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I personally find this topic disturbing and wonder where the state Boards of Nursing are or what they are thinking. In Virginia, an acute care medical center was allowed by the Board to use medication technicians to administer everything but IV push ...

In checking on his web site, I did not get the impression that he was making a generalized statement but was referring to this individual's motives.

I hate to mention this but about 10% of my nursing class went to nursing school for that very reason and made no bones about it. Only about 1/2 of them made it through the nursing program and about 1 out of 10 'got' their objective-for awhile. Unfor...

I hate to mention this but about 10% of my nursing class went to nursing school for that very reason and made no bones about it. Only about 1/2 of them made it through the nursing program and about 1 out of 10 'got' their objective-for awhile. Unfor...

I am retired military and will vote for Pres. Bush.

The nursing shortage is a global issue. If countries recruit from abroad, does that help with the global shortage? Does this practice address the factors fueling this issue? Does it make nursing education as viable a career option as hospital nursing...

First, let me put on my flak jacket. Having been in nursing management and administration for longer than most of you have been born (yup, I earned these gray hairs!), let me share some objective observations if I may: 1. When interviewing candidates...

I applaud your objectives but disagree with the plan. Nursing, as a profession, needs to unify before taking such drastic steps. How many support the ANA? How many are politically (at least to the point of expressing their opinion and voting)? Wha...

Remember that the work place is not a social club. It is okay to make friends at work, but the primary purpose for being at work is to provide patient care. Always look and act professional. If you look sloppy, the impression you give is that your ...

My husband and myself are on the low carb diet under a physician's supervision. Results: bad cholesterol down, good CHOL up, better management for hypothyroid, blood pressure down, overall improvement in mood and affect. Lifelong? I will continue t...

I would like to address not what 'they are doing to us' but what 'we' are doing to ourselves. 1. As a profession, have we elevated complaining to an art form? 2. A sense of 'victimization' appears to be the norm. Are we forgetting that we are willin...

This is exciting! I have straddled the Aministrative and Education worlds for years and have attempted to be a negotiator or lines of communication between the two. I am currently in Nursing Education and have found that some of my fellow faculty m...

The University of Phoenix uses Microsoft's Outlook Express as the classroom establishing classes through this program. Each class is then broken down into various components: Main (where lectures, classroom requirements, discussion questions and di...

almost 20 years ago i had a mentor who taught me a powerful lesson: work is business. her point was you don't have close friends at work, you have acquaintainces. you don't work based upon 'feelings and emotions' you work based upon standards and ...

There is a major hospital (medical center) in Petersburg, VA who has trained individuals (not necessarily CNA's) to pass medications on acute inpatients. This includes IV piggy backs, changing IV's, adminsitering IM injections including controlled s...

Zumalong's advice was excellent. I set on 3 different faculty selection committee's last spring. There were 8 candidates for 2 positions. Two candidates has BSN's and were candidates because of an agreement to earn a master's within 5 years. Backg...

My school (fortunately) had a student which taught us numerous valuable lessons even though the process was incredibly painful. She was an academic 4.0 with no compassion, extreme feelings of entitlement, poor critical thinking skills, very manipulat...

I am an instructor for both classroom content and clinical application. As a realist, I definitely prepare students to pass NCLEX (otherwise the nursing shortage would be much more acute!). As a professional nurse, I definitely attempt to provide c...

Hannah, I am a Nursing Instructor and you have been given some great advice! I would add that you may also wish to make an appointment with your professor and discuss test taking strategies with him or her. I agree that it is too early to "bail out...

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Nursing will never be accepted as a "true profession" (in my opinion) as long as the health care system needs a practice group to do the dirty work-regardless of the education level of the members of that practice group. Example: Who picks up when...

Nursing will never be accepted as a "true profession" (in my opinion) as long as the health care system needs a practice group to do the dirty work-regardless of the education level of the members of that practice group. Example: Who picks up when...

No proferssional would use any of your survey choices as a "reasonable excuse" for making medication errors. They are factors which contribute. Others might include the following: inability to read the order, pharmacy issues, access issues, etc. ...

Mandatory overtime would be better tolerated, I think, if...... I will work for you on mandatory overtime when the census is up or staffing is down, if you will guarantee me a set number of hours when staffing is UP and the CENSUS is down. Our nurses...

Somethings to think about: I have been accused of "not being available when needed" and "not being there" etc. At the times, the new RN was RIGHT. My reality? This unit is used by the hospital as the training floor for all new nurses. We are sup...