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MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. sex offender in LTC...right to know

    After you have worked in LTC, especially dementia care, for a while, you will realize you wouldn't do anything different with this resident than you would with any other. Any resident with dementia -...
  2. Flu Vac, should it be mandatory

    Sigh. Please cite evidence where Michelle Obama, acting as an agent of the US government, "forced" any menu changes. You cannot. Contrary to whatever right wing information stream is telling you, it...
  3. Graduation...Go or No?

    I went to my pinning ceremony, but not graduation. I already had a bachelor's degree and didn't want to do the cap and gown thing. I later saw pictures of my classmates in their caps and gowns and I...
  4. Flu Vac, should it be mandatory

    None of the above are actually "rights" any more than I have the "right" to not be subjected to anti-vaccine
  5. working while in nursing school

    Unless you want to go back to full time at your old non-nursing job when you graduate, get experience in direct patient
  6. HEALTH INSURANCE?

    My school offered a very high deductible policy for like $100 a month or so. I did the math and figured if anything really bad happened, I would go bankrupt anyway so I rolled the dice uninsured until...
  7. Flu Vac, should it be mandatory

    Babies are vaccinated because we as a society (us, not the boogyman "gubmint") got tired of counting dead babies. And they are dreadfully easy to count. Why is it that every "right" in your slippery...
  8. Flu Vac, should it be mandatory

    So you only take (or give for that matter) medications you grew, labeled and packaged? Really. More likely, you just pick vaccines as the intervention that rises to the standard of "you must have...
  9. treatment of student nurses on the floor

    I know I say this a lot, but boy am I thankful to work where I do. I am fairly fresh off orientation and I had two student nurses with me tonight. They are in their last semester of an ADN program. I...
  10. No problem documenting exactly what the pt said in quotes when it gets the point across. One of my favorite progress notes was from an RN who had endured an amazing amount of verbal abuse. She...
  11. Flu Vac, should it be mandatory

    No one is forcing you to work anywhere. Neither is anyone forcing you to clear up your obvious confusion about why you get
  12. The consequences of religious belief..

    Oh my, another Endless
  13. No one asked about board certifications or clinical competencies. I believe the alphabet soup currently under discussion is the ADN, BSN,
  14. Jeez I think I'm a *bit* more than a glorified
  15. How exactly is this going to add more respect to the profession? Think about it: Lets say you make this change so MSN is entry level RN. Now what happens? Well, you lose a gajillion RNs and don't...
  16. Any profession in a male-dominated society is going to have an array of consequences for being primarily staffed by women. That being said, nursing does pretty danged well compared to many other...
  17. Is it weird that I love wound care?

    I like wound care
  18. Just curious...

    There are a couple salary threads on AN you can check out. A google search on RN salaries will probably get you the info you need
  19. Oh man, I would love to be able to do this. I always wake up around noon and cannot get back to sleep. So I just plan on getting up around then and try to stick a power nap in sometime before going...
  20. "I'm a brand new nurse, just passed NCLEX at the end of July." Congratulations!! "I've been orienting 7a-7p on my unit at the hospital since July 15 as a grad nurse, but tomorrow night is my first...
  21. A really good resume has a work experience section. Thanks for the cake! So get some work experience in healthcare. Any way you
  22. Hospitals starting to hire new grads again?

    Yes. During orientation, the Chief Nursing Officer (500 bed hospital) told us, "We cut back nurses in 2009, didn't hire any in 2010, and now we are starting to hire again." The new grads in my...
  23. your input please!

    When you get an opportunity to interview for your dream job, you take it. If your current employer asks, "Why are you leaving?" you answer honestly: "I got my dream job!" They will be happy for
  24. What are the advantages of being a BSN over ADN?

    Many do. Thankfully, mine doesn't. (I am getting my BSN on their dime, and I appreciate every penny of it.) I love my
  25. You don't owe anyone an explanation. You explained yourself just fine, if that isn't good enough for them, too freaking