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Dear jjened: You do have a "whole bunch" of experience lady. Wow. Nice that you are so encouraging of others! Thanks for a positive post. SyckRN

For pain you should always doc location and quality: dull, sharp, shooting, etc For no CP you should put, "denies chest pain." Hope this helps SyckRN

I live in a community where we have an epidemic of "Community acquired MRSA." We don't even isolate MRSA patients (unless they have it in their lungs...it does happen and often fatal). We DO place them on contact precautions. And I agree with the "don't ask, don't tell" philosophy. No doubt I would culture positive from a nasal swab. SyckRN

Like a couple of previous posts, I also have seen some programs that bridge ADN to MS. However, depending on where you live, there may be fewer of those to choose from. You might want to check that out. SyckRN

I am LOL at all of us...a famous theorist places a basic bodily function in his hypothetical "tower of needs" and even while some of us simultaneously DENY the need...we sure are dedicating some blog space to it. Humans. Can't live with 'em...can't shoot 'em. Told ya I was SYCK

NO, you don't. unless your employer asks specifically. And I have left this blank before and gotten away with it. However, if you put on your resume a job that you held in the state where you are not in good standing...they might think to check your record in that state. Also, when I moved from NC to CA, it was the NC BON who sent the complaint to CA and that is how I came to be a participant in CA's program. Hope this info helps. It is just my own personal experience in a nightmare similar to your own. SyckRN

Crunchymamma, Too true. As Yoda might put it: Kicking psychological ass Freud does do Not at all.

OK, The reason for sex being included is that it belongs to INSTINCTUAL requirements. Freud knew this too. Remember the "id":devil: I am not a know it all...I just know these things from back in the BA in psychology days...oh so very long ago.

I absolutely abhor chemistry...but I would not safely practice nursing without a basic understanding... Think acid/base balance... Think potassium pump... Think Normal saline... Are you feeling me yet? SyckRN

Nurses are not only intelligent, they actually receive much more communication skills training and patient teaching skills than do physicians. The latter two skills would be more than enough to overcome and outstrip the value provided by professions who may (or may not) have more book knowledge...Hands down! Syck (but amazingly smart) R.N.

I went for the BSN because once I had taken all of the prereqs for the local ADN program, I realized that it would be another two years for either program. Also I knew that I would eventually get an MS, so the BSN made the most sense for me. I DID get the MSN about 13 years later and am on to the PhD at long last....my dream!

Soooo much depends on where you are applying. Some faith-based hospital systems have all kinds of rules, even about how many piercings one has in their earlobes (I am talking...not more than one). Others allow tongue rings. Different everywhere.

Do any of you psych or other kinds of nurses practice Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to treatment...or have you heard of it. I will do my doctoral dissertation on willingness to perform this motivational interview type intervention for substance abusers. I'd like to hear from you. SyckRN

Leaving the siderails down...and a patient gets hurt. Or, if you are targeted, anything that can be blamed on you. Or, certain disabilities that prevent you from performing your usual and customary duties...happened to me.

These have all been thought-provoking responses. One thing that has not been mentioned is that when our service men and women who are fighting in the war right now come home...well, there will likely be a chaotic dash for more nurses. Already the US government is trying to recruit nurses to the reserves to care for the soldiers who have returned and those who soon will...there are a multitude of physical and especially psychological repercussions and not enough nurses to deal with them. Food for thought. SyckRN