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1. Hamilton, New Zealand nurses

   helloworld replied to confuzzlement's topic in International

   Where I work the typical nurse to patient ratio varies with acuity. We have several areas - resus is ideally 1:1 but often 1:2 when really busy, but they don't tend to linger in resus long if the systems are working as they should and patients move ...

2. Hamilton, New Zealand nurses

   helloworld replied to confuzzlement's topic in International

   I have worked in the US and now work in NZ (but not in Waikato), and while I love NZ (there's a reason it's called Godzone :) ) it's not 100% paradise, like every other place on earth it has its pros and cons. If you ask me specific questions I'll b...

3. What is your area of nursing and your reason for choosing it.

   helloworld replied to tdbones's topic in International

   I work in the ER/ED because I love the challenge and the unpredictability of it. I started in the ED as a new grad in March and it was a baptism by fire, but my confidence has grown in leaps and bounds and I am in a place professionally and personal...

4. Please Read: F1 nursing students on OPT

   helloworld replied to floridanurse2008's topic in International

   One would think we are speaking different languages here. Nobody is DEMANDING anything. This post is not about DEMANDING! It's about responding to a request from ICE for SUGGESTIONS on codes to be added to the OPT extension, period! Nobody said any...

5. Please Read: F1 nursing students on OPT

   helloworld replied to floridanurse2008's topic in International

   Once again all the negative talk prevails, even though I already states I know the realities, the odds, and the numbers. It's enough to drive me crazy. Like I have said, no one is talking about taking jobs away from anyone. We're talking about OPT...

6. Please Read: F1 nursing students on OPT

   helloworld replied to floridanurse2008's topic in International

   Once again, all factors considered, there is really nothing to lose. As floridanurse2008 has mentioned, this is about extending OPT for nurses trained here, not about hiring more foreign trained nurses. There is no call for negative emails to ICE, t...

7. Please Read: F1 nursing students on OPT

   helloworld replied to floridanurse2008's topic in International

   Doesn't hurt to try now does it? I think we all know the REALITY of retrogression that keeps on being pounded at us, and we're well aware of it and doing the best we can to deal with it. What will it hurt to try something proactive for a change? We...

8. burdened,.

   helloworld replied to gabrield's topic in International

   You need to focus on the NCLEX because none of that other stuff will help you without your RN. Focus on getting that squared away. Believe it or not things have a way of working out. The thing that's important is to have your RN. So take one thing...

9. retrogression and CRNA

   helloworld replied to confuzhn's topic in International

   If you're still in nursing school you could start looking for new grad positions in an ICU/CCU. Before I get contradicted, let me say that there are ICU's and CCUs that take new grads. Mine does. They hired me right out of school but I opted for an ...

10. Fee for US Visa Screening

    helloworld replied to trex04's topic in International

    The fee on the website is the current and correct one - $448. I got my certificate a few weeks ago and this is the amount I paid.

11. Taking admission orders over the phone.

    helloworld replied to YippiNurse's topic in Emergency

    In my hospital we have residents and interns and NPs that come down to write admission orders. They see the pt, do the H&P, and write orders then page the admitting doc to verify the orders, so all we have to do once they're done is look through ...

12. International nursing students in the US

    helloworld replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration

    You can stay in school with an expired visa as long as your I-20 is current. The visa only becomes an issue if you want to leave and return, but as long as your I94 references your I-20 you're legal to stay as long as your I-20 is current.

13. question for suzanne OPT I-20

    helloworld replied to 2008el's topic in International

    Yes you can, but why would you do that? Remember that as an International student you have to be a full time student. Which means that you would have to quit your OPT job. Once you're in school you're not allowed to work, so it doesn't make sense to...

14. Advice ER nurses...please

    helloworld replied to texaschic888's topic in Emergency

    Regardless of the ratios or numbers, the fact that we do have an appreciable number of critical care cases EVERY single shift that I have worked means that critical care knowledge and experience is desirable. Bear in mind that I am a new grad here, ...

15. do you chart vent settings?

    helloworld replied to bigreddog1934's topic in Emergency

    Not everyone in our ED does, but as a new nurse all my preceptors (Ihave about 3) have taught me to chart the vent settings each time I chart vitals (which is hourly) or any time they are changed or there is a significant change in the pt's condition...