SickleMoon

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1. An ANA-backed campaign hopes to lure more RNs into the role of nurse educator

   SickleMoon replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   I would love nothing more than to teach--but as the primary breadwinner in my family, I can't afford the huge pay cut I'd have to take. Until nurses and nursing education are taken as seriously as they ought to be, I don't think this is going to cha...

2. paramedic to RN

   SickleMoon replied to emsboss's topic in West Virginia

   Yes, it is! I got my BSN as an "escape plan", but planned to stay a paramedic for a long time. Long story short, the ambulance contract changed hands and we all got sacked, so I went into nursing full time. It's turned out pretty well. The money...

3. For all you future CPNEr's- a New Website

   SickleMoon replied to BBFRN's topic in Online Learning

   Nice site! Wish I would have had something like that before I took the CPNE!

4. Excelsior Pass Rate?

   SickleMoon replied to MiaLyse's topic in Online Learning

   Chris, Somewhere along the line I missed that you were going to Racine. It's been more than a few years since I did some of my clinical stuff in that neck of the woods, but the Regents College folks there were SUPER! Not a bad egg amongst 'em--very...

5. Excelsior Pass Rate?

   SickleMoon replied to MiaLyse's topic in Online Learning

   Nicely put, Chris.

6. Tnatc

   SickleMoon replied to StangBoss302's topic in Flight

   Doesn't look like there's one really close to Nashville in the near future, but there's one in Oklahoma City in the fall-- here's a link-- http://www.astna.org/FNATC.html Have fun!

7. Real ER vs TV ER

   SickleMoon replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

   And I don't think the nurses on ER chart...or at least not nearly as much as we have to!!

8. what can you tell me about bigeminal rhythms?

   SickleMoon replied to MargRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi MargRN, Tweety's absolutely right about the bigeminy--you have to look at the rest of the clinical picture to figure out if it's benign or about to be lethal. As far as getting more comfortable with rhythms, maybe this larger hospital you're look...

9. career advice

   SickleMoon replied to BSN2004NSU's topic in MICU

   Hi BSN2004NSU, You've gotten some good advice so far--hope it helps you make the choice that is best for you. Let me add this: "Burnout" is almost completely under your control. Sure, they can slam you with long shifts, less-than-desirable work en...

10. quick Needle gauge question-diameter

    SickleMoon replied to Wheaties's topic in General Students

    Twarlik, your comments stuck in my mind and I went on a hunt to try to find out why the smaller gauge equals a larger diameter. The best explanation I found said that it's because when they first started making round wire (as opposed to cutting it f...

11. what not to do/say the first day of work in the ER

    SickleMoon replied to akvarmit's topic in Emergency

    I have to agree with SJoe. I'd like to add a little-- Never decline an opportunity to do something new while you're being oriented/precepted. ERs do thousands of different things--if you don't jump in and do it when the opportunity arises, you may ...

12. what book did you find invaluable for first semester nursing program?

    SickleMoon replied to lehua's topic in General Students

    Not for actual sitting-down-and-reading, but PRICELESS the whole time I was in school and then some--Taber's Medical Encyclopedia. Have fun when school starts!

13. EMS-what's their problem?

    SickleMoon replied to sleep deprived's topic in General Nursing

    Nuru, Lovely post. I've just been reading through this thread and wasn't intending to reply at all--I've been (and still am) on both sides of this fence and all the previous posters have pretty much said it all, as far as all of us being human and h...

14. RN or BSN (2nd Degree)?

    SickleMoon replied to rn101's topic in General Nursing

    I had made up my mind that all I needed was the ASN, but when I actually sat down and compared the requirements for a BSN and ASN side-by-side, and then looked at what course work I'd already done for my previous degree, I found that the only real di...

15. Lingo

    SickleMoon replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    Most of my faves are already here but one's missing: SNUD = Sick Nigh Unto Death