mturner88

mturner88 has 1 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

   mturner88 replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I went with the ANA code of ethics with the right to refuse an unsafe assignment. Out of my comfort zone or not, its not safe. The have their nurses on orientation and should do the same with any...

2. Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

   mturner88 replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   This is my second travel contract and I've never been told to float to med-surg. Had they offered me an orientation then maybe but my license is more important to me than a temporary contact. I can...

3. Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

   mturner88 replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   So you're saying that its safe for the patient to go on a unit with no orientation because the patients are low

4. Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

   mturner88 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Today I was told that i had to float to med-surg from icu. I refused the assignment due to safety reasons. Futhermore, the did not offer any orientation nor did the want to send me to a tele floor....

5. I failed NCLEX and super bummed!

   mturner88 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   So I was already nervous about taking the test and now that I've taken it and failed it its a horrible feeling. So i took my test yesterday at 2pm and although on Pearson Vue it says my results aren't...

6. ANYONE else having a HORRIBLE education experience???

   mturner88 replied to gemini81sg's topic in General Nursing

   Hello Intuition, Because the program is new (2.5yrs or so) there is extreme disorganization. They are making changes and do not notify us of changes until the first day of class. However, the changes...

7. 2 years Part-time for BA/full time in ICU enough for CRNA program requirments?

   mturner88 replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   To my understanding is that your experience will still count even though you do not have your BSN yet. You just have to have your BSN to apply for the school. So your 2 years is still 2 years of...

8. Would you work during nursing school if you didn't have to?

   mturner88 replied to justme1972's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Thank you! I admit that I am extremely nervous because I find ICU to be overwhelming but I am ready for the

9. 2 years Part-time for BA/full time in ICU enough for CRNA program requirments?

   mturner88 replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   How much experience do you have to have to be a good CRNA. Most of the blogs that I have read from CRNA's is that sometimes: "What I might confess, however, is that 5 years of acute care experience...

10. 2 years Part-time for BA/full time in ICU enough for CRNA program requirments?

    mturner88 replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I want to also be a CRNA eventually but I was talking to my A&P teacher last year about it and he stated that its best to have at least 5 years experience before entering an Anesthesiology school....

11. Would you work during nursing school if you didn't have to?

    mturner88 replied to justme1972's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I didn't have to I wouldn't but I have struggled through school. I had a job and then they let me go and said I quit. Unemployment was denied until the following year when it got reversed. I was...

12. Thinking about switching majors. So discouraged.

    mturner88 replied to Pinky05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No Pinky DO NOT give up. I hated Micro and Pathophys but I got through it and it wasn't easy. Study what you can and if you pass with a C, its okay. You can do it. I think at some point we all...

13. What do you know about Bryant & Stratton?

    mturner88 replied to mstyd's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Regarding the Wauwatosa West Campus in Wisconsin: I'm at Bryant and we are accredited through the middle states but not nationally. So beware of that before you enter. I stated last May (2006) and I...

14. Bryant and Stratton and Cardinal Stritch

    mturner88 replied to mydee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm at Bryant and we are accredited through the middle states but not nationally. So beware of that before you enter. I stated last May (2006) and I will graduate this December. At the beginning you...

15. Aurora healthcare= no more nurse anesthetists!

    mturner88 replied to pnurseuwm's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that is true. They had CRNA positions on their site last week. Try St. Lukes if Sinai does not have any. You can always go to Waukesha Memorial Hospital