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1. Nursing management necessary?

   mindlor replied to Sarah2018's topic in General Nursing

   The term nurse manager is usually a misnomer. The fact is that most nurse managers do not have any management training. This is why a good many nursing units run inefficiently and have high turn...

2. Poll: do you have professional liability insurance?

   mindlor replied to SDANG's topic in General Nursing

   Nope, Many lawyers have told me that as long as a nurse practices within policy this is not needed. Having said policy will make a lawyer more likely to come after you....why not tap that piggy

3. Should I quit my 2nd job? How many work 2 jobs here?

   mindlor replied to CampNurse10's topic in School

   If I pick up shifts at my primary job, the 1.5 pay rate is much more than any per diem job that I have ever found will pay. Plus, it is hard to serve two

4. What advice would you give your 19 year old self?

   mindlor replied to depalma.amada's topic in General Nursing

   I would say.....don't marry her, she will ruin your life utterly and

5. Hourly Rounding--pushing back

   mindlor replied to CharmantUn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I just yeah yeah yeah and nod my head to these fools. Then I go back to doing things my way, which is very very successful. I have told many a boss that when they get tired of the way I do...

6. I hate being a CNA

   mindlor replied to *K($$'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   not all jobs have such heavy loads, rehab jobs and ltach jobs for CNAs are hard. Grt a job at a hospital on a med surge floor, you will get total care patients but you will also get walkie talkies to...

7. Can you succeed in BSN programs without Chemisty?

   mindlor replied to meganthe's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   p.s. you learned all the patho you need in your ADN......the BSN is merely a

8. Can you succeed in BSN programs without Chemisty?

   mindlor replied to meganthe's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   All the BSN programs I have seen have little to do with science. They focus, on legal, public health, cultural aspects, research, etc.......much more important than being proficient in chemistry is...

9. Is the BSN worth it?

   mindlor replied to NurseCalamity's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

   BS = Bull Sh...... MS = More Sh.... Phd = Piled higher and deeper These BSN programs are full of useless classes that have no bearing whatsoever on a nurses practice. They are laden with busy work...

10. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    mindlor replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In my 2.5 years in the acute hospital setting the NPs think like doctors. The NP schools are teaching the medical model. NPs do not care one lick about the "art of nursing"....they care about making...

11. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    mindlor replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Every last on I spoke with had at least a DNP and at least 25 years experience combined as a practicing RN and mid-level provider. disagree with the sentiment that is your choice, however in the...

12. How do you deal with demanding/unreasonable patients?

    mindlor replied to empatheticRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lets just say I pass out a lot of AMA

13. Medication safety what if...

    mindlor replied to SBGangelJC's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It is technically against DEA regulations to carry narcs in our pockets per our

14. New Grad Job Market PMHNP

    mindlor replied to middleagegal's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    OK so I will chime in here as I have before on this topic. As many of you know I was attending the direct entry MSN program at Columbia University before being hit with cancer....anyway while at...

15. Homeless or otherwise Indigent Patients

    mindlor posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why does this population always seem to be the most needy, the most demanding, the most unappreciative and the most noncompliant......frustrating as we are the only hospital in town who takes these...