated situation. I am wondering how they justify being the only department in a large multi-campus academic...

2. Question re: Grad School Admission

   Allison S. posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone gone directly from a BSN to MSN program? While I have been an RN for several years, I am only now finishing my BSN. The problem is that the MSN program that interests me won't consider my...

3. low census

   Allison S. replied to sheRN's topic in General Nursing

   We have what we call "forced earned time" which basically means that you can be told when to take a vacation day. Big bummer for people who are saving up for maternity or who are just back from...

4. Faking It

   Allison S. replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

   Regarding RSD: I'm not being callous. We treat this all the time, and treat all cases as though they are real, even when the pain is the only symptom and even when the pain is only evident when we...

5. Faking It

   Allison S. replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

   We see a lot of this under our chronic pain program for kids. 1. one whose reflex sympathetic dystrophy "moved" from limb to limb as discharge approached. 2. One whose legs went numb causing falls,...

6. Undecided whether to become a letter Carrier or R.N?

   Allison S. replied to Lisa24's topic in General Nursing

   Believe it or not, a nursing aid I work with has just made the same decision. She was a letter carrier for a while, and has just decided to go to nursing school. My uninformed opinion? Although...

7. Rectal Exam

   Allison S. replied to jade95's topic in General Nursing

   A preculiar friend of mine just had a vasectomy. He not only detailed me on the use of the stirrups, but on how he thought they might be improved. "Four bungie cords is all they would need," I...

8. Depressed and beginning to hate my job

   Allison S. replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in General Nursing

   Some days at our unit, it really feels like the docs work for the nurses. I frequently hear the question "What do you want me to order?" from the docs. They are very respectful, and also very...

9. that song that bashes nurses

   Allison S. replied to galenight's topic in General Nursing

   One of our patients was profiled in the newspaper and about the nurses, she said some were nice and some were rude. When you are dealing with certain issues and certain people, nice doesn't cut it,...

10. Far-out JCAHO questions

    Allison S. replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    The Ultimate JCAHO answer is, "I don't know, but I know who does, how I can find out, to look in our P&P manual, etc. We are by far the best unit in our rehab hospital. We got dinged for having...