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1. Need help writng an OB Resume

   essedus replied to essedus's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Recombining is a good idea, that will give me more space. I don't want to use up more than a page since my nursing experience spans less than tree years so it will be comical to spread it out over two pages. Any advice on including GPA? Should I stat...

2. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

   essedus replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello. I am working on a resume and have some questions. I am a member of AWHONN but all is really means is I played the fee, I am not on the board nor do I hold an office, I just receive their publication. Is AWHONN membership still a good thing to ...

3. Please, some info on unions, hospital affiliations, and legislation protecting nurses

   essedus replied to essedus's topic in California

   I see. It's similar to NYC then; one big union that most nurses belong to and some smaller unions that have contracts with individual institutions. I heard some not so great stuff about Kaiser; that they dominate and subjugate other institutions to t...

4. Need help writng an OB Resume

   essedus posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello all. I am currently working on my first OB resume. I work on a L&D unit and want to find a job in the same. Can anyone give me guidance as how to best write the resume. My biggest problem is I can't seem to fit on one page at size 12 font, ...

5. Please, some info on unions, hospital affiliations, and legislation protecting nurses

   essedus replied to essedus's topic in California

   "Hiring freezes"? Wow, that sounds bad. What happened to that much talked about shortage? I am not about to just move without lining something up but it will be difficult getting hired from NY, one place already told me that they would sooner conside...

6. Please, some info on unions, hospital affiliations, and legislation protecting nurses

   essedus posted a topic in California

   Hello. I was hoping to get some help with figuring out union organization and hospital affiliations. I am moving from New York city, here it's mostly NYSNA. Is the California Nurses Association the only union representing California nurses? Are all ...

7. Mandatory Flu vaccine

   essedus replied to mspazrn's topic in New York

   The h1n1 vaccine was never tested on humans. The FDA approved it because of political pressure that is why they are being sued. The only mandatory vaccines for NYS are MMR. Most people have received these in infancy and are done with vaccines. Health...

8. Max pressure on an intubation cuff

   essedus replied to essedus's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for responding and thank you RRTM2 for citing. Very helpful.

9. Max pressure on an intubation cuff

   essedus replied to essedus's topic in General Nursing

   TazziRN and RN-Cardiac. Thank you both for responding. It is important to know that the volume is 10mL, I actually did not know that. However I did stumble upon the question about pressure in one of the tests I was taking for an agency a month ago, t...

10. Max pressure on an intubation cuff

    essedus posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. I could not find in neither my med-surg nor my fundamentals book the maximum pressure of a cuff on an endotracheal or tracheostomy tube. Also I saw some readings on the net in mmHg and mmH2o and was wondering how they compare. Please let m...