SummitRN BSN, RN

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    New grad? Here's what you can expect..

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

    Well, in CO, of my 5 recently graduated RN friends: ~3 months to get a job at a psych facility (CU, but he had all sorts of insider links, HATED the job, overworked, and left) 4 months to get a job...
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    Charting at bedside and team nursing question

    SummitRN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    So management is basically saying: "we don't think that standing up most of your shift is enough... so could you please stand while you chart
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    Are we sacrificing hands on patient care for academics?

    SummitRN replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean that you have a clinical faculty member 1 on 1 for 700 hours or that you rotate to a facility and are paired up with any given staff nurse for 700 hours? Either way, that sounds like a...
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    Radiation

    SummitRN replied to amy543's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, I understand your concern now Amy. Let me clear some stuff up. Yes, low doses increase cancer risk, but only by very small amounts. It depends in what model you believe. Some believe that the...
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    Just got my BSN, but I don't feel any smarter

    SummitRN replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in General Nursing

    As with all education, you get out of it what you put into it... ... that said I'm told the RN->BSN experience is very different than the BSN initial licensure experience... but how can one really...
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    Over worked ER Nurses

    SummitRN replied to Code_VSA's topic in Emergency

    That's a lot of overtime, no? Why don't they hire another
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    Bachelor or Master

    SummitRN replied to midim's topic in General Nursing

    If you have all your prereqs, you can do an accelerated BSN in 1 year. I really don't know anything about direct entry MSN
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    CCU?

    SummitRN replied to Penny82's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Well, I now will certainly admit that it sounds like the nursing program is on the up and up as far as approvals and accreditation. Interesting that the nursing division operates under separate rules...
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    CCU?

    SummitRN replied to Penny82's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Your post yesterday is inspired me to learn about CCU. Oh, I don't have a problem with religious institutions in general. I do have a problem with Focus on The Family and their anti-gay,...
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    Culture Change/Hatch Model

    SummitRN replied to BlondieNH's topic in General Nursing

    Familiarity can breed contempt after a certain
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    CCU?

    SummitRN replied to Penny82's topic in Colorado Nursing

    You might want to do more research about your school if you think it is a BSN program. As of September 2010, CCU does not even possess interim approval from the Colorado Board of Nursing to operate a...
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    Radiation

    SummitRN replied to amy543's topic in General Nursing

    Correction to the above post, 0.1mSv should read 1mSv (and that's still 25% of natural yearly exposure) for the exposure limit of a non-radiation worker (pretty much everyone but radiation nurses and...
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    There is one more thing worse than a old nurse eating their young,knowing all grad!

    SummitRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the only thing worse than eating the new grad was the indigestion that
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Indeed, and that's what I ask of Blackhearted when discussing the topic. :) There's plenty of people not in debt coming out of BSNs. There's plenty who are. There's plenty in debt and struggling to...
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    CCU?

    SummitRN replied to Penny82's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Never heard of them. But according to the CO BON: http://www.dora.state.co.us/NURSING/education/RN-PassRatesAssociate.pdf CCU has yet to send more than 10 students per year to test NCLEX and have been...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Of course there are always some massively overpriced private programs, many of which do NOT even offer the benefits of the school you mentioned (particularly for-profits). Of course, there are also...
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    Traveling for school??

    SummitRN replied to heathert_kc's topic in General Nursing

    I commute 40-70 miles for NS/clinicals. It is definitely doable, especially with the ability to stay with friends/relatives to reduce # of commutes. I have one suggestion: MAKE USE OF YOUR TIME ON...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You are very upset that someone would make sweeping claims against all ADNs despite the evidence. I find that upsetting too. I also find it upsetting that you made sweeping claims without anything to...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There are lots of good BSN and ADN programs. There are lots of questionable BSN and ADN programs. What I CANNOT stand are these attitudes: 1. ADNs are not good enough. 2. My nursing program is the...
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    Radiation

    SummitRN replied to amy543's topic in General Nursing

    So the vast majority of ionizing radiation sources you would encounter are electrically powered x-ray emitters and only on when exposing the patient. Nuclear medicine (oncology) may have sealed...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    In this case. That is natingale's school. I'm certain Nassau Community College is a good school. I just noticed that she seems proud to proclaim how great her school in comparison to other programs. I...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Some people don't have to be rich to get through a BSN debt free. In state. Scholarships. Grants. Hard work. Saving up before school. Any three of those should be able to get you a bachelors without...
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    Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    SummitRN replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm genuinely curious... what makes NCC "one of the toughest nursing programs in the
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    Radiation

    SummitRN replied to amy543's topic in General Nursing

    Most nurses do not wear film badge dosimeters because dealing with radiation emitting equipment and sources in generally not there job. Maybe avoid ortho, some ER/OR (flouroscopy), and oncology...
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    Neither a new grad, nor experienced

    SummitRN replied to trustingod's topic in General Nursing

    Take a