acarlrn

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1. adn-pediatric specialty?

   acarlrn posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi, is there someone out there that can tell me if as an RN with an ADN degree I could possibly specialize as a peds nurse? Is there some where to get certification? Has anyone done this? Do you recieve more pay for the certification? Any information...

2. Med-Surg Telemetry

   acarlrn replied to shhooke's topic in Med-Surg

   Hi, I work in a community hospital on a medical floor. We have 20 telemtry capibility. I have seen it when almost every unit has been in use. Our hospital uses charge nurses and they are certified by a telemetry coarse to read the strips and interpre...

3. what is medical nursing?

   acarlrn replied to ruthiebaby's topic in Med-Surg

   Hi, I am an RN that works on a medical floor in a community hospital. The patient population has various age ranges: adolescent to geriatric. We also have a small pediatric unit. Most of the patients are chronically ill with disease processes such as...

4. mixing up medications????

   acarlrn posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I work the night shift at my hospital. Pharmacy is there until 11 pm . Often we get admissions after this hour. There have been numerous times when supervision has been unable to get us mixed medications such as antibiotics,ect. Usually we have the c...

5. Nightshifters: What wakes you up while you are trying to sleep in this 9 to 5 world?

   acarlrn replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hi all! i graduated in december and started a hospital night position in january. I usually get 4-6 hours of sleep now. this seems to be enough. I will tell you why I like the night shift. Days are too crazy, the shift is usually less hectic ( but n...