Flightline BSN, RN

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  1. Flightline

    Advice on jobs

    Flightline replied to mviehman's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should work there for a year. Get ACLS certified and then plan for relocating. The first year of nursing is very stressful and you're going to want to do it on a floor you are familiar...
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    I think I'm losing it

    Flightline replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I think dreams, especially the strange ones, have messages in them. Perhaps her calling you and asking you to hang out is the central symbol that must be figured out in order to get the message....
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    Nasty Doctor

    Flightline replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is why nurses need to be
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    Terminated.....stressed and relieved at the same time.

    Flightline replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't care less about the time sheet. I do care about the nursing notes, and as Magsulfate pointed out, the fact that the patient was not visited. If you are too depressed to work, I understand...
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    Career Advice

    Flightline replied to acdante's topic in General Nursing

    I regretfully have to disagree with my more experienced colleagues so far: I think you would be very unhappy as a nurse. I'm sorry to sound so direct, but your OP sounds like you would like to be lazy...
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate being allowed to voice my opinion on the topic thus far, and these responses and replies have been very good for me. We have, however, drifted from the
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    No need to be floored, Polley; I agree with you: it does indeed take many to take care of the world of patients. It takes a nurse to care for them. And I believe the definition of a nurse is that they...
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    hello, karen g. by the way i notice you're from london. i lived for six years in swindon, which is in wiltshire, and in fact, my daughter still lives there with her husband daniel who is in the raf....
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    Because you are not a nurse yet, your opinion matters a great deal more than you may think. If nursing has no glory in the eyes of future nurses, then the profession is doomed. And there can be no...
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    I think I am suffering from "Burn out" syndrome.

    Flightline replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think I may know where you are coming from, especially since you choose the higher acuity areas of nursing. You go to work, and it's like hanging on a cross. You're doing a tremendous good, but you...
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    There's nothing about nursing that requires a bachelors degree. Obviously there isn't or we wouldn't have had nurses from diploma schools forever and now ADNs. As for a passion for people, more...
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't really make myself clear on that because I was still aching from the laugh attack I had when I thought about nurses so desparate to get away from direct patient care that they would get a DNP...
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    Education requirement for nurse practitioner

    Flightline replied to js408's topic in General Nursing

    Getting a doctorate to assist a physician? That's just precious.:chuckle Needless to say, I'm not a big advocate of NPs or CRNAs. I feel they use nursing only to crossover into medicine. And while...
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    BSN vs. ADN + BS in other field

    Flightline replied to daffodils711's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are the greatest possible people. Nursing is the greatest possible profession. So, naturally, I would encourage you to be a nurse. I have not always encouraged people to become nurses from...
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    I m in big trouble! I think I failed my drug screen

    Flightline replied to alex68's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care about THC, or benzos or ETOH. None of that matters to me at all. Legalize pot, don't legalize it. Our economy needs a new industry, so people can do and vote however they want. What...
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    I m in big trouble! I think I failed my drug screen

    Flightline replied to alex68's topic in General Nursing

    Oh well, you didn't get caught this time. Now, somewhere out there, we have a nurse who does illegal drugs being in charge of narcotics and the monitoring and assessment of patients. I don't care if...
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    Marital Stress & the student nurse

    Flightline replied to modestmurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had something constructive to add, but it seems to me a general comment on the state of things as I perceive them is all I have to offer: You can't burn a candle at 4 and 3/4 ends. A married...
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    I burned my bridges 4 years ago....(need advice)

    Flightline replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    You may have to get your mind around working somewhere other than that hospital. What about hospice, home health, or private duty
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    Knocking a Patient Out, a bad thing?

    Flightline replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's difficult to comment on the use of pain medication without personally assessing the patient, but I certainly know the type of nurse you are referring to. In the ICU, you may see them in...
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    Switching to transport, but with a dark past...

    Flightline replied to epsilonprodigy's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should go on to med school and forget about nursing altogether. This is sincere advice given that you want to be a doctor and not a
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    How's the job market in YOUR area?

    Flightline replied to Chico David's topic in General Nursing

    I must say, that's an interesting
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    Preceptor

    Flightline replied to Seagate's topic in General Nursing

    As a former travel nurse, I can tell you that you can't travel as a nurse right after graduation. You typically need a year's experience and ACLS certification. That being said, if you are going to...
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    One Last Wish

    Flightline replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would seek out the dark forces and take my reve...just kidding.:chuckle I'd go to Alabama. I've always wanted to go to
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    Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    Flightline replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm way late in this conversation, but I appreciate that there are others out there who feel the same way I do about the nursing profession. I agree with the author of this article, Nellie Nurse,...
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    new grad contract

    Flightline replied to mnf626's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a little slimy that they didn't tell you about the contract up front, but I will offer this: to find a hospital where you really want to work, that will hire you straight out of school,...