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  1. Is the AA profession gaining ground?

    weirdRN replied to Alpha13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I once read an article where a brand of ketchup did no advertising b/c there was only the standard condiments. In the the interim, salsa makers started advertising. The sales of ketchup plummeted....

  2. Best nursing shoes? recommendations?

    weirdRN replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest that you: Go in the evening after you have been up all day. Your feet will be wider. Choose two pairs and alternate them. Your feet sweat. You want to give your shoes a chance to dry out...

  3. sorry, i have to vent, I am losing my MIND!!!

    weirdRN replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have anything to add. Everyone else already said it, so.... Ditto... what they said.... I read a book called The Surrendered Wife. I really enjoyed the book and even now I sometimes refer...

  4. Makes you wonder about NCLEX boards now

    weirdRN replied to rjflyn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is the company that administers and grades the NCLEX. They are based in INDIA. Last summer when I took my PN boards, I had a heck of time with them. I hate talking to people who do not...

  5. Drop outs or Change of mind

    weirdRN replied to mary777's topic in General Nursing

    I was started in a class of twenty in an "accelerated" group. I was fine until thrid semester in OB/Peds. I had some difficulty with an instructor who kept picking. I would have the book open in my...

  6. Question for LPN's

    weirdRN replied to catluver's topic in Florida Nursing

    Yira, That is a No-brainer. Even with my student loans cost of education junk like that factored in , the RN is better paid. As an LPN in a part-time positon I made 15 an hour As an LPN in a PRN...

  7. Nursing Shortage

    weirdRN replied to olichi's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nursing Shortage, Nursing Education: I will graduate, God willing, in May from an ADN program. I liken nursing school to being struck with a cattle prod at uncertain intervals, and Never when you are...

  8. My New Nurse Wake-Up Call; Shocking Behaviors

    weirdRN replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Alot of my attitude toward Docs and family is dictated by their attitude. However, I am usually the cool one. After having served in the Army for nine years and having dealt with my share of...

  9. Question for LPN's

    weirdRN replied to catluver's topic in Florida Nursing

    Why do you

  10. Question for LPN's

    weirdRN replied to catluver's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was taught in school how to administer IV antibiotics, fluids and electrolytes. I took a course to learn to start peripheral IV's. The nursing home where I work trained me again when I went to work...

  11. Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    And while we are at it... What is the image of nursing today? Who are we? What do we look like? Where are we found? How can I discern another of my sisters or

  12. Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Wow gwenith, That is amazing. So you say that even though the profession has gone to a single entry point, At the Bachelor's Degree level, Nurse still are daily disrespected in general by the larger...

  13. Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Okay, so when we are stating our opinions we will preface our comments that way, so that people know that we are just blandly, with out heat, stating our personal

  14. Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Come on, Be serious and be nice, I won't get an A with out your help. I understand that some obscure academic said that in order for a profession to be a profession that the education had to be at the...

  15. Question for LPN's

    weirdRN replied to catluver's topic in Florida Nursing

    A couple times a shift, If not more

  16. Professional Nurse: BSN VS ADN... need help...

    weirdRN replied to weirdRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Tweety, Thanks for the input. I wasn't looking at the whole issue as "How dare they...!" but "Why do they?" I was looking at it from the stand point that no matter how you are prepared, we all take...

  17. nursing school stress

    weirdRN replied to ostomyrn2b09's topic in General Nursing

    I got right in on my first try to the community college where I am now attending. It was not my first choice though. I applied to WVU Morgantown, WV and got rejected even with a 3.8 b/c I was missing...

  18. Getting Along- The Union Debate

    weirdRN replied to mobilsurgrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know that it is WRONG to sterotype people... but...here I go. I was recently at a luncheon that was not a luncheon... just a group of us students getting out early and having a drink and some...

  19. Phasing out LPN's.

    weirdRN replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  20. Getting Along- The Union Debate

    weirdRN replied to mobilsurgrn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Union vs. non-union.... I am a nursing student. I am in my last semester before I go on for my license. I was recently asked in class to decide whether or not nursing is a profession according to an...

  21. Shoes

    weirdRN replied to blueeyedgoose's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I am looking for the OSHA reg that says we can't wear clogs. I don't like them and I don't think they are safe in our work environment. anyone know about where I can find

  22. Nursing Clinical and Report

    weirdRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I take report, What information should I be writing down? I take report on all the patients that my team has for the shift. How can I make it simple? Currently, I write on a large index card in...

  23. I need help with my NANDA Nursing Diagnoses

    weirdRN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Everyone. I am in the thrid semester of a four semester program. I have OB and Peds this semester and I am really struggling with my NDX. This is my patient. 12 yo Male. Facial trauma, MVA...