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  1. RNs with a Bachelor's in another field

    nurseprnRN replied to TwistaKrista's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I especially appreciate the passion and logic you bring to this discussion. However, there's one very important factor that I haven't seen brought into this iteration. Universities and colleges...

  2. RNs with a Bachelor's in another field

    nurseprnRN replied to TwistaKrista's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Cheung RB, Sloan DM, and Silber JH. Educational levels of hospital nurses and surgical patient mortality. JAMA 290:12, 1617 Surely you aren't suggesting that having a degree...

  3. RNs with a Bachelor's in another field

    nurseprnRN replied to TwistaKrista's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    1) You are, of course, entitled to your opinion to say it ain't so. However, I didn't say it, the Institute of Medicine says it, backed by very well-constructed studies that show it is true that no...

  4. Legal responsibility to perform CPR?

    nurseprnRN replied to smellslikesarah's topic in General Nursing

    The answer is that people can sue anyone for anything, assuming they can find an atty willing to take the case. In such a case as you describe, that's unlikely. If 1) CPR was done to standard taught...

  5. The Story of Jahi Continues

    nurseprnRN replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    You can Google Oakland Children's Hospital for the address and send Attn: PICU. That will get it

  6. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    nurseprnRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Out of acute care, in inpatient rehab. Spring is

  7. I'm in a Quandary

    nurseprnRN replied to Hooligan's topic in General Nursing

    Have each student put it on a back table him/herself, then. Nobody touches anybody else's phone, but the students do not have custody of them during class. And if the students place them in a basket...

  8. Legal responsibility to perform CPR?

    nurseprnRN replied to smellslikesarah's topic in General Nursing

    OLD news. That woman and her family chose this facility precisely because they did NOT want her resuscitated. The facility made it very clear that they did NOT have a code team, did NOT require CPR...

  9. NCLEX Encouragement

    nurseprnRN replied to sjorules's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Have you looked in the NCLEX forum? GO to Students (in the top yellow bar above) and scroll down. And please use your search function to find others in the NCLEX-PN

  10. Repeating the NCLEX after Failing --test anxiety tips please!

    nurseprnRN replied to yogi2015's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There are many threads in the NCLEX forum (under Students) about this. One's about what to do if you've failed more than once, but why

  11. RNs with a Bachelor's in another field

    nurseprnRN replied to TwistaKrista's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You are entitled to your opinion but not to your own set of facts. The studies referred to by the Institute of Medicine specifically controlled for length of time since licensure, type of basic...

  12. The Story of Jahi Continues

    nurseprnRN replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I'd rather not quote her directly without her permission, but she thanked me very warmly for the support I expressed for her staff, of whom she was very proud. At the time I posted their address here,...

  13. Causes of losing your license?

    nurseprnRN replied to Libby1987's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    1) Despite what you've "heard," nurses are very rarely the subject of criminal charges that go to court, or the sole defendant in a malpractice/negligence action. The vast majority of malpractice...

  14. What is the freaking deal with OB?

    nurseprnRN replied to Mavrick's topic in General Students

    When I worked in undergraduate teaching, probably 90% of new students stated they wanted to work in OB/mother-baby/peds when they entered. I always thought it was because they were familiar with...

  15. Therapeutic Communication question

    nurseprnRN replied to pumpkinspice's topic in General Students

    This appears on the top of the Nursing Student Assistance Forum but probably also ought to appear at the top of this one too. It doesn't, though, so I'll give you a pass this time:). "This is the...

  16. heart & kidneys question

    nurseprnRN replied to emileeg's topic in General Students

    Generally speaking, on AN when a student has a homework question, we ask that they tell us what they already know, rather than just asking for an answer they can copy and paste into their assignment....

  17. Just a couple questions...

    nurseprnRN replied to KcDawn's topic in General Students

    Two words: Search function. (up atop the page just below the yellow

  18. I'm being investigated by the BON!

    nurseprnRN replied to daisy_duke's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You'd probably just get her voicemail anyway. :) Seriously, send that note to arrive well before your deadline, and then let any further communication to the BoN or any minion there come only from...

  19. Who establishes the rules

    nurseprnRN replied to quizzical's topic in General Nursing

    There's a difference between "guidelines," which word has a particular meaning in med/legal and clinical settings, and common practices. You apparently seek to have some authoritative (another very...

  20. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    nurseprnRN replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Oh, horsepucky. One of my nurse midwives with my first baby was a guy, and he was great. When I had male students I always asked female patients if they minded having a male student. One of my...

  21. Nursing diagnosis

    nurseprnRN replied to browneyedgirl21's topic in General Students

    I'm looking at the nursing diagnosis for "risk for aspiration (page 381 in the current NANDA-I 2015-2017) and I'm not seeing what you have there. So I don't really know how you came up with that....

  22. Seattle Central Fall 2015

    nurseprnRN replied to StaceyAnn86's topic in School, College Programs

    I taught at SCCC in the 80s and loved the program. It was a tough one, though. We used to say it was like doing a BSN in 2 1/2 years. We put out some seriously good nurses

  23. Who establishes the rules

    nurseprnRN replied to quizzical's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? I just had my annual this afternoon, and they did an EKG, and that's exactly what they did. Surprised

  24. I'm in a Quandary

    nurseprnRN replied to Hooligan's topic in General Nursing

    If this is a required course for some students, or they need to have a minimum grade in it, then you have a whip hand. (Big smile for first day of class) "Who owns a cell phone? Hold them, up...

  25. Who establishes the rules

    nurseprnRN replied to quizzical's topic in General Nursing

    The back-of-the-hand lift also leaves those fingers free in the field. Still wondering about the troll thing. Sex shop thread? Where's