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  1. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    I think one place to start is to define the word "theory" in regard to nursing theories. I just googled define: theory and most of the defintions refer to scientific theories. Nursing theories aren't...
  2. Wanting to be a RN, for me...or not?

    I'm with nkara... one way to slay the "what if" dragons is to get first-hand experience. While volunteering, shadowing, and interviewing working nurses won't tell you everything about how you would do...
  3. RN new grad UNPAID residency program

    If a new nurse can't handle a full load within 6-12 weeks, many facilities will consider that nurse "not progessing quickly enough" and let them go. Not all new grads or returning RNs have the kind of...
  4. RN new grad UNPAID residency program

    Isn't most education, be it law school, medical school, beauty school, all about "investing in your training in your own time"? If an RN wants to go into advanced practice, they might be able to get...
  5. RN new grad UNPAID residency program

    I do see the inherent problems with unpaid residencies. I'd argue for something like physician residency. Where the pay isn't equal to that of experienced physicians (or nurses in this case) since...
  6. I'm saying I would chose the program, whatever kind that may be, that had a strong reputation for providing strong clinical training. Oftentimes, diploma programs do have that reputation. Oftentimes,...
  7. Second Guessing Future as an RN

    I just wanted to point out that while there are many different areas of nursing, it can be difficult to break into other areas outside of bedside nursing as a new grad. Imagine a questioning pre-med...
  8. Re-entry Nursing Program

    There generally aren't a lot of refresher options and they may not be as intensive as you would like. In So Cal, check with Mt. San Antonio College, Azusa Pacific, Adventist Health, maybe even Mt St...
  9. It may be true that you are primarily delivering what is traditionally considered nursing care... comfort, hygiene, symptom management, assistance w/ADL, therapeutic listening, caring for a patient...
  10. First job ROUTINES!!!

    Never worked in LTC, Bobylon? Incredibly high patient loads is the norm there, though the actual number varies from area to area. I had no idea of the vastly different patietn ratios in LTC until...
  11. National Petition to Change N-CLEX Exam Process

    I hated NCLEX-style test questions. And I think being able to pass with just 75 questions is ridiculous, regardless of whatever statistically sound program is behind the question selection....
  12. i think you gave some great input! i did want to address this point. when a new nurse wants to get to a place further ahead right now, it might not necessarily about childish impatience. it can be...
  13. Am I missing something...?

    The way I see it is that there is no perfect system out there; each has it's strengths and weaknesses and we have to try to balance the good with the bad as well as we can; but there *will* be...
  14. Am I missing something...?

    Too late! Or maybe it's more that nurses (especially in less popular but high volume areas like LTC and med-surg) have traditionally been overworked and
  15. I appreciate your sentiment! I did want to reiterate that I don't tend to find it reassuring when someone says "Well, you'll never make THAT mistake again!" After all, I made that mistake once...
  16. Getting seriously depressed

    Education and life experience is never "for nothing"... sometimes you get more bang for your buck than others but it's never worthless... I think that's a healthy philosophy to hold. Unfortunately,...
  17. I can relate to the feeling... and if you're in a place where you feel like you're nearly drowning everyday, to just "suck it up" or "stick it out" can feel like one is being advised to stay in an...
  18. That attitude really gets to me! What you say here makes perfect sense to me! It can take doing something OVER and OVER several times before I feel competent at it. And it seems that some things...
  19. I find the messages surrounding making mistakes incredibly frustrating at times!!! When someone says "you should've done X" they often aren't clear if they mean that "you didn't know this but now you...
  20. stressed..other nursing options??

    My particular work was with a company that reviews and compiles health care articles for reference for people doing research. The keyword for the work I was involved with is "indexing." I totally...
  21. I agree that even if you won't be having to take manual BPs at your clinical site that you should still be taught how to take a manual BP at some point in your training. If it looks like it's been...
  22. This is a nice model and reassuring to newbies. However, I know I sometimes got the sense from instructors that functioning at the novice stage was *never* appropriate for an RN student. There were...
  23. I'm going off topic here... I wanted to address this comment. I think the reason is that some people are primarily interested in providing medical care and may have no interest in the nursing model of...
  24. Life is too short to be this stressed

    I don't see the problem as one of there being too many nursing schools or that too many people are allowed to apply to go to nursing school or that training is too short or too easy (compared to law...
  25. To play devil's advocate, the higher degree might usually win out all else being equal between applicants. However, if one graduates from a program that leaves them feeling clinically underprepared,...