sasparilla

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1. New Graduates In The Icu?

   sasparilla replied to Aaron Catmull's topic in General Nursing

   I went from straight out of school to the MICU at our hospital, had a 12 week orientation plus a year of critical care class and have spent the last year working nights. I wouldn't have traded that experience for anything. It's what you make of it....

2. New Graduates In The Icu?

   sasparilla replied to Aaron Catmull's topic in MICU

   I went from straight out of school to the MICU at our hospital, had a 12 week orientation plus a year of critical care class and have spent the last year working nights. I wouldn't have traded that experience for anything. It's what you make of it....

3. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

   sasparilla replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

   For those who've taken the CCRN exam, what books, study guides or review courses best helped in passing? I've been an RN for 10 months (not long I know) and while I've learned a lot so far, I realize how much more I still have to learn. I've been w...

4. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

   sasparilla replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU

   For those who've taken the CCRN exam, what books, study guides or review courses best helped in passing? I've been an RN for 10 months (not long I know) and while I've learned a lot so far, I realize how much more I still have to learn. I've been w...

5. student provided incentives to preceptors?

   sasparilla replied to sasparilla's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, the money for these goodies is built into the student's tuition, so the students are the one's paying for it. I wonder if anyone of them would have rather have kept the money and had to add even more to their student loans?

6. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

   sasparilla replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

   Look up on the internet "horizontal violence". We had a guest lecturer come to talk about this just a few days ago. It happens in all fields, and nursing is one of them. It's sad that it's already happening while still in nursing school. These sa...

7. student provided incentives to preceptors?

   sasparilla posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just wanted to get opinions on a practice I recently became aware of in my city. It seems that one nursing school provides to any nurse who agrees to be a preceptor to any of their students who are hired as GN's a palm pilot, a laptop computer and...

8. does walking off the job = abandonment?

   sasparilla replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Nursing

   If those nurses were at the end of their shift, weren't there already other nurses present to take over for the next shift? Did they leave before anyone else showed up or were they being forced to work beyond their scheduled shift? There's got to ...

9. Is their really a nursing shortage?

   sasparilla replied to studentmalenurse's topic in General Nursing

   Oops, double post!

10. Is their really a nursing shortage?

    sasparilla replied to studentmalenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Having higher pass rates while in nursing school helps ensure that those that take the NCLEX will be more likely to pass it. A good pass rate for a nursing school brings in students. Our RN nursing school has much higher NCLEX passing rates than th...

11. what kind of patients go to MICU?

    sasparilla replied to sasparilla's topic in MICU

    Thanks for the replies, I appreciate the info. I interviewed for and got the job in MICU to start after I graduate and am looking forward to being in there. I'm excited!

12. what kind of patients go to MICU?

    sasparilla posted a topic in MICU

    Hi, I'm a nursing student in my last semester who is really interested in working in either MICU or SICU. Luckily, our hospitals here will hire new GN's and train us. I've had one rotation in MICU, loved it but don't feel like I really know what ty...

13. Why nursing is going downhill fast...

    sasparilla replied to markdanurse's topic in ADN/BSN

    Hmmm, will any of these advanced degrees include an increase in salary? If I'm going to have to go to school longer and spend a lot more money doing it, I'd better make more money so I can pay back my student loans.

14. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    sasparilla replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    West Texas, $19.25 base pay with night and weekend differentials as an RN. Not sure what the diff's are as I haven't started working yet. Plus I'll get a $5000 sign on bonus. Looking at others salaries, it's really not bad considering our cost of...

15. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    sasparilla replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I've been struggling with where to work as well. I graduate in May and have never liked my med-surg rotations. I run around all day and when its time to go home, I can't even remember what it was I did. I agree with those that mentioned feeling li...