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msn10

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  1. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Quite the opposite, that is why I am against MANDATORY vaccines or you loose your job. That is quite absolute. Some people on this thread said that is the case for them. I am saying that if you can't...

  2. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, but, I didn't say working adults, the rest of the article reads as

  3. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Fine take out the word 'only' from my post. Still, I don't think that people can tell me what to do with my own body. I don't think that anyone can assure me or others that vaccines are safe and will...

  4. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am talking about preventing transmission in the first place The flu virus can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours after leaving the body. From the Mayo website: So getting the vaccine is not the...

  5. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think you should have a choice. If I don't have a choice then all nurses must do everything they can to stop harm to patients: 1. Nurses must stop smoking because even the second hand smoke on...

  6. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Then start with handwashing. Only half of the people in hospitals do it consistently and there is no reprimand for not doing it correctly. Focusing on hand washing is cheaper and safer than flu...

  7. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In most facilities this 'rule' comes down from the infection control MD/medical director for the hospital. The IC docs usually have a nice relationship with pharmaceutical companies. How nice for the...

  8. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    msn10 replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There are many additives and chemicals that have been added to vaccines that can cause allergic reactions and/or flu like symptoms: aluminum salts, help the vaccine to work better human serum albumin,...

  9. Average CRNA Salary

    msn10 replied to Katie5's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    $170,000 starting at our 3 hospitals. Can do overtime, most of our younger 'hungry' CRNA's make >$200,000 and get 8 weeks vacation. They are hospital employees supervised by Anesthesiologists. They...

  10. CRNA and ICU Nurses Please Help!!!!

    msn10 replied to vanasd's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I should have been more clear. I meant do a study about nurse residency outcomes regarding entry into an APN field. Are nurses who graduate from an accredited residency program more likely to become...

  11. Had to bite my tongue and....

    msn10 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's example may or may not go into his field of intention, but he should be supported either way. If he makes it, great! If not, then he can just be like the rest of us who investigated their...

  12. CRNA and ICU Nurses Please Help!!!!

    msn10 replied to vanasd's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    wtbcrna - That would make a great research study. Our dean use to be a CRNA instructor at Rush, I might bring that idea up. bibibi: With all due respect, couldn't disagree

  13. CRNA and ICU Nurses Please Help!!!!

    msn10 replied to vanasd's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There is a big difference between precepting (first 12 weeks) and the rest of a residency. I don't know of any residency programs after the first 12 weeks where you are not taking your own patients....

  14. CRNA and ICU Nurses Please Help!!!!

    msn10 replied to vanasd's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I teach at a university that has a CRNA program. They will not accept ICU experience unless it is level 1. Residency programs are wonderful, however, and that is a huge added bonus to you as a new...

  15. Is getting my BSN really going to pay off?

    msn10 replied to Peetz's topic in General Nursing

    If you go to the right program, a BSN is extremely valuable. But as for the "high confidence level," was this just one person who said it to you or more than one? If it was the interviewer, and you...

  16. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    msn10 replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Isn't nursing care all relative anyway? The medical community gives ICU or ER a higher level of respect because the patients have a higher acuity; So what, there are only 2 or 3 patients to take care...

  17. med-surg..the "trailer trash" area of nursing??

    msn10 replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I did med-surg, ICU, cardiac, post-part, community/school nursing, and owned my own business. If you can do med-surg well, you can do anything. Going to ICU/cardiac is med-surg with more drips and...

  18. To all you preceptors out there...a question.

    msn10 replied to MN-Nurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OMG! She sounds wonderful, and don't forget, she can and will learn a lot from you too. Maybe you can figure out a way to help her as well. She sounds as if she has a mathematical learning issue. If...

  19. How can my shift deal with a nurse who is always causing drama?

    msn10 replied to vampcna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Very good advice. (If management isn't helping) When she starts badmouthing people just walk away or ignore her. If you are in a group when she starts, simply turn your backs and pretend like she is...

  20. Time to call a duck a duck?

    msn10 replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes. They all do. For instance, one of our associate professors who teaches childbearing/OB is a neonatal nurse practitioner. Another instructor who teaches our level one clinical on a med surg floor...

  21. Should rural nursing be a specialty?

    msn10 replied to msn10's topic in Rural

  22. Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    msn10 replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    Well....you can't say he is getting a respiratory infection since you are correct in saying it is not our scope. We can't diagnose...period. Sure we have a pretty good idea, but I wouldn't want to be...

  23. Should rural nursing be a specialty?

    msn10 replied to msn10's topic in Rural

    Thanks rural girl! I am trying to do something that will do just what you

  24. Should rural nursing be a specialty?

    msn10 replied to msn10's topic in Rural

    I would be curious to ask why you feel this way. I don't have an opinion one way or another, I just see our university getting a lot of grants from them. I have not participated in one of those...

  25. Should rural nursing be a specialty?

    msn10 replied to msn10's topic in Rural

    Yes, I should have been more specific. That is the group of nurses I am focusing on as an educator. Rural hospitals (even the critical access hospitals) have a much smaller education budget and they...