scooterRN52

scooterRN52

oncology, surgical stepdown, ACLS & OCN

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  1. Nurses as waitresses (and vice versa)

    scooterRN52 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    We need to put the professionalism back into nursing! What ever happened to the days of giving expert nsg care and being recognized for it? What is all this stuff about customer care, hospitals are...

  2. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When are people going to realize, that an NP is an RN who has had more education and likes it that way. The people that want to skip the RN part of education are trying to be something that doesn't...

  3. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    DITTO!!!!!

  4. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    scooterRN52 replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    i work in pa. and if we work over 40 hr.'s a week at my hospital where i work we get ot, i think that is a law according to the labor board. i used to work in a facility where all of us nurses...

  5. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am a nurse (oncology specialty & step down ) I couldn't agree with you more! These people who want to be NP's without getting the practice and experience of an RN in the acute arena are going...

  6. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Please if I have a medical emergency, I would rather have a PA, or an Md with me not an NP. I would probably also want an ICU nurse. Most NP's are afraid of bedside nusing, they really need to work...

  7. Mature Nurses over 50

    scooterRN52 replied to Su360's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I am now 56 years old and have been nsg since 1989. I am on a stepdown unit in a specialty hospital, so I'm not only taking care of cancer surgical patients, they also have a million other problems...

  8. PA nurses: Check your license renewal date!!!

    scooterRN52 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I tried both of the links you posted, they keep telling me They don't recognize my license number. I am moving in sept, and will need to change my address. This online service is

  9. What was the toughest part of Nursing school for you?

    scooterRN52 replied to LADYFLOWER's topic in General Students

    I agree, CARE PLANS were the worst, I managed, but I think they were invented to justify nursing interventions, which is

  10. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    scooterRN52 replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and do the same for myself and my

  11. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I tell all my friends not to get sick, because most of the nurses coming out of school today are either looking for a doctor to marry or think they are going to make a lot of money, meaning these...

  12. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for spelling that out about ADN nurses, I am an ADN and also had a year of LPN school 2 years prior to that, so I have had a lot of clinical. I started a BSN program and got very depressed...

  13. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    YOu put this very well and I agree, I have 17 years as a nurse and feel the same as you do, I have worked very hard and no matter how much education any nurse has, we all sit for the same test at the...

  14. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What I am saying is that you shouln't be able to skip the process of becoming an RN and getting work experience in order to get your NP. The RN who works at the bedside gets the best experience and...

  15. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know how you can skip an RN program just to become an NP, that is not possible. Every RN I know who has advanced degree, must take state board exam. We all carry the same license,...

  16. Do you think some people just "dont have what it takes"

    scooterRN52 replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    I agree this nurse should know what he is doing but it sounds like he doesn't, so i say also that he requires a refresher course in med-surg, it might be unsafe to let him work on his own! Maybe he...

  17. Do you think some people just "dont have what it takes"

    scooterRN52 replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you, nursing is very tiring and demanding, it takes special people to handle this profession with integity and physical

  18. Do you think some people just "dont have what it takes"

    scooterRN52 replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like he has too many initials after his name and no experience to back them up. It sounds like he has minimal experience as a staff nurse. I believe that a good superviser or manager should...

  19. Mature Nurses over 50

    scooterRN52 replied to Su360's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I will be 56 in feb. 2006 and I am still working in a hospital on a stepdown, surgical oncology unit that specializes in head, neck and thorasic surgery. I work 7pm til 7am and I am thinking about...

  20. very very very bad bad man

    scooterRN52 replied to Danianne's topic in General Nursing

    I say, get another job, and do it quickly, the administrator obviously is inexperienced in managing anursing

  21. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You are so right!!! I see new grads every year in the hospital I work in and I wonder what they teach them, I went to an LPN hospital program and then 2 years later I graduated from an ADN program....

  22. NP w/no desire for RN?

    scooterRN52 replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree w/ you, how can anyone understand and assess a patients needs w/o having the experience of an RN, how can they possibly understand what is really going on. I knew one NP that had only nursing...

  23. working on Christmas?

    scooterRN52 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    our unit does the same thing, we also work one eve and one day, such as, xmas eve and new years day or xmas day and new years eve or you can work the eve and day of the same holiday. eight hour shifts...

  24. working on Christmas?

    scooterRN52 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 16 years and have had to work many holidays, it is not normal, but I have learned to celebrate on the days around them that I am off, my son is grown now and understands....

  25. Reglan IV

    scooterRN52 replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    Giving reglan IV push is done here in this country all the