CrunchRN ADN, RN

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    I want to quit 4 months in

    CrunchRN replied to Nonetheless's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I worked nights all through nursing school. Thank god for caffeine. Just do it for a year. You are young and it won't kill you. Then you will be in a much better place for job hunting. No offense...
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    CrunchRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Wishing you well
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    just finished my BSN..... my story, if anyone is interested....

    CrunchRN replied to msa9179's topic in Western Governors University

    You the man. May I ask the cost for your full
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    My experience at ITT Breckinridge school of nursing (Ft. Lauderdale)

    CrunchRN replied to ready2baRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    No matter what happens I wish you much
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    URGENT: Are CDC Ebola Guidelines 'Good Enough'?

    CrunchRN replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Perhaps, but apparently only if you have an especially equipped facility like
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    CrunchRN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The Ebola frenzy here is nuts. Closing schools and all kinds of nuttiness. The only people who have caught it are the 2 nurses who cared for the patient at his sickest with improper protection...
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    CrunchRN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From what the nurses at he hospital are now coming forward and revealing the hospital and CDC mismanaged horribly. It is the CDC responsibility. They should have been in that hospital from the...
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    CrunchRN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think the patients should only go to the hospitals that are set up for this. It is not like we have such a flood of cases that they every hospital in the nation needs to care for them. NONE of the...
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    My experience at ITT Breckinridge school of nursing (Ft. Lauderdale)

    CrunchRN replied to ready2baRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    A fool and her money are soon parted................... Ok, obviously you are not at all foolish. You have really done your research extensively and seem quite intelligent. However, going to a...
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    "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    CrunchRN replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How can it be the nurses fault if she doesn't remember a breach? I say it is the CDC's fault for not providing stronger guidance and
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    Had to code my best friends husband

    CrunchRN replied to wannabeagreatRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There is nothing you could have done differently for a better outcome. So you must let it go and know that some people just have a shorter time than others for whatever reason and no matter what we...
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    BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    CrunchRN replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    84k for an MSN? Insanity. 20 to 40k to get a BSN so you can work at the bedside? Something stinks. I am shocked at how many are buying into it. Luckily, I never had a desire to work at the...
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    New RN drowning

    CrunchRN replied to babyrn3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am not in the "suck it up" group. If you hate it and have other options then take them. Life is too short and stress is too harmful to do
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    Can clinical nurses review routine labs?

    CrunchRN replied to Mithi26's topic in Infectious Disease

    As an office nurse I always did this and alerted the doc if
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    CrunchRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I read this morning that Nigeria has eliminated Ebola. No new cases since August. Teams are headed there to study what they did. If they can do it then certainly it can be handled and eradicated...
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    Patient satisfaction or patient dissatisfaction

    CrunchRN replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand the drive for customer service, but in medicine you cannot use the same type of system that works for other types of businesses. Often things must be done or not given in the name of...
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    CrunchRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Panic is as much or more of a
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    CrunchRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think it is more likely that the nurse or nursing "assistant" as one article called her may have not been careful enough about the precautions required. Who knows? All speculation. I wouldn't...
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    BSN Only? Give me a break!!

    CrunchRN replied to michaelvgrigsby's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I LOVE that you told them to"stuff it". I am 52 and i just got a specialty certification. My specialty has both hospital and non-hospital based positions so i am hoping to make it to retirement...
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    CrunchRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Because that is what the hospital said
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    My Sad story

    CrunchRN replied to Peterjoy93's topic in Excelsior College

    I would keep it to yourself. Then offer them the chance to hire you as an RN once you pass the
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    No one will give me a chance

    CrunchRN replied to KEELER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I take the lowest dose of Propanalol for public speaking/high stress situations. It shuts down the performance anxiety/fight or flight adrenalin surge. Talk to you doc. No shame in it. A physical...
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    CrunchRN replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Both are to blame. They should have read her info, but seriously, she should have made certain they knew this incredibly important bit of
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    CrunchRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It was noted on the triage form from the triage nurse. Somehow it was not "communicated" to the treating team per our local news here in
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    CrunchRN replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think we are in more danger from the panic and tanking the stock market and economy from fear. It was just like this with HIV too. I wish people would really listen to the info. The only person I...