medicin79

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1. CA trauma centers?

   medicin79 replied to sum07's topic in California

   The level 1 trauma centers in the SF bay area: San Francisco General, Highland Hospital (Oakland); and I believe Stanford Med Ctr (Palo Alto). Further out; UC Davis Med Ctr in the Sacramento area

2. moving to the bay area i guess, advice

   medicin79 replied to FLOBRN's topic in California

   Not an L&D type myself; but I've heard good things about Summit-Alta Bates. http://www.altabates.com/

3. Cpne

   medicin79 replied to nursetims's topic in Online Learning

   Yes, you will have to pay the annual fee; you must be an enrolled student in order to take the CPNE.

4. Cpne

   medicin79 replied to nursetims's topic in Online Learning

   You are eligible for the CPNE if you have; completed NC1 thru 7, and are within 9 units of completeing your general ed requirements. My wait time for a test date was exactly six months. If you have some flexiblity regarding short notice travel, you c...

5. Ever heard of waterintoxication?

   medicin79 replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

   The official term is; dilutional hyponatremia. It is a common problem for those doing intense work in hot conditions (firefighters, marathon runners, etc.), who drink large amounts of water without eating. This is actually why Gatorade was developed.

6. New grad needs ER textbook recommendation please ...

   medicin79 replied to RNSurf's topic in Emergency

   Sheehy's Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practices, Emergency Nursing Procedures by Jean Proehl are both good references.

7. Does a patient have the right to refuse to allow students to witness their procedure?

   medicin79 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, you have an absolute right refuse.

8. Nursing Shoes For Men, do they exist?

   medicin79 replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Men

   Another option to consider: http://www.standingcomfort.com/

9. travel emt/paramedic?

   medicin79 replied to lccougar02's topic in Travel

   Unfortunately; reciprocity between states is limited for EMT's/Paramedics. While it might be possible, it would be time consuming and expensive. I am not aware of any EMS/ambulance services that use short term contract employee's

10. RN to Paramedic

    medicin79 replied to blueskedoo's topic in General Nursing

    Your best bet would be to contact the state EMS office; each state has different requirements and procedures. At a minimum, you should have BLS-HCP, ACLS, PALS and ITLS certifications. An EMT-basic course may also be required.

11. English Composition Test

    medicin79 replied to meltom's topic in Online Learning

    Just FYI; the excelsior website is an excellent resource for this sort of information https://www.excelsior.edu/

12. What States are NOT recognizing EC Grads?...

    medicin79 replied to NYSNOWBUNNY007's topic in Online Learning

    California no longer accepts Excelsior grads; if they entered the program after 12-03

13. English Composition Test

    medicin79 replied to meltom's topic in Online Learning

    It is a handwritten test. They give you a subject and a style to write. Took about four weeks to get results. The hardest part is the time factor; three essays in three hours. Best advise is to spill your thoughts onto the paper; don't worry about pu...

14. San Francisco New Grad Job Prospects????

    medicin79 replied to JennyAS's topic in California

    The Kaiser hospitals have very extensive new grads programs; in med-surg, and specialty areas. Kaiser-Geary (SF) or Kaiser-Oakland are both near Berkeley

15. EC/RN/Paramedics and my Rant

    medicin79 replied to NurseEllis's topic in Online Learning

    I think you're right; a flame war is likely with this post. The CA decision regarding EC was based on the language of the nursing practice act; which requires clinical instruction to be concurrent with theory. While EMS and nursing share some skills ...