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menetopali

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  1. Getting started, what to do first?

    menetopali replied to HopefulRN007's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    check for BSN programs that have specialty tracks for people with another degree already (The University of Arizona has one). If you already have a degree and are looking at going farther in your...

  2. Arizona Patient Protection Act introduced- Sets Safe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios

    menetopali replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sounds like more pro-union propaganda to me. if you want safer hospitals increase transparency throughout healthcare (including complication rates and outcome measurements), protect nurses who report...

  3. what's the common pay rate per week?

    menetopali posted a topic in Camp

    what is the common weekly rate for camp nurses? i know it doesn't compare with hourly rates, so a weekly or seasonal rate would be

  4. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    menetopali replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    used NANDA in school and haven't seen a NANDA dx in actual practice yet. i'm back in school and back to the insanity of nursing

  5. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    menetopali replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    no i'm not kidding about the "energy field disturbance" nursing diagnoses. it is in fact a "diagnosis" accepted and promoted by the North American Nursing Diagnoses Association, the group that...

  6. Now I am really questioning nursing

    menetopali replied to socalirn's topic in General Nursing

    after bouncing around a bit, I've learned why the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.... they spread more manure over there nursing has some real high points to it. like the look on...

  7. Scope of Nursing Practice

    menetopali replied to Schoolnursetrish39's topic in General Nursing

    i just don't see the dx in the information you provided. if you are concerned that the nurse acted improperly, call them on it

  8. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    menetopali replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Timothy, I am shocked and amazed at your post. I have never seen a statement so concisely and accurately sum up my position on a topic from any other person. llg, I am currently in a BSN program and...

  9. Do you ever get called, 'Doctor'?

    menetopali replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Craig, Certainly becoming a doctor to "fit in" is a poor choice to pursue medicine, or any vocation. I agree that such a line of reasoning is empty and would go further and say it is a pergfect reason...

  10. I Quit

    menetopali replied to nelcoy4's topic in Nursing Career

    USPHS is the united states public health service. while they are a uniformed service they are not an 'armed service' and they provide direct health care to a number of agencies and populations. here...

  11. I Quit

    menetopali replied to nelcoy4's topic in Nursing Career

    have you considered the USPHS? all of their nurses are BSNs, you can work in a number of environments from bedside nursing to community education to disaster support services. if you go on to pick up...

  12. Do you ever get called, 'Doctor'?

    menetopali replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    it was very seldom in the hospital that i was mistaken for a doctor but since moving back to Arizona and working in community health settings it has gotten pretty irratating. in college health near...

  13. Marginalization of Male Nurses

    menetopali replied to earthlovers123's topic in Men in Nursing

    to answer your original question...yes i have felt marginalized. i felt it every time the female nurses started to talk about 'american idol' or 'desperate houswives'. i felt it every time i was...

  14. U.S. pays for care of illegal aliens

    menetopali replied to BeachNurse's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    in the past 'cost-shifting' has paid for care to those who can't/won't pay. its good that the feds are going to kick in a little money but it isn't what really needs to be done. they should really try...

  15. Injections- still pull back?

    menetopali replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

    if you can't remember the the administration parameters of a medication...look them up before giving the med or ask the prescriber. 'i forgot that i had to aspirate that one' is not an excuse;...

  16. Injections- still pull back?

    menetopali replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

    i work in college health and give vaccines routinely to students. mostly IM, a couple SQ, and i also do TB screens for them. before this job i worked in an outpatient department / GI lab and gave a...

  17. Injections- still pull back?

    menetopali replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

    CDC put out an opinion that aspirating IM injections is not needed, but does not discourage it's practice. I believe the exact phrase was "Although this practice is advocated by some experts, and most...

  18. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    menetopali replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    hello everyone, not sure if i quite fit here or not. i'm a health educator and campus nurse at a small southwestern college. i currently hold an ADN and a BA in Recreation & Park Mgt. and am...

  19. Need Help by Friday presentation

    menetopali replied to witnurse's topic in Nurse Management

    did your presentation go

  20. What was your most urgent emergency?

    menetopali replied to Foxfour's topic in School

    pt with fever of 106.4, 132bpm, 24RR, 76/32, SpO2 96% with language barrier and deteriorating LOC that presented with no specific complaints besides feeling 'no good'. i used to work in a hospital and...

  21. Need Help by Friday presentation

    menetopali replied to witnurse's topic in Nurse Management

    good luck! you've definitely got a tough sell. my only idea is ask the faculty at a local nursing school to try and sell it to you. you raise the objections that you believe you are likely to hear....

  22. Required to wear girly scrubs

    menetopali replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    :yeahthat: after the teal top and white pants humiliation of nursing school, followed by a couple of Christmas's of getting scrubs that were 'so cute' from people who probably meant well, i got over...

  23. Union

    menetopali replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    that's wonderful for you. i think you should have every right to join with your fellow nurses to address concerns that you have, if that is what you choose. i just ask that my choice not to join a...

  24. Union

    menetopali replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the sympathetic labor laws did alot for unions before the pendulum started its swing back again. without these laws unions would not exist as recognized bargaining entities. while it ic true that the...

  25. Union

    menetopali replied to ER Tigger Girl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the synpathetic laws to which i was reffering were put in place between the Clayton Act (1914) and the firing of ATCs by Reagan in 1981 under the Taft-Hartley Act (1947). the decline in unions is not...