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At the end of the day, the courses are pass/fail. If you achieve a grade above the minimum requirement, you've passed.; if you don't, you've failed. The only thing that pass/fail affects is your overall GPA. Many nursing schools cannot change their grading system without it affecting their accreditation (which would potentially impact your ability to get your licence). Also, if you plan to go on to graduate school, GPA matters; pass/fail may affect your ability to get into graduate school.... Stay safe!

Hi all, So, I'm full time faculty and recently found out I'm pregnant (yay!), due the end of November. When did you tell your dean/director that you are expecting? I'm thinking that I might be able to make it to the end of the fall semester before I need to leave, but I know that anything can happen. I would love to take a full 12 weeks off after the birth, but that would put me back in the classroom around the middle of February. Did your institutions work with you? Did you have to take a leave of absence for the entire semester? Thanks all!

I have a Master of Public Administration.

I never did...opens you up to much liability. There are nursing interventions that you can use as a stop gap until you can get an official order. If it's a life-threatening event and you need immediate orders, that's why we have rapid-responses and codes.

I strongly encourage you to *not* do this. You will most likely make some waves for yourself in your school that you don't want to have to surf. It's difficult to find clinical placements for students and a student calling to find out why they can't attend a clinical at the hospital or trying to find an alternate site will not be looked upon fondly. Many students have to travel far for their clinicals, it's the nature of the beast sometimes. However, I don't condone what the hospitals are doing to you by denying you an educational experience due to your gender. That's definitely something to report to the BON.

You may want to change your username if that is your real name...

Why should the sitter have to be exposed to their carcinogenic smoke?

Are you 100% sure that there wasn't additional assigned readings that were not in the textbook? Or that the instructor didn't mention it during lecture?

I'm also interested in learning more.

I'm *still* writing my dissertation...this has proven to be an exercise in patience...lol

My thoughts as well...what are you going to do when she gets disciplined, or denied her choice of specialty/schedule/vacation at work? There's no reason you still can't be her biggest supporter/confidant, but it's time for her to fight her own battles...

I always hated having my stethoscope round my neck, so I carried it in the cargo pocket of my scrub pants. Of course, this required me to ut only scrub pants with a cargo pocket...

I've always wondered how expensive having a horse is, can you tell me how much your horse costs or would the number be skewed as yours is a very high horse?

Question for all the school nurses: for those of you that need to go with the students requiring a med, does that leave the rest of your student population without a healthcare professional to administer their meds?

When I was still working in acute care, we needed provider orders to access a port. That was not considered to be within the scope of nursing judgment.

What if they aren’t?? Then they don't deserve the money that motivated them to get the license in the first place...that's a self-correcting problem.

Why would she?

Hi and congrats on your progress for your MSN! I'm currently writing my dissertation for my PhD and can speak to some of your questions. I didn't find the course work to be much different from my Master's courses, just a lot more writing and statistics. The faculty at my school are supportive and if you put in a good effort, will more than meet you half way. I have had the opportunity to conduct research and publish with them. The coursework took me three years (full time) and it looks as though my dissertation will take about 18 months to complete. Some of that is because I got lazy this semester and procrastinated writing my proposal...so that's all on me. Your dissertation research design, motivation levels, and work requirements will dictate how long it takes you to finish. I have a chance to do a post-doc at a well know school of nursing/research center, so I am excited for that! I hope to work as a researcher when all is said and done. Best of luck to you, what ever you choose to do!

Thanks, but I didn't say it! Twas someone named Meggy Doodle, she said it quite eloquently!

I didn't write this, so I can't take credit for it... I had a major epiphany today. Some of you aren’t going to like this, but it’s flu season so here we gooooo ??‍♀️... I think that people who don’t want to vaccinate should have the freedom to do so. If they think that “Big pharma” is just trying to turn a profit or poison us all... they should be allowed to believe that. But the caveat to that is this: Then they should NOT go to the doctor or the hospital when they get sick, looking for treatment. That’s right. And here’s why: Big pharma makes those antibiotics we are going to pump you full of when you are about to die from sepsis. The steroids and epi we might give you to save your life from your anaphylaxis? Yep, big pharma is behind that too. That inhaler you need to treat your kids asthma? Better pass on that as well, because... you guessed it... brought to you by Big P. Having a heart attack? Better break out your essential oils and get your affairs in order, because the only thing we have to offer you is medicine and procedures brought to you by the very same people who are responsible for those vaccines you insist are evil. Having a massive stroke? Can’t talk or move half your body? Well no TPA for you. Even though it could potentially reverse every symptom of your stroke in minutes...Because big pharma is making a killing on that stuff.. I think it’s like $25k a pop. And when you get diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, don’t even think about chemo.... Code Blue?? Don’t expect us to crack open the crash cart! It’s just stocked full of meds we need to get your heart beating again. Where do you think they come from? I think you get the picture. Stop being so naive. Everything has risks. Everything has side effects. Medicine is not perfect. We advocate for vaccinating your children and yourself because science has PROVEN its the most effective method of controlling the spread of disease and giving you and everyone around you the best chance of NOT DYING from something preventable. Believe me when I say that not vaccinating yourself or your children because you believe that big pharma only cares about profit or that the scientific medical community has been duped, is 100% insanity. I personally take offense to anyone who implies that medical professionals, like myself, would ever administer anything to anyone, especially a child, that would intentionally harm them. I take even more offense to anyone that would imply that a college educated professional, like myself, is incapable of “doing the research.” People always fire back with something like, “well if you are vaccinated, why do you care that I’m not? If you are so sure your vaccines work, It’s not like you can catch it.” You are 100% right. I will probably be just fine. It’s my newborn baby who is too young to be vaccinated that I’m worried about, it’s my friend who is going through chemo, it’s a neighbor that is immune compromised, it’s my cousin who is allergic and can’t receive the vaccine. Yes, we tell you to get vaccinated to protect yourself, but it’s so much bigger than that. Vaccinate. Because it’s not just about YOU. Signed -A Registered Nurse -A mother -A college graduate (with a science based degree) - NOT BIG PHARMA

Take a look at what you are spending each month and try to reduce the non-essentials. At 6 months into your first year of nursing, you need your days off/down time to rest and prepare for your next shift...you've got to try to have a good work-life balance. Good luck!

I love this. Thank you for using that euphemism...I will be using it!

I used to ask families how much they wanted to know...and then provide that information in a caring, compassionate way. It allowed them to have some control over an uncontrollable situation. Look up mindful listening...there's quite a bit on that topic. Practice the techniques because it can be hard to simply listen...we often want to jump in and say something(anything) when the family/patient just need us to hold the space for them. Kudos to you to looking to improve your practice...I'm sure you're doing fine and will continue to provide compassionate care!

I agree...I had a similar experience as a new grad. Started at a Magnet hospital, hated the culture and went to a smaller community hospital that was much more welcoming to new grads.