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  1. Scared Pre-Nursing Student: Is Nursing as Bad as I Hear?

    GM2RN replied to Ivy Black's topic in General Nursing

    First, I have never seen a thread here started by someone with the intent of "discouraging" anyone from becoming a nurse. Any posts that I've witnessed, other than vents, that could be viewed as...

  2. Scared Pre-Nursing Student: Is Nursing as Bad as I Hear?

    GM2RN replied to Ivy Black's topic in General Nursing

    OP...some of your posts, the opening one in particular, come across somewhat judgemental and naive. Nursing school does not come close to preparing you for the reality of nursing, so all I have to...

  3. Management Pay

    GM2RN replied to QTNurseBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't disagree with that. All I'm saying is that every job in every profession has a job description, and you agree to fulfill that job description for an agreed upon wage. If you don't like...

  4. Continuing Education

    GM2RN replied to jabroadwater's topic in General Nursing

    It totally depends on the program. You just have to look at the ones you are interested in to find

  5. West Coast University, Info for a Pending Student Please

    GM2RN replied to smooshcrickets's topic in California Nursing

    The answer to question 1 is best coming from WCU. Someone else's experience may be different since things may have changed. The answer to question 2 is, it depends. No co-signer is required with...

  6. IV Fluid/IV Tubing

    GM2RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    I work in the ED. Fluids and tubing are charged for when pulled under the patient's name in the pyxis. The caveat is that we must have a start and stop time (or chart that it's still infusing when...

  7. Management Pay

    GM2RN replied to QTNurseBSN's topic in General Nursing

    But it IS part of their job description, regardless of how much money they make. If they have problems filling the role, they shouldn't take the

  8. Coming to work after taking a narcotic?!

    GM2RN replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    You know, some people do have chronic pain and need drugs like vicodin to function, I get that. I'm not saying they shouldn't take them, necessarily. But it's tricky. Even if someone doesn't appear...

  9. Why everyone wants to become anesthetist? Is it because of the salary?

    GM2RN replied to Datu's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sure, the money is one factor, but so what? No RN does it for

  10. Things noane told you about nursing

    GM2RN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know how hard nursing would be, especially in the first year or two. Maybe nursing schools do the best that they can, but nothing that they did truly prepared me for the reality of

  11. How do You Treat PRN/Agency Nurses and Why?

    GM2RN replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked agency but I used to work PRN float for the hospital where I currently work. I floated to all floors and all treated me fine except the med/surg floor. The people were friendly and...

  12. Coming to work after taking a narcotic?!

    GM2RN replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    Really? How do you define impaired? What's the legal limit? Let someone with a prescriptioin for vicodin get into an accident after taking them and see if this holds up in court. Just because...

  13. ER?

    GM2RN replied to droider's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like many/most ERs. All things considered though, I wouldn't work anywhere

  14. Coming to work after taking a narcotic?!

    GM2RN replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. We aren't allowed to work under the influence of narcotics regardless of how we think it affects

  15. jobs & no jobs

    GM2RN replied to navyguyhm3's topic in California Nursing

    Well, if you want it straight, it sounds like you aren't coming across well for some reason. If you have applied to that many positions, have gotten interviews, and still have no job offer, you should...

  16. Coming to work after taking a narcotic?!

    GM2RN replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    It was an observation, NOT an assumption. Big

  17. Should I include work history from a LONG time ago?

    GM2RN replied to luvapug's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree with this and believe it is your best solution. If unsure how to do this, use Google to find descriptions and examples of functional resumes for

  18. Nursing School Selection Process???

    GM2RN replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    You were getting a lot of sympathy before, but you may have just blown it with these last two posts! Any selection process for any competitive position MUST be impersonal or it wouldn't be a fair...

  19. Nursing School Selection Process???

    GM2RN replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    Now THIS is the post that could make me sound mean if I responded to it, so I

  20. English as Second Language Nurses!

    GM2RN replied to 0907's topic in General Nursing

    Language coach--fabulous

  21. Nursing School Selection Process???

    GM2RN replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    The OP specifically asked if he was being

  22. English as Second Language Nurses!

    GM2RN replied to 0907's topic in General Nursing

    Native English-speaking people don't have always have the best grammar either, but if you hadn't stated that English isn't your first language I wouldn't have known based on your post. You have...

  23. uniforms: any stranger recognized where you work by your uniform?

    GM2RN replied to RedWeasel's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't make sense to me to make EVERYONE wear the same color. Now, if you want to have nurses wear one color and housekeeping another, etc., that makes sense. But, if you do end up having to do...

  24. Advertisement I just saw that made me mad!

    GM2RN replied to handyrn's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That helps. Thanks. Just a comment about the last part. I didn't see the post you referred to on the other thread and honestly didn't analyze anything. Do you mean a 13th year pre-college? Even...

  25. Single Mom and Night Nurse??

    GM2RN replied to akaRNmle's topic in General Nursing

    Internet relationship that leads to