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  1. Going into Nursing; what are the benefits of going from RN to BSN?

    fins replied to Lhopk09's topic in General Nursing

    I'll leave the discussions about whether the BSN improves one's abilities as a nurse for others. Let me just talk about the job market. There is currently a push to go to all-BSN by (I believe) 2015...

  2. how to remedy this situation?

    fins replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe when you said "for years" she thought you said "four years" and now she's mad because you hid two years experience from her. :) Either that, or she just needs to get the stick out of her butt...

  3. Oh the difference a unifrom can make

    fins replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    And when the pool dries up, because nobody wants to put up with being treated that way, the "oi, thingy" nurses will be the ones whining loudest about not having enough

  4. Reporting to ICU

    fins replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    Sometimes, those questions aren't to bust your buns. Sometimes the ICU nurse is trying to see if there's a reason that something wasn't done, e.g. "he needs a CTA but he's allergic to IV dye, so he's...

  5. subjective versus objective data

    fins replied to RNstudentc/o2010's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Please tell me you work on a pediatric unit

  6. Nicely undermining you.

    fins replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    This has been such a great thread - you hardly notice the poor grammar at all! :) To the poster whose review included the comment "doesn't polish her shoe laces" that seems to me more like the sort of...

  7. Nurses who tell you what you need to do!! vent!

    fins replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    Take her list, blow your nose in it, smile sweetly and say "thank

  8. Tasers being used on mentally ill patients.

    fins replied to mmtk's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Although tasering sounds barbaric, is it actually worse then the alternatives? If a patient is out of control, the most likely alternative to tasering is a big hairy furball of a scrum - five staff...

  9. Annoyed!....When did accelerated BSN programs come about?

    fins replied to JMP2004's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My sister got a traditional ASN. Two years, two semesters per year, 14 weeks per semester, 16 hours clinical per week. I got an accelerated BSN. One year, four quarters, 12 weeks per quarter, 24 hours...

  10. The word NO

    fins replied to SBehanna's topic in General Nursing

    One possible reason for not using the word no would only apply to written charting, and that is the fact that "no" is such a small word. When you have people whose handwriting looks like they use...

  11. How do you stay organized?

    fins replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Cargo pants are good - they're basically khakis that have pockets mid-thigh in addition to the standard two front, two back. Some places would consider them too casual,

  12. 265 Questions

    fins replied to bds7572's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The way the NCLEX works, 265 questions is no more likely to pass or fail than any other number of questions. If the test stops after 85 questions, it means that the test only needed that many...

  13. Do people treat you different when they find out you are a nurse?

    fins replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a neuro ICU - when people ask me health questions, I just tell them "let me drill a hole in your skull and stick a tube in your brain - then I'll be able to tell you exactly what's wrong."...

  14. Philly BSN grad: no jobs - wait it out or relocate?

    fins replied to mah09's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The Lehigh Valley Health System has job postings for GNs. That's in Allentown, about an hour north of the city. Also, think about government jobs - not just the military. The VA always seems to be...

  15. Air Force and Prior Drug Use

    fins replied to Riversurfer's topic in Government, Military

    You really really don't want to be caught lying about this. Such minor drug use is not going to be an issue, but if during some security clearance investigation they find out you lied about it, you...

  16. Why would you wear low rise jeans....

    fins replied to msdeannah's topic in General Students

    I'm going to have to ask one of the moderators to close this thread and remove it from the web site. It is completely unacceptable that the original poster would bring up this subject. Have you no...

  17. Time spent on resuscitation of a celebrity

    fins replied to DuluthMike's topic in General Nursing

    One other thing to consider is that time just flies in a code (sometimes.) You look down, and although it seems like you haven't done anything but two rounds of compressions, when you look up an hour...

  18. Reccomend a gender neutral title to replace "Nurse"!

    fins replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    It's a pointless thing to try to attempt. The term nurse has female connotations because well over 90% of nurses ARE women. ANY term you use for a job that is 90% female is going to end up with those...

  19. Nurse, treat thyself

    fins replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    I've done post-mortem care on others, but for some reason I've never been able to do it to

  20. Army vet billed $3,000 for war wounds

    fins replied to Valerie Salva's topic in General Nursing

    With regards to the administration's proposal to make military members pay for service-related care with their private insurance, here's a link. (From that well-known rabid right-wing new source CNN)...

  21. Most disgusting thing you have witnessed or taken part of on the job?

    fins replied to Solid Snake's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient on the ventilator, who was on continuous tube feeds. She hadn't had a bowel movement in three or four days. So a couple of hours into my shift, she has a small bm. I turn her on her...

  22. Feeling the heat for not passing driver's DOT physical

    fins replied to TPfan24's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You WERE being difficult. You failed a driver who deserved to fail, and now the owner has to find another driver - that's difficult. You failed a driver that now needs to find another job, and THAT'S...

  23. Just curious.. will I get a pay cut as an NP

    fins replied to tammyg652's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work for a university health system that offers free tuition to dependents. The thing is, the IRS considers that free tuition to be income, so you have to pay income tax on it. So, depending on the...

  24. Need help for goal/interventions-decreased cardiac output

    fins replied to Cheer4WVU's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    the physiology of blood pressure consists of two main components: cardiac output heart rate - beats per minute stroke volume - amount of blood pumped per beat [*]peripheral resistance - resistance...

  25. Need help for goal/interventions-decreased cardiac output

    fins replied to Cheer4WVU's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Low blood pressure does not automatically imply decreased cardiac output. It could also be caused by decreased systemic vascular resistance (SVR), without a decrease in cardiac output. And even if the...