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  1. What do nursing unions do?

    Unions represent their membership and help compose legislation that gets RN to patient ratios written into law. Then they challenge those politicians who think they can circumvent the law for the...
  2. student loans

    If you have a Perkins Loan don't forget that there is a cancellation available to you when you are employed as a nurse. Visit this website for more info:...
  3. extubation after cabg?

    Great! I'm glad the nurse is calling you! Sounds like your dad is plugging right along. Our criteria for extubation is that the patient is awake, following commands, and can lift thier head off the...
  4. Also according to my 16 year old son who was shot down by his first real crush this week when he asked her if she'd like to hang out and walk our dog. Poor guy. Sorry so off topic. In the words of...
  5. Why did you become a nurse instead of a doctor?

    I waited and waited in replying to this thread because the question kinda threw me, like are we suppossed to consider becoming a doctor while we are deciding on becoming a nurse? It never crossed my...
  6. Potassium piggybacks

    plum - is there an order to stop the primary solution from running during the administration of the k-rider? Assuming your primary is a liter bag with 40 meq's of KCL in it, running it at 40 ml/hr...
  7. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    OR, some just don't feel it necessary to disclose or display a string of upper and lower case letters that can legally follow their name. To each their own. Me personally? I proudly disclose and...
  8. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    The reason I posted what I did is because you claimed to be able to tell who has what degree by watching them work and you equated the people who have problems to those with the "lower" degrees. But...
  9. What is it that you do in your area of nursing practice that distinguishes you as a nurse with experiential knowledge and clinical grasp? How much autonomy do you/are you permitted to use? Having...
  10. Describing Your Nursing Practice

    Thanks Tweety and llg! :) Maybe my question isn't clear to some. Do you actually practice the nursing that you are trained to do or do you just go through the motions to get through your busy day?...
  11. I would think that since this is a privately owned message board, Brian, the Administrator, would have to state somewhere in the Terms of Service (TOS) of this board that the posts are covered under...
  12. Describing Your Nursing Practice

    I have told a couple of my "stories" in another thread. As an ICU nurse in cardiothoracic surgery, I feel very fortunate to be in an environment that totally supports the RN's voice and autonomy. We...
  13. extubation after cabg?

    Heather, Good to hear that they got your dad in and out of the OR in a relatively short period of time! That's great! The shorter amount of time on bypass the better. Our patient's anesthesia is not...
  14. This is SO true. Allnurses shows up at the top when I search for nursing info just as frequently as ebay does when I go shopping for something using a search. Ebay's audience is billions of viewers ....
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  16. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    This is true for me also. There is no denying that folks have voiced this opinion of superiority or advanced knowledge due to degree. One example is posts by zenman in this very thread (but I really...
  17. Can you tell me which issue? I'm a bit behind with my journals as well. Thanks!
  18. Acls

    I think the point is exposure. Familiarizing. I think my biggest point is that codes don't go by the book in the ICU. Not that we don't follow the algorithms to some extent, but they never start from...
  19. Acls

    I know you're asking bobnurse, but if it were my grandpa (in reality, I wouldn't want him coded), I would want someone who's done it before....done it before lots of times. I would want a nurse with...
  20. Acls

    ACLS Certified does not = able to perform ACLS. I think it's either the very first question on the test or the very last and it goes like this: When a student is issued an ACLS card, this implies: a)...
  21. Refusing to be trained for "Charge"

    It's up to the individual RN whether or not they accept the offer to be charge. It's not in our job description as it is a management position. When a staff RN does do charge, we get a differential...
  22. extubation after cabg?

    Hey rehab nurse, good luck! I know this can be so hard. I'm thinking that the docs may think that your dad's crf my play a role in his immediate post-op recovery. They may be telling you that he may...
  23. Transplant Nursing

    Hi Tony, Heart or lung or heart/lung transplants is part of what the cticu I work at does along with other cardiac/thoracic and vascular surgery. You could probably fire up discussions about...
  24. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    ARE YOU KIDDING?!?! Seriously, look: rachit says (post #43): ADN and BSN grads take the same boards. They do the same work, they bring the same revenue in to the hospital, they provide the same...
  25. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    I think it has to do with individual schools. There is a set amount of clinical hours that are required in every nursing school program. I'm not sure if the number of hours are set by the state's BON...