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Today is December 30, 2020. The year is coming to and end. In this special issue, we are sharing some of our Hottest Topics for the year. (In no particular order.) Did you participate in any of these? Witchcraft Over Real Medicine? 🤔, What are nursing schools teaching?, Is profanity acceptable in Nursing?, Is Nursing worth the risk ... and many more. 2021 HERE WE COME!!!

Happy New Year!
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allnurses® Defeats Test Prep Firm in Defamation Lawsuit 

by allnurses

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Why are people turning away from REAL medicine?

🤔 Witchcraft Resurgence? Hoaxes and Gimmicks for Real Medicine? 

by HelpfulNatureHopeful

Why are so many people today shunning real medicine, vaccines etc for hoaxes and gimmicks like essential oils, weight loss powders, etc? Any ideas why so many are turning away from actual medicine?
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What are nursing schools teaching?

What are they teaching?

by egglady, LPN

So many posts of new grads that didn't think nursing would be stressful or hard. Nursing is a very stressful job. Are these schools actually teaching our future nurses that nursing is Not a stressful job?
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Do you agree? Profanity in our profession is acceptable

Disrespect & Profanity

by Davey Do

I've got a couple of burrs under my saddle blanket and am requesting feedback from the allnurses community regarding professional behaviors...
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Is nursing worth the risk?

Nursing Is No Longer Worth It?

by AnonymousSuper

Nurses are treated like expendable pieces of meat that are readily replaced like a disposable dead battery. Covid-19 is the straw that has finally broken the camel's back for me and now I'm ready to leave nursing completely. 
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Should social media shut down conspiracy?

Should Social Media shut down Conspiracy Theories?

by Emergent, RN

Should we give social media giants, who practically hold monopolies on the public form, the abilities to shut down conspiracy theories?
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How will it end?

I Did Not Sign Up To Go To War.

by MeganMN

It is difficult to imagine how this pandemic ends. Does it play out regardless of what we do? How do we make sense of a world that is so vastly different? As health care providers, knowledge is power, but it also gives us more anxiety and more awareness of the dangers around us.
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Anyone left job due to covid?

Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

by Tirednurseandmomma14, BSN

I am curious to find out if anyone has decided to leave their current job due to the risk of this virus? I work in the Emergency Department and we are now being asked to reuse PPE and to prepare for a surge of COVID 19 patients.
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Who wants to hire a grad nurse at 55?

Who wants to hire a graduate nurse at 55?

by RNat55, ADN, RN

I am in my final semester for my BSN. I qualified as an RN in September and I have been job searching. Due to my recent job interview experiences, I am beginning to wonder if I can secure a graduate nurse position at the age of 55.
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Will vaccines be mandatory?

Now that the Covid 19 vaccine is just around the corner... Will it be mandatory?

by NewRN'16, ADN, RN

Do we need to have a severe reaction in order for us to decline any further covid 19 vaccines? Or we could still opt out? What do you guys think? 
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Passed NCLEX PVT didn't work

Just passed at 130 (max due to covid) Pearson Vue Trick didn’t work.

by Just_a_name

I took the NCLEX with the new COVID rules: 60 questions min, 130 max. After 60 questions, the test kept going. It went all the way to 130 questions. I received the email from Pearson, waited an hour, and tried the Pearson Vue Trick...
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