nrsmom2g1b

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1. [Mini RANT] Crappy Vocational Rehab Counselor Refuses to Approve of me being in Nursing

   nrsmom2g1b replied to Natiel's topic in Disabilities

   Hearing a a huge part of nursing. Being able to hear the soft faint sounds of crackles in the lungs or the diffrence between good lung sounds and diminished or absent lung sounds is crucial. Not to mention the subtle changes in a heart beat like a mu...

2. Misconceptions about Nurses.

   nrsmom2g1b replied to vnvelez90's topic in Student Assist

   I have been a nurse for 5 years in hospital and work as a team with doctors all the time, every day now that I work in the Emergency room. Out docs many times over in every shift ask our opinions and recommendations all the time

3. ICU vs ER career advice

   nrsmom2g1b replied to nrsmom2g1b's topic in Critical

   Thank you all for all the great advice ICU is what I was thinking more for the experience and knowledge of critical patients. It will be hard to leave ER but as mentioned above I can always float back here and there

4. ICU vs ER career advice

   nrsmom2g1b posted a topic in Critical

   I am currently a float for a hospital in a large city. My goal is to eventually go to school for life Flight. To get in you have to have both ER and ICU experience. I have been a med surg cardiac telemetry nurse for 5 years now and I am currently a c...

5. Help with career choice

   nrsmom2g1b posted a topic in Emergency

   I am currently a float for a hospital in a large city. My goal is to eventually go to school for life Flight. To get in you have to have both ER and ICU experience. I have been a med surg cardiac telemetry nurse for 5 years now and I am currently a c...

6. Mom of 2 looking into becoming Lvn put down by recruiter at kaplan

   nrsmom2g1b replied to Rose90's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was rejected from 3 diffrence lvn program almost 9 years ago. I had similar responses as I was a young mother of 3 being told flat out that I wouldn't be able to put the time and effort into it that would be required to pass. I continued to look fu...

7. National Nurses United Day

   nrsmom2g1b replied to mondragon's topic in General Nursing

   If you have a Facebook go to show your stethoscope page there are almost 800,000 followers there

8. Should gtube feeding bags be rinsed between feedings?

   nrsmom2g1b replied to Martyyyna's topic in Pediatric

   I have always thought of it that rinsing won't hurt anything but not rinsing could so just rinse. If I wouldn't drink out of a dirty cup after several hours why would I use a dirty unrinsed bag after several hours.

9. Need help with Naming EKG Tele Strips ASAP!

   nrsmom2g1b replied to PVL_RN86's topic in General Nursing

   As far as the blocks just think of them as a deteriorating marriage. If the P wave is the wife and the QRS the husband normal sinus is P the shortly after QRS responds. 1st degree block Wife P fires off and there is a long delay before QRS hisband re...

10. New Grad relocating to RI, tips on jobs

    nrsmom2g1b replied to jenkpen's topic in Rhode Island

    Our lady fatima has hired several new grads. I think it comes down to a strong resume with an even stronger cover letter. Try using some key words from their mission statement in your cover letter to get noticed. The other thing that always helps is ...

11. Job Market for New BSN grads in Rhode Island

    nrsmom2g1b replied to hope77rn's topic in Rhode Island

    Oh and to answer your other question you don't need a BSN, it's always preferred, but I know nurses here that went to a nurse diploma program and we're hired. Network yourself try to meet some people that already work in the hospital you want to work...

12. Job Market for New BSN grads in Rhode Island

    nrsmom2g1b replied to hope77rn's topic in Rhode Island

    Our Lady Fatima in North Providence is hiring regularly new grads as well. If you want psych we have 3 units dedicated to psych.

13. NYC to Rhode Island --what's the job market like for RN's?

    nrsmom2g1b replied to Happynurs3's topic in Rhode Island

    I work at Our Lady Fatima in North Providence and know we are currently hiring many positions and they do tale a lot of new grads as well as recently a few that have only a year or 2 long term care experience. :-)