JoseQuinones

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  1. Trump's new Surgeon General . . . a nurse?

    JoseQuinones posted a topic in General Nursing

    So Trump's new Surgeon General is A nurseA military vetA black femaleHas a Ph.D.Worked in nurse researchVery interesting. Thoughts? Acting Surg. General (@Surgeon_General) on Twitter Nurse Replaces...

  2. Why I'm leaving nursing

    JoseQuinones replied to UK nurse88's topic in General Nursing

    This response to the culture shock of real life is a direct result of the self-esteem and safe space atmosphere we have created. Lord help us

  3. Why or why not CRNA?

    JoseQuinones replied to AlrightMike's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Let me share a little nugget of wisdom my wife gave me when I said the same thing to her five years ago. I told her, "I don't want to waste the next four years of my life in school." She said, "You...

  4. Why or why not CRNA?

    JoseQuinones replied to AlrightMike's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    One more thing: I had a windfall $150,000 inheritance come in recently. I used it to buy a place of my own, debt free. Even in the depressed economy of Puerto Rico, it did not buy a luxury apartment....

  5. Why or why not CRNA?

    JoseQuinones replied to AlrightMike's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    AllRightMike, the CRNA role is not a "fast track" to a highly paid career. I wish it were, because it was what drew me into nursing. Along the way, however, I decided to finish my BSN and then go to...

  6. Passed NCLEX on 2nd try - ESL speaker

    JoseQuinones posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good morning everyone, I am pleased to announce that I passed the NCLEX on my second try. This post is for anyone who speaks English as a second language, as I do. Number 1: You can do it. Number...

  7. Getting bored. Recommedations?

    JoseQuinones replied to Yitong_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I caught that too,

  8. Home births gone wrong

    JoseQuinones replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I swear, the time has come to write a book to blow the lid off this "natural health" movement. I remember in clinical practice a mother who came in with HELLP and was stable, but due to the influence...

  9. Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    JoseQuinones replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who debate this topic need to keep in mind a very simple fact: In all industries that run 24/7, the employees with the least seniority get the graveyard shift. Those industries are expanding...

  10. HELP!! ADN to FNP Program Online

    JoseQuinones replied to GatorMc's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You have got to be

  11. Why Nursing Sucks...

    JoseQuinones replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For me, one of the hardest parts of nursing is listening to nurses yak on about how tough they have it and what heroes we all are for showing up to work at all. We sound like public school teachers...

  12. So overwhelmed!

    JoseQuinones replied to happyinmyheart's topic in General Students

    All due respect, but that is terrible advice. You may get through nursing school by sticking to the PowerPoints, but when you graduate you will swifly come to see how much content you need to catch up...

  13. What is a research paper

    JoseQuinones replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in General Students

    A research paper is a formal piece of writing where you condense the research of several sources into one paper of your own. For example, let's say your topic is the incidence of nosocomial (hospital...

  14. Discrimination Application Question

    JoseQuinones replied to Smill204's topic in General Students

    How about you write about the time a college asked you to write about discrimination you faced so they could weed out anyone white from a normal middle class family. I am a proud black Latino and have...

  15. What things did you need the most as a nursing student?

    JoseQuinones replied to app18's topic in General Students

    Get plenty of

  16. MD to RN?

    JoseQuinones replied to jackshepard's topic in General Nursing

    Dear sir: It sounds to me like you are exhausted, perhaps depressed. At the same time, I find some solace in perceiving that you, unlike many MD's, did not pursue this field for some sort of ego...

  17. Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program

    JoseQuinones replied to Pharaiah's topic in General Nursing

    Those programs should be viewed like scholarships: lovely if you can get in, but nothing to bank on or build plans around. By all means, apply. But your priority and surest route out of debt needs to...

  18. Where'd the Affordable go in the ACA

    JoseQuinones replied to arthurbaird0's topic in General Nursing

    It was a lie from the start. Just like "No Child Left Behind." Politicians are equal opportunity liars, no matter what party they are from. Today Congress ripped up No Child Left Behind. May Obamacare...

  19. MD to RN?

    JoseQuinones replied to jackshepard's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Whatever happened that prevented you from getting a residency? Have you looked into some of the Federal programs that match residents with underserved areas? For example, the HIMA San Pablo...

  20. Overwhelmed by Prerequisites

    JoseQuinones replied to Compassionate22's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is it possible that somewhere in your head there is a nagging voice wondering whether, after all the work of the pre-reqs, you won't get in at all? That could be adding stress due to loss aversion. If...

  21. College books are the biggest scams ever

    JoseQuinones replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am in my last trimester of my BSN program and I have kept every book from every class. Partly because each one is valuable to me and having them helps me remember. And largely because I have this...

  22. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    JoseQuinones replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    You really didn't read what I wrote, did you. Guns are illegal here in Puerto Rico. They are illegal to such an extent that it is practically impossible for anyone outside of law enforcement to...

  23. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    JoseQuinones replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The other night I triaged a young man who had his arm blown clean off with a 50mm round. For reference, that is an anti-aircraft weapon of war. That is African warlord type weaponry. I live on an...

  24. Ana G Mendez University (Miramar)

    JoseQuinones replied to Aida0801's topic in General Students

    Ah, Miramar Florida. That makes more sense :) Best of luck on your

  25. Ana G Mendez University (Miramar)

    JoseQuinones replied to Aida0801's topic in General Students

    First, have you confirmed their national accreditation? As in, from ACEN or CCNE? Check with the bodies themselves, not with the schools, who often play "loosie goosie" with letting students know if...