NavyVet

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  1. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    NavyVet replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    Eh, I guess I have to agree with you and apologize if my commentary sent us this direction too quickly. Unfortunately that is what happens whenever people that have strong beliefs about something are...

  2. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    NavyVet replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    LOL, of course we judge the validity of others belief system. Don't feel bad about it and don't hide behind ethics or whatever your using as justification for making that statement. We are all human,...

  3. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    NavyVet replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    Heya txpixiedust, First off allow me to state that my posting wasn't in response to any one persons post, I wasn't looking to pick out anyone out of the group. However, you do seem to be typical of...

  4. Can someone give me some guidance?

    NavyVet replied to XXXXX's topic in Ohio Nursing

    D'oh, I forgot to mention another important thing to consider when debating BSN vs. ADN. Opportunity cost. Every year you spend in school is another year you're not working. So on average a nurse will...

  5. Can someone give me some guidance?

    NavyVet replied to XXXXX's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I guess ya gotta decide what you want to do and what you want to work with. If you hang around some of the male nursing forums you'll see a repeating pattern of guys leaving CIS jobs either from a...

  6. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    NavyVet replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    Well, lets see if I can tiptoe around peoples feelings enough to avoid violating ToS Generally speaking, religion is the root of all evil in this world from what I've seen. It doesn't matter what...

  7. New to Northeast Ohio

    NavyVet replied to chinoyRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    heya chinoyRN you may want to look at Aultman Hospital as well, its pretty big. I'm a student there so I can't really speak to what other RN's think of it, but it seems like a nice enough place to...

  8. Help out a Murse (male nurse)?

    NavyVet replied to PantherSN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I realize this topic maybe a bit stale....but here's my 2cents. My wife is an ICU agency nurse and she refuses to go to the cleveland clinic hospital system. She really didn't like it there, however...

  9. Can someone give me some guidance?

    NavyVet replied to XXXXX's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hiya XXXXX, I got out of the Navy 2 years ago and moved back to NE Ohio. I faced similar decisions to yours. I live just outside of Canton and spent alot of time on the BSN vs. ADN debate myself. As...

  10. opinions re: laptop computers

    NavyVet replied to glhrn's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I've just begun my pre-reqs for BSN, but I've got some experience as far as laptops for class work. I have a Gateway cx2724 and its been great. Its a convertible tablet pc. For the slow 'discussion'...

  11. Moving from CA to Akron

    NavyVet replied to chinoyRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I don't know what your education/experience level is, but I seem to remember from when my wife was jobhunting, that Akron General only hired BSN's or ADN's with X amount of experience (think it was...

  12. Stark State ADN Program

    NavyVet replied to normusmaximus's topic in Ohio Nursing

    heya BlizzardJane, I am taking some nursing pre-req's at Stark this fall (I am a direct admit to the UAkron program already), I kind of assumed all the ADN programs in this area had a wait list and...

  13. starting wage for RN??

    NavyVet replied to brandye1's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hiya! my wife just passed her boards and interviewed in northeast ohio. Summahealth hospitals in/around Akron start new grads at 21 +differential. She took a job at Barberton hospital and gets $23 +...

  14. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    NavyVet replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi everyone! I wanted to hold off on making an official introduction until I was accepted into a program. I grew up in Mansfield....spent 9 years as a Gas Turbine Mechanic in the U.S. Navy...picked up...

  15. Cleveland/Akron areas

    NavyVet replied to RN2bemommyof3's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Heya LeesieBug! I will be attending Akron University very soon and have some questions I hope you can help me with! I'll just PM you, as its kind of lengthy and off the topic of this

  16. Cleveland/Akron areas

    NavyVet replied to RN2bemommyof3's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Heya Outerbanksfan, I will soon be a Nursing Student, so I don't have any first hand knowledge of lpn pay rates, but I'll see if my wife can discreetly ask around at work and get back to you in a day...

  17. Cleveland/Akron areas

    NavyVet replied to RN2bemommyof3's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hiya Kimberly! You came to the right place. I just got out of the Navy a few months back and moved back to Ohio. I am living in Tallmadge which is one of the small towns around the Akron area. My wife...

  18. Stark State ADN Program

    NavyVet replied to normusmaximus's topic in Ohio Nursing

    heya Normus! I just got out of the Navy myself a couple of months ago and will be moving to the Akron/Canton area. I will be starting the long trek towards a nursing career in the summer/fall time...

  19. Home Health Care pay for RNs?

    NavyVet replied to ang_rn2's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hiya ang_rn2, There doesn't appear to be too many people in the northeast of ohio who post on this forum regularly. I will be moving to the Akron area to start my BSN in about 2 months and my wife...