JMBM

JMBM

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JMBM specializes in Emergency.


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  1. New Grad ER Vent

    I can roll pretty well with a busy team of 8 or 9 patients. This isn't even a hard question. Eight or nine ER patients is too much for an experienced ER nurse to safely handle. Fifteen for a new grad verges on the criminal. Just think, you have ...
  2. Alaska Nurses

    Alaskans get alot of questions on how it is to live up here. The problem with answering that question is that Alaska is as large as the western third of the contiguous United States. Its kind of like asking what its like to live west of the Rockies...
  3. Wasilla Nurses

    There is a hospital, Mat-Su Regional, located between Wasilla and Palmer. I don't know their pay scale, but I assume you could get that from them easily. Many people, in fact probably a majority of working people in Wasilla and Palmer, make the comm...
  4. How much difference in pay

    According to the Providence labor contract with the Alaska Nurses Association, the hourly rate for new grads in 2007 is $25.21. The rate for an RN with one year's experience is $26.16.. In May of 2008, those rates will increase to $26.35 and $27.34,...
  5. Still a student, my heart set on ER...

    Its wonderful that you are interested in ED work, and I absolutely encourage you. I also agree with the earlier respondent who wrote that you should look for opportunities to volunteer or somehow else become involved in an ER as soon as you can. An...
  6. Need some answers

    The labor contract pay at Providence Hospital in Anchorage for a new RN with no experience is about $25/hr. Providence is the largest hospital in the state and its wage scale is probably about average. To get a feel for Anchorage costs of living, c...
  7. Any nurses from Barrow

    Wow, Barrow? from the East Coast? I worked in Barrow for awhile, albeit quite a few years ago. Barrow is a predominately native town in the Arctic. There is quite a bit of money in Barrow, resulting from the local native corporation's royalty pay...
  8. Teamwork and Support in ED's

    Actually, the reason I work in the ER/shift I do now is because of the feeling of teamwork - don't believe anyone who says all ER situations are like you describe. In fact, I have found ERs in general to have more of an ethic of teamwork than many ot...
  9. Becoming an ER Nurse

  10. travel to anchorage

    The military hospital does employ civilian nurses. I have an RN friend whose in their ICU. His actual employer is the VA.
  11. New ADN Grad placement!!!

    I was a medic who "came indoors" and was a new grad in the ED. First, your medic experience will be extremely valuable, but perhaps not in the way you think. Sure, the physical skills are great, but its the mental part that will really help - the exp...
  12. States that have nursing unions

    To answer the original question - unions are not dependent on state, region, district or even hospital. They exist anywhere a large enough group of employees get together and petition for recognition. Nurses can be union or non-union at hospitals n...
  13. Acls

    Absolutely.
  14. ICU to ED?

    Given your reasons for wanting to leave your current job, I'm not sure why the ED would be better. Certainly, there will be co-workers you like/dislike. If anything, ED personnel tend to have stronger personalities than most. There will be plenty ...
  15. I was (and still am) a medic and am now an RN in an ED. I agree with earlier writers who say that the medic training will help you alittle (and only alittle) in nursing. The EXPERIENCE of working as a medic will help you immensely if you decide to ...