Re: Post-ERCP good news! And a staffing/protocol question

[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

I've been very lucky -- I've never (touch wood) been hospitalized for my PSC.

And the only

run-in I've had with a nurse was one who had the audacity to try to deny me

solid food

after an 18-hour pitocin-induced labor (14 of which were unmedicated) and that

finally

resulted in an emergency c-section! I basically refused to eat or drink ANYTHING

until she

brought me a cup of tea and toast! Needless to say, I got what I wanted, and I

never saw

her again! The other nurses who took care of me were wonderful!

Colleen

> >

> > The person who called me is a BSN-RN, and his business card has the

following for a

> job

> > title:

> >

> > " Access Nurse - MGH GI Associates

> > Pancreas and Biliary Program "

> ========================

>

> Well ...... having recently spent entirely too much time in Club Med, I can't

help myself.

> I think we all know what BS is and I know that I had a few RNs who

seemed to

> specialize in distributing quantities of BS to any patient who had the

audacity to ask a

> question or point out an error (ie: " Wait! You can't piggyback an

antibiotic on

my

> potassium!!!!! " .... or .... " Why is there a pill in the bottom of my dose of

liquid

meication?

> " )

>

> But I hnestly hadn't realized that they are now recognizing a BSN-RN as a new

specialty!

>

> [Forgive me, folks! It's after midnight and I've been gulping massive

quantities of liquid

all

> day in the faint hope that they can get an IV started for tomorrow's MRI. I'm

a little

> punchy!]

>

> Regards,

> Carolyn B. in SC

>

[Guest guest]

A person can become an RN with a Diploma program thru a hospital

program, an associate degree program thru a college, or get a BSN or a

Masters in all kinds of general and specialty fields. You can even have

a bachlors degree in whatever and take a fast track to RN-BSN (thanks

to the shortage of nurses) A person can even go from RN skip BSN and

get a masters in nursing if they choose a specialty (again thanks to

the nursing shortage). You get a whole .25 or .50 cents that is more

an hour for having a BSN! But the knowledge is priceless!!

PSC 5/07 Listed

[Guest guest]

That is very interesting. If not for the health issues, I would consider going

that route and

completely changing careers. I just cannot imagine the long hours at the moment,

and would

worry about being exposed to anything communicable. If I could work in the

maternity ward,

that might be OK! Mostly healthy people there.

Colleen

>

You can even have

> a bachlors degree in whatever and take a fast track to RN-BSN (thanks

> to the shortage of nurses) A person can even go from RN skip BSN and

> get a masters in nursing if they choose a specialty (again thanks to

> the nursing shortage).

>