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  1. Why Do Nurses Quit?

    I am a graduate of a Diploma Program from 45 years ago. We started working on the floor the second week of school and had a preceptor who was with us all the time. Out of 101 students who started 71...
  2. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    If you trust the monitor, I hope a lead never falls off. If you get a flat line and the patient is talking to you, are you going to call a code? I hope no. You may think is an exaggeration but...
  3. Other Jobs That a Nurse Can Do?

    I have been a nurse for 42 years and have many types of nursing, including long term care, doctors offices, ICU/CCU, vocational rehab and teaching nurse aides and LPN's. every job has had its...
  4. Lottery for holiday shift?

    I was a charge nurse for many years for scheuduling all three shifts. After Labor day, we would do the schedule for the next three holidays ( thanksgiving, christmas and New Years ( or eve) and after...
  5. I have volunteered at local homeless shelters in the winter, I do not know if you have those in Arizona, but there are always low income sites that need help or head start programs that need...
  6. Concorde

    Pretty sad commentary when someone who is an RN must go to school for 3 years to complete the BSN when someone who has another degree and has completed the prerequisites can sit for boards in one...
  7. Concorde

    I will speak from 2 perspectives. One as a recuiter, I do not look on "FAST" degrees as the same as I do from a university. The Regis grad bought there degree, they did not earn it. If I have a choice...
  8. Just remember: The closer to the patient that you are and the more time you spend with them, the less money you make. We do not value the work that the cna does. Think about the doctor who comes in...