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  1. Nina Pham being transferred to MD

    Per Huffington Post: video of Nina Pham just before her transfer to Maryland. She looks ok. Hospital Releases Video Of Ebola Patient Nina Pham.
  2. If you're still interested in the healthcare field, I'd look at Speech therapy, audiology, PT, OT, PTA, OTA.
  3. ER VS ICU NURSING

    There's an indie documentary making rounds called the "Waiting Room." It chronicles the daily occurrences in the ED in a public hospital in Oakland, CA. Worth a watch. You can go to their website and watch clips. There is also a facebook page. Wort...
  4. LCSW seeking to become a psychiatric nurse

    Hi Nate: 1. IMO, psychiatric nursing with a BSN is mostly about millieu, passing meds, therapeutic communication, the occasional takedown, suicide/razor precautions, etc. You are also responsible for nursing care such as IV therapy (you see it in...
  5. Discouraged from pursuing Nursing...

    I'd get a job in a facility that involves direct patient care. That way, you can see what the work is like before you make a decision.
  6. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

    Well, the experts predict this impending "job shortage" by 2020, so you'll have to wait almost a decade. Regardless of Obamacare, the healthcare industry is contracting and trying to save money any way it can, including cutting nursing and UAP staff...
  7. Social Work/Counseling or RN?

    What interests you the most: taking care of a person's physiological or their emotional/psychological/social needs? Nurses focus on the former; SWs/counselors on the latter. Your general psychiatric nurse is not trained in psychotherapy. (S)he is...
  8. Prospective Nursing Student

    There is a backlog of new grad BSNs from UHM and HPU dating from 2009 at least. Most of the ward clerks, aides, and techs are new grad BSNs. Most hires for new grads are internal. Hope that helps.
  9. This management style doesn't work.
  10. No Nursing Shortage At The Present Time

    Looking at the number of banner ads for nursing programs on this site, you'd never guess there *wasn't* a nursing shortage lol. But seriously, even people in healthcare thought healthcare was "rescession-proof" until when...?
  11. Telemedicine will probably require nurses with experience and those nurses will probably have a high caseload. These jobs will probably be outsourced outright or nearsourced to states with comparatively low wages and no unions.
  12. No Nursing Shortage At The Present Time

    Just an example of how out of touch some academics are. Don't listen to their advice.
  13. No Nursing Shortage At The Present Time

    Where I live, I noticed that the new grad RNs being hired are internal hires.
  14. Physical Violence Against Nurses

    The best approach is to make it a felony to assault a health care worker.
  15. Are there really enough jobs???

    I forgot to add: you might want to look at rehabilitation-oriented jobs like PT/OT/speech or audiology. If you're looking at a 2-year vocational program, then PTA/OTA /EMT.