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Nursing’s Transition: Creating Inclusive Healthcare Settings for Transgendered Patients

Transgender is the general term used when referring to people who identify with a different gender than what they were assigned at birth. Transgender patients should be able to access healthcare without fear or ridicule.
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Now THAT'S a lab result

INR >100. Alive.
Skip details, just lab & living or dead.
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Need Career Advice? Ask Nurse Beth!

Your career is your lifeblood and while career changes can be frustrating and complicated, they don't have to be. Ask a real nurse with real experience answering career-related questions. Ask Nurse Beth!
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Nursing: I Almost Gave Up...Before I Even Started

I used to think I didn’t have what it took to be a nurse. So I didn’t go to school to become one. When it came time to choose a major, I didn’t even consider nursing- not because it didn’t interest me, but because I didn’t think I could get through nursing school.
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Don't be afraid to negotiate!

I just wanted to update on a subject I talked about recently. I WAS offered the position in inpatient surgery but the rate was pretty much what I was already getting. I was able to negotiate for $16K more/year just by stating it was 'what I needed to leave my current position'.
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Clinical Ladders, Advancement, and Development…Oh My!

Clinical Advancement can be a great way to get ahead with your career and move forward at work, as more of a leader. But it can be hard to hold people to the various levels of expectations; what happens when the advancement process is inconsistent and when people aren't held accountable?
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Is this abuse how do I report?!

I have a patient who has dementia and has recently starting mental declining according to other nurses. I haven't been the nurse in 1 month for them.
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First Choice Nurse; Second ???

Most of us, most of the time, love being nurses. Secretly...if money wasn't really an issue...and you did need to work somewhere doing something...what "do you want to be when you grow up?"
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