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1. CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

   targa replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   Totally incorrect. You have the right to do anything you wish. And I have no biases against working women who have children. Every situation is different. The poster at issue here has four children, all age 9 and under (one set of twins), including a...

2. CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

   targa replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   And what happens later in your curriculum, when you're working more clinical hours, and you get assigned an evening shift? Will you go to the instructor and say "I can't work this shift because I have kids at home that need me" ??? That's happened at...

3. CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

   targa replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   No, you DON'T have to subject your son to day-care. You can wait until he's in junior high before you go back to school. Having second (guilty) thoughts, soulshine?

4. CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

   targa replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   Dear Christy, judging from your anger and defensiveness, you obviously have more issues than a mere dilemma over which school to attend. I didn't give you any advice; I raised some questions that you've apparently never thought about, as you're way t...

5. CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

   targa replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   mariedoreen, I'm not DICTATING anything to anyone. And I never made a morality judgment about the OP's plans. I DID make a comment that will hopefully cause her to think about her future time commitments, stress levels, and (especially) her ability t...

6. CC beginning evening and weekend nursing classes...need advice please!!

   targa replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   I don't think that offering a considered point of view that just happens to be at variance with the majority is "unsupportive". What would be "unsupportive" is this: encouraging the OP to enroll in school without pointing out the dual burdens she'll ...

7. My mom does not want me to become a nurse

   targa replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

   Who cares what your mother wants?!? It's your life. You make your own decisions. Apply for financial aid... get a part-time job, and go to school. Learn to stand up to people now. It will serve you well when you're older.

8. finally got in!!!

   targa replied to Maverick80's topic in General Students

   Oh good lord... you're not going into the Army. You'll be fine. Breathe.

9. Expungement

   targa replied to enerbime's topic in General Students

   Let me make something crystal clear: employers may only ask about CONVICTIONS, not arrests (usually). I have yet to see an employer (or a BON) that asks about ARRESTS. The only entities I am aware of which require disclosure of arrests are state bar ...

10. Expungement

    targa replied to enerbime's topic in General Students

    My advice is always to disclose. An application for a nursing license is made under penalty of perjury. As I've demonstrated in a prior post, some states REQUIRE disclosure of conviction information, even if expunged. If you lie and state "No", that ...

11. BSN vs ADN Education?????

    targa replied to Traumatized's topic in General Nursing

    The Aiken article has been thoroughly vetted... it is a watershed. I think the bottom line is................. that BSN nurses are better prepared to think critically, a process which improves patient outcome. The writing is on the wall... and sooner...

12. Expungement

    targa replied to enerbime's topic in General Students

    Well, you're lucky that Michigan apparently doesn't give a damn. Check out the following "Frequently Asked Question" from the California BON for RNs, found at this link: http://www.rn.ca.gov/lic/lic-dispinfo.htm "1. What convictions or license discip...

13. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    targa replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Just a note about a couple of things: 1. True random drug tests are computer-generated; the names are chosen by a complex computer algorithm. If a unit manager gets info from an outside source that a nurse might be doing drugs off-premises, she has 2...

14. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    targa replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    What an interesting thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=112202 Hmmm....

15. Nurse doing cocaine HELP

    targa replied to llgrn1987's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and if you'll read one of my prior posts, my own suggestion was that the OP contact the unit manager of miss coke-head, and suggest that she keep an eye out for unusual behavior or declining performance, WITHOUT naming names. A complaint to the ...