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  1. Should I go for hearts?

    Do it! I joined the heart team a year ago and I like it. The person who discouraged you won't be much help, but if your're already studying on your own then you'll be fine. He/She won't help much but being a self starter like you are you can do a lot...
  2. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    I'm a JW and I work in the OR. I'm not sure how it works everywhere, but when I am doing an Open Heart case, the Dr has standing orders for things like ABX, beta blocker, blood etc. The pre-op nurse might have just went along with the order to get a ...
  3. I had 108 hours of call on my last check (2 weeks). We take a lot of call as well. I'm on the CVOR team with the same 2 nurse req. So that translates into 28 shifts a week, X2 nurses, divided by about 5 or 6 nurses. I usually do about 7 on/ 7 off ca...
  4. How do people feel about male nurses?

    I'm a male nurse and yes, you get treated differently at times. I will be asked to a different pod to help lift or move many times. A few patients will ask for a female nurse for some intimate care so I let our PCA do it, who is usually female. Man...
  5. I was doing my PED's and L&D rotation in school and the class had already had a bad week for parents. Our orientation day partly consisted of what parents do after a loss. They showed us photos, molds of babies' hands, feet, etc.. Many of my clas...
  6. RN training/orientation -phoenix

    I guess it depends on which department you are hired in. I started last year as a new grad at Banner. They'll do a group orientation, and then do a department specific orientation. I am on a med/surg unit, so we had med/surg academy(think lab days an...
  7. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    I get so tired of the double standard, even now that I'm out of school and practicing. During my L&D rotation I the nurse asked the Pt beforehand if they minded having a male student and EVERY one said no. It was by far the biggest waste of time...
  8. Orthopedic nurse moving to AZ

    Banner University Medical Center Phoenix aka Good Samaritan has an Ortho floor. 7th floor.
  9. SCC Fall 2014

    I worked full time during nursing school so I couldn't do any of the review classes. I did just fine without them, but some other students were scared so they took the classes. The review class seemed to have some NCLEX style questions on CANVAS alon...
  10. How to land your first RN job in Arizona?

    I graduated a couple months ago, passed NCLEX, and am completing my BSN in Oct. I live in Arizona and can tell you it is TOUGH here for new grads. As soon as I got my AZ license number I applied to anything and everything with no response. I called r...
  11. Maricopa County Community Colleges?

    I just finished at SCC. I would recommend you put the schools that are the closest to your place, but make sure to fill in ALL 5. The wait list is long and you might lengthen your wait if you only try for the one closest to you. If you get in one tha...
  12. SCC Fall 2014

    Anyone going into block 3 or know someone who is???
  13. Reading Textbooks

    I am starting my last semester and I can tell you that I rarely ever read the chapters. Our instructors lecture off of Powerpoints and those have been enough info. That being said, each person learns in a different way. What I suggest doing is taking...
  14. Hcr 240 Pathophysiology

    ^ Good information!! I agree with everything said so far. Knowing the process will help in this class, and especially for nursing. So much of nursing school is applying concepts to real life situations and exams, that memorizing data simply isn't en...
  15. Phoenix, Az BSN schooling help!

    I guess it depends on whether you want to attend a private college or a community college. The community colleges are cheaper by FAR, but do have a wait list. I was on the wait list for 2 years, but that may have changed. You would have to look into ...