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  1. Good critical care cardiac books??!!

    Hi everybody! Senior nursing student here. I'm just finishing up my last quarter before my integrated practicum begins in the winter, at a large university-based level 1 cardiovascular ICU. There are the most critical patients here, with open hearts,...
  2. Outlook for experienced ICU nurse

    OHSU always seems to have at least 10 ICU positions available.
  3. Greetings

    Greetings to you too! I too am a paramedic (with about fourteen years experience) transitioning to nursing with sights eventually set on nurse anesthesia. I'm in my second year of a BSN program and am loving nursing so far. My advice to you when you ...
  4. If a person codes at Walmart..

    Paramedic here. It depends on the state and local protocols and medical director. When we have a patient in cardiopulmonary arrest in my system, we require proof to be with the patient in order to withhold resuscitation.
  5. Flu Vaccine. Necessary or Harmful?

    Once again, it is shocking, amazing, and disappointing to me that nurses are not aware of, or refuse to recognize and instill in their practice the overwhelming body of evidence that the flu vaccine is a safe and effective way to mitigate morbidity a...
  6. How do you feel about mandatory influenza vaccines?

    This is becoming standard practice for a reason. I work for a nationwide ambulance company that employs thousands and since we have started mandating vaccines our flu related sick days have been dramatically reduced. The evidence is overwhelming that...
  7. CRNA school loans (for a guy like me)

    I don't know if you have a 401k but my plan allowed me to apply for a school hardship which would have freed a ton of funds from it. The guy at Charles Schwab said that school hardships are common and one of the only ways to dip into your 401k early ...
  8. Relocating to Portland?

    My instructors swear another nurse shortage is coming, and I know OHSU grads are having good success finding jobs. From what I hear the market is getting better lately. granted I'm not looking yet though, so I don't know for sure.
  9. Relocating to Portland?

    Not an RN yet. Just finishing up the first year of a BSN program, but the job market in Portland was pretty rough a few years ago. It seems like it is picking up again. I know many of the nurses I have been doing clinicals with are relatively new hir...
  10. Why can't nurses intubate?

    Thought I would chime in here. I am in my second quarter of a BSN program, and have been a paramedic for thirteen years. I've probably done about 150-200 intubations in my career. Nurses can intubate. I live in Portland, and our flight nurses who wor...
  11. Tubing tips

    Not a CRNA, in a BSN program but have been a paramedic for 13 years and probably done around 150-200 intubations in that time. You probably already have much more airway experience than I do, and I realize that intubating in the field and the OR are ...
  12. OHSU Nursing Campus Rating

    I don't know that OHSU Portland is any better a nursing program than all the others. I think the main reason it holds the prestige is that it's a foot in the door to a level 1 tertiary teaching hospital with vast opportunities for a variety of acute ...
  13. OHSU acceptances/alternates

    Congratulations buttercup and Reid!
  14. OHSU acceptances/alternates

    @claire- Don't sweat the OHSU proctored essay too much. PCC will provide the proctor and testing site for a nominal fee in a very painless process. They make it very easy for you. Just go to the OHSU admissions page and create an online application a...
  15. Applicants to Portland area schools

    @nursesarak- Well cost IS a big concern, especially since I didn't get my Fafsa done before the OHSU deadline of march 31, but I feel like I have to take this opportunity. Luckily I have a wonderful fiancé who is willing to sacrifice and take over t...