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  1. Not getting charge nurse position

    RN34TX replied to frisky's topic in Nurse Management

    I get where you might interpret my comment that way, but that's not what I meant. I meant to say choosing someone for a leadership position based on clinical skills and experience alone without...

  2. Not getting charge nurse position

    RN34TX replied to frisky's topic in Nurse Management

    I would find the highly patronizing comments about not getting a charge position because I'm so good as a staff nurse to be extremely offensive and a cop out for not giving me your real reasons for...

  3. Nurse Manager Opportunity

    RN34TX replied to mcknis's topic in Nurse Management

    MBARNBSN made some very good points about the possibilities of your situation. They could just be blowing smoke dangling a carrot in front of you to see how much you will do with an empty promise of a...

  4. Confused: Can EC grad work in colorado or not?

    RN34TX replied to northmississippi's topic in Excelsior College

    If your only interest in CO is as a travel nurse, then don't forget that CO is a compact state as is MS. So if you get licensed in MS, you can take travel assignments in CO without having to get a CO...

  5. Msn or mha

    RN34TX replied to KDBSN,RN's topic in Nurse Management

    OK I think I get where we agree and differ. I think we have two separate situations here. Allow me to me clarify. Yes, CEO and COO positions can be held by someone who happens to be a nurse but it's...

  6. Value of Nurse Educator Certificate

    RN34TX posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I see the nurse educator certificate offered as part of some MSN programs. Are they worth getting? Do they have any value in the academic or staff development world? I have no experience with...

  7. Msn or mha

    RN34TX replied to KDBSN,RN's topic in Nurse Management

    Although I like and agree with your post, keep in mind that nurses with BSN's are doing the job now with no masters period so to say that an MSN or MBA alone aren't sufficient to perform the job is a...

  8. Msn or mha

    RN34TX replied to KDBSN,RN's topic in Nurse Management

    I will very respectfully disagree. I wanted an MBA and not another nursing degree but that is not where this profession or health organizations are headed. I too see nurse managers with MBA's and...

  9. Don't You Just Love It?

    RN34TX replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Now that's one of the best rants that I've read in years. I'd like to add when I'm posting about something that happened during a shift and a student or newbie breaks in with "Oh my is this what I...

  10. Is it really easier for male new grad nurses to land a job?

    RN34TX replied to RN_na_pogi_pa's topic in Men in Nursing

    Those are discriminatory and most likely illegal hiring practices in your state. I'm not saying that those things don't go on in the real world every day, but that DON is an idiot for flat out...

  11. Is it really easier for male new grad nurses to land a job?

    RN34TX replied to RN_na_pogi_pa's topic in Men in Nursing

    There are many layers to what's being discussed here. It's not just one factor or simply comparing full-time females to males. Not always, but men tend to go where the money is. This is evident in...

  12. Nursing students sue Excelsior College

    RN34TX replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Excelsior College

    Agreed. I don't pay much attention to those types of remarks either because you can slam the program all you want, but my track record, evaluations, and work history speak for themselves and can't be...

  13. Nursing students sue Excelsior College

    RN34TX replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Excelsior College

    I'm an EC grad of 2003 and have mixed feelings on the matter. I joined AllNurses a few months after graduating and felt like I was the only one who "passed" who didn't sing the praises of EC. It...

  14. Studying for CAPA/CPAN

    RN34TX replied to mortimer's topic in PACU

    I'm confused. You are studying for both certification exams? In any case I mostly used the purple Perianesthesia certification review questions book more than anything and passed CPAN the first time...

  15. What I Wish I Could Say to My Residents and Their Families

    RN34TX replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not sure about the 70's and 80's, but I started as a CNA in LTC in 1994 and yes the sense of entitlement was prevalent then too. I have some good memories of some very genuine and appreciative...

  16. Certified Nurses Day excluding people

    RN34TX posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Today I was in charge of handing out ribbons and trinkets to all of our certified nurses on the unit for Certified Nurses Day. It felt awkward to "skip over" RN's who were not specialty certified so...

  17. OR nurse being used to recover pacu pt.

    RN34TX replied to jabwrn's topic in PACU

    Because anesthesia handles that in the OR. If a patients pressure falls, it's anesthesia that starts pressers, not the OR circulator. OR is a different skill set and they are not critical care trained...

  18. Certified Nurses Day excluding people

    RN34TX replied to RN34TX's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought that if I clarified that no one was having an emotional meltdown over it that it might tame some of the heated comments. That was not intended to be a slight to your comment as I wanted...

  19. Certified Nurses Day excluding people

    RN34TX replied to RN34TX's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you all for the very thoughtful comments for me to put things into perspective. I needed to look at it differently I guess. However, a few comments were a little over the top so let me clarify...

  20. Info on EC, I live in Illinois

    RN34TX replied to ER Jerry's topic in Excelsior College

    From the description it looks like you need to be working as an LPN when you apply. As far as IL is concerned, you will need to get licensed in another state and work as an RN for two years there...

  21. PACU RN's- what is your visitor policy?

    RN34TX posted a topic in PACU

    My manager believes that our unit is too strict with visitation and wants us to be more in step with ASPAN standards of visitation. She wants our input and to come to a decision about how to make...

  22. Yet more MSN vs. MBA advice needed again

    RN34TX posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I participated in an MSN vs. MBA type thread when I was just finishing my BSN 3 years ago. Some questions answered, but still more cloudy areas as I continue on in nursing 3 more years later. It...

  23. Will there ever be a surplus of nursing jobs again?!

    RN34TX replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    The first comment from the nurse educator who cautioned against making any changes in the number of new grads they churn out every year was most interesting to me. Of course she doesn't want any...

  24. Do you think nursing would be more advanced as a profression if...

    RN34TX replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    It is due to conditioning and our culture, to value physicians, not education. Yes the public is confused and in the dark about what educational requirements are involved in different levels of...

  25. Do You Regret Nursing School?

    RN34TX replied to ladylou88's topic in General Students

    Folks come on!! You are quoting me on something I wrote over 6 years ago in 2004!! Surely there is a statute of limitations somewhere in cyberspace that allows for years of experience and/or maturity....