rn438

rn438 specializes in Telemetry.

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1. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   congrats jhodaki! I dont have that so I am guessing I didnt get in. I knew it, anyways. pretty bummed.

2. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   Yes....

3. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   I interviewed last Tuesday , I was told they would decide on Monday ( today) but I have now heard different things from others . Maybe I misheard .

4. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   So three weeks after this Friday? The admissions counselor told me something but I must have misheard

5. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   anyone heard anything yet ?or know when we might?

6. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   i found out i also have an interview! Nope i know nothing about it !

7. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 replied to rn438's topic in SRNA

   good luck to you too.. let me know if you hear anything?

8. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

   rn438 posted a topic in SRNA

   anyone apply for midwestern in arizona, crna program to start next fall? Lets talk! So nervous !

9. In the middle of a nurses career, are they paid roughly the same as they began?

   rn438 replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Nursing

   nurses dont really increase their earning potential over their span of career as compared to other occupations. Im sure this varies by region of course and what hospital you work at. Many nurses I work with find that they are taking a pay cut when t...

10. True life as a nurse

    rn438 replied to Wendi Decker's topic in General Nursing

    I have tons of free time . Only work three days a week ! Thank god. I work in ICU. The most difficult thing is dealing with confused and aggressive patients that want to attack you when they are out of their mind. And their families, who are experi...

11. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    rn438 replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    the last two hospitals I worked at you did not get one cent for having a bsn. WHY?? Because hospitals are cheap and view nurses as an area of cost, always wanting to eliminate cost . They don't care about our education, professional development, o...

12. Noting orders VERY late...legally, what happens?

    rn438 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    we used to have a sign the doctors would turn over that was red that said "new orders" , it hung outside the patients room . Also- If someone took the chart they had to leave a not - chart is with " ____" . It really is not OK to have the chart gone...

13. Questions involving Trach Care!!! HELP!!! CLEAN TECHNIQUE? WHAT?

    rn438 replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated recently, and was taught STERILE technique. I have seen people who have been Nurses or RTs for a long time use clean technique. I would just do what you were taught.

14. caring for prisoners

    rn438 posted a topic in Critical

    I hope this does not make me a bad nurse, but does anyone else have some weird feelings about caring for prisoners: mostly the rapists, and child molesters and murderers? I am not saying that they should not be taken care of or anything like that and...

15. Cough Syrup via PEG Tube

    rn438 replied to MisMatch's topic in General Nursing

    cough syrup doesnt work by coating the throat. it works by absorbing it systemically, so NG or PEG or swallowing it doesnt make a difference. You should know the mechanism of action for every drug you are giving, look it up in a good drug book. You c...