VICEDRN BSN, RN

VICEDRN has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ER.

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   Students who get As are bad bedside nurses

   VICEDRN replied to konstantine's topic in General Students

   Hi- I had a 3.85 GPA for my BSN. I have to be honest. There is a general trend that it seemed the smartest people, the people I envied most in nursing school, totally and completely fell the heck...
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   Patient Entitlement

   VICEDRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

   all time favorite? the lady who stood outside of the room watching us intubate a crumping family member complaining that we weren't take her dad to his med/surg bed fast
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   Vanderbilt MSN

   VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Its a combination of both. Each semester the combination changes a little bit. The first semester, there aren't very many clinical hours but there are a lot of written assignments, discussion boards...
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   Vanderbilt MSN

   VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   You can absolutely choose to go to class. In fact, I think they prefer
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   Vanderbilt MSN

   VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   I've never heard anybody say that they wish they had chosen a different route. I think this is particularly true since the only real difference is who your advisor is and a slight variation in the...
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   Vanderbilt MSN

   VICEDRN replied to Motherofcorgis's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Hi- I am in the acute care program. The intensivists take most of their classes as a part of the bigger acute care group with the exception of their clinical coursework. I don't think you will find...
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   Nurses vs Phlebotomist

   VICEDRN replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in Emergency

   In the Ers I have been in, the phlebs and RNs work nicely together. The phlebs do report some trouble with med surg staff and some icy but polite behavior from ICU staff. When questioned, I find...
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   Coworker rant!

   VICEDRN replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

   I've worked days nights and mids in a couple of different facilities. I have seen day shifts that refuse to come together, complain about everything and throw each other under the bus. I have seen...
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   Sorry state of Nursing ...

   VICEDRN replied to Howardhughes's topic in General Nursing

   I am also a second career nurse. I am glad that there is increasing acceptance of criticism of the profession from those of us who are second career RNs. When I first started as an RN, people on...
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    Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    VICEDRN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Imagine if you responded, "Oh! I'm sorry. My badge wasn't facing outward! I'm a nurse. I don't work in engineering. Do you need that
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    ADN vs. BSN - patient mortality rates

    VICEDRN replied to Katniss88's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You constantly say but of course ignore that no study ever really directly links anything to anything else and in this case, it would be impossible to do so because doing so would be unethical and...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    VICEDRN replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree that its just scape goating the ACA. A local hospital here just went on a hiring freeze since they projected a $50 million shortfall next fiscal year due to fewer payments for chemotherapy that...
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    Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

    VICEDRN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A student xray tech told me the worse job in the hospital must be RN because, he said, "The answer to everything is get the pt's nurse." He even remarked all wide eyed and newbie like, "And everyone...
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    Like np role more than bedside?

    VICEDRN replied to thenursemandy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Every time I say I'm gonna drop out of this expensive program, in fewer than three of my friends who have made the switch tell me that they never regretted it and neither will I. Lots of bedside...
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    Getting into emergency nursing

    VICEDRN replied to countrygurl89's topic in Emergency

    Plenty of similar threads on this topic. Simply utilize the search box in upper right hand