SummitRN BSN, RN

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    in a difficult situation with "natural med" friend

    SummitRN replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Hope you don't hear on the news that her kid died of an asthma attack because she rushed the kid to the chiropractor instead of giving the rescue
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    Anybody from Colorado finish the Excelsior Program?

    SummitRN replied to Nurse_AngelaNV2CA's topic in Colorado Nursing

    COBON does not arrange preceptorships or clinicals for Excelsior or any other school. That is not their role. They only approve preceptorships that students or schools arrange. That is why you have to...
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    New graduate moving to colorado please help!

    SummitRN replied to NY2CO's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Yea... think about financial. If it takes you 6-12 months to get a job at a nursing home (like it is for some of the luckier new grads in Denver), how will you all support yourselves if you are...
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    Platt college?

    SummitRN replied to tbahde's topic in Colorado Nursing

    NLN is just a nursing program accreditation that is falling out of favor with Baccalaureate and graduate programs but is still favored by associates programs. NLN does not alone guarantee a credit...
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    Anybody from Colorado finish the Excelsior Program?

    SummitRN replied to Nurse_AngelaNV2CA's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Brenan, read the OP again. Initial licensure RN, not LPN->RN. OP is from NV, therefor cannot do it through a CO job the OP does not have. Being from NV, the OP does not "know" people in CO to...
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    Do you have your clinicals in the hospital?

    SummitRN posted a topic in General Students

    So I've talked to several students at nursing schools who seem to have many or all of their clinicals at health fairs, respite care, nursing homes, doctors offices, or anywhere but an actual acute...
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    sleep breaks?

    SummitRN replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    There's an article on this very subject in the latest edition of Critical Care Nurse: http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/content/31/2/e1.full Napping During Night Shift: Practices, Preferences, and...
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Altra, don't you find it "Very sociologically interesting... very interesting indeed" that people holding intensely negative opinions of gum were told at a young age by parental figures that gum was a...
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I suggest you reread more carefully. It was the detractors of gum chewing who started the ludicrous comparisons of gum chewers with "cheap women" and "whores" on page 1. If you want sociologically...
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    She'll be quick to tell you that "oh no, a mint or candy could be swallowed!" as though gum couldn't be swallowed or
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Gum chewers are of poor upbringing? Lesser genetic stock? "Cheap"? "Whores"? I find it so interesting the level of visceral hate of gum emotional disgust that has been culturally ingrained in some...
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    Do you have your clinicals in the hospital?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Students

    KRISTEYRN Great post! I think the problem in my area is that nursing schools proliferated suddenly, with new grad production up 50% over the last decade vs 15% population growth and only 2 or 3 new...
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    Do you have your clinicals in the hospital?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in General Students

    Sure, doing a health fair or nursing home for your community health rotation makes sense. But some of these students were telling me that they were at the end of their first year... or halfway through...
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    Nursing Advocacy -- an outsider's view

    SummitRN replied to Ado Annie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think the OP just hit a nail on the head. I can already picture in my mind some good Public Service Announcement TV
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    New grad market improving?

    SummitRN replied to want2banrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well last I heard was from December 2010 but it was 50% of Colorado new grads from May 2010 were unemployed (source was a nursing professor who got the stats from emails between CO nursing schools)......
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    Anybody from Colorado finish the Excelsior Program?

    SummitRN replied to Nurse_AngelaNV2CA's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Why on earth would you use Colorado to do that? And where would you be able to get a 1000 hour preceptorship when several Colorado nursing schools are sending their students to nursing homes for...
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    Traditional BSN program if you already have a bachelor's degree

    SummitRN replied to Penny82's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Can't comment on UNC, but look closely at UCD! Their "accelerated" program is not all that accelerated and drops a lot of prereqs, PLUS your application drops to the traditional BSN admissions if you...
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    Denver School of Nursing--BSN experience

    SummitRN replied to mbw5680's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Maybe some DSN students can help here, but I've talked to 4 different DSN students who have all told me they've had 0 clinicals in the hospital prior to their final practicum, that ALL their clinicals...
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't agree with your opinion... sounds old fashioned. We're talking about gum, not chewing
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    People who say "breath mints" or "candy." You do realize that is 1. Unhealthy 2. Leads to bad breath once the mint wears off 3. When do YOU have time to brush your teeth on shift???????? (Much less...
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    GUM! Can you chew it on shift?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I always carry a lot of nervous energy. If I'm not chewing gum, I start doing things like tapping my foot, tapping a pen/pencil, twisting hair, fidgeting, etc. I can't control it. I never smack,...
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    We may need fewer nurses in the hospital...

    SummitRN replied to Chin up's topic in General Nursing

    We pay college educated nurses to clean poop, make the bed, and empty the trash. How does that make financial sense? Maybe we need fewer nurses who spend more time doing that require their education...
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    How does your hospital recognize, reward, and motivate staff (RN, CNA, etc.)?

    SummitRN replied to krystin954's topic in General Nursing

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    Doing a favor vs. being an RN

    SummitRN replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    As you have no orders or MD license to function under, you cannot perform RN specific tasks. You are limited to the level of a lay person. You can do anything a lay person can do. If the doctor...
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    Concerns about 'modeling' pictures

    SummitRN replied to Rakkika's topic in Nursing Career

    I see it now... some male coworker/supervisor/patient is going to give her a funny look and ask, "I have a funny feeling like I've seen you somewhere before." Seriously, I couldn't imagine this is a...