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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    The question to be asked isn't whether or not it helps the patient. The studies show that an increased level of education does. The real question is what it does in terms of protecting professional...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    There was never a nursing shortage and there never will be. The only shortage was a shortage of RNs who were willing to work under the conditions that hospitals provided. You seem pretty intelligent...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what to tell you honey. My last bachelors gave me the ability to make photocopies in a suit and listen to a dictated letter, occasionally doing a little minor legal research and file...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    This is why: *** The hospital where I work is no longer hiring new grad BSNs into it's critical care nurse residency. It's not in the policy but they are no longer going to be hired. ADNs only. I...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    1. Since there is presently no problem with unfilled openings in nursing, I don't see any reason why we would worry about getting nurses. In the future, if the hospital wants to retain staff, maybe...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    Is this not exactly the point? Let me guess: The hospital wishes to have ADN candidates rather than BSN candidates because all of the money they "waste" on training promptly disappears when the BSN...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I am not exactly sure what you mean about "data that outcomes were better than hiring a ADN grad." Were you referring to in-sourcing or to ADN versus BSN. Here is the link to the JAMA article I...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    Very true! Very fluffy and mostly useless! The point is to enforce a uniform standard that people associate with having an education. Unfortunately, nurses are surrounded by other professionals who...
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    Reforming nursing education...

    VICEDRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I think its a good idea to "clean up" nursing education. First: I think we need a humane way to transition to Bachelors level only for RNs. I say we grandfather folks in for a few years and then...
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    Emergency Level One - new medical documentary on TLC

    VICEDRN replied to letsseehere's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, I am just watching and laughing my you know what OFF. A resident just brought a patient a meal. :roll:roll:roll Yeah, uh, I did 100 hours in a community clinic that had its own fridge. Every...
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    Forced to Quit My Job To Follow My Dreams

    VICEDRN replied to Queenqmw's topic in General Nursing

    As a single mother of two who heard the tired old "How do you think this is going to work young lady?" routine one too many times, i say GO FOR IT! It works out in the end. You will find a way to...
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    Can they drop your medical benefits after handing in letter of resignation?

    VICEDRN replied to irish123's topic in General Nursing

    I am certainly not an insurance agent but at my last job, I was responsible for HR issues. We were specifically told by our insurance carriers (we offered several) that premiums are paid by month, no...
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    Uniforms and dress codes

    VICEDRN replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that it depends on the circumstances. For instance, I had a friend who worked for Bear Stearns. A few years ago, they decided to do away with business casual and casual Fridays in favor of...
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    Uniforms and dress codes

    VICEDRN replied to inkedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as a patient: I could not tell who was who when I gave birth to my daughter and it became intensely irritating to ask a question of the person I thought was the right person to ask only to be...
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    Is nursing your second career?

    VICEDRN replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    HI- I have a BA in History from a fancy liberal arts college up north. I spent five years working in the legal arena. I found that I enjoyed listening to clients and helping them negotiate their...
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    The Worst Nursing Job You Ever Had

    VICEDRN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    uhhh...can you be more specific? Its, uh, kind of really relevant to me this semester.
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    Help me find an ER job..... PLEASE!!!!!!

    VICEDRN replied to focuszx5's topic in General Nursing

    No advice for you. Its a tough market out there! I just wanted to wish you good
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    Has anyone ever created a care plan as a means to organize your life and goals?

    VICEDRN replied to KansasFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I looked at your link. It looks more like care maps than care plans. I do use the nursing process and a version of a care plan in other situations. I actually find the process readily lends itself...
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    Student Nurse - OB Rotation

    VICEDRN replied to Just1Question's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We got to go NICU too and yes, it was observation only! We did not follow lactation specialist though. I did get a lot of breast feeding questions because I have breast fed two kids. New moms have...
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    Student Nurse - OB Rotation

    VICEDRN replied to Just1Question's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let's see. I did my OB clinical over the summer. I am going to assume that you realize that there is variation from school to school and from hospital to hospital... I was responsible for: 1....
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    What is the lowest K+ level you have seen?

    VICEDRN replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    HIV/AIDS patient: 1.9 But I knew you guys would beat
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    Are "real" nurses as mean as my future instructors?

    VICEDRN replied to Dakovich's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Are they on glue? Holy cow, its stuff like that that makes me think that even though I can be outspoken, I am hardly a bother. I tell you what, that's all...
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    I was questioning whether I wanted to be a nurse from the threads on allnurses.com

    VICEDRN replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    I will add that if you feel the same way about nursing schools or job hunts based on the complaints of student nurses, please ignore that as well. Its a place to vent and its perfectly fair to
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    Hi, are you the doctor?

    VICEDRN replied to Bortaz's topic in General Nursing

    I did a clinical at a hospital in the city. We had two guys in our group. One hispanic male and one white male. When our name tags were made up, everyone got one that said "student intern" under...
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    strange or odd postion or tasks

    VICEDRN replied to erwigg's topic in General Nursing

    At a summer job once back in the 1990s, I created a newsletter for the mayor's office. I was super nervous about my boss showing it to the mayor. (I never met the mayor and my boss didn't know how...