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  1. Starting WGU RN to BSN program August 1st
    I'm curious...what were the interviews like?
    Oct 15, '12
    Forum: Western Governors University Online Nursing Degrees
  2. PESI Seminars??
    Thanks Meriwhen! I appreciate your thoughts.
    Mar 30, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  3. PESI Seminars??
    I have been receiving flyers from PESI healthcare for their seminars and am interested but really want to know other nurses take on them...especially first hand feedback. Thanks!
    Mar 30, '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  4. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.
    Just read your post and had to laugh. I have been working for 6 months so consider myself a new grad. What you ran into is exactly what I saw in school. Many of my classmates had this bizarre air...
    Mar 30, '12
    Forum: Nurse Colleague / Patient Relations
  5. Should I feel bad about this??  New grad wanting to quit days.
    I think I can relate. I am about sixth months into my first nursing job. Its days and part time 2, 12hr shifts. My last "day" of orientation I made a night shift because I wanted to be more...
    Mar 30, '12
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
  6. med surg orientation length?
    I am in the middle of a 12 week orientation. Before I was hired I was in contact with a large teaching hospital that also had a 12 week program. I think the reason my orientation lasts as long as it...
    Dec 8, '11
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
  7. Refued to give pain meds due to brady
    After the patient went AMA I have no idea. I have been keeping my eye out for the name but it hasn't come up in any of the expected places.
    Dec 8, '11
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
  8. Refued to give pain meds due to brady
    Thank you for the input everyone!! I think what I'm going to take away from this situation is that 1. My instincts are pretty good 2. I have a lot to learn, and 3. I need to make stronger suggestions...
    Dec 8, '11
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
  9. Refued to give pain meds due to brady
    Yes, we offered the pt. all sorts of non pharmacological alternatives and they were refused. The previous day we offered Toradol for breakthrough pain and that was…..refused. The more I think...
    Dec 4, '11
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
  10. Refued to give pain meds due to brady
    The "why" is what I wish I had a better answer for. Over night the HR dropped. The hospitalist who saw the pt. in the AM reduced her Coreg dose and gave more specific hold parameters. This lead me...
    Dec 3, '11
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing
  11. Accelerated RN-BSN Degree?
    i too am looking for a rn-bsn program and possibly msn. first hand recommendations are always the best. wgu? is that western governors as mentioned in a previous response? if so do they have a msn...
    Dec 3, '11
    Forum: Nursing Online Distance Learning
  12. Refued to give pain meds due to brady
    i am a new nurse half way through orientation and on the second day with a patient who has chronic pain found myself in a bit of a situation. overnight the pt’s hr dropped to the upper 30’s and 40’s...
    Dec 3, '11
    Forum: Medical-Surgical Nursing