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  1. Can an RN work as a sitter?

    misplaced1 replied to misplaced1's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for all the responses. Babs that is what I am concerned about. Does this apply if y0u have EVER had an RN license. By that I mean if you let your license lap at some point, say because you...

  2. Paraplegia and nursing

    misplaced1 replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How does a nurse in a wheelchair do CPR on a patient, if needed especialy when she is by hereself? I also wonder if this going on NOW and if a nurse like that would be hired NOW. Things have changed...

  3. LPN to RN or PTA?

    misplaced1 replied to mspetite's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I know PTAs and OTS that make in the 60's. They are in management and management in that field is WAY more laid back then nursing. Nice cushy job from what I have

  4. LPN to RN or PTA?

    misplaced1 replied to mspetite's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    From what I have seen if you can get into PTA school you should jump on it. Most nurses are stressed and

  5. Nursing or Accounting.. Please help me decide.

    misplaced1 replied to amanda1266's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and the little school needed? That is a huge misconception. Maybe onlyh two years but they will be two years of blood sweat and tears. I have another degree in a science field and it was nothing...

  6. Nursing or Accounting.. Please help me decide.

    misplaced1 replied to amanda1266's topic in General Nursing

    Reading your post you have lots of pros for accounting and few for nursing. The few you do have for nursing are mostly questionable- great pay? sometimes, meaningful? sometimes, the part you hit on...

  7. Is it hard to get a part time job at a hospital as an RN

    misplaced1 replied to duke1010's topic in General Nursing

    I know lots of people that have ONLY worked full time ever. But most of them started out in a different ecomony. Right now I think in my particular area I think you might have an even better chance...

  8. Reforming nursing education...

    misplaced1 replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with nursing is that there is no scientifically based body of knowledge. Other disciplines, PT, OT, MD, even social work and psychology. Nursing on the other hand is basically fluff. As...

  9. Modifying tasks when pregnant. My boss says "no".

    misplaced1 replied to RNnik07's topic in General Nursing

    Wow talk about no compassion. And from so many of you. I am speechless. I always wonder if this is from upbringin or is it just learned from nursing school and culture. I guess everyone deserves...

  10. Introduction - along with a few questions

    misplaced1 replied to HusbandOfANurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to come back because I believe my post may have been too negative. I just wanted to tell you some things no nursing instructor is going to. You should know that hospitals dont bill for...

  11. Introduction - along with a few questions

    misplaced1 replied to HusbandOfANurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with the poster about about the not going straight to the NPdegree. By 2015 they are trying to phase it in so that all NPs will have to have a doctorate. Some people think this is not...

  12. RN "Super Union"

    misplaced1 replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Wow I have been watching what was happening with the Unions and have been pro union but I think that what I just read scares me. No doubt that people dont want to be treated like machines but this...

  13. RN "Super Union"

    misplaced1 replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I am happy about the union for many reasons like those stated above and at this point I think they are necessary. It is unfortunate that unions do not work with the companies to help come up with...

  14. Grr! "Customer Service" Nursing Gone Crazy!

    misplaced1 replied to KaseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I mean I was in the

  15. Grr! "Customer Service" Nursing Gone Crazy!

    misplaced1 replied to KaseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, I don't see this changing because there are just too many nurses that do not want it to change. And no matter what anyone says I firmly believe that that is the real problem and that is...

  16. Grr! "Customer Service" Nursing Gone Crazy!

    misplaced1 replied to KaseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Thats because nobody else would put up with it. I believe strongly that it is due to the codependent culture in nursing being the acceptable norm. Those of us that are not codependent are the ones...

  17. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    misplaced1 replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    In our area they request that people that do not have 4 wheel drives stay off the roads. This is not just for their own safety but for the safety of OTHER drivers. For a profession that emphasizes...

  18. silly question but would you could you demote yourself?

    misplaced1 replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have an LPN that you have let lapse. I have an LPN and and RN license and plan to maintain both. I ended up never working as an LPN but most of my friends that have LPNs are maintaining...

  19. Insecure Unorganized Nursing Instructor

    misplaced1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in an RN to MSN program an taking my first bridge class. My instructor is completely out of it. Black is white, up is down, left is right but tommorrow right might be right again and black maybe...

  20. Cinical sites, greeting cards and gifts

    misplaced1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am curious. I understand why we thank our clinical sites by signing cards and I even understand bringng them a small gift like a tray of cookies. But how did it come to be that students are to...

  21. Inpatient LTC vs community services

    misplaced1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please read this very short article. I am very interested in care of people with chronic problems and have become someone discouraged for several reason I wont go into here. Part of the reason is...

  22. Help with deciding becoming a nurse or occupational therapist!

    misplaced1 replied to interestedinnursing2's topic in Nursing Career

    Most OTs seem to be happy. Some nurses are but nursing seems to have more burn out and overwork then

  23. How to Solve This Drug reconstitution problem?

    misplaced1 replied to BEBE1004's topic in General Students

    You are putting in 50 ml over a 20 min time period. Since you are using an infusion pump you have to normalize that to per hour (60 mins). So since you have 50 ml/20 min and you want to get the...

  24. No One Dies Alone (NODA) Program

    misplaced1 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    The very wonderful hospice nurses in our area have told me that it is common for people to wait until everyone exits the room, as in a bathroom break, to actually let themselves slip away. That...

  25. Cinical sites, greeting cards and gifts

    misplaced1 replied to misplaced1's topic in General Nursing

    CR727 I can see that, a small trinket, box of candy, flowers something like that for someone who really met a lot to you. Something of low price. But the blanket expectation to give the clinical...