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  1. Second Degree Accelerated or 5 semester BSN- Help me decide

    orrnlori replied to careerdejour's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I do. If you want to be a nurse, then go the the 5 semester program. While I don't mean to discount your current educational background, it has nothing to do with nursing therefore, you should...

  2. What are the Typical Shifts in Your Part of the Country?

    orrnlori replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    The larger the facility and the more it offers to patients, the more shifts you will see in various departments. We have everything under the sun, 4 hour, 8 hour, 9 hour, 10 hour, 12 hour shifts, and...

  3. Med/Surg vs. Specialty nursing

    orrnlori replied to cwgrlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I KNOW I don't have what it takes to do med/surg. I'm glad there are those who do it, they make up the bulk of nursing in the hospital I work in. I am also one who thinks you don't HAVE to do a year...

  4. Work Ethic around RN's

    orrnlori replied to writer2nurse+'s topic in General Nursing

    I think you will continue to be frustrated if you go into nursing. Not only are there a ton of details that must be attended to, but there is rarely any time to do things perfectly even part of the...

  5. Can't take anymore

    orrnlori replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Unless, of course, if the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.

  6. Outsourcing Nurses

    orrnlori replied to caramel_goddess's topic in General Nursing

    Instant nurses, just add water.

  7. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    orrnlori replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    Ah, but our circulators ARE responsibile for the counts and instruments as well as everything else, paper work, patients, doctors, etc. All counts must be done by both the scrub nurse/surgical tech...

  8. nurses eat their young!!

    orrnlori replied to sparkie's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! That is an excellent response and I believe the best description I've ever seen of the progression in the world of nursing. I have nothing to add. Great answer,

  9. Nursing

    orrnlori replied to AGator86's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, okay. Well you have a good base then for college. The best thing to do is to go online and look at programs you are interested in. You will be able to find program content and course offerings...

  10. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    orrnlori replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    Oh, I see, it's backwards from the US. Must be hard to be responsible for everything while you are scrubbed and sterile, trying to figure out how that would actually work. I like that name scout...

  11. Nursing

    orrnlori replied to AGator86's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know of a single nursing program that trains only OB nurses. All nursing programs train nurses. Maybe I don't understand your

  12. Chillin'

    orrnlori replied to mary761's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OR is great. So I guess maybe there's something wrong with me. It has some stress but mostly it just beats the heck out of anything that is bedside. But that's me, hey, I'm very...

  13. Stool transplant???

    orrnlori replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    This is funny - I didn't think it was possible to gross out nurses! I've tried to think of the "ethical" considerations that one poster questioned. I can't think of anything unethical about this,...

  14. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    orrnlori replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, the scrub has primary responsibility? Our scrub techs (some not all) show little or no initiative for anything but their tables. That's why they are paid so much less than the nurse....

  15. Can't take anymore

    orrnlori replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    You're in you last few months, you're almost home. Don't give up, the hardest is behind you. I predict you'll get that nearing-the-finish-line ooomph very soon. I know you are tired. My last...

  16. OR nursing QUESTIONS

    orrnlori replied to BSN_student2004's topic in Operating Room

    I work 9am to 6:30pm 4 days a week. I take call one day a week for 4 hours beyond the end of my shift and I have to work one holiday per year. I'm a floater most days so I go from room to room, do...

  17. What would you look for in a nursing instructor?

    orrnlori posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I'll be starting my master's this fall, Nursing Educator. This is strange because I really hated nursing school, although I didn't really hate the instructors, just the way the whole thing was...

  18. What would you look for in a nursing instructor?

    orrnlori replied to orrnlori's topic in General Nursing

    I made a statement in another post that I had never experienced such poor peer to peer relationships until I came to nursing and someone said that it is in all professions. I still disagree, I never...

  19. Career decision -- little or large?

    orrnlori replied to lazyrocking's topic in General Nursing

    We have 949 beds. We are considered large I would

  20. Nursing / Medical Abbreviations

    orrnlori replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Sheeesh! My AAS is a sister to the American Association of Suicidology, well, on second thought.......

  21. OR nurse role?

    orrnlori replied to marshag's topic in Operating Room

    I'm just a plain old OR nurse, no preop for me, that would mean starting IV's which I don't do anymore. PACU means patient's disoriented and vomitting. Yuk. I've often thought that it would be good...

  22. Career decision -- little or large?

    orrnlori replied to lazyrocking's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above

  23. Excelsior College questions

    orrnlori replied to NurseRatchet26's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent reply. Wonder what is needed for the portfolio assessment, seems the easiest way to get through their BSN if you are already a practicing RN is to do that but there appears to be...

  24. What would you look for in a nursing instructor?

    orrnlori replied to orrnlori's topic in General Nursing

    What is horizontal violence? Please enlighten me, never heard that term and not sure what you are talking

  25. In what order would you take these classes?

    orrnlori replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Students

    I agree about taking the bunny classes by independent study so you can do them when you feel like it concurrently, maybe even use them to break up study of the tougher stuff. Otherwise, you'll be...