BaRNs

BaRNs

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  1. Why it is better to be a Nurse than a Physician.

    BaRNs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Wondering what your take on this is. IMO: Nurses get to treat the person, while physicians are relegated to treating some disgusting disease or condition. We get to spend our time helping the person...

  2. Why it is better to be a Nurse than a Physician.

    BaRNs replied to BaRNs's topic in General Nursing

    I feel

  3. change of state!

    BaRNs replied to steff18's topic in General Nursing

    First step is checking with the new states board of nursing to be sure that it has reciprocity with your current state with which you hold licensure. I believe you have to attend a class on child...

  4. So...where else do you work?

    BaRNs replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    women's clinics (if you don't mind being very focused in only one aspect of your profession) outpatient centers (narrow focus on your particular specialties provided at your clinic) SNFs (must master...

  5. Skin cancer nursing diagnosis

    BaRNs replied to saramorris78's topic in General Nursing

    I think you are talking about prevention? As in primary prevention (such as vaccinations) and secondary such as treatment of disease and tertiary as in limiting disease spread and minimizing it's...

  6. Nurses with tattoos?

    BaRNs replied to crunchymomx3's topic in General Nursing

    see above statement. Here is one of our CURRENT intolerant policy makers. People took offense at female doctors and for that matter women that worked at all. They told them to be careful as they...

  7. LPN starting RN school spring '09

    BaRNs replied to BabyNurse_PJN's topic in General Nursing

    I have had many LPN friends do this over the years and MOST of them say how hard it was to take time off and jump right back in. My tips would be to find out which med-surg, mother-baby, and other...

  8. Nursing Supervisor escorted two druggie nurses off hospital grounds last month

    BaRNs replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was actually a large pooling of information on this topic done by encyclopedia.com in the late 90's. They gathered from over 5,000 sources and our instructors used it in our classroom when we...

  9. thoughts on only Paralytic while intubated....

    BaRNs replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    Holy #&*$^%! Valium or versed at the VERY LEAST! Paralytics with nothing else on board tugs the fringes of incompetence on that physicians part. I would bring that event up with your charge AND...

  10. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    BaRNs replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    We have 'nurse legislative day' in washington state in late winter at our state capitol and many of us attend to put a face on with those requests. Most states have similar things on the books. Your...

  11. needlestick :(

    BaRNs replied to colleennurse's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't had one in almost 6 years. Is that unusual? I think my fear keeps me on my toes. Accidents are called accidents for a reason though. I hope all turns out well for you. I know two nurses...

  12. New RN looking for a job!! I am desperate!!

    BaRNs replied to cubangirl's topic in General Nursing

    CubanGirl, That feeling that you forget everything you learned in nursing school over the summer while you job hunt is totally normal. Almost every one of us fealt that. Our web discussion board was...

  13. Nurses with tattoos?

    BaRNs replied to crunchymomx3's topic in General Nursing

    I have tattoos from the Navy prior to nursing (12 to be exact, and large). Does your hospital have a bad hair or mustache on women policy? I find those offensive! :) Little Devil's advocate for...

  14. Smoking on Campus

    BaRNs replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get upset about that fact that smokers got those 3-4 extra 10 minute breaks to go get their fix. Then I realized that if they don't go out and do that they have a tendancy to be foul SOBs...

  15. RN vs. LPN clinical rotations

    BaRNs replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know that any nursing program sets out to 'weed out' students. The more students they have pass, the better they look as instructors, and a program as a whole, the school makes more money...

  16. What nursing school did everyone attend?

    BaRNs replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    U DUB! Univ of Washington. BSN. Going to go the cheap route for my MSN though, aka online courses. I can't see paying that tuition again for education and leadership

  17. Titrating Medication

    BaRNs replied to tammylynn8LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Well you will most likely have to learn a lot about medication administration well beyond just titration. I mean as a hospice LPN you will have a lot of autonomy and only a phone to reach someone for...

  18. Pregnant and Nursing.....

    BaRNs replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I congratulate any woman that can handle all those hormones and deal with a cranky manager, demanding famliy members, and etoh withdrawals! I pack this Y chromosome around so my input is nullified!...

  19. Is a bad feeling good reason to see a doctor?

    BaRNs replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    When you get spammed with all the diseases and conditions that afflict people as a nursing student does it is easy to become a hypochondriac. And we probably all do to a certain extent. You know your...

  20. Best Paying Hospitals in South Florida???

    BaRNs replied to alejandro175's topic in Florida Nursing

    This is easy. Fortune magazine ranked them :) Baptist Health of south Florida is by far one of the best companies a nurse could expect to work for ANYWHERE in the united states, let alone Flroida....

  21. Is the pay really that bad??

    BaRNs replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    Lets end the discussion on fiscal responsibilty as that was not the topic posted. Lets try to get back to the authors intent. Which, correct me if I am wrong, is wanting to know why he has heard...

  22. Is the pay really that bad??

    BaRNs replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    When you take into account the shortage of nurses and understand that pay is based on supply and demand, as I am sure you do working in banking you will see that nurses are drastically underpaid. If...

  23. Credit checks for employment

    BaRNs replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    I want to be sure that everyone knows this is a complete UNtruth. Like I said in a previous post your credit 'score' is only 3 characters of information on your consumer report. The information your...

  24. Credit checks for employment

    BaRNs replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    The practice of denying a NURSE a position based on credit score is illegal. The use of the information MUST pertain to the job applied for. http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/031224fcra.pdf This is the...

  25. Missing narcs returned to med cart...sorry long

    BaRNs replied to OklaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    This should be immediately reported to your state board of nursing! Immediately. I cannot express enough the urgency here. Your license is actively on the line...The statute of limitations for...