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  1. RN & MBA Anyone out there or anyone have an opinion??

    Ginger35 replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Hi PursONality, I like the name....Anyways, I'm an RN that is attending an MBA cirriculum with a health care specialization. I think it will open doors for you. Most of the nurse managers that I have...

  2. Ummm..not sure how to ask this but who has experience "digging out" a patient?

    Ginger35 replied to LucyLu's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you want them to bear down if they are a cardiac patient. In the ER we get a few of these now and then. They are quite memorable experiences. Normally, we need a docs order to...

  3. Career change: Lawyer to CRNA.

    Ginger35 replied to Riptide McGee's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Well, you would need to obtain a BSN and then atleast 1 year of critical care (ICU, SICU, MICU, CCU) experience before they would consider anyone. Atleast, that is my impression. One big question...

  4. Do you check for contacts?

    Ginger35 replied to Pumpkin1621's topic in Emergency

    Usually, if a patient was brought to me in a bad car accident, unconscious, but "stable" - upon looking at the pupils for PERL, I would attempt to take out the contacts if I had the chance to. I wear...

  5. Need a Manager's Insights - Career Advice

    Ginger35 replied to Ginger35's topic in Nurse Management

    Thank-you JoyceMarr, Here in the Indiana - Ohio area, I have seen the progression to management. Many who did not have the "mgt" experience but promoted from within. Though, I do see your point here...

  6. Management on Decline?

    Ginger35 replied to MikeyJ's topic in Nurse Management

    Well, I can say that I don't fit the sterotype.....Fortunately - but unfortunately depending on how you view it. I'm female, 37 yrs old, married, no children. I'll be graduating with an MBA this June....

  7. Mba

    Ginger35 replied to wincha's topic in General Nursing

    Hummm, Well, many hospitals and other facilities around Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan are pushing for health care practitioners such as nurses to obtain a masters in management or masters in business...

  8. Mba

    Ginger35 replied to wincha's topic in General Nursing

    wincha, You will not need to take accounting, stats & econ prior to entering the program. But it will make your life much easier being acquainted. My program is considered full time. I am not...

  9. Mba

    Ginger35 replied to wincha's topic in General Nursing

    wincha, I graduated in 1996 with a BSN - then returned to school for the MBA in 2005. So I was out of school for 9 - 10 years. The school that I am attending did not require the GMAT. The only...

  10. Mba

    Ginger35 replied to wincha's topic in General Nursing

    I will graduate soon (this June) with an MBA specializing in health care. Do you have any specific questions in particular in regards to this cirriculum? Which company does your friend work

  11. Need a Manager's Insights - Career Advice

    Ginger35 replied to Ginger35's topic in Nurse Management

    llg & TraumaRU - Thank-you so much for your responses and feedback. It is so nice to post on here and get some insights. I know that having the masters in business will definitely help a lot....

  12. Moving to Texas from WV -- what license?

    Ginger35 replied to astralis's topic in General Nursing

    Try this link:

  13. Moving to Texas from WV -- what license?

    Ginger35 replied to astralis's topic in General Nursing

    Every state has a state board of nursing. She needs to contact the Texas State Board of Nursing to get the exact details on how to apply for her nursing licensure in that

  14. Nurse Manager is a Bully

    Ginger35 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds to me that the "manager" needs "managed" by the DON. Nobody is exempt from having oversights or errors. Unfortunately, that is how we learn. Now, if this was a habitual problem for the...

  15. I need encouragement!

    Ginger35 replied to autopsy's topic in General Nursing

    This takes me back a little ways, but I remember how it was. I went for my ADN first. The 1st and 2nd quarters were just hard. I wanted to cry just about every day and quit every other day. Just do...

  16. Wine Debate

    Ginger35 replied to TiggerBelly's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay, I remember a rare occasion when a patient was allowed to drink beer in the hospital while recovering from some sort of orthopedic injury. Anyways, the hospital pharmacy dispensed the beer that...

  17. Someone please calm me down. (I took the NCLEX today)

    Ginger35 replied to LilPeanut's topic in General Nursing

    Even with the 2 day written exams - (4 exams total) - You didn't know if you passed or failed.....Atleast that was how it was back in

  18. critical thinking paper

    Ginger35 replied to mcns's topic in General Nursing

    Also issues with pain management and those that are narcotic

  19. forced vaccines

    Ginger35 replied to crissrn27's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You can't take it if you have an allergy to eggs. Nonetheless, it appears to me that they are taking away your right as an employee health type of patient to refuse

  20. I need help with a question.

    Ginger35 replied to missyhart's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I believe that most communities have what the call an ombudsman for the elderly - I think the county's dept on Aging and In Home Services (they over see nursing home placement) would have the contact...

  21. I hate to write!

    Ginger35 replied to Inquisitive one's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of know what you are saying here. I remember when I was just beginning as a new grad - it was like I couldn't figure out what all to put in the nurses notes - then the next night, a nurse from...

  22. searching for ER myths!!

    Ginger35 replied to phiposurde's topic in Emergency

    Don't say the word "quiet" - you will anger the "trauma gods" Sometimes, we lay out an amp of lido near the bedside and or wave it around to ward off "evil spirits". Any downtime is the "lull before...

  23. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

    Ginger35 replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I can only look at my experiences with the nursing profession and the answer would be NO!!! There are plenty of other professions out there that get more respect, are not exposed to diseases, do not...

  24. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    Ginger35 replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Mshellfinch, I could not have said it better myself. We are a profession, yet there are those that tend to do things to undermine and degrade us as nurses and a profession. Many physicians argue...

  25. nursing shortage

    Ginger35 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that there is a nursing shortage - however, not a shortage of nurses.......What I mean by that there is a shortage of nurses willing and able to work as a nurse. Quite frankly, when I...