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  1. International Day of Solidarity with Denmark!!!

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    Hi again Elkpark, Thank you for your reply. There used to be a time when the words rhetoric and polemic had good connotations, i.e., thoughtful, articulate, persuation or dialogue. This is what the...

  2. Looking to move to Reno area

    1Tulip replied to audbuma's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Washoe Medical Center and St. Mary's are the main players in town. Rumors are that Mary's is having serious fiscal problems and their census is not good. Also rumor has it that they are making...

  3. Chart Checks

    1Tulip replied to BowlerRN's topic in General Nursing

    In our urban hospital, a nurse takes care of any order that comes along and sees that it's carried out. Doesn't need anyone to look over his/her shoulder. But each shift is also responsible for...

  4. International Day of Solidarity with Denmark!!!

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks for your reply, Elkpark. I feel so strongly about this free speech issue and may I say, God bless the ACLU and anyone else that comes to freedom's defense. Let me try to give some serious...

  5. International Day of Solidarity with Denmark!!!

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    I was hoping to encourage any Danish nurses who might find their way to this site. Perhaps the discussion would actually be seen by more Danes if it were in Current Events, but I s'pose we can let...

  6. International Day of Solidarity with Denmark!!!

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in International Nursing

    I remember having to run a pretty angry gauntlet of protesters to see "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "Dogma" when they came out ... And you can't pick up a newspaper any more without reading a...

  7. Needing Info on Neuro Breath

    1Tulip replied to topkat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    While we're tallking about this... I would like to pick your minds a bit. I'd appreciate your feedback. I went to a poster session put on by an ICU CNS on VAP. She and I agreed on the importance of...

  8. Community College Instructor's Qualifications?

    1Tulip replied to missninaRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just a reflection here, but I think the Community College system was a genious idea. Don't know what policy wonk thought it up, but it has really become an engine for upward mobility that is...

  9. Having an asthma attack. Feel XXXXXX. Mind if I have a pity-party?

    1Tulip posted a topic in Pulmonary

    I got this pissy little virus on Sunday. A little fever, fatigue, sore throat. It went away by Monday afternoon. Even went to work Tues. But... wham... by that evening I could tell I was getting...

  10. Having an asthma attack. Feel XXXXXX. Mind if I have a pity-party?

    1Tulip replied to 1Tulip's topic in Pulmonary

    Thanks you guys, I am feeling better today. I knew it just would take some hours for the meds to kick in. I mean, I knew this... got all this head knowledge, and still, when you are dyspneic, you...

  11. Is it asthma?

    1Tulip replied to Jess79's topic in Pulmonary

    Hi I find myself on your forum because I am really sick with asthma today. About Arizona... I had heard what GrannyNurse said. When you move, you definately do encounter new antigens. However,...

  12. Community College Instructor's Qualifications?

    1Tulip replied to missninaRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Misjen: This is a state by state thing. The Oklahoma State Board of Nursing determines who gets to take the N-CLEX... which is almost always those who have graduated from accredited Schools of...

  13. Needing Info on Neuro Breath

    1Tulip replied to topkat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You might be right TNN. But unless you have some data or a reference, I'm putting my money on the usual causes of bad-mouth-syndrome in pts (intubated or not) who can't clear their own secretions....

  14. Should a 'old dog' change?

    1Tulip replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going back after 15 years away from the bedside. Getting LOTS of inservice and classes (needed the CEU's anyway and the hospital PAYS me to attend. It's great. Physically I'm keeping up with...

  15. Military Nurses: What do you think of Bush and the war?

    1Tulip replied to baby_gurl0604's topic in Government, Military

    Am a Navy Nurse Corps veteran of Vietnam vintage. My recollection is that we were very limited by the uniform in terms of how political we could be. For instance, with the blue officer's sticker on...

  16. Health Care Administrators w/o BSNs or MSNs

    1Tulip replied to SummerGarden's topic in Nursing Career

    I think RN's who have other appropriate credentials and proven ability can move into some management positions (I'm guessing you have an MBA. Yes?) Having said this, you need to think about walking...

  17. Nurse Retention..........

    1Tulip replied to CardioTrans's topic in General Nursing

    I'm back at the bedside after 15 years away and I think I'm working with the best group of nurses in the state. The work is hard but honorable. The pay is adequate (I think when nurses make what...

  18. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

    1Tulip replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

    I've just heard that the N-CLEX pass-rate at the University program here (one to which I'm applying for a faculty position) is only 60%!!! Not good. They're obviously doing something badly. But this...

  19. The Introverted Folks

    1Tulip replied to narcissistic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A lot of shyness has to do with an over-concern about what people think about you. You have to get over this. Why should you really care about the opinions of those you'll probably never meet again?...

  20. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

    1Tulip replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

    Bala, you're right. It is different than general eduacation classes. But on the other hand, no one ever died because they diagramed a sentance incorrectly. No one has yet been killed because they...

  21. Aching legs and feet... Advice?

    1Tulip replied to StudentC's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A couple of things come to mind: When I was younger and working 8 hour shifts, my feet, legs and back would be killing me at the end of a shift. After a 15 year lay-off, I'm now doing 12 hour shifts...

  22. School's hidden agenda, "NCLEX pass rate: Weed out students who will not pass"

    1Tulip replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Students

    Dear Bala: I don't want to sound uppity or unsympathetic, but why is this a bad thing? When there is such competition for admissions to nursing school, why should "under-performers" be kept on

  23. Are You A Type "a" Nurse Or Type "b"

    1Tulip replied to kellbell1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a thorough-going, undiluted type A. But I've learned I can get things done faster if I smile a bit, converse a little and keep my patients, their families and my co-workers

  24. "Incidental overtime"

    1Tulip replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in General Nursing

    I believe ClaireMacl is working in the UK and their OT rules are different from ours. Maybe I'm a cynic, but when the admin. puts a nurse in a squeeze like the one described by the OP, I think they...

  25. Doctorate for Advanced Practice Nursing??

    1Tulip replied to bookwormom's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree (in principle) with Sharon about the problem of the MSN. Takes 2-3 years and doesn't cut you any slack when you go for your PhD. My PhD is in one of the biological sciences, and it was...