RNsRWe ASN, RN

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    Should I be upset?

    RNsRWe replied to Rags2Riches RN's topic in General Nursing

    Should you be upset? No, not really....you could have been rejected for any number of reasons; in this case, you just had an idea what they might be before you left the building. People often leave...
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    Should I be upset?

    RNsRWe replied to Rags2Riches RN's topic in General Nursing

    I smiled when I read this because, having lived in rural areas a number of times, I've had to drive twice that distance for the actual job--five days per week. I now drive a half hour one way, and it...
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    Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    RNsRWe replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I once had an instructor tell me that any nurse with any real experience who tells you she/he hasn't ever made a med error is either lying or too stupid to know the difference! I've seen the...
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    Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    RNsRWe replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if you're thinking of Graduate Nurse (GN), rather than General Nurse? I am unaware of any such term....but a Graduate Nurse is one who has graduated from nursing school but is as yet...
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    Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    RNsRWe replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    That would be me, telling you I found the idea you presented and asked for public critiquing to be, well....a stupid one. I didn't call YOU stupid. Misguided, perhaps, but not stupid. When you ask...
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    PRN pay vs. full time pay?

    RNsRWe replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    PRN pay around here is a LEETTLE bit more than normal wages; they don't get bennies and obviously not much of a financial incentive, but the big 'pro' is that they choose when they want to work, how...
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    Let RN license lapse to get out of "Old" new grad rut?

    RNsRWe replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    "wacky" wouldn't be the word I'd go for....."crazy" is more like it. "Stupid" comes to mind, too. How are you any less an "old grad" by putting your license's status in jeopardy in this manner? You...
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    Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

    RNsRWe replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Odd. I work in a facility with two nurse practitioners. We don't really work together but we do interact because we share different aspects of the same patients from time to time.....anyway, they...
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    Nursing is better than what is out THERE. What do you think?

    RNsRWe replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Nope, this cartoon missed the mark. Perhaps if the waitress was saying "Guess I didn't have to leave my nursing job to get away from people like you....you're everywhere!". That might
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    Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

    RNsRWe replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. If a nurse practitioner doesn't call herself a nurse practitioner, what does she say? I would assume, perhaps "nurse". But you say they WON'T use the word...
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    Shocked by facial piercings at work

    RNsRWe replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It was my knee-jerk reaction to the post.....automatically thought it was speaking of the actress, not that it was a newly-coined term for a piece of metal stuck to one's face! Learn something new...
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    Hospital Romances

    RNsRWe replied to 2bnursejacksonrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read the first post in this thread and thought it was a joke. Sadly, it appears it isn't! And this came to life after being buried for 3.5 years...?? Yes, Virginia, hospitals are just like they...
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    Possibly switching my major to nursing..NEED ADVICE PLEASE!

    RNsRWe replied to PRWeav's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you choose nursing, you can expect to study nights, weekends and holidays while in school. Then you will work the floor for a number of years to gain the experience necessary to apply for NP...
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    Going back to School - RN, NP, or PA?

    RNsRWe replied to MatieB's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The "quickest" way to become either an NP or a PA is not open to you as your grades were poor for your prior degree. You will need to take prerequisite courses in order to be eligible to apply...
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    Which JC class will look best?

    RNsRWe replied to MadisonLynn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good to know, I didn't realize. Then again, it's been a loooonnngg time since I knew much about those requirements...it was a 100-hour course at the fire
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    Which JC class will look best?

    RNsRWe replied to MadisonLynn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    EMS for college credits? Haven't heard that. Usually the certification for an EMT is just that, certification but not credits. Anyway, it's the way I'd go over medical terminology: that's the kind...
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    Letters of recommendation.

    RNsRWe replied to SuzieVN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not only can the letter not be verified, if her story is known, her recommendation might not bear the weight you'd wish. Put it away; it's not for your
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    What do you do?

    RNsRWe replied to texasmum's topic in General Nursing

    I worked night shift for years, and was taken by surprise at the number of people talking about having nothing to do! "Down time"--meaning time that wasn't spent running after lights, giving endless...
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    To much time wasted on classes that have nothing to do with Nursing!!!

    RNsRWe replied to Mschwab316's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well, yes you do, actually. The work you did as a medic is not the same as the work you will, one day, be doing as a nurse. Your opening post was storming about how non-nursing classes "suck" and you...
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    Forced out of job as MA

    RNsRWe replied to PaulKrumrei's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In reading through this thread, I was thinking through ways to tell the OP what I am thinking without offending. And I'll do my best, but perhaps will annoy anyway. Paul, as the husband of the person...
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    Infection Control CEU's?

    RNsRWe posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I seem to be running out of courses to take...have to keep up a "continuing education program" for accreditation and so every couple of months I hunt up an online course. I've exhausted MRSA, SARs,...
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    Is it illegal to say you're a med student if you are not in medical school?

    RNsRWe replied to psu_213's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    too funny!! He sounds like an orderly I used to work with who frequently commented on how he was "just a few credits short" of a nursing degree. Never mind the fact that he never completed the...
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    Is it illegal to say you're a med student if you are not in medical school?

    RNsRWe replied to psu_213's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Reminds me of the patient in our endoscopy facility who wanted her boyfriend to observe the procedure "because he's in medical school and would find it interesting". Ok, I'm sure he'd find it...
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    "When i fire a nurse I am doing her a favor"

    RNsRWe replied to hope3456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My thought is that there's some ex-employees out there who would rather her not do them any more
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    Family Members Who Exaggerate the Situation

    RNsRWe replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing Humor

    On occasion my admissions question of "would you like a visit from a member of the clergy?" would be met with "do you really think I'm going to need it?!"