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  1. Does it pay to challenge a test question?

    NP2BE replied to luv2yoga's topic in General Nursing

    I have challenged many test questions. In most cases I have had exact information that backs me up. I have gotten some back and some not. Last semester I got an A in a 6 credit hour nursing class. I...

  2. My externship is not going well

    NP2BE posted a topic in General Nursing

    I posted this somewhere else but want some opinons. I am in between 2nd and 3rd semesters in nursing school and taking an externship. I just started my externship and so far I have found many...

  3. My externship is not going well

    NP2BE replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the vote of confidence! My preceptor is great. She mostly circulates in the OR, and mainly with the same docs,so to give me more experience, she is setting up to where Ill do PACU and...

  4. My externship is not going well

    NP2BE replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    Update- This morning after she refused to let me D/c an IV, she said "I got it" I decided it was time to talk. I know she can DC an IV, I am there to learn to become proficient in such skills. I...

  5. My externship is not going well

    NP2BE replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your inputs. Today was even more horrible then last week. I woke up hoping today would go better, hoping that things would click but they didn't. I go to her trying to make myself...

  6. My externship is not going well

    NP2BE replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    So far I have not had any direct conflicts with her. But she certainly seems to wish I was the lazy type. That is all I mean by the saying we are the best, there are no lazy externs because this is...

  7. My externship is not going well

    NP2BE replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

    Its a delicate situation because i want to work in this hospital and in this unit when i graduate, and she is a well-liked nurse there. But you are right, she did volunteer and have to take a class....

  8. Good Preceptors?

    NP2BE replied to remigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I just started my externship and so far I have found many precpetors to be hlpful and informative. Expect for mine. My preceptor is an arrogant, whiny nurse who likes to power trip, thinks she knows...

  9. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    NP2BE replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    I have read this whole thread, and have not seen a single person express defensiveness or being offended. Did I miss

  10. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Its a seinfeld episode, Jerry was accused of being an anti-dentite. It was quite

  11. Should I complain to the boss?

    NP2BE replied to CentralTXRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can dress in black and wear a ski mask and mug you one morning, and paint your eye up black and blue with some make up, then you can sue the hospital, and we can split the settlement 60-40.

  12. Babying Adult Patients (rant)

    NP2BE replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I never want to work on a med-surge

  13. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    OMG

  14. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Cherish, thanks for seeing my point, and communicating it more effectively than I did. My opinon is, I don't care who stays at home and does what, but like you said, the reality is, Society has never...

  15. The loss of a doc

    NP2BE replied to galenight's topic in General Nursing

    wow, thats terrible. So preventable too (seemingly)! Helath care ppl take care of everyone else, forget to take care of themselves. My heart goes out to you and her

  16. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    okay, agreed (to disagree that

  17. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    My friend is a stay at home dad, but only until he finishes his BSN degree, thats not what I meant. I don't care who does what to be honest with you, but are you going to tell me that if my parents...

  18. Will Non-BSN nurses ever be fired?

    NP2BE replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    There are still pharamacists practicing with BS degrees as well as PT.s Neither degree is still available. They now require doctoral and masters degrees respectively. You will be grandfathered in...

  19. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I guess what I meant, as I edited above, is that it is not socially acceptable for a man to graduate, never have worked, with never having plans to work, and just to be a housewife only, even after...

  20. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't say it justifies, men being paid more., I didn't even imply that, I just thought it was an interesting point. I don't think there is anyhing that justifies anyone being paid more for the same...

  21. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

  22. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    so what you are saying is, if a man marries a woman and doesnt work, with or without raising kids for the rest of his life and lives of her money, that is a common or socially acceptable situation????...

  23. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I guess what I REALLY MEAN IS- a woman can go out and marry some rich guy and live happily ever after and not even raise any kids, live off his money, spend his money, and that is pretty

  24. 12-Step Coercion

    NP2BE replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing

    Well, its not a puishment, its a way to get help, and it helps more people than it hurts, Im all for

  25. Female nurses earn less than male nurses

    NP2BE replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Im all for equality in pay, but lets not kid ourselves, women have the very socially acceptable option of being housewife and mother, men don't get that option except in rare cases and on TV and...