DST2RN

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1. Law enforcement to nursing

   DST2RN replied to Fox1's topic in Men

   Ya I'll need al the luck I can get. When you get the golden hand shake in the only job you ever prepared for and now have to go back out into the world and find a new one, man it sucks. All my aunts are nurses and my lil brother whos account this was...

2. Scope of practice

   DST2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can a pulmonary care nurse run vents, or does it still have to be a R.T.? Or is up to that hospitals guidelines? Today at work the Physician ordered different vent settings via in house telephone and the R.T. was at lunch and so a pulmonary care nur...

3. Law enforcement to nursing

   DST2RN replied to Fox1's topic in Men

   Injury forced....DST is short for Deputy sheriff trainee

4. Law enforcement to nursing

   DST2RN replied to Fox1's topic in Men

   I'm gonna try the switch.

5. Schooling options

   DST2RN replied to DST2RN's topic in General Nursing

   Just cause, U lost me man with CNS,APN,CNM and BON's

6. Schooling options

   DST2RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, I am a 31 yr old male from so.cal, I am giving considerable thought to a lvn program, in hopes of bridging to a R.N. program, Is this a wise choice? My situation demands I work full-time, but I did find some part time LVN programs. I hav...

7. Why the salary difference?

   DST2RN replied to DST2RN's topic in NP

   I know everyone has there own reasons for choosing there profession and money may not be the driving factor, I'm new to the healthcare world and I admit I'm sure I have misrepresentation about alot of stuff. Heck I didn't even know what a CRNA was ti...

8. Why the salary difference?

   DST2RN posted a topic in NP

   At my hospital which is a 430 room district hospital and I only know about my Hospital which is located in california. I was talking to our nurse practioner and our PA-C and they were going over there w-2's but how come the CRNA made more them both o...

9. Are RRT's NRP certified?

   DST2RN replied to DST2RN's topic in NICU

   Is NRP/PALS given during the two year RT course or is it something one usually picks up outside the program via another route of training or class?

10. Are RRT's NRP certified?

    DST2RN replied to DST2RN's topic in NICU

    Yes, all of the RT's in the nicu which also handles Lnd can intubate they can not work alone or be primary until the Doctor signs them off on intubation and other certain neonatal functions, they can only respond as a back up RT to calls until signed...

11. Are RRT's NRP certified?

    DST2RN posted a topic in NICU

    Is NRP certification just a nurse cert. I know not all the rt's at my hospital can work NICU/LnD I know they have to be trained,qualified and signed off by the Nicu M.D. chief of staff. Our RT's also have to be present at any delivery if the doctor c...

12. Er Vs Ob

    DST2RN replied to mjsobrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our maternity center is outside in a total different building say a 1/8 mile away so if they come into our E.R. the triage practioner will take a look if it's close or ready to do a stop and drop as they say she will push a code yellow button and a M...

13. death

    DST2RN replied to JBirdAngel's topic in CNA/MA

    Our Lvn's or RN's put them in the bag then security transports them to the morgue and and also releases to morturary transport as far as all this cleaning stuff. Depends if the deputies or coroner is coming, if they are the deceased will have tubes,...

14. Out of scope or being a professional?

    DST2RN replied to DST2RN's topic in General Nursing

    [ This baby was lucky because it didn't have to wait for the RT to be called. Thats what the assigned R.N. was makin light of , when he said what better then to have a RT standin right there. I asked a little more about the situation and all the RN'...

15. Er Charge Nurses

    DST2RN replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    Our E.R. charge nurses are divided into 4 color coded zones they each have a zone , they pretty much assign tasks handle issues with patients take complaints and until I started workin at a hospital thought all death notifications were made by MD'S...