Cold Stethoscope

What would you propose someone do if they're injured by a volunteer who doesn't have the training to safely turn patients? Just suck it up?

Everyone seems to think that they're millionaires, and will be affected by estate taxes. Americans are nothing if not wishful thinkers. Estate Tax and the Founding Fathers (Economist, Lexington's Notebook, 2010)

If the company is marketing to kids, they should be held liable. The cigarette companies were held liable for doing that. Food and drug regulation in this country is spread over several government agencies. It's incoherent, and therefore, regulation is incoherent. Energy drinks are classified as "dietary supplements," and therefore are not required to list the amount of caffeine they contain, even though the purpose of an energy drink is to induce a pharmacological psychoactive effect. If you don't even know how much caffeine they contain, how do you keep from poisoning yourself?

That regime is highly recommended for all students who would like to succeed, while minimizing cardiovascular risk.

Alcohol + stimulants is a very dangerous combination, which is why Four Loko and other similar drinks in their original formulation were banned in the U.S. They were being marketed to young people, and were very popular on college campuses, and their use led to a lot of alcohol poisoning incidents. * * * * Pediatricians Warn of Energy Drink Risks (Food Safety News, 18 Feb. 2011) If you click on the link to the research paper cited in the FSN article, it will download as a PDF.

Uh-oh. :) I have no statistics, but I think that, in general, people are less apt to bully a man than a woman in most cultures.

Study the ATI book carefully. Regarding the science part, review mitosis and meiosis. Brush up on chemistry — make sure you understand the periodic table and bond types. Try to get a reasonable amount of sleep in the days before the test. I didn't do the ATI on-line tests (the ones you have to purchase), but some people highly recommend them.

There is virtually no way you won't be accepted into both tracks with that GPA (I assume that's your science pre-req GPA) and that TEAS-V score. They are both very good. There is not much room for "meant to be" in MDC's ADN admissions. It's a matter of your science pre-req GPA, your TEAS-V score (60%), and passing your background test, drug tests, and health exam. If your competetive score (40% science GPA + 60% TEAS-V score) exceeds the cutoff, then you are in. You are in the running until classes start, as people turn down seats, which are then offered to the next ones on the list.

So I think you're saying that, for a highly experienced nurse, a BSN offers virtually nothing over an ADN regarding one's practice, but someone with no experience might derive some benefits from the extra courses (and at least in some cases, more hours of preceptorship), and in any case, will help you land a job in many markets. I can agree with that. :)

* * * * It seems pretty clear that you're stating that states don't license facilities. How else could that be interpreted? ScottE corrected your statement. He was right. You meant to say, The state give you your nursing license; the facility does not. You left your modifier dangling.

The contradiction is between "I agree that the new standard should be entry BSN," and, "I recommend that you get a BSN at the start of your career because it will facilitate your job search, even though a BSN adds no real value to your practice."

If Medicare is starved of funding, it will "crash." If it's not, then it won't.

I sense a contradiction. Whether a BSN is justified or not, I think very few nurses at any level of education think that experienced ADNs should lose their jobs for lack of a BSN. The MBAs who make the staffing decisions are the ones who need to hear these arguments, but I doubt that many of them are reading this thread. Then there's the magnet status issue....

You seem to think that all your tax money goes to health insurance. It's simply not true. At the end of the day, what matters is how much it costs in total, and the quality of the service (i.e., the value). You don't like paying for the Canadian social safety net? Fine. The bottom line is that Canadian healthcare, while not the standard of perfection in the world, is much less expensive per capita than American healthcare (though it's not as efficient as the systems in Europe), and it provides, on the average, better outcomes. And guess who pays for all those people who show up at the emergency room without insurance, as you will if you have an accident or an acute episode of an undiagnosed illness. Do you think you're invincible because you're young and healthy? Right, because there is zero probability that you'll have an acute attack of something, or that you'll have a serious accident, etc. Is that expression misogynistic or homophobic? Or both? I don't wear panties. Lady, you brought up the topic. Canadian insurance companies provide expat coverage. I don't know what it costs, but it's something to think about. Does your daughter have health insurance? If you get really sick, guess who pays, if your Canadian coverage is lapsed?

This is generally not true, for the reasons RNsRWe points out. The deceased is not able to defend his wishes, and there's little risk of litigation in following the wishes of the family.