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rach_nc_03

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  1. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    wow- i'd totally forgotten about this part. i'm 99% positive they did the original pledge at last year's ceremony. i certainly won't pledge a lot of these things- definitely the stuff about passing my...

  2. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I've asked our *male* program director on several occasions- he always just laughs, but never answers.one of my classmates is a bald guy in his fifties. I'd give every dollar I own to see him in that...

  3. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    just remember that the word 'pushover' is your choice, not mine. I don't believe that quiet, thinking people are pushovers. My father is one of the strongest people I know, and he's very quiet. He...

  4. I'm thinking about trying to get pregnant and start nursing school? Yes or No?

    rach_nc_03 replied to rayofsunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I have severe endometriosis, and had one surgery for it last june, and another coming up in march (during spring break)...this is my last semester of an ADN program. I'm on multiple meds (methadone...

  5. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I'm actually a pretty laid-back person, most of the time. I have a few soapbox issues- the main ones being cruelty, and church/state separation. We've been told that our attendance is required. I'm...

  6. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    that's NOT the issue!!!! I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I used to be a musician. Grew up in a family of church musicians, in fact, and have worked in four churches as a musician. in each...

  7. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    My problem with your posts is that you make an assumption that, because I don't agree with YOU, I 'don't believe in god or religion'. the rest of your argument is based on this assumption, which is...

  8. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    or a large portrait of an islamic cleric, or a huge statue of ganesh...or a torah on the altar. or all of the above. as nurse_wannabe has pointed out, it's *not* because it's a christian church- it's...

  9. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with your point- lots of other functions are held in churches- AA meetings, community events- that are open to people of all beliefs, and are not religious services. I still contend,...

  10. How do you get it through nurses heads that we MUST be patient advocates?

    rach_nc_03 replied to pghfoxfan's topic in General Nursing

    the charge nurse I worked with today said to our attending, 'well, here at hospital x, we get our points accross by yelling'. I'd like to say he was kidding, but he's barked orders at everyone on the...

  11. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose you're right, now that I read all the posts. I have a lot of respect for people who stand up for their beliefs, even when they contradict my own. Hey, I even thought Jesse Helms deserved...

  12. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    yes, it's a small college, but they hold it in a church only for faculty preference. plenty of space is available on campus (actually more suitable, as the students aren't allowed to invite more than...

  13. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    if you read my original post and earlier reply to the thread, the school is a state-funded institution, and holding the ceremony in a church, with overtly religious overtones, violates the separation...

  14. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    While I'm extremely proud of my accomplishments- this is my 3rd career, and I've had to fight through much more resistance on this one than on the first two- for me, there are two days I will feel...

  15. Phasing out LPN's.

    rach_nc_03 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    VickyRN,I totally agree with your position....how do we fight the NCBON on this? I haven't graduated yet, but I intend to run for an at-large seat after I graduate (unless I'm kept out by the very...

  16. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Begalli,I like the fact that each class at your school planned their own ceremony. The ironic thing about our ceremony is that each class pays for the ceremony of the class ahead of them...we were...

  17. Traditions, Existing Paradigms, and Sacred Cows in nursing and nursing education

    rach_nc_03 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    this is right on the money, in my experience. i'm starting the last semester of an adn program right now, and i've completely lost my love of learning- all i want is to get the hell out of there! as...

  18. civilian nursing jobs for new grads at overseas US bases?

    rach_nc_03 posted a topic in Government, Military

    hi everyone, i'm a senior ADN student, graduating in may 2005. I currently work as a CNA II in a neurology ICU while I'm finishing school. my fiancee is a sergeant in the army, stationed at okinawa,...

  19. advantages of BSN vs. ADN

    rach_nc_03 replied to katiebugg's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    there will *always* be classes you feel waaste your time, whether you're getting a 4-year degree in nursing, physics, philosophy, or (like I did) music or journalism. It's all perspective.As a...

  20. Need input re: job offer at Duke

    rach_nc_03 replied to iliket3's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I work at duke as a CNA II while i'm finishing my ADN; I plan to continue working there as an RN next fall, but in a different unit than where I am now. If you have no prior clinical experience,...

  21. I am worth less for Christmas?!?!?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a weekend option employee, and I'm considered full-time at 30 hours a week. when i took the job, the manager was desperate, so I got her to bump up the hours for the position to 30 from the...

  22. pins....what do you think?

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    lol, dixielee.....I work with a nurse like that. she has so much weight on her badge that when she leans over a patient's bed, her badge zooms down the elastic string (it's one of those retractable...

  23. pins....what do you think?

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    lol, dixielee.....I work with a nurse like that. she has so much weight on her badge that when she leans over a patient's bed, her badge zooms down the elastic string (it's one of those retractable...

  24. pins....what do you think?

    rach_nc_03 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be graduating from my ADN program in May 2005, and need advice on our class pins. I'm the class president, and the officers get to decide what our fundraising money is spent on (we have about...

  25. Application Fees to Oversubcribed Programs

    rach_nc_03 replied to Fiona59's topic in General Nursing

    [ Also, as someone else said, they don't want their school to become a matter of "first come, first served" by giving marginal students who apply early a spot in their program while rejecting...