AZRN

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1. Nurse Employment

   AZRN replied to Volantus14's topic in Safety

   I am a pediatric nurse with 13 years experience. I resigned from my school nursing (one nurse, no assistant, 90 nursing office visits/day!) position one year ago to be at home with my youngest child who began kinder today. I taught at a Christian p...

2. Conjunctivitis

   AZRN replied to monica f's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Monica, As a school nurse (and the mother of a child with conjunctivitis at this time) I can share with you that there are two types of conjuctivitis - bacterial (contagious)and allergic (non-contagious). Allergic conjunctivitis can also become b...

3. nursing salaries

   AZRN replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, saw a question re: RN pay in AZ. I was working as preadmitting nurse, days at a downtown Phoenix hosp and made $17.00 per hour. That was with 13 years experience. Hope this helps. AZ (Phx) is a beautiful place to live (in the winter!).

4. Do you feel you were adequately prepared to practice nursing when you graduated?

   AZRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Forgot to mention in the above response that I grad with ADN in 1988 & BSN in 1992.

5. Do you feel you were adequately prepared to practice nursing when you graduated?

   AZRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I feel fortunate that my nursing education began at the CNA stage and progressed to BSN with a MS in Psych. My community college ADN program had an excellent clinical rotation and I was ready to practice upon graduation. So much so, that I worked f...

6. Transitioning to another specialty area

   AZRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a peds nurse with 13 yrs exp. not currently employed (since 6/99). In Oct'99 I had the wonderful opportunity to work in an orphanage in Meizhou, China doing dev assess. Since that time, I realize I would very much like to gain skills in periop...