yoland

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1. If a phlebotomist corrected you on order of draw, what would you do?

   yoland replied to pyriticsilence's topic in Relations

   I almost always draw my own blood. We have no phlebotomy team, so it's the RN or the PCT. Yes, definitely, the blood culture goes 1st, but I would not mind at all if a phlebotomist educated me on the order of the draw. You do blood draws for a living...

2. Waitressing as a pre-req?

   yoland replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   So true! I actually was a waitress before RN, and it definitely helped! Also, you learn to deal with a lot of baloney that people dish out, and just let it go. I don't know about other parts of the country, but around here "Patient Satisfaction" (rea...

3. Best online RN to BSN program....CHEAP?

   yoland replied to TonyaM73's topic in Online Learning

   I have heard that you also need to be careful about accreditation-that some MSN programs have restrictions on degrees from programs with certain accreditations. I'm also looking into BSN programs, and, so far, St Joseph College of Maine and Utica Col...

4. Trying to get my foot in OR door

   yoland replied to yoland's topic in Operating Room

   I did speak to the OR manager, who told me that, while my facility used to have an OR nursing program, it doesn't anymore as they now have an OR nurse educator, but always try to hire experienced OR nurses. She didn't even know of any program/place t...

5. Trying to get my foot in OR door

   yoland replied to yoland's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks a lot and good luck to you, too! I have finally decided exactly where I want to be, and now I can't get in. Very frustrating! I did see programs in Arizona and California,but I have a family and that is not really feasible. But maybe it is for...

6. Trying to get my foot in OR door

   yoland posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi All, I would love to get into the OR after 5+ yrs in Ortho/Neuro at a large teaching hospital. Unfortunately, all the job opportunities I am finding require OR experience, and I'm really having a hard time finding any periop programs. I did try su...