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  1. Hello nurses and students! Here's the question; you've all seen the commercial by Johnson & Johnson, those smiling, yet serious, faces proclaiming BE A NURSE! This is supposed to promote the...
  2. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    Thanks for "knowing some of us" who "are just nurses". I predict in another 5-10 years we will not be required through state statutes to legally collaborate with you on anything, so your "cautiously...
  3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    I understand the importance of education as it relates to competency of practice and personal fulfillment, but how much more could someone expect to earn with a doctorate in nursing? We work in an...
  4. NYS Board for Nursing New Resolution

    I think this BSN ADN debate is all about image. Apparently our politicians and the public believe they will receive better care from a BSN nurse than from a ADN nurse or a diploma educated nurse....
  5. An excellent point about who "brings in the money". Doctors do bring patients into hospitals thus allowing hospitals to bill for services. It's no different than a stockbroker or real estate person...
  6. This is a relevent topic for nurses at all educational levels. I think the degree "requirements" being proposed by some legislators have more to do with image (and who is backing them? Hospitals of...
  7. A question about Diploma Nurses

    I found this thread and a few of the responses to be somewhat humorous and perplexing. Apparently the big issue revolves around who is "qualified" to to be in a "leadership" or "management" position...
  8. Signing new grad contract?

    If this wasn't part of a written contract that was established when you were hired, I wouldn't sign it. It seems rather strange that you would receive this after being hired, rather than agreeing to...
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  10. Thanks for the info.
  11. I agree with your comments about retention rates. That ties in to why I am suspicious and a little cynical about this commercial. Retention rates will be less important to hospitals if they have a...
  12. Background Check

    I wouldn't worry about this questionaire. To even get into nursing school you probably had to be a registered CNA first, which means you had to go to clinicals for that, which means your state...
  13. Nrsging School-What was your worst error?

    Sorry to hear about your misfortune. I agree, there are some mean sociopathic nursing instructors out there who don't care how long you've been in the program or how much money you have spent on...
  14. Career Change - getting ready to become an RN

    I'm glad to hear you are thinking about this academically challenging program. I graduated from nursing school and did not know what to expect either when I started, but I can tell you one thing, it's...
  15. A question about Diploma Nurses

    I think, and have been told by several college recruiters, that there is no such thing as a 2 year AD or ADN degree anymore. With all the pre-requisits most two year programs now take 3 years to...
  16. I agree with you. I beleive the "shortage" is being created and hyped by the hospital and HMO "machine". This allows them to use special immigration loop holes to import foreign nurses who are willing...
  17. Wannabe Home Health Entrepreneur Seeks Info

    That's a great Idea! What you are doing may be the future of nursing in the U.S. Thousands and thousands of independently owned nursing/health companies who will no longer have to answer to hospitals...
  18. Salary Roll call!

    hi kellink, here in the twin cities hospitals pay entry level nurses about $24 to $25 per hour. :chuckle as of may 2005, the fairview "chain" of hospitals pay an associate degree nurse $24.35, and a...
  19. how many classmates dropped in your first semester?

    We lost about 10% of the class by the end of the first semester, and about a total of 30% by the end of the first year of nursing courses. So ,we went from 120 students down to 80. People dropped like...