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  1. CLEVELAND or COLUMBUS- Help!

    I work for Mt Carmel in Columbus, Ohio - there are 3 hospitals in this system in Columbus. I started working at St. Ann's which is the smaller of the 3 hospitals and have now transfered to the largest of the three - Mt Carmel West. What I like is t...
  2. pay scale for ohio

    djswan - I am an Otterbein grad and the bachelors degree programs require a statistics class - it is needed for Nursing Research.
  3. Help!!!!!!!!!Need ideas for research topic?

    Some topics I wrote about in nursing school: Coping with death, advanced directives, nursing shortage, domestic abuse, elderly abuse, mental illness and homelessness, the concept of hope. Pick something that interests you and might come in handy in...
  4. Nurse/patient ratios

    Work in Columbus Ohio On a Medical Stepdown Unit 1 RN for 3-4 patients on all shifts 1 Tech for 5 patients
  5. Please advise!!!

    Welcome to nursing! I am a '02 grad - I went into nursing thinking it would be much different than it is. I too was looking for what you are - I kinda found it. I started working in a step-down unit with a ratio of 1 Rn for 3-4 patients. GREAT EX...
  6. pay scale for ohio

    I can tell you about Mt. Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio. Right now a RN with no experience starts at $19.51/hr but in Feb. 2004 there is an across the board 10% raise for all bedside nurses so that will increase to $21.46/hr. This does not ...
  7. Well, with a BSN the choices are endless - a BSN has options at the bedside as well as away from the bedside - such as Case Management, Cardiac Rehab, teaching, management, and many other roles. But as far as a job in the medical field without a RN ...
  8. 1 1/2 years in and ? getting out

    Liz, I too graduated in '02 started working on the medical/cardiac stepdown unit I had worked on for 3 years as a tech - now facing an early burnout. I also questioned why I became a nurse and then realized I just needed to find my "nitch". I am s...
  9. do i/you want to be anurse

    There are lots of opportunities for nurses - I have been a bedside RN for only 2 years and have accepted a new position as a Phase I Cardiac Rehab nurse. This is going to take my career down a totally different path. There are so many jobs outside ...
  10. CLEVELAND or COLUMBUS? Help!

    Don't know about Cleveland - only been there a couple times on long weekends - but I have lived in the Columbus area for 7 years and love it!!!! 3 major hopsital systems - OSU which is union and has a huge focus on research, OhioHealth - has a great...
  11. OSU Hospitals vs. Ohio Health

    OSU is a union workplace and they have applied for magnet status and they specialize in research. I had many of my clinicals at Riverside (ohiohealth) and have good and bad things to say about that system. I work for Mt. Carmel and love it. I thi...