tachybradyRN

tachybradyRN has 7 years experience and specializes in ICU, Emergency Department.

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1. Different Titles (initials)

   tachybradyRN replied to emtpbill's topic in Professionalism

   My alphabet soup: TachyBrady, BSN, RN, CEN BSN - Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN - Registered Nurse CEN - Certified Emergency Nurse ...soon to be MSN, FNP-BC or FNP-C, so I hope! (Family Nurse Practitioner student graduating next May!)

2. The sloppy image of nurses today

   tachybradyRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Professionalism

   I had to wear a "pirate patch" to work multiple times last year because of recurrent corneal erosion syndrome affecting my eye... I would wake up every few days with a brand spankin' new corneal abrasion that just kept trying to heal and reopening de...

3. ER dropping the ball?

   tachybradyRN replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't read through all the responses, but a recurring theme seems to be that there are system failures and issues specific to certain facilities that don't apply to all, and that could be coloring some of the situations you're experiencing. For ...

4. The Three Types of Nurses (and why it's important you know which one you are)

   tachybradyRN replied to rnk123's topic in Emergency

   I'm a little confused... you say in the "thinkers" section that these people can be "carers" but not "runners", but then in the "runners" section you say these people can be "thinkers" but not "carers." I think it's hard to fit every nurse into a tin...

5. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

   tachybradyRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   My husband works for the police, but not as an officer. He's a 911 dispatcher.

6. NP Starting Salary range in Maryland area?

   tachybradyRN replied to tachybradyRN's topic in NP

   Jules, I totally agree with you. I work in a department I love currently, with great coworkers, and I've ahd no problem leaving jobs before because of poor work conditions and undercompensation. I stay where I am because I have great coworkers and ...

7. NP Starting Salary range in Maryland area?

   tachybradyRN replied to tachybradyRN's topic in NP

   Thank you for your suggestion barnstormin', I didn't see that feature on Indeed. I'll check it out further. At least it's a start.

8. NP Starting Salary range in Maryland area?

   tachybradyRN replied to tachybradyRN's topic in NP

   Thanks for your response. I'm looking mostly at the Baltimore City area as I plan to start in that vicinity, but I'm open to MoCo, Carroll County, Frederick County, and parts of Howard County as well. And I plan to. I agree that one of the major str...

9. NP Starting Salary range in Maryland area?

   tachybradyRN posted a topic in NP

   Wondering if anyone can help me out... I've checked Salary.com and similar sites but the ranges are so varied it's hard to get a good sense. I'm currently in FNP school at GWU and trying to get a sense for starting salaries for (specifically FNP's, ...

10. What Kind of Experiences before ER

    tachybradyRN replied to xSoCaLRNx's topic in Emergency

    I had 5 years of experience prior to transferring to ER - 1.5 in MedSurg, 2 in tele, 6 months in observation and 1 year in ICU just prior to transfer. I transferred to ER when I got accepted to a Family Nurse Practitioner program - I needed a change...

11. Has anyone done George Washington University Online Program?!?!

    tachybradyRN replied to LKWalters22's topic in Post Graduate

    Just thought I'd post for anyone looking into ADN - FNP programs that GWU slightly changed the format of the semesters this year... it used to be 9 semesters long for part-time education with Fall start and you'd walk in graduation in June of the yea...

12. ED techs to start IVs?

    tachybradyRN replied to montecarlo64's topic in Emergency

    Our ED techs are qualified and trained to start IVs and perform phlebotomy as well as EKGs. They are very helpful to us. A number of them are better than the nurses at getting difficult lines.

13. New grad starting in ED in 2 months, what to review?

    tachybradyRN replied to Nolli's topic in Emergency

    Fast Facts for the ER Nurse on Amazon is a great reference I gave to one of my orientees in ER when she started, she was a new grad and has used it every day.

14. why do nurses hate medics?

    tachybradyRN replied to loboracer's topic in Emergency

    I don't get the beef. I have worked with some excellent nurses and excellent medics, not-so-excellent nurses and medics, and the same for the EMTs that worked with the medics. While I don't trust everyone implicitly, I especially love the select fe...

15. Has anyone done George Washington University Online Program?!?!

    tachybradyRN replied to LKWalters22's topic in Post Graduate

    Hi, kzywus1. The application was through the NursingCAS website and was quite detailed and required at least two letters of re%ference, but no GRE's. I am not sure how many people have been accepted to the program in entirety, but it looks like eve...