MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. How soon you will be drug tested after admission?

    MN-Nurse replied to The ER Biker's topic in General Students

    In my previous career, the Production Manager was interviewing a prospective employee. The PM said, "We have a zero tolerance policy on drugs here." The applicant replied, "Even pot??" Still cracks...

  2. So far gone.....so disillusioned.

    MN-Nurse replied to mpolo's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Your weird focus on the hormones and flirting leads me to believe your issues may come more from within than

  3. Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan

    MN-Nurse replied to KareBear0609's topic in General Students

    If your position is as you state it, that government never does anything beneficial - there is really no point in discussing anything ever. Yours is a demonstrably delusional

  4. How did you find a job as a new grad?

    MN-Nurse replied to rn_yogi's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've posted this before; here's what I did: I started my job search 4 years ago. I began by doing my absolute best in my prerequisites and getting experience in direct patient care. I started my...

  5. Nursing School Full-Time & Working Full-Time...Is it possible?

    MN-Nurse replied to jlynaeleslie's topic in General Students

    I once saw a goose walk across a busy freeway, actually making it to the other side. Just because that one silly goose made it doesn't mean it's a good idea to encourage others to try

  6. Obama's Student Loan Relief Plan

    MN-Nurse replied to KareBear0609's topic in General Students

    I think both you and poster you are responding to need to go read the article. You clearly did

  7. Did anyone else have a bad 1st day of clinicals??

    MN-Nurse replied to allsmilez's topic in General Students

    I had a great day my first day of clinical - also at a nursing home. I saw some classmates have earth-shattering horrible first days at clinical though. They all made it through and graduated - so...

  8. Soon to graduate and still don't know what I'm doing

    MN-Nurse replied to greyL's topic in General Students

    Even though the students put in a lot of hours working for the facility and they put out very well trained nurses, they were still prohibitively expensive for hospitals to run. Especially when boards...

  9. Soon to graduate and still don't know what I'm doing

    MN-Nurse replied to greyL's topic in General Students

    Nursing school prepares you to pass the NCLEX. Diploma programs taught you bedside nursing, but those don't exist anymore. So you learn on the job or through direct patient care experience working...

  10. Are you so busy that you don't get a lunch break?

    MN-Nurse replied to cashew1's topic in General Nursing

    I bring food I can eat fast on the run. Fruit works really well, although sandwiches are good too. On my floor, day shift usually takes all their breaks and covers for each other. The most...

  11. Do you discard the first drop of blood on an accucheck?

    MN-Nurse replied to privatelabelRN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital's policy is to wipe away that first drop. That "first drop" gets mighty small when I have a person who doesn't bleed very

  12. After termination: A Great Update

    MN-Nurse replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding. He could have just got her hired at her current job, let her give a notice then go on with her career. Instead he gets her terminated and put her through tons of strife? What a freaking...

  13. People who trivialize nursing

    MN-Nurse replied to ILovetorun's topic in General Students

    Anytime someone degrades nurses, I tell them, "You could not do my job for one hour. You could not pass the boards to take the test to qualify for my job. You could not get through the schooling to...

  14. Did anyone lose weight AFTER becoming a nurse?

    MN-Nurse replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    I lost 65 pounds in nursing school, most of it in the last semester. But it wasn't because of nursing school, it was because I radically changed my diet and exercise habits. Nursing school certainly...

  15. Arrests and Nursing School?

    MN-Nurse replied to willowita's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Plenty of people protest without getting arrested. Be

  16. ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    MN-Nurse replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This is no more likely to happen using genetic technology than it is in regular

  17. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    MN-Nurse replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Because neoconservatives have convinced millions of workers that unions are evil and socialist. The main strength of the conservative movement has been using religion and "red scare" tactics to get...

  18. How did you find a job as a new grad?

    MN-Nurse replied to rn_yogi's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'd like to hear from those who have actually gotten RN jobs in Hospitals. Hello. Did you have BSN? No. previous medical experience? Yes. Two years as a CNA and Therapy Rehab Tech at a gawd-awful...

  19. "6 months notice is customary"

    MN-Nurse replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    Patient's expectations of health worker shown to be ridiculous...film at

  20. ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    MN-Nurse replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Take 200 people. Have 100 of them eat a *healthy* diet consisting of commercial produce. Have the other 100 eat the same healthy diet with organic produce. You won't find any significant...

  21. Giving a flu shot to patients without a signed consent?

    MN-Nurse replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you are too paranoid - and you may be (purposefully or accidentally) adding to anti-vaccine hysteria. Why just vaccines? What about antibiotics? Beta Blockers? Diuretics? Opiates? Lunch?...

  22. ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    MN-Nurse replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You could do a lot more to make people healthy if you told them simply to NOT eat any ground beef or drink cow's milk rather than rant about rBGH. People aren't getting sick because of pesticides or...

  23. ANA wants GM foods labeled, please join effort ant tell FDA

    MN-Nurse replied to dcookRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thank you! I just had a long debate with an RN colleague about whether organic produce contained more nutrients than commercial. (Organic produce does NOT contain more nutrients, but try...

  24. To those who want to leave nursing

    MN-Nurse replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Even at a tender 25, the OP struck chords with some of us, um...more seasoned folks

  25. To those who want to leave nursing

    MN-Nurse replied to PunkBenRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Great post. I would add if you are leaving nursing and have one of those sweet 12 hr day shift schedules, please let me know so I can apply for your