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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    National accreditation is indeed recognized by the Feds/DOE, but it is, in general, not recognized by a regionally accredited school - which in essence makes the degree worthless as currently over...
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    Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    carolinapooh replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    Childhood cancer is, in reality, pretty rare. Yet we saw cases of it at Duke all the time. Hundreds of them. I'd go as far as to say thousands over the course of several years. Know why? We had a...
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    Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Hey - whatever it
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    I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    carolinapooh replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    But you have to qualify to get into UT first. $9K doesn't mean much if you don't qualify. What the person said was this person owes a fortune for her LPN to ADN degree, not that she's working as an...
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    I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    carolinapooh replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you - but $275 per credit hour over eight semesters (assuming an ADN took that long) at 12 hours per semester is STILL less than $30K ($26,400). And there's no way an ADN would take eight...
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    i need help

    carolinapooh replied to nessdee's topic in General Nursing

    I think the BON is the only place that can help
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    Dating while in nursing school?

    carolinapooh replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    She doesn't like you. She's not interested in you. She was never interested in you. She tried multiple times to tell you that without flat out saying I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU ROMANTICALLY, PLEASE. Her...
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    Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    carolinapooh replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Respect should be given unconditionally - although once lost it's hard to get back. Treating one another like crap does nothing for the one central player: THE
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    Student Nurse HIPPA Violation

    carolinapooh replied to MN17's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That might explain the cutting and pasting mentioned by the instructor - do so without PHI. We used to do that all the time - without IDing information, however. Without ID it's just a bunch of lab...
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    Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    carolinapooh replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct on both counts. And yes, I acknowledge my own remark above.
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    How to Be Good to my Nurses?

    carolinapooh replied to TellYourGFThanks's topic in General Nursing

    The one thing that used to frustrate me was refusing to help. I worked inpatient oncology at a major cancer center. We gave lots of blood products, lots of chemo, lots of meds. It used to infuriate me...
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    And things were far different then. Comparing readily available information in 1968 to 2016 is the very definition of apples to oranges. The Higher Education Act creating the DOE wasn't even passed...
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    Any information site you visit that answers the question "so you want to go to nursing school?" emphasizes the importance - the NECESSITY - of a school being accredited and what agencies you need to...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure there are gaping holes in my legalese....LOL I'm not a lawyer. :) I just do what I'm advised to
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    No, that's not what I said. And inside the military works a bit differently.] The whole clinic was named in the lawsuit (which was eventually dropped due to a lack of an actual case). JAG backs the...
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    Finally got malpractice insurance.

    carolinapooh replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to tell you, but my friend is an ex JAG. Already been down that road. He completely disagrees. This isn't a military lawsuit I'm talking about. I'm talking about civilians suing - since active...
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    Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    carolinapooh replied to Maple2016's topic in Nursing News

    Add to that the fact that the population is NOT getting younger - we're getting older, with fewer of us having fewer children leaving fewer people to "replace" others, if you get what I
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    I would agree - but if the program isn't accredited - that is, in my opinion, the fault of the student. The rest of the blame lies with DOE for allowing that dump to continue to exist. Yes, I say...
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    I don't want to offend people from a couple of
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    Best way to avoid bedside care?

    carolinapooh replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Having spent two years in what I laughingly (very tongue-in-cheek!) call "t-con hell", I don't know how anyone can do telehealth without a clinical background, whether that's bedside or straight...
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    carolinapooh replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure I'll get flamed, but we don't get extra time to do this sort of stuff in the military, and I'm expected to fulfill that obligation just as I am everything else I'm supposed to be doing. I...
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    Some things never change

    carolinapooh replied to Windchaser22's topic in School

    The FDA recently admitted that medications have a longer shelf life than what the label says. No surprises there. The expiration date on a dispensed med signifies the expiration date of the Rx, not...
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    Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    carolinapooh replied to Maple2016's topic in Nursing News

    Five years ago they predicted a SHORTAGE of nurses in the same time frame. Pursue what you love. None of us is qualified to make job availability forecasts - and neither is the press. A lot can change...
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    University of Phoenix CEO quits

    carolinapooh replied to Mavrick's topic in Nursing News

    Not true (unfortunately) and it wasn't true in February when this post was originally written. They were reinstated in January of 2016 by the DOD. Pentagon lifts University of Phoenix military...
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    ITT Tech closing ALL schools nationwide

    carolinapooh replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    My sincere hope is that more of these types of schools will bite the dust. I do feel bad for the students - but researching schools is super easy these days, and anyone should be doing that before...