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    Nearly $5 million will go to train new Arizona nurses

    nursel56 replied to GitanoRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Most of the articles you see in business publications like Bloomberg are based on studies done by David Auerbach, Douglas Staiger, and Peter Buerhaus. They work hand in glove with the AACN and the...
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    Crabs In The Barrel

    nursel56 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    This article explains why we get so many people saying "nobody likes me since I started nursing school" and asking "why has their attitude changed?". It seems to be such a constant foible of human...
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    Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    nursel56 replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    You certainly have every right to choose who you associate with, but alcoholism is a disease. My dad died as a sick, yellow person who started drinking a year out of portacaval shunt surgery. So you...
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    Good Writing Skills Are Essential

    nursel56 replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I put things in quotes and use italics. I think you're only supposed to do one of those. My writing is rife with errant hyphens. Esme - have you seen an entire paragraph with no caps and the only...
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    Please Help - I have no where else to turn

    nursel56 replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Going to respond via
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    When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    nursel56 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sure Oscar does have this uncanny knack. He has the look of an Old Soul in his eyes. We've had several people post about animals that can sense when death is imminent.
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    When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    nursel56 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It wouldn't matter if the Q-word belief meant that nurses might choose superstition over evidence-based practices. You could do a ritual dance one day, and then if the same patient showed up and it...
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    When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    nursel56 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So if you average the combined years of experience of the nurses here who believe there is a "Q word curse" there's a possibility that for all that time they were doing a ritual dance in the room...
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    When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    nursel56 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You're concerned? About what,
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    When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

    nursel56 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a friend who always insisted that "Tuesday is Kook Day" I never really saw that myself, but n-e-v-e-r say the Q
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    Bottom Line

    nursel56 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Private Duty

    The document is signed by the doctor, but the document is generated by an employee of the agency, so if the client chooses to let the non-agency nurse see the chart, it would only be for educational...
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    Bottom Line

    nursel56 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Private Duty

    and i just discovered that "several months ago" post was about this same case, which has been revived. anyway, here is where i found the information if anyone is interested:...
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    Bottom Line

    nursel56 replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Private Duty

    I believe the 485 that is generated by the agency you are not employed by is not considered a legal order for you working in an independent capacity. I looked this up on the BVNPT site several months...
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    Certified Nursing Assistants - The Nurses think we have it so easy.

    nursel56 replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm sorry your unit culture is such that you feel the need to post something like this. I can assure you it isn't always that way. Good nurses appreciate good CNAs. The comparison game is an...
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    An Outsider Looking In: My Student Experience at AA

    nursel56 replied to decembergrad2011's topic in General Students

    [color=#2f4f4f]decembergrad2011 - i understand the vantage point you are taking here (it's not intended to compare the effectiveness of aa vs other treatments). your article was thorough and...
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    Whats the point of a LPN license

    nursel56 replied to FurtureR's topic in General Students

    Why would someone saying they have to do their nursing education in steps because they can't afford to go all the way through a longer and more expensive RN program make you cringe? I think it's a...
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    Whats the point of a LPN license

    nursel56 replied to FurtureR's topic in General Students

    Oh, I don't know. Maybe they just gave up once they heard your erudite assessment of their learning
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    Why is it called "RN to BSN" - not "ADN to BSN"?

    nursel56 replied to mclennan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The best course of action is to explain to your confused friends on a case-by-case basis. Any sort of widespread rule about what is being advertised to a niche market is likely to make things worse....
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    What does this mean?

    nursel56 replied to Elleveein's topic in Home Health

    Caliotter to the rescue! ? I thought it probably meant x per week visits, but I wasn't positive. I have never seen it written quite like that before.
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    A nurse called me a "little pretend nurse!"

    nursel56 replied to Amber628's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    ctmed - I admire your friend for putting up with crap and being able to keep her BSN studies a secret! You're right, as I said on another thread today - if you think if you reach the next rung on the...
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    A nurse called me a "little pretend nurse!"

    nursel56 replied to Amber628's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    It's disappointing to see people making light of the words here. "Little Pretend Nurse", is not just kind of insulting. It's very insulting, and I seriously doubt the nurse who said it is concerned...
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    Who says I can't be happy

    nursel56 replied to mvm2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It is annoying - I would so rather work with a happy person who knows themselves and is motivated by what fulfills them, not the neighbors, Aunt Agnes, or the random person you meet at a social...
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    The Unwritten Laws Nurse Managers Live By

    nursel56 replied to rntj's topic in Nurse Management

    I was very blessed to have good managers in my nursing "formative years". Yes, some were a little harsher than others, but I always knew they had my back, and that was the bedrock of a mutually...
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    What valuable experiences did you take away from Nursing School

    nursel56 replied to mom_coach_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Coming from sort of an artsy background (and realizing my job prospects in that area were next to nil) and maybe also due to my age at the time, I learned that details I decided were not such a big...
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    Good Writing Skills Are Essential

    nursel56 replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Often it is those who are barely literate who use cutesy words or text-speak the most. You end up with a nightmare of plurals gone horribly wrong and highly irritating text, such as "is d tests hard...