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    Non-CNA Jobs You Can Work While You're a Student

    zoidberg replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    over a year as a pharmacy tech here, starting ADN in august... hope already knowing all the meds and drug classes will help somewhere along the
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    What Type of Setting Do You Work In?

    zoidberg replied to GinaCat's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah the VA is most likely where I will find the variety to do what I would like. I know a very experienced NP who has a private practice in my hometown who does 1 hour therapy /med mgmt sessions. She...
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    What Type of Setting Do You Work In?

    zoidberg replied to GinaCat's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    psychcns, i am accepted to nursing school, and waiting to hear back from PA school. Psych is my primary interest.(im aware of the learning curve of a psych PA...). Correct me if i am wrong, but is...
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    MPH before ABSN?

    zoidberg posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Im am finishing up my bs in biology, and was planning on doing a ABSN program, but am thinking about doing a peace corps masters international program (1 year of MPH courses, 2 years abroad working on...
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    Patients destroying pain meds?

    zoidberg replied to melissa_rn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    here at a pharmacy in the southeast, we take nothing from patients for disposal. i wish i could, but i can just offer the coffee ground method or a mail-in bag for
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    Podiatry resident to DNP

    zoidberg replied to BuffyTheSlayer's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    friend of mine did PA school straight out of undergrad biology, graduated, and just started a job in trauma surgery without doing a fellowship. PA school can cost less if you would want to go to a big...
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    clinical career worth it?

    zoidberg posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi all, I have read this and the PA forum for a long time now, and am in the process of interviewing for PA school now. I like you guys better so i am asking this here :) I have always wanted to see...
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    clinical career worth it?

    zoidberg replied to zoidberg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    thanks, yeah i am accepted already to an RN program for next year, so if PA school doesnt pan out, I can do that, then later go into pretty much anything as a nurse, NP, mgmt, IT or research. I just...
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    Jon Stewart Puzzled Why Combat Medics Can't Apply for Nursing Jobs

    zoidberg replied to kabfighter's topic in Government, Military

    that not good. my mother is a school nurse and has her msn, and years of experience. granted its more of a retirement job, but she makes good money for it. (high cost of living area, of course). With...
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    Interesting Physician Perspective On NPs

    zoidberg replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I have to say this is quite a generalization. Many PA's love their physician supervisors and their positions in healthcare, and you cannot tell me you don't know SEVERAL disgruntled NP's who think...
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    Age limits for Adult Nurse Practitioners in Washington State? Please?

    zoidberg replied to JHU_BlueJay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    my b. my memory doesn't always serve me
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    Age limits for Adult Nurse Practitioners in Washington State? Please?

    zoidberg replied to JHU_BlueJay's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NC and some other states in the south ANPs treat 12 and up, and most programs train
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    Changing NP Scope of Practice

    zoidberg posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just was curious how a state changes the scope of practice for NP's ... is it just the state legislature who would decide and pass a bill? Then I guess the BON would change their act accordingly....
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    Hourly wage with "normal" hours (South)

    zoidberg replied to oldeddieboy's topic in General Nursing

    RN start around 20/hr in SC. A couple systems top out at about 65k per year. Same here for NP's and PA's too... they are salaried starting around 60k something/year so they can run all the poor souls...
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    Need advice...

    zoidberg replied to jffhlbrt1's topic in Men in Nursing

    yeah ABSN is the best. Apply to as many as you can. If there are any Associates Degree Programs in your area it is always worth looking into, even though you wont get a BSN, you will be an RN,...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i love people who say we should deport immigrants, i doubt they would enjoy doing to jobs that many immigrants must do to make ends meet. Once you have to go clean a business from 2-6 am, then...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    maybe its just how my brain works, i tend to think about the world from a big (huge) picture point of view. like dawn of time big. I think access to healthcare is important, and should be available to...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That was the point I was implying: It is NOT a right. One could argue that there is no such thing as a right. What we are doing is deciding as a society that we want to reallocate the resources from...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    so... i think after discussing and reading, I have figured that maybe there aren't any rights bestowed upon us at birth, but rather rights that the current society(can be more than one nation) values...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Rivernurse's post is why no matter how many people take advantage of the system, we still need A system., while a difficult journey, it is inspiring. thank you for
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    Won't get a job in 2 years? - ADN student in South Carolina

    zoidberg replied to joe2's topic in Men in Nursing

    here in charleston sc there are a few health systems: MUSC, Roper st francis, east cooper, the VA hospital downtown, then trident out towards Summerville. from what I have heard MUSC is a little...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    gee your wit is just great. i should have covered that.... no. i meant actually
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think the US is already at the point where people will do what we did to Britain in 1776. Too bad there is no nice uninhabited land left on earth to go start a fresh nation...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i have always thought the who can get married issue is a moot point as well. I dont think we should have to ask the government if we want to get married. The idea of a marriage "license" is quite...
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    zoidberg replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net here is a list of things that many view as a right, yet are not explicitly in the constitution. Our...