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mgardener

(2,262 posts)
4. NY state in 1976
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 12:10 PM
Dec 1

Said 'Registered Professional Nurse' when I got my 1st license.

License says the same thing today for any nurse with a NY state nursing license

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As an RN, I often say, "Nurses eat their own....." FarPoint Dec 1 #1
Who does she think runs the undergrad nursing programs? Irish_Dem Dec 1 #2
Would love to have had the time to get into that part of it. AllyCat Dec 1 #3
Maybe GOP long term plan to cut medical care costs? Just get rid of the real care-providers and let people die Attilatheblond Dec 1 #8
Yes the rich do not want money going to the sick for healthcare. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #12
Or letting people of different ethnic groups even stay in the US unless they are VERY rich and will pay up Attilatheblond Dec 1 #23
Women who are not totally subservient must go as well. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #29
Any thinking female not replaced by a Stepford bot is gonna have to fight. Attilatheblond Dec 1 #31
One hospital I worked at stopped identifying our role on our nametags so the travelingthrulife Dec 2 #41
NY state in 1976 mgardener Dec 1 #4
And they/we definitely ARE professional. However, AllyCat Dec 1 #5
Rural people elected Trump and he is literally killing them. yardwork Dec 1 #7
They're killing themselves BaronChocula Dec 1 #15
Amazing, isn't it...... popsdenver Dec 1 #16
They voted for a Jim Jones death cult. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #30
They really did. yardwork Dec 1 #33
They are doing a Darwin, making themselves extinct. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #34
I've found it's impossible to use logic to reach MAGATs, especially the conservative Christians. yardwork Dec 1 #6
From Professor Altemeyer: markodochartaigh Dec 2 #40
Many nurses and medical technicians are also foreign-born as well as female FakeNoose Dec 1 #9
You can't fix stupid NewEnglandAutumn Dec 1 #10
LOL NEA popsdenver Dec 1 #14
Headline should read: OhioBack2Blue Dec 1 #11
And it's a shame because she is an excellent nurse. Welcome to DU! AllyCat Dec 1 #13
Anyone who has to do so many mental gymnastics to avoid reality may not be a good nurse. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #32
Tell her lower pay and benefits are also good for women... Trueblue Texan Dec 1 #17
You can't argue with MAGA, because they use the same tactics as apologetics sakabatou Dec 1 #18
Still professional with state license bayberry Dec 1 #19
How does one become a nurse or an educator or a physical therapist AllyCat Dec 1 #22
I worked with Just Jerome Dec 1 #20
Jesus Lemon Lyman Dec 1 #21
I've dated 5 nurses in my lifetime, Pas-de-Calais Dec 1 #24
😢 AllyCat Dec 1 #26
MAGA proponents have well and truly brainwashed the MAGA-verse. They have a bullshit answer for every dubious move Martin68 Dec 1 #25
It is indeed brainwashing. hadEnuf Dec 2 #36
Absolutely. markodochartaigh Dec 2 #39
Frankly, I don't see how it could have been missed. hadEnuf Dec 2 #43
Is she smart enought to work as a nurse? mgardener Dec 1 #27
That she acknowledges that women have lower earning power put her at 9dds with maga BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 1 #28
The pretzel logic used by MAGA is both daunting and disgusting wolfie001 Dec 2 #35
What an idiot!! LilElf70 Dec 2 #37
The very large public hospital in markodochartaigh Dec 2 #38
I think "Well, it only affects graduate-degree nurses, not us" says a lot of it ToxMarz Dec 2 #42
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