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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
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    Getting burnt out with non urgent patients

    VICEDRN replied to Lisa9090's topic in Emergency

    Frankly, most of the non urgent visitors to the er actually don't have coverage in my experience. I feel sorry for them a little bit. They come with high but unrealistic hopes of getting care....
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    Everything is our responsibility. Rant.

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

    Yep...my personal favorites are having to trouble shoot every piece of equipment and being responsible for maintenance. Ummmm....isn't it bioengineering's job to make sure the equipment functions...
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    Help needed for trim 6'6" male

    VICEDRN replied to ArmyMedicRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hubby has corrected me. He has a 37.5 inch inseam and a 34
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    Not many people that I can talk to about this...

    VICEDRN replied to j_tay1981's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone actually like working neuro? Anyone? As for "needing" med surg, I think that's a croc. Transfer when you
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    Obama delays major part of health law: coverage for > 50 workers pushed to 2015

    VICEDRN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The delay will mean congresspeople and governors don't have to run on being anti aca. Meanwhile tens of thousands of people suffer through a crap economy without insurance. All for politics! In a...
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    Denied from np program

    VICEDRN replied to Naphisa03's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ummm if you are interested in psych, maybe it would help if you worked psych?? Sorry it didn't work out. Keep
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    Registered Nurses: Do you like your jobs?

    VICEDRN replied to mamba24's topic in General Nursing

    No. I am not remotely glad I went into nursing. Yes. I still feel compassion for people. Probably more so than ever. I still like people though I feel I understand them better than people who don't...
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    Pt. belongings in the ER

    VICEDRN replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    Agree with posters above. We document every single item one by one in chart with two rns. Ems is supposed to do the same. We are responsible only if ems documents they had something and we claim we...
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    Will ER nurses help me answer a few questions, please??

    VICEDRN replied to mcao11's topic in Emergency

    If you are looking for more info try using the search box in upper right corner. This query has generated other responses you may wish to look
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    Help needed for trim 6'6" male

    VICEDRN replied to ArmyMedicRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Update:mister added two pairs of dickies tall XML scrubs. Plenty of leg there