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  1. How many of you disinfect car after work?

    TC3200 replied to PHC-nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's farfetched. I used to work the QC lab of a foundry that made huge heavy section cast iron parts for wind turbines, mining, rock crushing, etc. Those are cast in huge molds made of...

  2. Charlie Gard

    TC3200 replied to Lavender111's topic in Nursing News

    Why didn't they just listen to the trained medical professionals who told them the truth back in October. July has been like watching two people who've lost their marbles. They act like they are on...

  3. Ethics in grading?

    TC3200 replied to rfsager0021's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'll preface this by saying I was in a diploma school that enrolled a cohort of 65-75 students EVERY year, if they could find that many students. But they only graduated a class of 25-35 students, at...

  4. diploma vs. bsn program, I can't decide...

    TC3200 replied to soon2beNP's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Can you get a new-grad RN job where you live or where you intend to live, with "just" a diploma RN? Or would you need a BSN to be hired as RN? LTC facilities in TX still hire new-grad diploma RNs...

  5. Contemplating LPN? Already have Bachelors

    TC3200 replied to Andydandy304's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here in Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, every county has a vo-tech that offers LPN that can be completed in 1 year or less. It's a trade school type degree that doesn't transfer to college credit...

  6. How old is too old to become a new RN?

    TC3200 replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have time to read through all of the pages of this thread. But, what women who have been nurses for decades forget is that those of us who have had less physically demanding jobs for those...

  7. Tattoos?

    TC3200 replied to heronurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No, they don't want find out. They are just very convinced of their power to force their values and preferences onto other people, and make other people bend to their will. That may have worked on...

  8. Tattoos?

    TC3200 replied to heronurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think YOU are the one who missed the point of Heinz57's post, which is don't do something that you might regret later. You sound blissfully ignorant, lol. Don't do something that could handicap...

  9. Alternatives for students that fail out of traditional nursing schools

    TC3200 replied to sampson44's topic in General Students

    I think that too many nursing schools have realized that this type of student is their future. If mom & dad or spouse can't pay, and there are no grants, and the reality is that MOST of the...

  10. Best way to become an RN

    TC3200 replied to Gemini616's topic in General Nursing

    Take a good look at the LPN program. Is it set up to be a feeder into RN or BSN degrees? I'm in Pennsylvania. There is one community college near me that offers a LPN degree, and that's a rarity...

  11. ADN nurses Los Angeles

    TC3200 replied to ChrisB718's topic in California Nursing

    I have two friends who finished the diploma RN school in Pennsylvania that I attended but didn't finish. Both were grausated in Dec 2012 and passed NCLEX-RN soon after. One stayed in that town, got a...

  12. Washington Hospital school of Nursing

    TC3200 replied to mjohns13's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Class of 2015. This diploma school has consistently graduated a class of about 30-35 from 2012 to current, even after curriculum changes. Buyer beware. It's sink or swim there. Starting a class...

  13. To old for nursing school?

    TC3200 replied to wannabeny's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's pretty much a fallacy for many people to think that "retirement is just around the corner." Unless one has a large nestegg or is a broken down wreck at 65, there's no real reason to ever quit...

  14. Can my school change prerequisite requirements?

    TC3200 replied to km1427's topic in General Students

    Religion class doesn't sound like a huge workload on the prof. Talk to the prof and see if he or she will allow an extra student in the class. You have to figure there's always one who drops out or...

  15. Why are you a nurse and not a doctor?

    TC3200 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just read something the other day (actually, several articles online) that said med schools across the board were expanding to be able to admit larger classes. It you're interested, go for it....

  16. Doubts about Second Career in Nursing

    TC3200 replied to ps3114's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Rates depend on what your local cc charges. Butler BC3.EDU here is really low for Butler county residents. $141 / credit, full time $1,500 + $41 Per...

  17. I need help deciding whether to be an RN or ultrasound tech?!

    TC3200 replied to Ashley Davis's topic in General Students

    Gee. It sounds like there's enough steady workload there for the facility to hire a second sonographer if not a third. Then at least TWO of the graduates would have found jobs. Or, they could...

  18. RN vs BSN, is a BSN really worth it?

    TC3200 replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    And even if you didn't get a hospital R.N. job or your nursing "dream job," you'd still be a R.N. (associate or diploma, which is usually as much college as ADN plus has more actual clinical hours),...

  19. Tattoos in Nursing

    TC3200 replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Okay, I might not have described it quite that way, lol. But it does bring up a valid point: They have started to look unsanitary to me. I'm not sure how, when, or why I started to have that...

  20. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    TC3200 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    One thing that definitely needs to be done, since new RNs need to hit the ground running, is the RN education has to be revamped to cut the crap and teach how to do the job of nursing. The days of...

  21. hospital based program

    TC3200 replied to toi121's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Western PA has many of them, and you might want to look at the Pittsburgh area. New Castle, Jameson Hospital Sharon, Sharon Regional Hospital in conjunction with local Penn State branch (check on...

  22. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    TC3200 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's what I said in R.N. school back in 2011, and that was before ebola, even: The personnel protection available in the average hospital is not worth squat. And the mythical powers of...

  23. Nursing & Ebola Surveillance

    TC3200 replied to RNMA15's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Did the hospital even have enough grounds to detain or admit him at that first visit? Apparently not, or they would have done it or at least called the CDC for advice. Hindsight is always 20/20....

  24. non HESI study books worth getting?

    TC3200 replied to k7k58's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I used a GED math review book to re-teach myself all of the algebra that I learned in high school. I don't have any problems with English and grammar. But you might browse some of the GED...

  25. Mocked by teacher in post conference.

    TC3200 replied to dmena14's topic in General Students

    Yeah, it is dysfunctional in the extreme. And downright abusive, from an adult's perspective. Nursing school admission letters ought to come with a red rubber-stamped disclaimer on them that says...