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  1. RN to BSN online

    sayitgirl replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    That's not completely true. They do require your presence for some nursing courses " Nursing 313/314, Nursing 327/328, Nursing 412/413, Nursing 416/417, and Nursing 426/427 have actual clinical...

  2. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    sayitgirl replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    So I guess you really did not need the help to begin with ? Sometimes some help is better than none at all... Kindness to each other please, it goes along way. That same agency nurse may go out and...

  3. RN to BSN online

    sayitgirl replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You cannot get a BSN without taking writing intensive courses and powerpoints. It is part of the process, higher education just does not come that

  4. Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

    sayitgirl replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    Not much information to go on, maybe it is time to change departments. Five years is a long time to be in one

  5. Whats to Enjoy about Nursing?

    sayitgirl replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is probably one of the few occupations that if you get tired of doing one aspect of it you can change and do something else.:roll I love being a nurse, but it is not for everyone. If you do...

  6. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    sayitgirl replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    :roll Nursing puts up with short staffing because a large percentage of the time they are the reason the staffing is short. They chase away the nurses that they hire by "eating their young". And...

  7. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    sayitgirl replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad that there are so many positive interactions with preceptors. My preceptor was wonderful as well. It was the other staff including the manager that were unkind and impatience. Which...

  8. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    sayitgirl replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in different facilities and types of nursing until I unexpectedly found one that was low in workplace violence (also known as bullying). Don't give up nursing just search until you find the...

  9. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    sayitgirl replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I can identify with your comment. I had such a bad experience as a new RN three years ago, that I left hospital nursing permanently. I would never treat anyone as badly as I was treated, I was...

  10. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    sayitgirl replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Why not just go back to school and get your RN? LPNs are by law ancillary staff. That is just the way it is. No pun intended, it is the

  11. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    No I do not think that is the solution, unions can be impartial too. This is all about behavior modification. There needs to be laws in place to protect employees against over zealous

  12. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is nothing more than workplace violence in the raw. And you know what there is no law against it...yet. New Jersey is proposing a workplace violence act C:\Documents and...

  13. Online Science Courses

    sayitgirl replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Chem and Micro you probably will not find online. They are courses that you really should go to on site. Nutriton is not hard to find, maybe even Excelsior

  14. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    These places are not in the minority my

  15. Hey, Managers! What's up with the "weeding out" of good nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think that new nurses should be helped along the way, not shown the door. How soon we forget that we used to be new nurses

  16. Night shift naps

    sayitgirl replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There's nothing new about this

  17. Being a man in the field

    sayitgirl replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It's always good to have a man on the job, women are from Venus and men from Mars. We need the variety, believe

  18. Racism in the workplace

    sayitgirl replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    :monkeydance: Nursing is a second career for me, this will be my thirteen year, third as an RN. And I must say that I have seen many road blocks; obstacles presented simply because I am an African...

  19. RN to BSN online

    sayitgirl replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You can get by without taking Chemisty, but you sure will understand Micro, Pathophysiology....etc. if you take it. All the sciences have a background in chemistry including A&P. Good

  20. Do we HAVE to address docs by "Dr.--"

    sayitgirl replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    They went to medical school, they deserve that honor and

  21. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    Even though there is a difference, in a lot of areas they (MA's, CNA's) make the same amount of money... So I guess get the job you enjoy

  22. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    You know what folks, the bottom line there is a place for all disciplines in the medical field. " A top for every pot". I like the MA's I see when I go to my doctor. I am sure that my patients and...

  23. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    Since they are equivalent why not just close down all the nursing schools and just have

  24. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    :monkeydance: You are multitasked, flexible with many roles. But you know what physicans hire MA's because they can save money hiring them. Why not save

  25. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

    sayitgirl replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

    You are multitasked, flexible with many roles. But you know what physicans hire MA because they can save money hiring them. Why not save