MunoRN RN

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    Breaching StaRN Contract

    MunoRN replied to Bella_CO's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, they very well may take action against you and it's not unheard of for employers to aggressively seek reimbursement. There are even some state BONs that will suspend your license for nursing...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Do you believe studies that reflect programs from 20 years are equally accurate now? What are you basing that on? The bigger question is how would you change the current system and process for...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure that second career ADNs are necessarily falsely increasing the outcome data for ADNs since they are a core part of the ADN group. And I agree that to lose those second career nurses and...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    The most obvious fix would be to transition current ADN programs into BSN programs, however only a minority of states currently allow community colleges and other non-4 year institutions to grant...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could clarify what evidence you're requesting. And I haven't promoted the claim that ADN nurses have better skills upon graduation, as far as I know there is no reliable evidence to...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    The studies look at recent data of outcomes to evaluate the quality of nursing education these nurses received, those educations were on average from the mid 80's or even earlier for her 2003 study....
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're confusing recently published with recent data. One of the more recent studies, the 2013 Aiken study, looked at ADN grads who on average graduated around 1985. Is the quality of...
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    Is bedside nursing still a lifelong career option?

    MunoRN replied to NicStrRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work with MSN nurses who are about to retire at the bedside. The increased pressure on BSN doesn't really change the proportion of nursing jobs that are at the bedside vs other types of
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    How full do you fill your lab vials?

    MunoRN replied to Exhuasted's topic in General Nursing

    I can look up the minimum required volume for specific tests on our lab's intranet, I try to get at least that much without too much
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    Nursing Drug Test!

    MunoRN replied to Petrichor's topic in General Nursing

    This is often true, but definitely not always, I've never worked for a nursing employer that didn't have restrictions on prescription drug use even with a valid
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    Nursing Drug Test!

    MunoRN replied to Petrichor's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on how the employer has defined what they are testing for to the MRO, but most likely there's nothing to worry about. Employers typically just screen for illicit drug use; either use of...
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    Prewritten Photocopies of CII Forms

    MunoRN replied to determined2banurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm hoping that I'm misunderstanding what you're describing, since you are describing a felony. Hard copy prescriptions for controlled substance are required to be on security paper which makes it...
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    Can't handle the ICU

    MunoRN replied to hnwarden's topic in General Nursing

    I would argue that a PCU is an ideal place to start, particularly if you want to progress to ICU. Sometimes if you want to be a really good ICU nurse, ICU is the last place you should start
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I would agree that people often take this debate as a personal attack, seeing an implication that because they are an ADN nurse that they want harm to come to their patients or that they want to...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    As is my first bachelor's in biology, a minor or previous bachelor's can often be very useful, yet the majority of students entering a nursing program with a previous bachelor's are going into ADN...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    MunoRN replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    I take it you mean more communist than socialist, but the main purpose of raising the minimum wage is to avoid transitioning to more of a communist socialism type of workforce economy. Currently, the...
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    Raising minimum wage ..RN Salaries increase?

    MunoRN replied to Dformola's topic in General Nursing

    There aren't actually 10 other studies that agree with the findings of this particular study, this study is an outlier in the full body of studies on the subject, which is likely because it included...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not really referring to ADN programs just in my area, I was part of a workgroup who's purpose was to make BSN the entry to practice in the state, we had a pretty comprehensive survey of various...
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    MunoRN replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, there are no states that allow you to sit for the NCLEX-RN without graduating from a recognized RN program or equivalent, so no, LPNs can't challenge the NCLEX-RN. This is...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    To clarity, I was referring your blanket statement that ASN programs don't generally include research and EBP or to the same degree as BSN programs. Both accrediting bodies require an emphasis on...
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    BSN is a joke

    MunoRN replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    There's no evidence to support that the nurses ADN programs are graduating will produce poorer outcomes in the patients they care for. There is evidence that ADN programs from the 90's and prior were...
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    Ethical issue?

    MunoRN replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    In situations where the patient cannot make their own decisions, it's not actually up to the family to substitute their wishes for the patient's wishes. The decision makers responsibility is to relay...
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    Term for lab tests that are grouped and ordered together

    MunoRN replied to lcgardella's topic in General Nursing

    Panel.
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    Ethical issue?

    MunoRN replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    It's not "ultimately their decision", your responsibility is to your patient and to abiding by basic ethical principles regarding advocating for your patient and their rights, not appease their...
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    Operating Room Medications

    MunoRN replied to morris_88's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind that from a regulatory standpoint, whether or not something is considered a medication or not is defined by it's intended purpose. NS for instance can be both a medication and a device,...