MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

Med Surg - Renal

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  1. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    Yep. Seriously. You can bang your head all you want, you are the one restricting your practice. My suggestion makes it official and transparent. I personally don't care if the reason you refuse...
  2. At what point are employers asking TMI?

    So we want them to cover our health care expenses, but we don't want to tell them about our health history? Can't have it both
  3. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    I made no reference to working with populations, I was talking specifically about procedures within the RN scope of practice that the RN cannot or will not
  4. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    I had an additional thought on this issue. I would be in favor of nurses having restrictions placed on their licenses if there are procedures within their scope of practice that they refuse to do....
  5. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    some may be blowing it out of proportion. like the ones who say, "then you shouldn't be a nurse." i don't have any bad feelings about jws or any other religion. the key for me here is your job...
  6. I'm stumped on this one. Give them a two week notice with the knowledge they will fire you
  7. "Professional Dancer"

    Aren't all dancers just working their way through college?? I could care less if an RN was a former
  8. Average Salary for ADN vs BSN

    I think it is the 40 papers she wrote on "WHO Health
  9. HESI vs NCLEX

    I got 1084 on the HESI and passed the NCLEX in 75
  10. NS with Union Questions

    I worked in a non-union nursing home, made $10/hr and the working conditions were horrible. A lot of my coworkers were complete sleds. I switched to a union hospital job, got a 50% raise and while it...
  11. There is no shortage of new grad nurses. I haven't experienced any age discrimination. I started working on a ADN degree at 40, finished at 44, and got a Med Surg job offer a week after passing the...
  12. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    People who don't want to administer blood for any reason should not work where part of their job duties is to administer blood. Having the supervisor and coworkers reassign or do their work for them...
  13. First RN job & it's pay

    My first RN job is union, $28.50/hr plus shift
  14. Does GPA Matter?

    For your first job, GPA *absolutely* matters. Subsequent jobs not so much. If a nursing student's main concern is finding a job at a good hospital, I would advise doing as well as they possibly can...
  15. Discouraged - looking for new avenues

    When my classmates shift their focus from hospitals to home health and SNF, they get interviews immediately. The hospital I currently work as an NA at will hire nurses off SNF TCUs but won't hire any...
  16. Insight on a question I do not agree with

    Yeah, I think they changed things. They no longer feel it is necessary to provide a correct answer, just one that is the least wrong. And in the OPs question, C is most definitely the least
  17. Two years of med-surg are not magic.

    Well, nothing is magic, but I'm going to do my two years acute care, get my BSN and work on expanding my skills in every way I can just the
  18. What exactly is BSN online?

    "I have read a few threads that suggest getting an online BSN. what exactly are these like? I get that you take lecture online, but what about hands on training and clinicals?" From what I hear, there...
  19. Here's what I did: I built good experience in health care (LTC, home health, and hospital) before and during nursing school. Attended a very well respected, competitive, and challenging CC nursing...
  20. Why do you want to be "JUST" a nurse?

    Whenever someone asks me why I became a nurse instead of a doctor, I usually say, "Because I like working with
  21. Dark age testing policy

    Same
  22. CNA resume, do I include other education

    List them. If nothing else, it makes for great "Why are you here?" interview banter. I kept my engineering degree on my resume and it always made a great conversation starter for interviews from CNA...
  23. Dress Code Violations?

    I would suggest an across-the-board policy of not violating any of your school's
  24. NCLEX today...walked out in tears!

    Dangit! Thought I beat you on that
  25. I feel like a fool

    Give. A.