mtvanstaden

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1. UNC vs Duke Neuro ICU

   mtvanstaden replied to rubyagnes's topic in North Carolina

   UNC-CH does have much better nursing culture than Duke. This is nearly universally recognized in the area. I've worked with tons of former Duke nurses everywhere I've worked at UNC.....they all like being at UNC much better. Never worked with any RN ...

2. Duke vs UNC vs UNC Rex

   mtvanstaden replied to rubyagnes's topic in North Carolina

   Rex like all other "UNC" community hospitals is managed by UNC, but employees are not considered state employees (apart from Hillsborough hospital which is). UNC-CH does have much better nursing culture than Duke. This is nearly universally recognize...

3. Hospitals that pay full tuition

   mtvanstaden replied to tua42321's topic in General Nursing

   UNC in Chapel Hill, NC will waive up to 3 courses per year at an NC state system school, to include all student/activity etc fees for the entire semester (so you can waive on class fall, Spring, Summer and get all the fees waived for the year!). Addi...

4. Hospitals that offer great tuition reimbursement to their RNs--where are they?

   mtvanstaden replied to MIRN923's topic in School Programs

   UNC in Chapel Hill, NC will waive up to 3 courses per year at an NC state system school, to include all student/activity etc fees for the entire semester (so you can waive on class fall, Spring, Summer and get all the fees waived for the year!). Addi...

5. Cardiac Chairs

   mtvanstaden posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been unable to find any studies that specifically examine the benefits of a cardiac chair versus putting the bed up into the full chair position? Is there really any benefit to moving a patient to the cardiac chair instead? Thanks. Matt