woody62

woody62 RN

icu, er, transplant, case management, ps

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  1. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    I've been trying Tweety. I do not believe that anyone who does not hold a license as an L.P.N. or R.N., should ever be allowed to refer to themselves as nurse. And I don't care if they are working...

  2. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Since you bought it up, I had completed half of the requirements for a Family Nurse Practitioner. I had to drop out when I developed clots down here, in Florida, and was forbidden to travel by my...

  3. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Back in 1964, I wanted to go to law school. My father decided to relocate from Southern California, where I was all ready in college, to upstate New York. Before we left, I got an application, along...

  4. Work and Full Time School??? YIKES

    woody62 replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time, as a LPN, in a regional ICU. I went to school full time. I had a `18 month old daughter, who went into day care, my parents took care of her in the evening, I took care of her at...

  5. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked, I can recall ten who referred to themselves as nurses, gave patient's information and explanations that were in error. And several who called in prescriptions that were incorrect in...

  6. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    woody62 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was an Administrative Assistant, for two years, at Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn. I hate to tell you this but it was the DON that held you to a second class position. They have always allowed...

  7. A pt. really pissed me off today...

    woody62 replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    You explained, they still got upset. I am sorry, I don't understand how they made your life miserable all day. Did they continue to stand and scream and yell at you? If they did, why did you remain...

  8. Jehovah Witness RNs

    woody62 replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

    I am a practicing Roman Catholic. AS a Roman Catholic I cannot have an abortion and I cannot assist at one. When this was an issue for me, I told my employer of my religious beliefs. They agreed...

  9. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, the difference between you and a licensed nurse is: 1. She has a license. 2. She/he is restricted by the Nurse Practice Act of their state in regards to what she/he can and cannot do. 3. She/he...

  10. Is newyork reaching out to Nursing

    woody62 replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    I always knew the HHC was behind times. I got part of my school loans forgiven for working in the city, back in the 70's. And I wasn't working for the city.

  11. Seniors Head to Mexico For Treatment

    woody62 replied to bakpakr's topic in General Nursing

    Mexico is like any other country who has a lower standard of living, a lower standard of pay, some will make out, most will not. You have to remember the standards are different. The levels of...

  12. A pt. really pissed me off today...

    woody62 replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    Ever think they could need a bedpan but are too embarrassed to ask for it over the intercom?

  13. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    woody62 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It isn't a requirement yet. The VA may require a BSN but only as long as they can get them. I may be wrong but even the military is accepting AD graduates, as long as they get their BSN in a...

  14. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, when you reach the age of 62 or older, you grow tired of the same old argument that a diploma program is better then an AD program. And that an A.D. program is better then a B.S.N. program....

  15. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck on picking a school district representative, somehow I can imagine you only supporting a Republican one. I attended a meeting of my party, the Democrats. I have voted for a stray Republican...

  16. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    woody62 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Do you really think that a pay raise is the issue? We are treated by physicians, hospital administerators, LTC administrators as second class citizens, entitled to second rate pay, because they view...

  17. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    woody62 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Better be even more careful. Your state has raised the fines, on moving violations, in your state, for state residents only.

  18. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    woody62 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have you beat. I dropped out of my diploma program seven months before my graduation. I gtaduated from an AD program. I returned and received my B.S.N. Do I think it will happen? NO,NO, NO. It...

  19. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't come here unless your license is current, active and without blemish. And here, in Florida, that is still questionable. What the health care system is doing is highly questionable but not...

  20. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps in your world education doesn't earn one respect. I was raised in a military family. Education and the obtaining of additional education was all ways treated with respoect, you couldn't get...

  21. boards need to regulate MA's

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I live on the other side of the state, in the SW corner. With the exception of three years, I have lived here since 1980. I have heard that LPN's would be done away with, as a class of nurses, since...

  22. Explanation of job titles?

    woody62 replied to maggijo's topic in General Nursing

    I believe in North Carolina you can be a CNA 1 or a CNA 2. Under their law, both are authorized to do much more then just basic patient care.

  23. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    woody62 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you enjoy your golfing. The rest of us will take our country and our world more seriously. Someone has to, or you will shortly not have any place to golf.

  24. Too much big brother ?

    woody62 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard of several employers docking employees pay for being overweight and being smokers. I even heard of an employer who fires anyone who smokes, even at home, and if any member of their...

  25. flushing medications??

    woody62 replied to fgold's topic in General Nursing

    I take lithium. And occasionally my blood levels reach a toxic level. I have to go into the ER. And they plug me into an IV and run in a liter or two diluting my blood serum level and taking me out...