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A good thing to know would be how much cardiac they've had in the classroom before they hit your floor. Maybe keep to the basics of "too fast - too slow - oh crap" :D Maybe highlight areas...

Hi Lovely - I personally think there is a big difference in cardiac or neuro nursing. I love cardiac - it's very measurable and you get instant gratification from giving IV drug therapy. (when it...

I've heard of the facility, it's just up the road...but have no real info for ya, sorry! Dawn

Umm from what I'm aware of, no, UAA is it. I think there's a LPN school, too, but I see little hiring of them in the hospitals. I have also heard there is a big wait list due to UAA being the only...

Hi all ! I haven't posted here in a while.......but I relocated to Anchorage last year and the hospital employing me paid the relocation expenses. (Otherwise, we'd never have been able to afford...

I have found that casual/registry positions sometimes come with less oritentation than a regular position, and might leave you feeling even more overwhelmed. Check in your area for which hospitals...

Hi all! I'm Dawn, and after a few posts here and another general Alaskan site.....we have arrived in Anchorage. We've been here about 3 weeks and it's beautiful! You gotta like to be outdoors,...

aknotted - Thanks for your reply - all good info! The cruise is one part I'm definitely looking forward to :yeah: Heck, I'm looking forward to the whole process! I'm so excited I could bust,...

Thanks AKnotted! We have a few days in Seattle & Bellingham waiting for the ferry, so I may check out the shopping there to kill some time. Dawn

Thanks for the messages here from the AK nurses! Our plans have finally come together, our house sold, I have a temporary license for AK and a job offer. We'll be hitting AK in 2 months, looking...

Dang........I even subscribed to this thread so I can keep an eye out for the answer..... or rather, what the OP's prospective employer THINKS the answer is. ShEEsh. Since Florence N's day,...

There is a fine line between complementary and quackery! When I did health lectures at an in-pt drug and alcohol detox unit, one of the patients asked me about doing colon cleanses...... he saw...

Magnolia- #1 - Definitely call your Board of Nursing and find out if your practice act allows you to give those meds. Here in PA, LPN's are NOT allowed to push any IV meds, they can only start...

Hi Pip - I'm an Excelsior Grad from 5 years ago. Have had no problems with jobs. I was an LPN working at a hospital and getting tuition paid for when I did the program, then I just moved into an RN...

I agree with the above posters - and if it really fired - YOU probably would have known it too! See the web page below under the topic "what should I do if I get a shock" - it talks about warning...

klcrn- I am in an ER exactly like you have described. Nothing gets in my craw worse than a poor, poor orientation program that leaves us good nurses doubting ourselves instead of being trained! ...

Saline shooting for distance with a Level 1 rewarmer............... :saint: not that I EVER did that on a slow night shift. No, I usually got hit with it.....

Hi all! Been working on making the move to AK for a few months now and our house finally sold (WOOO HOOO!) We'll be bound for AK end of Sept or Oct depending on tying up some loose ends. I've...

I love it! So true! We've had a run of 3 day old bug bites with about 1-2 cm of erythema, no itching, no pain........and "I thought I better get it checked out." Also, the kids 2-3 years old...

My :twocents: belly, below the belly button. Except for the time I had a physician as a med-surg patient and he had HIS physician give us a written order to give his Heparin in his arms. Have...

I hear ya! I just came back to ER nursing in a tiny ER.... I did a BIG hospital ER in the past. It's very interesting to see the difference in small versus big ER. I keep telling myself the...

Just curious for your thoughts on this..... I'm working in a VERY small ER (after doing level I trauma a few years back) and I've encountered a doc that just makes me crazy! He and I have...

I can "ditto" what the other posters here have said...... Excelsior is do-able, with the right background and personality. There was a huge wait to schedule for the clinical part. You need to...

This is a great thread! Thanks for reminding us that in the midst of the negativity - there's a reason we keep coming back and clocking in! I love it because no matter how long you've worked...

Wow - they paid a consultant to come up with the "internal waiting room" concept? Heck, I've seen it done for free in numerous ERs.........it's called the HALLWAY! Seems to be the favorite...