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  1. Tuskegee University Nursing School

    Buyer beware replied to TiffanyP's topic in General Students

    I am proud to say that although I never attended this hallowed school, I did once take care of a Tuskegee airman in his final days on Earth. It was an honor beyond all others to know that this brave...

  2. What's so wonderful about working at the VA? (San Diego)

    Buyer beware replied to zacarias's topic in California Nursing

    3 things: 5 years vested for a pension. All Federal holdays, time and a half if you work. Pay decent. Other things too. Go for this. It's becoming the last of the nursing Mohicans. People who work at...

  3. normal to still be nervous

    Buyer beware replied to Joann9915's topic in General Nursing

    You are still fairly new so that "nervousness" is really a way for you keep yourself on your toes. Even when you've got it down most people still maintain a certain edge no matter where you work in...

  4. Building the perfect BON

    Buyer beware replied to triple...H's topic in General Nursing

    So by all means let's go abroad and search the four corners of the Earth to find nurses who can do the job at a fraction of the price. Better yet all nurses should go on a nationwide strike and let...

  5. University of Phoenix (lpn-bsn) ARIZONA

    Buyer beware replied to Paragon86's topic in School, College Programs

    Go to (collegescorecard.ed.gov) to look up graduation and retention rates on UOP. They are both sub-par for this expensive for-profit conglomeration of schools throughout the U.S. Also do a thorough...

  6. Male FNP Program WH clinicals

    Buyer beware replied to Cllaws889's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    When it comes to taking advice from female NP students about preceptors, this advice would be particularly irrelevant. You seee when it comes to the OB/GYN preceptorship sex does matter. The blatant...

  7. How long does the whole entire " becoming a registered nurse" process take?

    Buyer beware replied to Joce�become�nurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    'However it can be difficult to find the "best" path for one's self to take because there are so many options.' And that's the bloody problem...in attempting to answer your

  8. Performed poorly on interview.

    Buyer beware replied to guyman123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Right. Evil clown suit never a crowd

  9. Anybody take those cost of living loans during school?

    Buyer beware replied to BirkieGirl's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Birkie: loans are bad enough but often necessary in today's hyperinflated tuition environment. But they must be used judiciously or paying them off over time will onorously increase your effective tax...

  10. Horrible Professor

    Buyer beware replied to GRB199108's topic in School, College Programs

    And remember: no person, no matter what their station in life, is immune to the untoward effects of substance abuse, mental illness or incompetence and how those shortcomings can be foisted upon the...

  11. WHEN TO CALL DR.

    Buyer beware replied to Ash0315's topic in General Nursing

    OP: This is an easy one: You should call the doctor if there's any chance you could get thrown under the bus for not doing so. Because if you don't, expect to get thrown under the entire

  12. Stay at a state uni or transfer to my hometown cc?

    Buyer beware replied to kaugust11's topic in General Students

    No, it will not hurt you academically if you bow out gracefully from the state school. You know what I mean? But it may later in life in other unforeseen ways. You should understand that attending...

  13. Glendale Career College ADN program.. Has anyone applied?

    Buyer beware replied to WannabeeRN1's topic in General Students

    I only have a few questions. The "career college" designation freaks me out though. 1. How much does this for-profit cost and are they going to loan you up to your eyeballs to pay for it? 2. Are they...

  14. Collaborativeness!

    Buyer beware replied to Patrick61's topic in General Nursing

    Patrick, I'm not clear on this. Are you a nurse? An entrepreneur? Both? I find your exhortations to the nursing community to be more collaborative to be admirable. The only problem, and it's a big...

  15. RN badge

    Buyer beware replied to BlancaRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP: Jus tell them you don't need no stinkin'

  16. I am a new nurse trying to figure out how to get a doctor to stop bullying me at work.

    Buyer beware replied to Mississippideer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP: Many nurses are tough cookies but some have been raised in the genteel South. I'm assuming that would be you. A person of fine breeding and manners. Tell this Dr. in a nice but firm way to chill...

  17. Have you gained sympathy for Nurse Ratched

    Buyer beware replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Boy did you articulate what I could only feel. I went to see this movie in 1975 in NYC after having read the book by Ken Kesey. The zeitgeist of the 60s and part of the 70s was heavily into...

  18. Realistic plan or no?

    Buyer beware replied to half_water's topic in General Students

    OP: Does this make sense to you from a dollars and "sense" pov or is it just a vanity move. My advice would be to let your employer pay your way especislly if at sometime in the future a BSN will...

  19. What/why do they say our classes are fluff?

    Buyer beware replied to AAC.271's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    OP: The late Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart was asked one time what his definition of Mediaography was. He thought a while and responded something to the effect that he was not sure but he knew...

  20. Thinking of Switching to Nursing from Finance

    Buyer beware replied to Eileenrey's topic in General Students

    I will never understand why nursing has become the defacto default job in not only the U.S. but apparently the entire world. What is it about scatology, long back breaking hours, threatening-my son...

  21. Already felt burnout 6 months in the OR

    Buyer beware replied to serenity557's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, OR nursing is also known as the red-headed step-child nursing sub-specialty. So when you figure you've paid your dues long enough for some long-forgotten transgression in another life, you'll...

  22. Anxious about starting nursing school.

    Buyer beware replied to makeuplover2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And next time take the Valium, Ativan or Xanax of your

  23. Nurse practitioner vs Medicine turf war?

    Buyer beware replied to Infofreak411's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    And speaking of a "rats patooty" stop spewing out NPs from the rat's patooty allowing those who control the means of production to TELL YOU, "$50 bucks, take it or leave

  24. Low GPA Transfer Student: Options

    Buyer beware replied to Yaya1964's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OP: ( just one caveate) If anyone from a for-profit entity contacts you and offers to show you a way forward, know that he/she is not your friend. I believe the best and safest way to go for you has...

  25. What college should i go to? I live in san bernardino ca please help

    Buyer beware replied to Rose1212's topic in School, College Programs

    Rose1212, Try checking out (collegescorecard.ed.gov). You can look at most of the colleges there. Stay away from, like the plague, the for-profit schools. You will see that they across the board are...