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  1. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No, sorry, but this thread started because of what a state was attempting to do. While I don't presume to speak for you, I have NEVER been one to just sit quietly and let others (especially those who...

  2. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm glad it fell through though. It would have opened up a nasty can of worms. I do intend to get my Bachelors, but on my OWN timetable, not someone elses. It just strikes me as silly though, for a...

  3. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In that case, You're right, I misunderstood you. I know what you mean about feeling blessed or lucky that you got in -I was rejected the first time, but accepted the second time -the first time was...

  4. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Aye, and then there are those folks in life like you just described. Personally, I pity them. How can one truly be happy or live a 'fulfilled' life if they have no self-worth of their own? They are...

  5. Question, med admin times?

    Gromit replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    can't argue with any of the responses here. Our facility allows for an hour before and an hour after, anything over that, it just depends -treat the patient. If the reason it was 'late' is because...

  6. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Well, each of us has entered for our own reasons -and somewhere there is a thread that addresses that exact topic -and I gave up keeping up with it some time ago, but the reasons behind each persons'...

  7. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It may be a pet peeve of yours, but by and large the criticism is from the BSN side against the ADN side, not the other way around. I'd be hard-pressed to find any ADNs who criticise those who have...

  8. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'll say that nursing will give you another pair of advantages -odds are great you won't get canned because of 'slow seasons' -though some facilities participate in call-outs. The other part is...

  9. Stress! How do you releive it?

    Gromit replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    -Jim. Same thing happened to me. Quit diving when I started nursing school because my dive buddies either quit the sport (one had a new kid -well twins actually- on the way so got rid of his gear...

  10. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    Gromit replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No, God doesn't care what degree you held. But it is MY understanding that those of us who are bikers will get a special area all our own -one with perpetually winding roads, low traffic, bottomless...

  11. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    kstec- I'm not sure I agree with the 'dysfunction' rationale, but oddly enough, I'm not sure I dissagree with it either (yeah, figure THAT one out! ) I CAN answer part of the question however -as to...

  12. Nursing Student Insurance

    Gromit replied to Lady T's topic in General Nursing

    Huh. I wouldn't really know where to look for 'student insurance'. Our school was insured (for our clinicals) -as for health insurance, thankfully it wasn't required or even mentioned. At the start...

  13. Stress! How do you releive it?

    Gromit replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to SCUBA dive a lot, and found that to be VERY relaxing, and good excersize. I will eventually get back into that sport. For now, I ride my motorcycle -I find that VERY relaxing. Listening to...

  14. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty happy with my facility as well. In fact, the more I read some of these posts, the luckier I believe I am! Back in April of '06, I contracted a virus that damaged my heart (became a...

  15. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I sincerely doubt that "hospitals allow" or even encourage the sometimes nasty behavior that nurses are having toward new nurses. Lets be a little more realistic (if not reasonable) here. Its...

  16. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    Gromit replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, DON'T let your license expire. Maintain your CEUs. You obviously had a very rough start -and thats a shame. Nobody gives away these licenses, you worked very hard to get it. Yes you can...

  17. Disagree with the Dr

    Gromit replied to q12RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have to confess that I wouldn't know one from the other (degree of tear) -of course, I'm not in THAT environment, either. To cover your behind, you can always chart that 'per doctor, patient suffered...

  18. BSN's vs. Community college

    Gromit replied to cottoncandyclouds's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm with 'The Commuter'. The one who initiated the thread only posted two times (the first being the beginning of the thread, and then again to needle it a bit) -and over two years ago. To me, this...

  19. BSN's vs. Community college

    Gromit replied to cottoncandyclouds's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    re-read the last part. I said I'd take an EXPERIENCED ADN over an INexperienced BSN. To me, experience counts for quite a bit. Now, all things being equal, of course I'd take the one with the most...

  20. Change in BSN requirements

    Gromit replied to texan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well, as soon as I can get caught up on debts etc. (in other words be financially stable again, I fully intend to get my BSN. But it should also be known -and I make myself very clear when I say that...

  21. BSN's vs. Community college

    Gromit replied to cottoncandyclouds's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Got tired of biting my own tongue a bit. Tell ya what, you come back here after getting at least (minimum) a years worth of RN experience, and re-read your post, and tell us all how honest it is....

  22. What's your holiday bonus?

    Gromit replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Well today we got golf-shirts embroidered with our unit/floor type on it. Pretty cool

  23. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Gromit replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    "I have little interest in the science of western medicine." Be careful that you don't become just like him -too full of the arrogance of your own position and ideals that you close your mind to the...

  24. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Gromit replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I liked it! It seems nearly all of us have come at nursing in a rather roundabout way -I know very few nurses who actually started out their working career wanting to be a nurse (hell, look at my own...

  25. Patient complaints

    Gromit replied to am4182's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion, usually when patients start acting like that, I figure they are "too well for OUR floor" and should be moved or discharged :) We have a term we use (amongst ourselves, and out of...