bok2012

bok2012 has 9 years experience and specializes in Adult Emergency Case Management.

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1. Inappropriate nurses?

   bok2012 replied to hgraves64's topic in Relations

   wow..overreact much? As I was reading it , I thought you were the inappropriate nurse.

2. Deciding not to be an NP

   bok2012 replied to DeidreBrown's topic in General Nursing

   I am sad to say, I have no desire to go back to school either, but the dang wife is more or less forcing me to go get me FNP, since she is getting her AGACNP...................

3. What makes a good nurse case manager?

   bok2012 replied to Inori's topic in Case Management

   I work in a busy emergency department. I would say the number one skill needed for my position is problem solving, followed closely by thick skin.

4. Affordable Care Act Users Guide for Nurses

   bok2012 replied to Jb4564's topic in Activism

   This is a total opinion piece. Please post only facts.. We don't need Obama advocates here, we need patient advocates.

5. Moving to San Antonio......advice on hospitals

   bok2012 replied to BlondieRN2's topic in Texas

   Main Methodist. the one in the medical center. The main one. the big papa of the methodists in SA.

6. POC Testing in the ED

   bok2012 replied to brysmit's topic in Emergency

   We run UHCG, Chem 7 and cg4 ( venous blood gas) on an Istat, Cardiac enzymes d-dimer and BNP on a biosite. We do finger stick glucose checks on a glucometer. Everything but the UHCG is synced automatically.

7. Moving to San Antonio......advice on hospitals

   bok2012 replied to BlondieRN2's topic in Texas

   I am a newish nurse and I work at Methodist. I work in the ED. Its hectic, but I work with great people.The new management seems to want to make it a great place to work. I know some of my fellow recent graduates also work here in different depts. Th...

8. Nursing market becoming oversaturated?

   bok2012 replied to xpose85's topic in Texas

   I graduates in May 09 with a BSN in San Antonio. All through school, I kept hearing that the head hunters would be snatching us up before we even graduated. We were fed that we would have so many job offers that we would be able to negotiate a lot of...