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1. FNP Preceptor Phoenix Area needed

   blarn replied to hope_full's topic in NP Students

   Please email me at [email protected] if you still need a phoenix preceptor urgently. I may know someone that can help !

2. Do we have no rights?

   blarn replied to blarn's topic in NP Students

   Yes I have tried to get them to understand how the schools errors have caused issues.. They simply do not care

3. Do we have no rights?

   blarn posted a topic in NP Students

   What are our rights as grad students when the school messes up? I have been playing catch up all semester due to being blocked out of my online courses at the start of the semester for some "unknown" reason that was not my fault. I was also majorly d...

4. University of South Alabama FNP Spring 2017

   blarn replied to NC-ED-RN's topic in NP Students

   The letter was in the mail when I got home from work yesterday. I was accepted!

5. Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

   blarn replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

   I was eaten by my first nursing job.. the struggle is real

6. University of South Alabama FNP Spring 2017

   blarn replied to NC-ED-RN's topic in NP Students

   I applied for Dual track FNP and Acute Geront... Haven't heard back

7. Good dialysis travel companies

   blarn replied to Dani1995's topic in Travel

   I am about to take my first Dialysis travel position. I have talked to lots of travlers and called lots of companies. Foundation Medical Staffing is a company I trust and many others do as well. They linked me with a permanent position in the past...

8. Too slow for fast pace job?

   blarn replied to Navygurl's topic in Urology

   It just takes a while to get into the flow of the unit. 2 weeks is very little time to make such a harsh judgment about your capabilities. Once u get to know the patients and schedules better you will be able to plan ahead for the busy turnover.

9. Acute HD units also doing PD

   blarn replied to Katdama's topic in Urology

   I believe it is pretty common. This is what the acute programs do in my area. Often the patients primary nurse can do some trouble shooting by calling the 1800 number on the machine and most patients know how to operate the cycler on their own.

10. Torn between Dialysis and med/surg for my 1st RN job

    blarn replied to NurseyMomma's topic in New Nurse

    There is no right or wrong answer to this. I did 6 months of med surg and hated every second of it before I switched to dialysis. If you start in a dialysis clinic you will be on your feet all day long non stop so I don't think that it's any less ph...

11. Any thoughts on Kindred Hospital?

    blarn replied to isharRN's topic in LTAC

    Ive Heard Those Same Negative Things. I Have Never Been A Kindred Employee, But Ive Done Dialysis Treatments At Kindred. None Of The Dialysis Nurses Liked GoingThere Because If You Or The Patient Needed Something You Would Not Be Able To Find Help.

12. new grad dialysis position

    blarn replied to Lillian11's topic in Urology

    I Don't Think That Its Harmful. I Find That There Is A Good Deal Of Respect For The Skills And Knowledge That Dialysis Nurses Have. I Have Heard ICU Managers Say That They Would Welcome Dialysis Nurses Into ICU Position AnyTime.

13. new grad dialysis position

    blarn replied to Lillian11's topic in Urology

    Acute Dialysis Offers A Lot Of Independence. I Enjoy It MoreThen Any Other Nursing I have Done. You Have To Like Needles And BeAble To Deal With Blood. Be Ok Making Many DecOnisions ON Your Own. You Would Learn A Lot In The Cardiac Program. I Gue...

14. I didn't burnout, I went up in a great big ball of flames...

    blarn replied to Gamecock73's topic in General Nursing

    Try Something Different..I Hated Med Surg.. I LOve Dialysis! ...Many Options!

15. Saskatchewan RN JOBS

    blarn replied to blarn's topic in International

    Hi Vhanesa... Thank you for the response... Good to Know!