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  1. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    According to MinorityNurse.com: "How do minority nurses self-identify? 9.9% of RNs are black or African American (non-Hispanic); 8.3% are Asian; 4.8% are Hispanic or Latino; 1.3% categorize themselves...

  2. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. It would be really nice if you could read before you call names. I NEVER said every minority claims racism when they don't get their way. I never even said a single one has. I did, however, say...

  3. Which DNP program do I pursue?

    pro-student replied to dtk23's topic in General Nursing

    Don't do FNP if you don't want to be an FNP. Sure a few more jobs might be open to you but they will be jobs that require the lifespan scope. There is this erroneous idea out there that FNP somehow is...

  4. Class Majority Test Fail

    pro-student replied to LightningRose's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's not ideal but there is usually some period of adjustment to the demands of nursing course. Generally, students are not use to the volume of information they must cover and the fact that nursing...

  5. Gender Discrimination Against Nurses or Other Healthcare Providers?

    pro-student replied to CocoBug20's topic in General Nursing

    Refusing care and requesting a provider with certain characteristics (e.g - race, gender) are very different things. Yes, a competent adult pt has the right to refuse care but not to dictate the...

  6. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    Finally! It was getting lonely in here. I am trying to keep the OPs theme alive and have stated multiple times that I agree with her overall argument if not the specific example she choose. But I was...

  7. finishing Rn to bsn:college algebra delaying graduation

    pro-student replied to belle05's topic in General Nursing

    I second Khan Academy. Free, you can skip to topics you need help on, pause and replay as many times as you want. A tutor might be able to help you pinpoint the specific issues you're having trouble...

  8. How do you handle female patients your age or younger?

    pro-student replied to DanGIT1322's topic in Men in Nursing

    Always at least offer a chaperone (even if one isn't immediately available). Some women will decline which you can document. It would make it much harder to allege something untoward took place when a...

  9. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    There are a couple of things unusual about this situation. The OP claims the racial discrimination was limited to a single promotion decision. However, in most cases of discrimination against a...

  10. Teaching gone wrong

    pro-student replied to sbtr50's topic in Patient Education

    Teaching something (anything - dietary guidelines, procedures, math, flying a kite, anything) requires a higher level of understanding than doing it. You must no something forwards and backwards, be...

  11. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    It's clear the OP would rather preach to the choir rather than discuss meaningful change. I say that not to diminish the validity of her experience. Choirs need preaching to too. I was hoping to...

  12. What to do when a patient doesn't listen?

    pro-student replied to cc290133's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Based on you wording, I'd suggest you have the wrong approach. People rarely like to be told what to do, take directions from strangers, and make changes in their lives based on what someone else...

  13. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not insinuating anything. If you read what I wrote you'd see I stated outright that the situation the OP described very well could have been motivated by racism but even by her own account, there...

  14. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    I never denied anything. I can, however, read and think critically. Doing so will do exponentially more to advance racial equality than insisting that every time a minority doesn't get their way,...

  15. Neonatologist

    pro-student replied to Millshel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh wow! A neonatologist is a physician who specializes in the care of high risk neonates. To become a neonatologist one needs to complete a bachelors degree (any major) including certain pre-requisite...

  16. CNA to RN

    pro-student replied to Millshel's topic in General Nursing

    Most people become an RN without becoming an LPN. RN programs can be more competitive to get into. Look at programs in your area to find out what prereqs are required. You will want to decide if you'd...

  17. Racial Discrimination in the Nursing Profession

    pro-student replied to MasterStreet's topic in General Nursing

    Your experience doesn't seem like the clear cut case of racial discrimination you make it out to be. You claim that "The only major difference between us was race." However you also point out that...

  18. Future of Nurse Practitioners

    pro-student replied to Lightning Rose's topic in Advanced Practice

    The future of NPs is highly variable but ultimately looks positive. That said there are a few caveats. NP education is highly variable ranging from excellent to abysmal. There is still a hodge podge...

  19. Do you renew both LPN and RN licenses?

    pro-student replied to LPN1118's topic in General Nursing

    There's no reason to renew your LPN license (even this year). Regardless of what you're hired as, you would be expected to meet the RN standards of care. They are both nursing licenses but one is a...

  20. Please Give ME any Good Reason to Stay in the Nursing Field

    pro-student replied to ToNurseOrNot's topic in General Nursing

    Respectfully, it doesn't sounds like you want to be a nurse. Your family or an online community can only want it for you so much. If you don't want it for yourself, you're better off getting out now....

  21. CCNE Releases New Standards

    pro-student replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Exactly! These standards are so vague and without any clear mechanism for enforcement. The holes in the language are big enough to drive or truck through (or a diploma mill, as it were). Even if...

  22. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

    pro-student replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have which is why I think they have chosen to placate critics rather than make any meaningful changes. You can call it nitpicking, I call it reading critically. When it comes down to it, actually...

  23. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

    pro-student replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    "Ensuring" a clinical site is different from providing a clinical site. A program could readily claim to ensure clinical sites by only allowing students who have organized their own to continue in the...

  24. CCNE Releases New Standards

    pro-student replied to Dodongo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I want to point out that "clinical practice experiences are provided for all students" never says who is responsible for providing the experience, just that the school must ensure they are provided....

  25. NP schools now required to find clinical sites?

    pro-student replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This. Don't get too excited there are only minimal changes to the accreditation standard which are vastly overstated on the linked website by the OP. The standard in place and used to accredit schools...