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  1. Critical Thinking Skills as a nurse?

    Works2xs replied to rll28's topic in General Nursing

    What I've noticed about "critical thinking" is that it's a skill most adults have been using in one capacity or another for some time. What throws people is putting putting a name to it. For some...

  2. "Just" a 2-year degree

    Works2xs replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    In my previous career, it was a straight forward assumption that higher education equated to higher pay levels. Yes, there were those who made money out of proportion to thier peers, but that was...

  3. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Works2xs replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    The patient gets their preference regardless of what I think about it. I see that as part of their autonomy. Co-workers and managers, on the other hand, don't have that luxury. When I read about...

  4. "Med-Surg first"..need advice from a student RN

    Works2xs replied to StakRN's topic in Operating Room

    As a new grad, I was faced with the same question. Talking to some of my instructors, there were the 2 obvious opinions. One said that it would be good to have a couple of years of med-surg. She felt...

  5. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Glucosamine

    Works2xs replied to lmillerrn's topic in General Nursing

    Saw info regarding OA and glucosamine, but not RA. Here's a link regarding OA... http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/2006_archives/2006_01_02/2006_01_02_gait.asp The upshot was that the...

  6. Personality Type and Nursing

    Works2xs replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    INTJ here also. These personality sorters look at what your preferences are. Think of it like "handedness." You have 2 hands, but usually prefer to use one more than the other (e.g., left-handed). The...

  7. Turning off the study mode

    Works2xs posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just got word that I passed the NCLEX. Was relaxing with the wife, watching a movie. During the story, a husband and wife have a disagreement regarding what they should do. Of course, the wife wanted...

  8. Help!!

    Works2xs replied to cas4978's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The tough part about the test is that you are bound to miss a good number of questions. If the test was like the "standard" college exam, that would equate to failure. But the way this test works,...

  9. Change title of "Nurse"?

    Works2xs replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm proud to be a nurse. However, I do find it interesting how the profession is growing and attempting to adapt. Like so much in today's world, there are increasing numbers of specialties and layers...

  10. Never understood nursing

    Works2xs replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    For the OP... Without asking you to recount 10 years of experiences, I would like to ask a couple of questions regarding your search for further understanding... It appears as though that the worst of...

  11. Male Nurses/female Patients

    Works2xs replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think the dynamic of how patients react to nurses is well covered. Regardless of what the nurse might think is "right", patients have the right to exercise their own autonomy in whatever form they...

  12. Condition H

    Works2xs replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure why you feel this is pointed directly at the nursing staff. The article also notes that the lead doc on the case figures the problem occurred some 12 hours prior to the administration of the...

  13. Condition H

    Works2xs replied to LaNorteBellaRN's topic in General Nursing

    All this says is that the patient comes first and that they are being empowered to take action when they are concerned instead of blindly trusting that everyone is providing the appropriate level of...

  14. Advice needed on "accelerated nursing programs"

    Works2xs replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure there are programs that are "a bust." However, folks should know that this is a broad brush to be painting a picture of all accelerated programs with. I'm about four weeks away from...

  15. How FAST/what route to RN if u already have other degrees?

    Works2xs replied to FutureTraveler?'s topic in General Nursing

    I'd do a little cost analysis on this. The accelerated BSN program I'm a few weeks from finishing was done in one super-intense year. If I went to the 2 year ADN program that extra year of bringing in...

  16. Soo Many Posts On Criminal Records

    Works2xs replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    I think it basically boils down to this for employers: which is cheaper? Paying for lawyers and repairing image after someone gets hurt/killed as a result of an abusing employee? Or paying for the...

  17. Senior 2 Clinical Selection

    Works2xs replied to Kabin's topic in Operating Room

    Sort of in the same position. Have a fellowship lined up for the OR post graduation this fall. One instructor was trying to persuade me to do a med-surg rotation, thinking that there were experiences...

  18. Breastfeed or else

    Works2xs replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I just love when people get so committed to an ideal situation that anything less than ideal, regardless of how little less, suddenly morphs into "bad". I imagine that living in an area not impacted...

  19. Critique of Study: More BSNs equal better pt outcomes

    Works2xs replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    How about this - education provides a base upon which experience builds. When comparing a 2-year degree with a 4-year degree in the same discipline, the person with the additional education will have...

  20. Critique of Study: More BSNs equal better pt outcomes

    Works2xs replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Zash - it seems to me that we're talking past each other. To me, it appears due to using the same terminology in different ways. I fully accept the possibility that I might be using the terms...

  21. Critique of Study: More BSNs equal better pt outcomes

    Works2xs replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    If you mean would a professional journal ask me to write peer reviews? - Were I the editor, I wouldn't hire me for that role. With respect to doing formal research critiques in the style of a...

  22. Critique of Study: More BSNs equal better pt outcomes

    Works2xs replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    So, because they don't have a 100% data sample the whole study is flawed? Are you serious? Are you suggesting that when a pharmaceutical company tests a product, its results are worthless because they...

  23. Critique of Study: More BSNs equal better pt outcomes

    Works2xs replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    I realize this thread is a bit dated, but after reading it, my curiosity was piqued. So I pulled a copy of the Aiken study to see how the critique stacked up. Here's what I discovered: Academic...

  24. Frustrated with the image of nursing

    Works2xs replied to Missa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why, but it struck me as a laughable irony to think about a book entitled, "Are Men Necessary" in the same breath as a party featuring the reduction of male necessity to a vibrating...

  25. Nursing with a Southern Accent

    Works2xs replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    You lived in the south and were treated badly by some group of people - therefore everyone in the South is a racist? That's right up there with someone getting mugged by an African-American and then...