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  1. Why are magnet hospitals bad?

    golson posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Break this down for me Barney-style, since I'm not even a nursing student yet (I apply after this semester). I have seen a few posters here say that magnet hospitals are a crap place to work. When I...

  2. New CNA has questions for RNs re: trauma-surgical floor

    golson posted a topic in Critical Care

    First off, I wasn't really sure where to post this, since the job I just landed is on a trauma-surgical step down floor. That didn't seem to match any of the specialty boards, so I'll post it here....

  3. New CNA has questions for RNs re: trauma-surgical floor

    golson replied to golson's topic in Critical Care

    Being lucky enough to have co-workers that saw a shift as a team event, rather than a clear division of tasks. Getting introduced to relatively "safe" people with altered mental status helped a bit,...

  4. New CNA has questions for RNs re: trauma-surgical floor

    golson replied to golson's topic in Critical Care

    10 months on and things are going well. I'm bracing myself for the trauma patients to start coming in, since the weather has warmed up. They're a different stripe than my elderly falls and general...

  5. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    I just called Carol about this and she said the dates would be emailed out some time after school starts with orientation dates in October. She also said not to worry about doing the Metro State...

  6. Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    golson replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really glad I haven't had to deal with anything this "feelings" intensive in the civilian workforce yet. The idea that somebody would correct me for toilet seat position (much less hunt me down to do...

  7. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    golson replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I always make it a point to get them to tell me what it is that they need. It took exactly one time for me to go get a nurse so the pt could ask for a cup of water to sear that into my memory. The...

  8. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    golson replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Old ladies that have issues with a guy toileting them or cleaning them up. Its really frustrating. *** am I supposed to do, let them lay in their own $#!% until the RN is done doing RN things?...

  9. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in at

  10. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    #%@! Nothing in the mail

  11. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, seriously, why isn't this handled via email? What takes 6 weeks to figure out? As with most things, there is probably more to it than meets the eye, but all they're doing is verifying that...

  12. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Got the mail. Its not in there. I'm in Blaine, so it's not like it had far to

  13. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Mmm. Morning beers to take the edge off the anxiety. Don't look at me like that, I work nights and I'm still

  14. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I've played it cool, calm, and collected until the last few hours of the wait. Mailman is usually here around

  15. Do you have dreams about your job?

    golson replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I had a dream where I punched one of my patients in the face. Some backstory: they got drunk and wrecked their motorcycle, the only fluid they will now consume is ice cold ginger ale, they've...

  16. Is psych nursing usually this eventful?

    golson posted a topic in Psychiatric

    BH patient was given a syringe by a visitor that he later filled up with his own blood and sprayed that blood at nurses in an escape attempt. He briefly held a visitor against their will. Man, 20,...

  17. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one not sweating this? If you've got the previous cut off scores, you have a pretty good idea if you'll make

  18. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    I put in for ARCC's program only. I had an 11.5 composite, so here's to hoping. One of the advisers there told me that the lowest score accepted for the last two semesters has been in the mid

  19. Perpetuating the Stigma of LTC

    golson replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What are good ratios in LTC? I was led to believe the place I did my CNA clinicals at was pretty good (10:1 CNA, 20:1 RN), but it just wasn't enough to answer call lights, toilet residents, or...

  20. Nursing School Vs Med School, no comparison

    golson replied to MedStudentNotRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    >several replies early in the thread saying don't feed the troll >this is post

  21. CNA Salaries

    golson replied to Sashakay's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Up here in the twin cities, I was offered 11/hr at the LTC I did my CNA clinicals at, but just landed a hospital job for 15.80/hr plus 1.25 shift differential for

  22. What are my options?

    golson replied to chloe247's topic in General Students

    I'm using my post 9-11 GI bill and it is a piece of cake to use. They even have an advisor set aside specifically for vets at the cc I go

  23. Why can't i get a job???? US RN

    golson replied to MKIVSupraRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not a nurse here, but just a general job searching tip: You might want to tailor your resume for each job opening, or at least job type. When I was on the hunt for a defense job a few years ago, I...

  24. What are my options?

    golson replied to chloe247's topic in General Students

    They've already got a bachelor's, so I think they'd just be directed to OCS/OTS. Now that I think about it, they might not be eligible for the GI bill either, if they accepted student loan

  25. What are my options?

    golson replied to chloe247's topic in General Students

    If you're an Army medic (68W), you can pick up an LPN certification as an ASI. If the OP is up in Alamogordo, they're probably a zoomy, though. I'm not sure if they have the same