THAT Nurse.

THAT Nurse. BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN

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  1. What's your patient load?

    THAT Nurse. replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses on my Med-Surge floor generally have 4 on days, and 5 or 6 on nights. Days has a free float RN, plus more CNAs, but they have to do baths and

  2. Odd observations.

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in Male Nursing Students

    pem, I would have simply had the tow truck move her car for her. Even if I had to pay him, it would be worth

  3. Socialized Medicine....WHAT IF?

    THAT Nurse. replied to unclebenny20's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    lindarn, We just recently had that issue here in TN. Nursing homes wanted to be able to train CNAs to administer meds. While it was stopped, LPNs were granted the ability to push meds, including...

  4. Grading scale

    THAT Nurse. posted a topic in General Students

    I am in a BSN program, and in the last year they changes the grading criteria. It went from a 75 to get a C to a 78 to get a C. Fail two courses and you get the boot remained the same. One of the...

  5. Grading scale

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in General Students

    I wish what you said was true. When I started nursing school, a 75 was a C. They did in fact change it on us mid-program. We were not amused. She does what she does, and nobody has made her stop....

  6. Socialized Medicine....WHAT IF?

    THAT Nurse. replied to unclebenny20's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In the truest sense supply (of nurses) and demand (for same) would cause the pay rates to have to find a balance, in our favor. But that assumes no other changes. Example: Hospital executives look for...

  7. Grading scale

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in General Students

    2009, She found a way around it, and nobody is stopping her. She is not hiding it, and between tenure, and the fact she has been there for a while, she gets to do what she wants. Since she is fair,...

  8. Grading scale

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in General Students

    Ours is a local to this area, so I doubt we got your old one. The why gets us as well. We see no reason for the change. I know of one instructor so against it she refuses to use the new scale. Pretty...

  9. Grading scale

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in General Students

    chev, Initially they told us stories about low student pass rates on NCLEX. We were not having low pass rates. (We weren't the highest around, but we were I think 2% below the next highest school)....

  10. Mandatory OT

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting. So, some of you work where the hospital will demand at the end of your shift you stay? I live in an at-will state, where you can be fired/quit at the drop of a hat, and my facility NEVER...

  11. Mandatory OT

    THAT Nurse. posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hear a lot about this issue, on here, at school, but never in practice. I know the hospital I work in does not require it (and goes to lengths to avoid OT). None of the other local facilities...

  12. Odd observations.

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in Male Nursing Students

    Wow. yah, that MD? Would not have a job around here. (Tennessee). Our female nurses can be gruff, and they can be hard, but they are often very very pleasant. And they still get the job done. Maybe it...

  13. Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

    THAT Nurse. replied to advocateforsafety's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    RN4, Some of my classroom instructors have actually shown those to us. While I enjoyed politics and have been active (it is Nov 4th, and I voted two weeks ago) they did a very good job of relating the...

  14. Odd observations.

    THAT Nurse. replied to THAT Nurse.'s topic in Male Nursing Students

    What specifically have you seen female RNs do that is so bad? Aside from sadly questionable hand hygiene all around (even I am guilty at times), I haven't seen anything widespread that makes me cringe...

  15. Michigan Nurses Assoc to leave ANA..others may follow

    THAT Nurse. replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And my instructors wonder, even as politically inclined as I am, why I refuse to spend a penny on the

  16. Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

    THAT Nurse. replied to advocateforsafety's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    WP, appreciate the mail, for some reason I seem unable to reply. Suffice to say, I had a bad feeling that was

  17. Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

    THAT Nurse. replied to advocateforsafety's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This thread got me to register. As a nursing student who firmly believes nurses are underpaid and probably given the shaft routinely (and in my Research course preparing a proposal on whether nurse...