Ross1

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1. Bipolar and nursing?

   Ross1 replied to Sputnik's topic in General Nursing

   It is important to understand that there is a difference between bipolar I and bipolar II. Bipolar II, does not include full-blown mania. People with bipolar II experience a milder form called...

2. Moving to Australia to work. Advice?

   Ross1 replied to X-treme's topic in General Nursing

   I would recommend that you check out the following: Nurse's Board of Victoria http://www.nbv.org.au/ To echo what another poster said, you don't simply "move" to Australia. You must go through...

3. "Socialized medicine"

   Ross1 replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   We already have partial "nationalized healthcare" in the USA in the forms of Medicaid and Medicare. For folks in the USA that are so opposed to national health care......remember, your sweet old...

4. When circ's go bad...

   Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you for the additional explanation. By the way, I'm Jewish as well, even have a graduate degree in Jewish studies, but at the same time, am opposed to circumcision, even for religious reasons,...

5. Should nurses have MSNs

   Ross1 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

   It is infighting like this that serves as one of the factors that makes nursing a less then desirable profession. Nurses have hard enough jobs as it is with the demands of patient care not to mention...

6. When circ's go bad...

   Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't believe what I am hearing. Surgery imposed on another without consent for the goal of looking like others in the locker room? Any boy being born today will see both circumcised and...

7. Should nurses have MSNs

   Ross1 replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

   Why don't you compare ASN/BSN salaries to Master's level PT and SW salaries. Can't speak for PT, however, if you look at MSW salaries in comparison to ASN/BSN RN salaries, you will find that it is...

8. Florida RN moving to Toronto---need advice

   Ross1 replied to jessicanurse's topic in General Nursing

   This is one situation where I would recommend that you consult with a Canadian immigration attorney. At a minimum, you will require a work visa which may be possible secondary to NAFTA........but if...

9. When circ's go bad...

   Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   That was just in the news last year. Sadly, the victim committed suicide last year. Source:

10. When circ's go bad...

    Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess this discussion may be somewhat futile because minds are made up. But let's not forget what originally started the discussion. A new graduates observation of a severely botched circumcision....

11. When circ's go bad...

    Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Excerpts From the American Association of Pediatrics 1999 Policy statement: CHICAGO - After analysis of almost 40 years of available medical research on circumcision, the American Academy of...

12. When circ's go bad...

    Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well said! Thank you. All surgery has risks and clearly a percentage of circumcisions do go awry and it is the unfortunate boys/males who pay the price, not the doctors, not the nurses, and not the...

13. When circ's go bad...

    Ross1 replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Referring to the original posting, I'm sure that this baby boy is going to grow up to be an adult male with a dysfunctional member. I cannot believe that in this day and age, especially with all the...

14. Associates Degree vs. Diploma

    Ross1 replied to witchypu13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Actually it doesn't apply in the US. If you look into various RN-BSN completion programs you will see that it is usually much easier to transfer credits from an ADN program into a BSN program then it...

15. Associates Degree vs. Diploma

    Ross1 replied to witchypu13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Given the fact that you already have a B.S., an ADN will enable you to become an RN with the least amount of additional credits and coursework. When I investigated these programs myself, I found the...