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A very interesting topic that I am sure could be debated for years to come. I am a diploma prepared RN. The education I received was first rate! I knew that I wanted to be a 'bedside' nurse and that BSN program was not an option for me at the time....

A very interesting topic. We still have an IV team for difficult starts. We have a policy: try twice then let someone else try. I work on a BMT unit, so we infrequently see Peripheral IVs come our way. Mostly VAD. There have been many a night whe...

As a nursing student on a busy medical floor with a patient population of 38, we carried a full patient assignment. This would mean 8 patients on a day shift. Some of these patients were also receiving chemo, were neutropenic and thrombocytopenic r...

While I was still in high school and deciding what I wanted to do with my life, my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. He always had glowing accounts of the professionalism of the nursing staff that treated him. He convinced me that I would be t...