roxyroo

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1. Anything good about CO nursing?????

   roxyroo replied to Drexelgrad07's topic in Colorado

   true...I hear the ER at memorial has hired lots of travelers to compensate for the loss of employees to the new North facility, but they also recently fired one of their experience rn's who incidentally had tried to initiate a union in Colorado Sprin...

2. Anyone heard of a a study that new grads had better retention in specialties?

   roxyroo replied to hotdog19d's topic in New Nurse

   I had not heard that, but it makes sense. The knowledge base for a specialty area would be more focused and indepth, instead of trying to learn a little bit of everything. The meds , treatments etc in each area would be more repetetive, making them e...

3. Bkat

   roxyroo replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks...all of the nurses in this unit are stressing, and are afraid of being "weeded out" based on bkat scores...this is entirely conceivable . Again, we prepared for nclex, acls,tncc,enpc,etc...why is this so different?

4. Bkat

   roxyroo replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

   thank you for taking the time...I just want to know what to expect.I knew what to expect for nclex, tncc,enpc,acls, etc just by preparing a little bit, and it makes all the difference in the world. I appreciate your effort!

5. Bkat

   roxyroo replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

   that would be so highly appreciated...I can't even tell you!!!

6. Bkat

   roxyroo replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

   That is info I already have, but thanks. I want to see the actual test so I know where I'm at. I don't have to memorize things like all of the lab values, medical conditions, etc...I look them up every day as they come up. I use a calculator and clin...

7. travel to CA

   roxyroo replied to momofsix's topic in Travel

   I worked in Fresno for 5 years,started out as a traveler. So much of the staff there is travelers, and I really think they got treated as well as anyone else.But fresno is not a huge place, about 700,000 with four hospital systems. Where I worked it ...

8. Bkat

   roxyroo replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not changing areas; I've been in adult critical care for over 14 years. That's why I am surprised that I am getting a hard time from the author of the test, who says it is an assessment tool for any critical care rn. Their website said any icu nu...

9. Colorado Springs nurses?

   roxyroo replied to Elizabeth Hanes's topic in Colorado

   it's a beautiful city. The two hospitals work together closely to keep wages down and pass employees back and forth regularly.In Penrose the don't worry about the shortage, they just pile more pts onto the nurse...for instance the icu nurses regularl...

10. travel to CA

    roxyroo replied to momofsix's topic in Travel

    i worked 5 years in fresno, our travelers were treated like everyone else, even self scheduling, etc.they were not singled out, just that all nurses got treated that way

11. Bkat

    roxyroo replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

    This bkat is more shrouded in secrecy than anna nicole's diaries. I have done web searches for hours, unable to get any information. I evev sent an official request to the official website, and recieved an e-mail stating that they had to verify my el...