Extra Pickles

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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    I really hope you're right because otherwise my heart breaks for what nursing has become. There will always be heartless freaks but for the most part I think most of us are pretty decent!
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    How to become a RN with a BSN

    Interesting, I didn't know of an AA program that had enough science courses to get someone into a nursing program! I recently saw what a friend's daughter had to do after getting an AA (Associate of...
  3. I just responded to a post of yours on another thread where you talk about this poor fellow drowning in his own secretions and how annoying it was for you and how it was not therapeutic for you. And...
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    Administering Tylenol to a friend

    I thought you had to be joking even if it was a really bad joke because who in their right mind says a patient's death was an annoying situation and not therapeutic for the nurse????? I thought you...
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    Why are some people on here so rude?

    I think I'd have to be going to a translator to find out what it
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    Why are some people on here so rude?

    I have absolutely no idea what the heck this says. Does the NP after your name mean you are a Nurse Practitioner? Is this
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    Thanks for the tip on changing the time zone, it was making me nuts! I have to say this is just becoming weird to me. I thought the point of the thread was the person who started it wondering if...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    My posts look they are five hours later than I'm really posting them. Is this a weird setting I have or is something wrong? What time zone is AllNurses
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    I think it's kind of rude to assume that Smiling Blue Eyes is nasty to his or her patients or is not caring or is even rude because you don't like what she or he said. I think it's really very...
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    Can RN work as MA or LPN?

    You can always apply for the job and they have the choice to hire you (as an RN), but offer you only the amount of money they were willing to pay an LPN or MA to do the job. You'd still be held to RN...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    You would be wrong on that. My employer wants to know about all health conditions, including substance abuse and psych history, so they can decide if any of that might impact your ability to do the...
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    oops, didn't see a bunch of other people said pretty much what I
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    Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    Sounds like a squirelly devious way to get out of an unpleasant assignment. Get a psychiatrist to diagnose you with a disorder you don't have to get out of having to work a shift you don't like?...
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    Vacation time question!

    Another consideration you might have would be that even if you have never been so sick in the past that you had to call out from work, this is your first nursing job and it might be different. I see...
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    (Question) Diploma that compliments Nurse Practitioner

    It makes sense now :) In the US, there is no diploma for completing college programs, they are degrees. Looks like you have another step in there somewhere. I guess if you have the available funds...
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    Delicate Question About thick skin?

    I think that when I was a student I definitely judged some of the nurses and aides too harshly. I would say that I'm never going to be like that or say things like that. I was pretty sure I was way...
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    Inexperienced NP

    How does someone become an advanced practice nurse without ever having practiced nursing? I guess if the system allows it it's ok, but I don't think I'd want to be in the hands of someone who only...
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    How to become a RN with a BSN

    You're confusing yourself. You do not need to have an Associates degree in order to get into a BSN program. No one anywhere requires you to have an Associate's degree to become an RN, it's just an...
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    How to become a RN with a BSN

    Not sure if this is an elaborate explanation LOL but I'll do my best! BSN is a Bachelor degree in nursing, and you don't need to get an ADN/ASN (Associate of Science in Nursing) first. Many people...
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    (Question) Diploma that compliments Nurse Practitioner

    Are you in the US? Because you are asking about a diploma and I think you really mean degree? In which case, spending time and money earning another degree before concentrating on graduate school to...
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    Fragrance Sacrifice

    I think the problem with wearing perfume and cologne is that the person wearing it may not realize how strong the scent really is. Since she or he is used to wearing it, they are probably not as...
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    Schools that you dont need a TEAS to get in

    If I'm understanding you right, Aspiringnurse, you hold a pretty bleak opinion of nurses but seem to want to become one. And you are slamming nurses in general (who are you talking to here?) on a...