ERGirl83

ERGirl83

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  1. Nursing schools with SANE policies

    ERGirl83 replied to carolanivey's topic in General Nursing

    I attended (but got married, and dropped out of) the BSN program at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. It was a GREAT program, and wasn't that difficult to get into, in my opinion (though I had...

  2. Am I the only one?

    ERGirl83 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hear this all the time, and the "remember when post," brought it up again, that nurses get "no respect," and becoming a nurse is seen as less than other professions, etc. But, I have NEVER...

  3. Doctor title, Nurse title

    ERGirl83 replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse yet, but my husband and I do own an orthopaedic sales business, so we spend a lot of time in the OR with MANY physicians. There isn't a SINGLE ONE of them who asks us to call them...

  4. A day in the life of an nurse in a Doctor office

    ERGirl83 replied to D&Ggirl's topic in General Nursing

    In my pediatrician's office, the only RN's on staff work telephone triage. They have an office of their own, and spend all day doing telephone triage, answering questions about general pediatric...

  5. Did You Settle for Nursing?

    ERGirl83 replied to sarahrn2be's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for this kind, well-thought out, insightful post. It reads a lot like my own life, though I'm still planning on medical school at some time. A great response, through and

  6. Prayer at work??

    ERGirl83 replied to ski4life's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, being that it was the MD who initiated the prayer, and not the patient, I do agree that it was an inappropriate action to take, and I would have taken the physician aside later and let him know...

  7. Has anyone considered going all the way?

    ERGirl83 replied to Aariah's topic in General Nursing

    Let me clarify something that I haven't seemed to be able to articulate previously. I do NOT think that nurses are helpless, or simply "not smart enough" to be physicians. I don't think they are...

  8. Did You Settle for Nursing?

    ERGirl83 replied to sarahrn2be's topic in General Nursing

    Read the "going all the way" post (last page) for my extremely long winded response. The long and short of it, for me, is that there are pros and cons to BOTH professions, and my ideal "dream job"...

  9. Has anyone considered going all the way?

    ERGirl83 replied to Aariah's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm SURE I'll get flamed for this, but I just can't keep it in. As someone who did a year of nursing school, before going the med school route (and then changing her mind again) I have to...

  10. Has anyone considered going all the way?

    ERGirl83 replied to Aariah's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I'd like to reassure you that you are not alone. I have struggled with the decision between nursing and medical school for as long as I can remember. It's interesting that you post...

  11. Medication Errors-Why?

    ERGirl83 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently wrote a paper in my Intro Nursing Class on Medication Errors. I included numerous studies, and general information on the what, when, why, when and where. I'm now going to be doing a...

  12. Should Government Pay?

    ERGirl83 replied to Shaggyb2000's topic in General Nursing

    A big fat ditto here...My family can't afford COBRA ( it's $1200 a month, more than our HOUSE payment ) and is being turned down for private insurance because of laughable things (ie a rear-end...

  13. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    ERGirl83 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Please. It'd be wonderful for you to learn Spanish, but you shouldn't HAVE to learn Spanish to do your job. Requiring nurses to do their job in English hardly seems like a stretch to

  14. What would you do?

    ERGirl83 replied to Windshadow's topic in General Nursing

    It would depend on an awful lot of factors... Is there opportunity for further growth in the new position? If it were a temporary set-back with the opportunity to earn more in subsequent years, and...

  15. Medical Professional?

    ERGirl83 replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to ditto this. I've been a CNA. An exceptional one, I might add. And while I was great at my job, I always knew that I was a member of the support staff, not a clinical professional. To...

  16. Need some help!

    ERGirl83 replied to Laurentina1975's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah this is my thought process as well. Police Officers have no stake in civil

  17. Who to Contact for LPN changes??

    ERGirl83 replied to jewelzz72's topic in General Nursing

    There is a similar situation brewing here for RN's, in terms of ADN vs BSN. The same way diploma programs were phased out. Hospitals here are not wanting to hire ADN's and in some cases are virtually...

  18. I'm getting a student!

    ERGirl83 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Reading another response reminded me of one last thing to add to your already long list... If you're student is doing exceptionally well (or not so exceptionally well) communicate that to his/her...

  19. I'm getting a student!

    ERGirl83 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school the first time, the RN pretty much left me alone to do my thing, and was available for questions and other things I needed her for. On more complicated cases/procedures,...

  20. OMG.Do Nursing students really practice on eachother??

    ERGirl83 replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    The first time around, we did IM injections on each other, assessments, moving patients, BP's/vitals, moving gurneys, positioning, walking assistaints/gait belts on each other. But not IV's or...

  21. What Diagnosis Did your First Patient in Clinicals Have?

    ERGirl83 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I went to nursing school the first time around (moved after the first year, and now I'm heading back) my first patient was a 90 year old semi comatose male with MRSA. All I remember is that he...

  22. Absolutely Drowning...

    ERGirl83 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am absolutely drowning in anatomy...I have midterms on Saturday and I waited WAY TOO LONG to start studying. I feel like I'm drowning here. It doesn't help that my professors seem to think this is...

  23. Impaired Nurses

    ERGirl83 replied to SR@csi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    i would argue that how one deals with their "underlying problems," that lead them to the choice of taking drugs (because it is a continued choice. even when addicted, you make the choice to stay...

  24. Impaired Nurses

    ERGirl83 replied to SR@csi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't have a problem with helping them to get help and possibly keep their license, but I don't believe it should be expunged from their record. I think this is an important piece of information...

  25. Pinky finger issue

    ERGirl83 replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    The pollex is the thumb, and the Hallux is the big toe. I have the hardest time keeping those