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pricklypear

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  1. BN vs BScN

    pricklypear replied to kkx81's topic in Nursing Career

    I was hoping you would show up and set things straight! BM = Bachelor of Manure

  2. NCLEX is anxiety

    pricklypear replied to icukk's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Welcome to allnurses, icukk! It sounds to me like you are doing everything you should be doing to be successful. I think it provokes such anxiety because everything you have worked for comes down to...

  3. BN vs BScN

    pricklypear replied to kkx81's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, maybe it's a Canadian thing. I've just never heard of it here in the US. It still doesn't make sense that a Bachelor of Science in Nursing would be 2 years longer than a Bachelor of Nursing...A...

  4. Tagging HIV status in chart?

    pricklypear replied to calicamper's topic in MICU, SICU

    You are so correct, fergus. Unfortunately, the stigma of HIV comes with it - even for us in the healthcare world - who should know better. I think someone said here that they thought people with...

  5. Tagging HIV status in chart?

    pricklypear replied to calicamper's topic in MICU, SICU

    You know, Cali - this is so true. And furthermore - wouldn't having it noted somewhere (a cardex or list of infectious diseases tested) be more conducive to the patient's privacy? We do report in...

  6. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    But what is the value of a non-clinical nurse w/o clinical experience? Maybe research? I don't know. I just think if you want to be a nurse, you better be prepared to take the good with the bad. I...

  7. Legal and Ethical Implications

    pricklypear replied to TINAMARIE28's topic in General Nursing

    I experienced what I considered to be unethical conduct on the part of a doctor last month. I admitted a patient with accidental OD. I'm not a psych nurse, but this guy had several psych diagnoses -...

  8. BN vs BScN

    pricklypear replied to kkx81's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm with Dixielee - they're the same thing. Where did you hear that there were 2 different ones? I've only ever seen it written as BSN - maybe it depends on the university/part or the

  9. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Awright Mystery...me and you, offline,

  10. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think that may be true for some, but I agree with pebbles - many go into it these days thinking they are going to make a difference. Unfortunately, I think they find their hands tied and end up...

  11. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Me :smiley_ab

  12. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's quiet in here..............too quiet..... :rotfl:

  13. Please take PCA's seriously

    pricklypear replied to URO-RN's topic in General Nursing

    We often have basal rates. I personally think they control pain better than PC only. But only if ordered appropriately according to the individual patient's needs and physiological status. I have...

  14. Please help me to help my nerves!!!

    pricklypear replied to pie123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Positive thinking is a good idea right now! I really don't have any advice for you. except do whatever you can to relax until Tuesday. If, and I say IF, you don't pass this time, I would suggest...

  15. What are your limits for tele techs?

    pricklypear replied to AMV's topic in Cardiac

    My hospital doesn't have any standards, that I know of. Our monitor tech monitors not only ICU, but housewide tele. IMHO, this can get to be way too much for 1 person. We have 24 ICU beds, 24 tele...

  16. Coag Studies HELP

    pricklypear replied to VegasRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That would be my understanding of what they mean. "control" could mean the patient's baseline value before heparin therapy was

  17. Feeling guilty about elderly patient.

    pricklypear replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Pink, frothy sputum is also a sign of pulm. edema! She did say "bloody", but that could mean a whole spectrum of things. You're right, the admitting dx doesn't make sense either way. The only...

  18. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    ding ding ding!!!! we have a winner, folks!!!! man, this is just what i was gonna say! thank

  19. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    But this thread isn't about nursing education. Nothing was said up until now about different nursing

  20. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    OMG - PLEASE do not derail this thread with the ADN/BSN thing. Statements like you have made here are bad, bad, bad. Not a good thing

  21. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    people, people, people.... I think we're trying to make this too cut and dry... Look at it this way, if you were thinking of going to school because you needed a college education to make a decent...

  22. male labor and delivery nurses

    pricklypear replied to booluvstrains's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I, too deliberately chose female OB docs when I had my kids. But, with my last one, a male resident delivered my daughter. It wasn't weird at all, he was great. I probably wouldn't have minded...

  23. Feeling guilty about elderly patient.

    pricklypear replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    By the time you're coughing up blood with pneumonia, you've been sick for a while. Sounds more like he had a case of flash pulmonary edema. Does he have a cardiac history? CHF? Those episodes can...

  24. Nurse who appeared on Dr. Phil suspended

    pricklypear replied to imenid37's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather watch the Tooth Extraction Channel than the Golf Channel!! I do think Phil has gotten (well, has been) a bit sensational, but Oprah usually has some pretty insightful things on her show....

  25. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should have had them list their top 3 reasons. I'd be willing to bet that even the nurses who answered 'for the money' would have listed something like 'interested in science' or 'caring...