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  1. Full time RN- Part time Real Estate agent?

    rzyzzy replied to Pawl's topic in General Nursing

    I did really well with a real-estate license - I got licensed during the crash & invested my own money into houses to rent. When values recovered, I used the license (and the knowledge of my...

  2. Unsafe staffing with 4:1 ICU ratios 8:1 on floor.

    rzyzzy replied to cmueller's topic in General Nursing

    I think the message of this situation is clear - nurses really need to consider themselves independent agents - no matter how great your current job is, it's temporary & subject to change whenever...

  3. 41 yr. old business executive going to Nursing School

    rzyzzy replied to ESP808's topic in General Students

    I'm all about pep talks & believing in yourself, but completing an RN program in even four semesters after prerequisites is a grueling ordeal that'll wash-out probably at least 30% and perhaps 50%...

  4. Has anyone heard of Ideal Professional Institute School of Nursing?

    rzyzzy replied to Houstonstrong's topic in School, College Programs

    This is horrifying! Many of these programs have less than ten students & a 0% pass rate. I don't understand how you can run a nursing program's clinical/practical portion with less than five...

  5. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    There's no way to regulate "transfers" without registering all 400 million weapons currently in circulation. Canada tried to require registration of long guns, (a lot less than we have) & they...

  6. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    This is what we've come down to - a document that clearly intended for all men to have equal rights and protections under the law being re-interpreted by a Supreme Court to try to rationalize 200...

  7. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    a plain reading of the constitution, the bill of rights & the writings of the founders leading up to the constitution does show that certain rights are not "privledges" , nor are they subject to...

  8. Failed for the fifth time

    rzyzzy replied to Sekayia's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's my understanding that if you get to 250+ questions, the way the test is formatted, you're borderline pass/fail. Under 100 + fail means it's certain you aren't capable of passing. So getting...

  9. layer under thin white uniform?

    rzyzzy replied to BCAN's topic in General Students

    Might also be worth checking out a real scrub-store vs buying the scrubs at the school's bookstore or preferred vendor (at least the bottoms) - paying a couple dollars more for dickies or carhart...

  10. NCLEX to job, how long?

    rzyzzy replied to JyRn18's topic in General Students

    Well, first things first - taking the nclex requires authorization from your state board.. In my program, finals were done well before Christmas & the state was notified electronically that you...

  11. Help getting kicked out have a 4.0

    rzyzzy replied to CXW11's topic in General Students

    You really need more information before you start fighting things. In my program, clinical space was extremely difficult to find & one hospital system in particular had onerous requirements -...

  12. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    actually I did provide some links showing that just one billionaire has been actively *buying* protests, creating propaganda "studies" through his gifts to Hopkins, paying for "citizen" initiatives,...

  13. Exciting Changes Coming To allnurses

    rzyzzy replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    If you're logging in from facebook or LinkedIn, can you still be anonymous here, or will the profiles/posts be tied together? Will "find a member" be searchable via facebook or LinkedIn names? I could...

  14. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Except, I didn't refer to murdered kids as "victims". Context matters. Everyone within the zip code where a crime occurs isn't a victim of that crime. Professionally organized student "walkouts"...

  15. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Please show me where the lies are? David Hogg, et al is controlled & funded by Shannon Watts, who is on Michael Bloomberg's payroll. One big check-writer, multiple AstroTurf organizations....

  16. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    It is quite despicable that within hours of both the sandy hook and parkland shootings those who had an agenda were flying in schills and public relations hacks toplay a pre-recorded script that...

  17. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    It's not even a secret that both moms against gun violence and the parkland "survivors" are funded by Michael Bloomberg. David Hogg was / is not a "survivor" of the parkland shooting, he was at home...

  18. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    You personally might not want to take guns away from law abiding citizens, but the people behind "the Brady campaign " & "moms against gun violence" and the entire Hopkins center are rabidly...

  19. Understanding the Risk of Firearms: Suicide vs. Homicide

    rzyzzy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    The logical failure here is quoting "studies" done by biased, rabidly anti-gun organizations. The Brady center was initially organized as "handgun control inc". You're never going to find...

  20. Average Pass Rate in ADN program

    rzyzzy replied to angel0309's topic in General Students

    I think the whole point of publishing a "completion rate" is to poke holes in the myth that an associates degree is a "two year" degree. You can't do seven semesters in two years. Doing an adn in...

  21. My ex-boyfriend will be in the same nursing cohort as me next fall.

    rzyzzy replied to djksjdalksjf's topic in General Students

    Being in the same clinical group doesn't mean you'll have any contact- you may be paired with another student on the same floor/area, but you'll likely be so busy you won't see even them except in the...

  22. practice without specifically being hired?

    rzyzzy replied to stellarfirefly's topic in General Nursing

    This is one time my state's nurse-practice act isn't annoyingly vague. In AZ, the nurse practice act allows you to do any procedure you've been trained to do, that your employer's policy and...

  23. Offer Dilemma

    rzyzzy replied to nerdynurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a recent grad with an adn & I spent a lot of time applying for hospital jobs, with no luck. Dialysis was my second choice. I took a position in dialysis kinda grudgingly & I expected...

  24. Why do teachers

    rzyzzy replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I've never had the opportunity to put "epistaxis digitorum " in a nursing note, and I really do feel deprived! For some reason, I remembered that term from nursing school & there are probably...

  25. CA Proposition 8: Dialysis Clinics Initiative

    rzyzzy replied to Alex_RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    15% *sounds* like a reasonable cap on profit for a service that isn't really voluntary.. But the premise is scary because it costs so much to start a clinic.. If it costs a few million to build a...