pedicurn LPN, RN

Does anybody know if the BScNursing degree is acceptable to US magnet hospitals who prefer BSN's ? Just wondering

Anyone else tired of this ??? I have this view that nursing is a mixture of : highly skilled, trade,vocation, art and profession. Thus it is quite possible to be a strong RN without much generic professional development which leads to perception dif...

Quite frankly disagree. The nurse educator I work with has a lot of education and a high level of intelligence. Her perception is often of more value than mine. That is because she is very smart and has a couple of good quality nursing degrees. She d...

I've been busy away from here. Have come back, read the posts and wish to state: - I admit it was a poor example. I mentioned that. - However the original topic ' Nurses,perception difference and education' is a valid topic and people needn't get so ...

This nurse's life is made so much harder by the selfish behaviour of the daughters. Irregardless of wanting a social life or not .... both of them should be pulling their weight and doing all the household work plus doing their share of caregiving. P...

Not wishing to judge at all ... just making an observation here Some families seem to pool financial resources and this helps make the multi-generational household work eg Italian, Lebanese,Greek, Croatian people where I live will buy a home together...

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One could argue it does depend on what kind of parent they were As some parents don't care too much about their children when they are growing up ..... those kids might have to be saints to want to care for their elder parents. Often I've had to call...

Agree In Sydney we see more of certain cultural groups in nursing homes and less of others. We see more Lebanese, Greek, Italian, Croatian caring for their elders at home and way fewer ethnically UK Euros caregiving at home. Though when I was a growi...

All well and good. And yes they often do finally start to take action when they are at their lowest point. However I would add - many of them don't have much to live for at this stage with health, family, money, job, friends all gone. If they have be...

Similar playing field .... just like doctors, engineers etc. I fail to see the issue with that. Works well for the others Nothing wrong with more nurses attaining some basic generic professional skill as well as their professional nursing skill. You ...

Not at all As long as their perception originates from the same playing field

Yes you are quite correct ... agree Intellect is a big part of it. Perception relates to intellect The nurses with the broader perception I am advocating for have good intellect. Without intellect and related broader perception we cannot be real prof...

Agree However that was not what I was referring to. My initial post was about differences of perception due to nurse educational differences and was making the argument that a variation of generic professional skill (relating specifically to how we h...

Actually no - many of our p'ts like this do manage to take their meds a lot of the time. We are not going to be able to fix many of them. But what we can do is try to maintain their delicate balance to keep them functioning and out of the hospital. ...

Perhaps I should have chosen a better example. My point seems to be lost along the way I was asserting that perception difference is broad in nursing and this causes us difficulty. Life as a nurse would be easier if we were on the same page and unify...

Sounds quite wishy washy for a profession. It's almost in the fluffy bunny / unicorn/ rainbow realm ( that I was forced to endure during some of nursing school lectures) The argument further cements my creeping dissatisfaction with the premise that n...

'Exact same way' will not happen ....agree. We wouldn't want that. But what will happen is that nurses will move onto the same page and a more common perspective will be the order of the day. Similar to what we see with professionals who have more ed...

It is a matter of priority for the p't. Because he already has his immediate vodka he will have the money to fill the prescription and eat. Therefore he might take his Metformin and also he might start his antibiotics for his cellulitis. If he doesn'...

even if that means we have him back in tomorrow? and then two days later ? Because that will happen when he makes a choice between buying more alcohol and filling his meds. Eg He doesn't fill his Metformin, his cellulitis worsens

I think personal experience might very well influence action for some nurses. However it is just one explanation for throwing out the alcohol and shouldn't be generalised over the whole nurse population. Nurses who allow their personal experience to ...

Lack of broadness of perception relating to how she/he is handling information. Mostly (but not always) correlating to education She/he thinks 'the alcohol is the problem therefore we have to throw it away .... duh' Others 'think out' more. Simply th...

Here's an example that crops up quite a lot in my unit. A p't arrives intoxicated with a supply of vodka in their belongings. Many of my coworkers automatically throw the alcohol out because the 'p't has come in here drunk' and alcohol abuse is one o...

That's it .... I'm moving to California ! Well done to the well paid nurse.