Allison S.

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 system to do it this way, however. Don't all other dep...

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 application at all this year, because I will not ...

I don't care for white tops because of the tendency to stain, and my own propensity for yellow armpits. What about something that said NURSE on it. We have had trouble identifying our unity, which belongs to one hospital but is housed in another. ...

Yup, I'm all for more education.

I used Nurses Guide to Clinical Procedures by Jean Smith-Temple and Joyce Young Johnson. When I say "used", I used it mostly as a comfort to have if I needed it. Each facility should have its own policy for most procedures, and it is probably wiser ...

Hmmm. We're always ranked in the top ten, and, uh, . . . . Hmmm.

I work in rehab, and our acuity measure fails to capture ambulatory status and continence. These are time-consuming issues in rehab, and can make or break the staffing level.

I was told that perhaps I should reconsider becoming a nurse. I was upset about it for a while, but then I heard that one of my friends had been told the same thing by the same person. And then that several of my friends had gotten the same message...

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Narcan is a national shortage right now. Not sure about the details, but I know that some of the shortages have to do with meds being stockpiled for the war.

My program was advertised as haing more clinical hours than others, but I found that other schools in town had as many or more clinical hours, and more diversity of placements for their RN programs. Make sure that the numbers measure up. Good luck...

I would not recomend a program like this. I started with two Bachelors degrees (one art one science), and professional experience in medical research and writing, and entered a direct entry MS-NP program. I quit after the RN portion because I did n...

Can't say enough about water. I think that after all of the running around and lifting, and of course, the talking, the caffeine, the short if any breaks, that we are probably alwyas dehydrated. It's also good for splashing on your face. You may no...

If you are a high school grad, I think you need to apply to nursing school. There are lots of programs: public, private, two-year, four-year, part-time, full-time. One thing that you might look into is whether your employer, or any in your area, ha...

I like Simplicity 9896 because it has a top with a neck that is somewhere between crew and boat. That is, it is not Vee, and I don't so often flash my patients. It also has a stethascope cover, but I think that if I had to match my stethocope to m...

Just saw your question about why so many Filiino nurses. There have been a lot of programs to "solve" the nursing shortage by recruiting nurses from other countries. This is currently happening a lot with the Filipines. Our hospital has a lot of g...

I'm from Massachusetts. Off the top of my head, I know Filipinos, Japanese and Vietnamese nurses. I can't think how many, and all of them are female. (I work in peds, which I think is female heavy.) I have some friends who are male nurses, and I ...

Regarding stalkers, I think that the boards of registration will provide your address to anyone who knows your name. Can't see how it might be worse here.

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The average age of my nursing class first year was thirty. I was 32, and I think that our oldest member turned forty that year. We all did great. We had a 100% pass rate. As for what to do first, working as an EMT may pave the way for ER work, b...

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 disability or something like that. No, I don't see the...

Tangentially, I went to school with a guy who had a "biohazard" tattoo. I tried to explain to him that this goes without saying.

I've been thinking about this. Think of all the things you need to get health care. It helps to have a phone to make an appointment, an address to send results to, money to pay for it and for prescriptions, supplies, etc. and transporation was alre...

Boston Healthcare for the Homeless spoke to my class at school. Very inspiring. It didn't even occur to me that migrant workers who take care of racehorses were part of their clientele. These guys are no bums! I recall an article in the Boston Glo...

Nursing and computer science are on the cusp of big things. Lots of hospitals are starting to do things online, and I think there is a huge opportunity for people conversant in both topics. As far as nursing being a good or bad career move, I think ...