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    RN Vs. PA?

    smk1 replied to aspentree13's topic in General Nursing

    an RN (BSN) has a very different role than a PA would, a better comparison would be NP (nurse practitioner (MSN) and PA. In a lot of places these two professionals function in pretty much the same...
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    Medical Assistants are called "nurses"

    smk1 replied to button2cute's topic in General Nursing

    but it really is easy to say "my assistant will now____"... I don't think it comes from laziness, rather a desire to ease the public's concern about who is taking care of them. People have been...
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    Should I worry that I received a C in Anatomy?

    smk1 replied to lavanda's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Exactly my point. Don't be fooled by the minimum requirements. Do your homework on what it really takes to get into the school that you want.
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    Should I worry that I received a C in Anatomy?

    smk1 replied to lavanda's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    all depends on the selection statistics and criteria fo your school. If it is GPA based, you need to find out what the average GPA or lowest GPA accepted for the last class and the class before that....
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    Weggoners granulomatosis HELP!

    smk1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey all you smart nurses out there! I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this rare autoimmune disease? A friends parent was recently diagnosed with this and spent 3 weeks in Icu. I've...
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    Weggoners granulomatosis HELP!

    smk1 replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the replies. My friends father is doing well. He finished his chemo treatments last spring and has been in "remission", (don't know if this is possible technically, but it is the term...
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    waiting (im)patiently....

    smk1 replied to tutusandfrogs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i got mine in mid november and they started the selection process on October 1st. so about 6
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    87 yr old new mother

    smk1 replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

    not going to pass judgement, but i will say taht it would be very very hard for the average 70 year old to run around after a 3-4 year old, also by the time their child is ten they are past the...
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    87 yr old new mother

    smk1 replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

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    How long did you breastfeed?

    smk1 replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in General Nursing

    11 months -I was ready and wanted to be completely "done" by a year and she was fine with it too (food was more interesting at this point anyway to her
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    >>Registered Nurse or Dental Hygienist?<<

    smk1 replied to ILuvMyKittyKat&Gerbs's topic in Nursing Career

    i hate feet and mouths. No podiatry or dental for me. Poop or pee just doesn't get my stomach going as much as a nasty mouth/teeth... Bless all those R.D.H. folks because i couldn't do
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    Affirmative action for single mothers?

    smk1 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will get there. In October i was convinced that no nursing school would take me and my 3.86 gpa. My school had just changed their points system and while i had full points under the old system i...
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    Affirmative action for single mothers?

    smk1 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ding ding ding! If there is an interview process, she obviously impressed the heck out of the panel. I can see her listing all of her accomplishments, her determination to succeed, and showing proof...
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    stinking of cigarette smoke

    smk1 replied to sisterfaye's topic in General Nursing

    I am kind of appalled at the attitude or "tone" of this post. I am not a nurse yet, but I have had allergic reactions to the smell of certain cigarrette smoke. Real SCARY respiratory difficulty just...
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    Vet tech calling herself RN

    smk1 replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    But this is all really beside the point. A Veterinarian cannot call himself/herself an M.D. or D.O., and a Vet tech cannot call himself/herself an R.N. or L.P.N. These are LEGALLY protected titles...
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    Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

    smk1 replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

    Star Trek is fiction?! SACRILEGE!
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    at what age did you start studying nursing?

    smk1 replied to cksl's topic in General Students

    started prereqs at 27 start the RN program in April this year age
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    "Nurse Quacktitioner."

    smk1 replied to URO-RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I was all riled up... and then i saw that the toy was actually a duck. They probably truly didn't mean any harm
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    Vet tech calling herself RN

    smk1 replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    a vet tech is no more an R.N. than a D.V.M. (doctor of veterinary medicine) is an M.D. or D.O. All of these are protected titles and it is illegal to just appropriate
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    My son tried to kill himself tonight

    smk1 replied to Haunted's topic in Psychiatric

    Take care of yourself. So sorry about this
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    Roll call! who got accepted for spring 2006?

    smk1 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just thought I would start a thread to see hopw many of us will be starting the nursing program in Spring or Fall of 2006. R.N or L.P.N.? I just got my acceptance letter for R.N. and am so excited....
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    How to learn A&P I in a week or less... (I've really messed things up)

    smk1 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    study study! Yeah for the snow! Remember try to get ALONE time to study if you can. It makes so much of a difference for me and i only have one rambunctious 5 yr old, (who currently has caught the...
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    Does this article prove that BSN nurses are safer than ASN?

    smk1 replied to Roland's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    it could point to a correlation within this study but you need replication, you need more clearly defined settings (there are too many unintended variables). Are they picking patients that all have...
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    I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    smk1 replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    Ok so this thread should be your wake up call NEVER TO PLAYFULLY HIT. I know exactly what you mean with about just playfully punching someone in the arm, but that isn't behavior for the workplace,...
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    immunizations - close call for me!

    smk1 replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i had to bug my mom to go diggin for the records. (she found them to my