piper_for_hire

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  1. I just love CODES!. . . Not!

    piper_for_hire replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    That's because someone is finally assessing that patient! Every time I was on code call I knew I would catch 2 or 3 during the time I should be giving

  2. I just love CODES!. . . Not!

    piper_for_hire replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    codes were fun for a while but after my first dozen or so it just got to be routine.

  3. Best ICU experience

    piper_for_hire replied to uiowanurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Second that - swans and drips. Don't discount MICUs - if they specialize in septic patients everyone will be swanned on every pressor you can think of.

  4. 2nd degree BSN program vs associates or traditional 4 year BSN

    piper_for_hire replied to Dino's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    1) schools don't care (at least in my experience) if your BSN was accelerated or not. Sounds like you will be tying to be minimum on experience so plan to maximize your GPA. Nobody in my program that...

  5. Does seniority = superiority

    piper_for_hire replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I think this has nothing to do with nursing, but general human behavior.. There is a certain kind of personality that can stay at the same job for 20-30

  6. Changing careers but discouraged by a failed student

    piper_for_hire replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Just look at the numbers - a certain percentage of people will fail out of any program - nursing or otherwise. The majority do not fail out. You odds are pretty good.

  7. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    piper_for_hire replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    The CEOs will want more pay regardless of whether or not nursing gets more pay or not. Not sure how that factors into anything. Attracting more nurses is a trivial matter - all you need to do is pay...

  8. nursing salaries

    piper_for_hire replied to plain_jane_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Don't trust salary.com - it is wildly

  9. Grades, Gre Scores, Experience, etc...

    piper_for_hire replied to malraymal's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    yes - the hype is really silly at times and sometimes discouraging on this board too. The worst offending phrase IMHO is "as the pool of applicants increases". That one used to freak me out - as if...

  10. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    piper_for_hire replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    Why does nursing put up with staff shortages? I don't get the question. Nursing has nothing to do with staff shortages. It is simply poor hiring practice. Like in *any* profession, better pay and to a...

  11. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Whether it is illegal or not is a red herring.

  12. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    But they may be immoral - say goodbye to your license.

  13. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Wow - I go off to class an miss so many posts. This is a pretty good discussion, for the most part. There were somequestions directed at me in that one post so I'll try to answer. Morality is...

  14. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry - wasn't trying to be sarcastic! Really! We just have different point of views on this topic. When I see things that are wrong I wish to point it out and change it and talk about it. I just...

  15. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly - well I guess not sadly - I have read my states nursing laws in detail for a couple of school projects. The phrase "good moral character" shows up a number of times, but what that means is not...

  16. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Wow - so you are saying that laws are absolute and should not be challenged? It's good that you admitted that. Now I totally understand your point of view. Some are leaders and some are followers. I...

  17. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    We are talking about apples and oranges here. The state boards "laws" are not the same as actual legal laws. Just like the laws of physics are different than the state boards "laws". They are...

  18. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    of course it is illogical. how would one do that? who is qualified to determine what the proper moral code is for nurses? for anyone? certainly not the people who run the licensing board. how would...

  19. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    And of course .... if someone has a DUI they must be drunk at work. WHAT? And of course ... to force someone to have morality you threaten them - in this case with taking their license away. HUH?...

  20. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    All professions are governed by law and there are no professions that I know of where you are free to "flaunt the legal system to your heart's content" You make a point thought - requiring a credit...

  21. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    It's this kind of absurdity that makes me want to run out and go to law school.

  22. Grades, Gre Scores, Experience, etc...

    piper_for_hire replied to malraymal's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I think you'll have to contact the universities you are interested in to find this out. They most likely have a conversion method. Every nursing school uses a slightly different grading scale and my...

  23. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Thats too bad .... as this is a discussion

  24. How many guys in your class?

    piper_for_hire replied to Scrubz's topic in Male Nursing Students

    In my BSN class there was about 10%. Now I'm in grad school and there is even less.

  25. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    piper_for_hire replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Of course I am serious. It is completely absurd to me to think that the same people who issue licenses are in any position to carry out such judgments. There are people that do this - the courts. The...