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    Failed anatomy...are there other options

    broughden replied to Jessa92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No one can answer if your GPA will be "okay." Okay for what over all admission to nursing school? Which school? LPN or BSN? What is your current GPA? How competitive is the school you are applying...
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    Building critical thinking skills?

    broughden replied to Grad2018's topic in General Students

    Well I'm old and grouchy, so I find it super easy to think critically. Especially in the morning when I haven't had my coffee, I'm critical of everything then! My advice is just remember to be...
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    New DNP mandate

    broughden replied to Rocknurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And yet with online/get your buddy to precep and non-RN accelerated programs this is hardly surprising. But its a problem of the educational and professional associations own making. They wont crack...
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    Limited Orientation; High Ratio; How to Survive?

    broughden replied to River&MountainRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have two choices. One, explain the problems to administration as you have to us and demand immediate improvement. Secondly, quit. That's
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    Protecting Your License: Notes from a Nurse-Attorney

    broughden replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Daisy, Because our healthcare system is run by for profit companies. To those companies physicians are seen as profit generators, nurses are seen as profit loses. That's
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    How many med errors to lose your license?

    broughden replied to Bakingismylife's topic in General Nursing

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    AN Scholarship

    broughden replied to NICU Guy's topic in General Nursing

    I remember that guy! LOL The walls of text with no punctuation or capitalization, and completely forget about anything resembling a paragraph. It's the best when the poster claims to have a graduate...
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    Protecting Your License: Notes from a Nurse-Attorney

    broughden replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    No actually in the state of Florida, which is what I was commenting on, it does not mean just state or federal applications. Re-read the statute I quoted. And it appears the same is true for...
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    Protecting Your License: Notes from a Nurse-Attorney

    broughden replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    As a former cop (not attorney) I can say, it will vary from state to state depending on the state's criminal statutes, and if the employer had you sign a statement such as the one I have quoted below....
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    Is Allnurses now controlled ?

    broughden replied to Guest05/31/18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    After the CIA captured me on Mars and transported me through the hypertube back to their Antarctic base , I taught them how to kill goats using their minds. Im now building a spaceship to get back to...
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    Is Allnurses now controlled ?

    broughden replied to Guest05/31/18's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

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    HELP! Classes are expiring!

    broughden replied to Brittanydlopez's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    In your pre-reqs? Every school in my area requires a minimum of 3.0 in pre-reqs and thats just to qualify. You wont actually get in with that GPA. Your options are retake your pre-reqs or go the for...
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    New grad, First NP at clinic

    broughden replied to missdeevah's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    3 weeks for the first 5 years, increasing to 4 weeks after that. All unused time is bankable up to 60 days. Any time the office is closed due to national holidays does not count against vacation...
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    AN Scholarship

    broughden replied to NICU Guy's topic in General Nursing

    $20 for everyone who made a mayor med/practice/employment/school error and posts how they now hate nursing and/or want sympathy for being
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    Pending Felony

    broughden replied to CodeQueenRN22's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    As former law enforcement I am assuming the OP meant felony hindering apprehension. Class D felony with up to 5 year
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    Online NP programs with minimal Papers

    broughden replied to Devonelyse90's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not to be snarky or mean but this post reads like, "I want a graduate degree but want to do the minimal amount of work necessary to get it even though people's lives will depend on my
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    Failed A&P 1... idk what to do

    broughden replied to cardenas_a's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why are you waiting a year? Sign up and take the class over the current summer semester, either at your current school or a local community college. Problem
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    UNF BSN 2018

    broughden replied to idkmybffjill's topic in Florida Nursing

    Im going to the
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    Loss of a patient

    broughden replied to SMS1980's topic in General Nursing

    As a former cop and soldier not to be harsh but: Admit that you didnt know them and move on. People die. It happens. If it wasnt someone you knew or cared for, dont worry about it. Im not saying not...
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    Waking your patient when coming on shift?

    broughden replied to Gardeninggirl's topic in General Nursing

    As a former patient in an ICU who was in severe pain and needed whatever few minutes of sleep he could get....do NOT do this. I swear there was one med student who would NOT stop waking me up every...
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    Failed breathalyzer

    broughden replied to remorse's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Mimi, No one has made any mean comments. Some have questioned how truthful her story is. Others asked if she had just gotten off shift and if she had been intoxicated on shift, since she stated the...
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    Airforce Np base options

    broughden replied to promomma's topic in Government, Military

    Because you may not be happy with the scope of practice for a NP in the military, as an actual officer versus in a civilian support role. Just curious have you ever been to Japan or
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    Nurses who fail pre employment and employment drug test

    broughden replied to JustANormalGirl's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    CYA purposes. The same way providers are allowed by law to share your medical information with other providers to consult on your case for your care and treatment, they dont need your prior permission...
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    Just starting prereqs... dream schedule?

    broughden replied to mbrae's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I disagree about the chem. At no point in A&P, micro, nutrition, or biology did I use balancing equations, Lewis dot structures, stochiometry, or most of the other math we learned in chem....
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    Favouritism in nursing school!

    broughden replied to Greeneyednurse1228's topic in General Students

    I think you should definitely bring this up during employment interviews. Let the interviewer know how upset you are about what happened and that they should hire you as the best clinical nurse! And...