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Preface: I passed with 75 questions; I really believed I failed when I walked out - as does everyone else. I did the Pearson Vue Trick and got the "good pop-up." A few days later and way sooner than I expected, I see my name on the BON, and I'm jazze...

Many times what you learn in school is different from what the hospital abides nurses to. Hospitals have policy and nurses must follow policy regardless of what your textbook states.

I have a BS in Biology and got a ADN. I am in a ADN-MSN program right now that ladders you to BSN and then you continue on with your MSN. There are a ton of programs out there that offer a MSN if you have an ADN and a bachelor degree; it is meant to ...

This is the solid answer. Whatever the policies and procedures of the hospital are what must be done. You can actually receive disciplinary action for not following policy/procedures even if it aligns with evidence-based practice (e.g., aspirating on...

I'm heavily interested in this aspect of nursing, in so much that I am pondering pursuing a law degree (JD). My question is, how did you get your start? Did you find a law firm and offer your services? Or did it just fall in to your lap?

Straight up - because people's lives are in your hands. If you have any respect for that notion, you will persevere. Thank about the bigger picture.

Most RN-BSN programs actually don't look at your nursing courses (e.g. pharmacology, med/surg, etc.). They look at your undergraduate classes like biology, anatomy, speech, statistics, etc.

What most nursing students do not know is that hospital policy/procedures overrides whatever you are taught in school. Nurses are held responsibility for following policy/procedure of the hospital - not what is in your nursing book. And often times t...

Be engaged and help out with my other patients. The "best" students aren't the ones who are "super-smart." The best students are inquisitive and investigate. I had a student who couldn't answer one question about pharmacology I threw her way and knew...

I won't deny that the cost is horrendous; however, I have known a fair amount of WCU graduates get jobs. E.g., I heard about ten WCU (North Hollywood) graduates are now working at White Memorial in LA. So yes, they do get jobs. But does that mean th...

Per the TOS of this website, we can't "reveal" such information. However, if you go to a Barnes and Noble/Nobel and go to the Nursing section, the Kaplan books about the NCLEX-RN will give you sufficient information about The Decision Tree. If you be...

I suggest you read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It's a novel about self-actualization, not taking what people say at face value, and being your own person regardless of speculation, rumor, and conjecture. I do not believe AllNurses is a good website...

State schools (e.g. CSUs). Go to your state's BRN website, look at accredited RN-BSN programs. WGU is cheap - however, that depends on how long you want to finish it in. The shorter time, the cheaper.

However, if the chart is ever audited (e.g. medical billing office), Omnicell/Pyxis will show the medication removed while the patient MAR will show the medication wasn't given. In general, most hospital stays/medications are pro-rated per clinical p...

Does not matter what drug it was/is. Stealing is stealing. Refer to the Disciplinary Actions portion of your state BRN site and browse people's files (which are public record). Nurses receive actions for stealing medicines like Zofran.

1. ISP - Accelerated College Science Program Courses and Classes, Learn Science in Months Not Years (Whittier, CA) 2. Accelerated BSN or entry-level MSN program. 3. ABSN, look into Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles, CA. ELM, look into CSUDH. Lo...

God is good

Pretty much the same as you. Your peers going to a campus to take the classes don't necessarily have it easier; they just have a live professor telling them what to do, where to go, and how to write whatever they need to turn in. Online classes are i...

Infection Control! It's a huge field that's growing. Our Infection Control RN basically does rounds on all the floors and "audits" (checks out?) the precautions rooms among a billion other things.

And even if this "fire" is real - if people talking "bad" about you is enough to put it out, it was probably never strong enough to begin with. Causing change means moving mountains. If it was as easy as one would think, then changes would happen all...

Yes, but this is the internet after all, and as far as I'm concerned what is "learned, shared, and networked" is often times hearsay with little to no evidence to its veracity.

Please, don't be that guy. You know what I mean. That guy who wanted to start a "White Club" because of all the culture clubs in college.

It's true about anything in life. We as a community should not be responsible for justifying the original poster's life choice in so much that I believe allnurses should include a clause in their TOS banning posts about "should I be a nurse?". Hell,...

I have a degree in biology and I worked in the back of a department store picking up trash all day for $8. I had no problem with it because it was honest, hard work. Don't be so entitled.

If I have to convince you, you have no business being a nurse.