FMF Corpsman MSN, RN

FMF CORPSMAN USN, TRUAMA, CCRN

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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Jlm1206, It sounds to me as if you have put together an excellent plan for your nursing education as well as for the months in between classes. I'm willing to bet you will be a superior Nurse once...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I couldn't agree more and I can't help thinking if it were a male dominated profession, how different it would be. I just don't understand why it is that a group of educated women can't set down...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unfortunately, the State is usually going to side with the business interest over that of the employees, as they tend to share a mutual interest. Which was the point of my previous post. The more...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Please, excuse me if my comments offend you, they aren't intended that way. I am certain things are much improved from the way they were many years ago and attitudes have changed significantly for the...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Actually, I beg to differ with you. The State Legislatures could play a pivotal role in the number of students that the indivual schools allow to graduate each year. The State Legislatures would...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not exactly certain where to start, but since you decided to unload on my particular specialty with both barrels, start I will. I'm interested in what exactly you might consider your own...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The only problem with having an internship on nights is that there are far less procedures and therefore less learning opportunities in your average hospitals, then than there are on 3 to 11 and...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It has been lingering in the conversation, but never really said out loud, those Nurses who try to fast track themselves and skip over as many steps as they possibly can, are doing THEMSELVES a grave...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LadyFree28, You almost made that sound as if it was something hard to believe. At any rate, I applaud your efforts to achieve your own goals in your own manner and not allowing roadblocks to be put in...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As I said, I was hopeful I was mistaken as that is a very drastic mistake and one I wish Hospital HR's and even Nursing Agencies and LTC facilities, would learn not to
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm afraid this is turning into a discourse where some of us will simply have to agree to disagree. I will never agree that a new grad should be allowed to cut their teeth in an intensive care unit...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks JanFRN, Nothing will get me more agitated than that phrase and before I retired, I used to go thru long dragged out fights with HR and the Nursing Supr. who were trying to staff my unit with...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Scott I don't know how old you are, but there used to be a saying,"You get out of it, exactly what you put into it." or a similar concept,"You reap what you sow." If you wind up practicing in the...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I couldn't disagree with you more. Perhaps that is true in some facilities, but it is the absolute worst mistake they could make. Hiring only warm bodies instead of the best candidates, they can...
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    New grads being rushed into "nursing maturity"

    FMF Corpsman replied to PA_RN87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree completely. What baffles me is while all of this is going on; some of those same nurses are trying to be assigned to the specialty units. If they aren't yet fully qualified to work on...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    Tewdles, you make a very good point, so far one that hasn't been spelled out quite as well. Each nurse or at least, each specialty needs to develop their own method or nomenclature to utilize when...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    Nice post LadyFree28, it's great to be
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    This will be the last time that I am going to repeat myself, any further inability to comprehend that I didn't make a sweeping generalization about any nurse’s rest fully on the shoulders of the...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    Weeping Angel and any other VA Nurse I may have unintentionally offended. I attempted to stress in my OP, that I certainly wasn't being all-inclusive. I've known some excellent Nurses who worked at VA...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it depends on where you look or
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    WeepingAngel, I'm not quite sure about your response. My critique of VA nurses was not meant to be all-inclusive by any means. I have met some Silent Angels there as well. Those who go through...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    delilas, I'm sorry your husband went through what he did at the hands of an incompetent nurse. It seems to make it all the worse when we know what is going on and are powerless to stop or change it...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    It has really become a problem in our culture today, which many in the field of medicine feel that everyone that comes through the door is drug seeking and unfortunately, they treat everyone that way...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I think we all need to remember is that we are not DEA or any other sworn LEO’s. We are professional nurses here to take the best possible care of our patients. It is our job to determine...
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    The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    FMF Corpsman replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    Pain, whether real or perceived, is PAIN for the patient experiencing it. It doesn't actually matter one way or the other, and should be medicated all the same. Pain, being subjective, I've always...