tntrn

tntrn ASN, RN

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  1. Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

    tntrn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I sure hope that it works out for all of you who have voted him back in. I don't have high hopes that it will, but will be pleasantly surprised if it does. Good luck to us

  2. Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

    tntrn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    My concern is for so many issues: including the SCOTUS, taxes, the deficit, jobs.... Therefore:

  3. Healthcare Premiums to Rise According to Obama Advisor

    tntrn replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We were promised that Health Care Premiums would not

  4. End of life "gibberish" - are we missing something?

    tntrn replied to bryce's topic in General Nursing

    My dad passed away recently. He didn't ever talk to anybody, but he "farmed" a lot. Having been a farmer all his life, he talked about needing wagons for corn, combines, water sprayers and hoses...

  5. Would you become an RN again if you had the choice?

    tntrn replied to eminthesr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Nurses being mean to nurses should be the least of your worries. I just retired after 35 years. I will answer your question in two ways: if I were to need to start raising my family NOW, the answer...

  6. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    tntrn replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "I could see it being a great expense for some folks who have not been sick much....as hospice towards end of life would require more intense monitoring to ensure the patient is comfortable" My father...

  7. Can someone "dumb down" what Obamacare really means?

    tntrn replied to EarthwormRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Other countries dont figure survival birth rate on gestational weels as earlymas rhe US does. So their percentages will be better. If they tried to save infants as early as the US does, their...

  8. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    tntrn replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    So true. I went from evenings to days 30 years ago, but only because one of day shift nurses died. And if we have to float it is ugly. Cannot figure out why our admin thinks we know anything about...

  9. My friends have medical questions at all hours of the day...

    tntrn replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I gave insulin shots to a neighbor's

  10. JCAHO, how you annoy me.

    tntrn replied to brainkandy87's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One of the reasons i cannot retire soon

  11. WA nurses keeping the license active question?

    tntrn replied to mybabies2000's topic in Washington Nursing

    That 531 hour requirement is going to reach out and bite them....imho. What about a nurse who must take an extended leave from nursing due to illness, or to raise a family......volunteering for your...

  12. An RN's thoughts on the health care law

    tntrn replied to RN4MERCY's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is simply not so. If you have health care now, you are at risk of your employer opting to not cover you any more. So you will have to find other insurance. Of course, the President promised...

  13. "OB" ACLS?? Anyone heard of this?

    tntrn replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My daughter was born there 40 years ago! In the old place downtown. Oh, how i wish our facility would go the route of OB ACLS i stead of torturing us the way they do. We are treated like second...

  14. Why is it called "RN to BSN" - not "ADN to BSN"?

    tntrn replied to mclennan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    What I find interesting is that people, even the PhD in Pharmacology who lives across the street from me, don't know that all RN's, regardless of what other kind of alphabet soup they have behind...

  15. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    tntrn replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    At least 36 years ago, because that's when I was in nursing school. And not to look cool.....you need it all the time.....well, we did 36 years ago anyway, because we didn't use automatic BP...

  16. When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    tntrn replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    At least 36 years ago, because that's when I was in nursing school. And not to look cool.....you need it all the

  17. Obama health care law upheld.

    tntrn replied to strawberryfields's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So there's the problem...#87 is not my post. Correct you are, and I apologize. I spent more than 12 hours traveling 1500 miles yesterday, and was posting as I had internet access along the way....

  18. Obama health care law upheld.

    tntrn replied to strawberryfields's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    .See your post #87. I cant copy and paste formsome reason, but you posted that 80 year are not "entitled" yada,myada, yada. And i question what entitlement has to do with it, if they are healthy...

  19. Working evening (3-11) shift - what do you do with your day?

    tntrn replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    One reason i love 3-11 is that i can do whole day's worth of home and family things before going to work. Up by 8, and between then and 2 pm departure time, i get lots done. Day shift....get nothing...

  20. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    tntrn replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Doctors Despair Over

  21. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    tntrn replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Having iPad issues again.

  22. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    tntrn replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Breitbart News: 404 - Not found of what can go

  23. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    tntrn replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are at least correct on that....not a Democrat although i have a couple of moderate viewpoints. My comment was sarcasm, pure and

  24. Obama health care law upheld.

    tntrn replied to strawberryfields's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have no desire to limit access. But i dont think it should be free. But i wouldnt expect deserving elders to get their surgeries without paying the going rate of copay either. You, on the hand,...

  25. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    tntrn replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ooh, i bet that extra $1.50 makes FNP2B1 feel waaay