HM-8404

HM-8404 BSN, RN

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  1. RN-BSN versus RN-MSN

    HM-8404 replied to applesaucesm's topic in School, College Programs

    Be sure to investigate the programs throughly. With some RN-MSN programs if something happens and you are unable to complete the entire program you have nothing to show for your time and money. Others...

  2. Nursing School Patient Loads

    HM-8404 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Second semester ADN student and I would pull my hair out I get so bored. We get one Med/Surg pt each. Here was my last clinical... 0645 get report and go get vitals. Give vitals to clinical inst so...

  3. Nursing Classroom Education: The big bang of powerpoint slavery

    HM-8404 replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    My first semester was exactly as you described. Starting with the second semester I enrolled as a hybrid student. I only show up on campus for tests, labs, etc. I do not attend any in class lectures...

  4. Why do CNA's get low pay for the hard labor that they do?

    HM-8404 replied to M4ri_777's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Why do CNA's get low pay? The short answer is because someone is willing to accept the low pay for doing the job. It really has much to do with how much training is involved and how much...

  5. Respiratory therapy vs. Nursing

    HM-8404 replied to futurernjap's topic in Alabama Nursing

    After meeting and talking to an RT I decided to go to school for RN. What I learned was there was little advancement opportunities as an RT. With a BS in RT you may one day become a supervisor. Other...

  6. Up-credentialing: Why the move to the BSN is inevitable.

    HM-8404 replied to chuckster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps a nap would have helped before you typed this. I have no idea what you are talking about here. Read my post a little more carefully. Don't get so defensive about what others can see coming...

  7. Up-credentialing: Why the move to the BSN is inevitable.

    HM-8404 replied to chuckster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are several students in my class that graduated last May will all of their prereqs completed except Micro and something else. They are called duel enrollment students. They take college classes...

  8. Department Wars

    HM-8404 replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Maybe it's just the male in me but I would have to tell the housekeeper, If you're tired of being a mop jockey and want to do my job then get the training it requires, like I did. Until then you focus...

  9. Up-credentialing: Why the move to the BSN is inevitable.

    HM-8404 replied to chuckster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hear many ADN's saying a BSN is unnecessary. Not a single one of them has been able to tell me how requiring a BSN would hurt nursing as a profession. I have stated many times that requiring a BSN...

  10. First time on website :) question about tuition

    HM-8404 replied to Minicyni's topic in Chamberlain College

    As far as student loans go I had two different financial aid counselors tell me, when my daughter was applying to colleges, to never take out more student loans than she can realistically expect to...

  11. Clinical instructor said I'm too quiet

    HM-8404 replied to jes07's topic in General Students

    Telling a nursing student they need to speak up or be more assertive is a reasonable thing for a clinical instructor to say. In class your instructors know if you "get" the book portion by your test...

  12. Wound vac question/vent

    HM-8404 replied to Nursetastic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mean to derail this tread but I have a wound vac question. When is a wound vac not appropriate? In my last clinical there was a pt with the worst wound I have ever seen, and I have been in a...

  13. How in debt were you after Nursing school?

    HM-8404 replied to lilwonder's topic in General Students

    Debt? My school costs are paid plus I get over $1100 a month just to attend. Thank you GI

  14. Higher Learning is very hard to understand

    HM-8404 replied to NurseGuyBri's topic in General Students

    You are mistake about the AAS. As far as I know all CC ADN programs in my state are AAS programs. All Univ. BSN programs in my state accept all credits from these ADN programs, and as far as I know...

  15. Good looking new grad gets hired over average looking nurse?

    HM-8404 replied to kobebryant's topic in New York Nursing

    If I were hired on that floor I would feel great. If I were a patient on that floor I would be scared to

  16. A Call to Action from the Nation's Nurses in the Wake of Newtown

    HM-8404 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I recently read a news article that stated Brazil has perhaps the most strict gun laws of any country, but yet their murder by firearm rate is 5 times higher than that of the US, per capita. Everyone...

  17. How do clinicals work?

    HM-8404 replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Students

    First semester we had 5 (I think) 10 hr clinicals at a LTC facility, plus many lab days. It was not unusual to be on campus for class and labs 4 days a week, plus our clinical assignment. This...

  18. Telling instructors that you are already an LVN...?

    HM-8404 replied to texasRN_14's topic in LPN to RN

    I'm a 2nd semester RN student. Nobody knows I was a Navy Corpsman for several years. I chose not to disclose this because I do not want other students or instructors to expect more from me than other...

  19. What is the longest period of time that one IV bag or solution can be infused...

    HM-8404 replied to pacionne's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would assume shearing off is meaning part of it came off and was left in the vein when the cath was

  20. What is the longest period of time that one IV bag or solution can be infused...

    HM-8404 replied to pacionne's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would assume shearing off is meaning part of it came off and was left in the vein when the cath was

  21. Higher Learning is very hard to understand

    HM-8404 replied to NurseGuyBri's topic in General Students

    In my state all "2" yr RN degrees are AAS. To go from AAS-RN to BSN you must take a few more core classes such as ENG 102, a LIT class, Chem class, History, Statistics, and a higher level math class....

  22. A lamb in a den of wolves!

    HM-8404 replied to Jinx322's topic in General Students

    I have come to the conclusion that as a nursing student often you are unwanted, a hinderance, someone that at times must be endured, and that is ok because nurses are stressed and overworked. These...

  23. Why do we eat our young?

    HM-8404 replied to jreynrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps some of it could be because pointing out the flaws of another keeps the focus off of their flaws. Talking about how slow the new nurse is gets everyone to focus on the new nurse and not on the...

  24. Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

    HM-8404 replied to BrandybunsRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wonder how many people that are against gov't mandated flu shots think Obamacare is a good idea? I am interested to see how big of a hand the gov't will eventually have in health care due to this...

  25. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    HM-8404 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Could critical thinking just be a nursey way of saying cause and effect? Xxxx causes yyyy, xxxx will effect yyyy this way. Just a thought. I like to keep things simple and