Tommy5677

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  1. Assault Charge

    Tommy5677 replied to Cmabbott's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    My advice to anyone encountering a situation with police is to DO WHAT THEY TELL YOU. Accidental or not, your resistance led to the assault charge. You will now need to include that every time you...

  2. Help! Masking Wound Smells?

    Tommy5677 replied to seeConnienurse's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    A little Vick's vaporub under the nose with a mask usually does the trick. I think I was told this by an oncology

  3. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not far behind you and graduated in '80. I too could have most any position I wanted until about 10 years ago. Now all the ads are either BSN preferred or required. I remember the days (I'm...

  4. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    But the unfortunate part is that the ADNs have been relegated to nursing homes. Not to take away from nursing homes but there should be more options. If you don't want ADNs in management, fine, but...

  5. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably agree with this but in a different way. I would encourage people to get the ADN, take the NCLEX, get a job, and then enroll in a RN-BSN program. It's likely that in the long run it...

  6. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    It's an

  7. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in total agreement. Many with a BSN who got their ADN first will tell you it's nothing but fluff (community health and research, neither of which is on the NCLEX) There are also many BSNs,...

  8. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    Did you see where post COVID nurse salaries are plummeting? That's how much hospitals and admins think of you. As Boomers continue to age, we are heading for a serious crisis, as if we don't already...

  9. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I just learned how to do a simple algebra calculation for that

  10. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    43 Years ago I received my ASN from a private university. We started with 66 and graduated 32 so yes, there is a weeding out process. Also, when I did the ASN I did the entire thing in 2 years,...

  11. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever you say. I'm apparently not allowed to disagree with

  12. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Finally, a voice of reason. Thank you for your

  13. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    He gave it to the wrong patient and nearly killed

  14. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter because no one will hire her anyway. It's all moot. I never said she should return to any hands on clinical area. There are nonclinical things she can do that require a RN but people...

  15. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that. They could still do case management (believe it or not) and prior authorization. Things that require a RN. What about nursing informatics or something of that nature? Well, for...

  16. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I get it and you're right. I'm just no longer interested in the

  17. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I seem to be the only one here willing to cut her some slack. Even with putting limitations on her practice everyone here seems to have a need to crucify her. Maybe this isn't the right forum to ask...

  18. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    With your line of thinking no nurse would ever have a chance against the BON. I'm certainly glad you're not sitting on one. I would be OK with her screwing up a claim or a work comp case? Are you...

  19. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    At least one nurse here would beg to differ. She believes the research showing better patient outcomes with a BSN where the university providing the research has a BSN program, is valid. Mmm hmm. In...

  20. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Tommy5677 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think that she should have her license reinstated but not fully unencumbered. She should be restricted in the types of work she can do. No clinical. She could do any number of things: case...

  21. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of the ways BSN prepared nurses attempt to belittle ADNs. I did all the above you cite here with an ADN. Yeah, it's called home health care, or HHC which I did for the same company for 7...

  22. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I never did CM but I was a Medicare health coach for BCBS for 11 years with an ADN in the early 2000s. No one ever questioned it. When I moved to the East Coast in '15 Anthem BCBS had an ad for the...

  23. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I should clarify. It's only a bad thing when you have been relegated to it. ADN nurses can rarely find positions anywhere else, including case management. Definitely not school nursing and...

  24. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    When I did Medicare HHC in the 90's I did it with an ADN (I prefer ASN since that's what I have). I was the respiratory lead and traveled all over the city of Las Vegas (outside my territory) because...

  25. Phasing Out ADN?

    Tommy5677 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    The profession of nursing can do whatever it wants or sees fit. I get the BSN thing on several levels but one person referred to getting the RN to BSN as "fluff". It's not right to continue the ADN...