future_nurse_Alex

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1. Self Triage

   future_nurse_Alex replied to MoodyButt's topic in Emergency

   1) Yes, the screening is done by an MD or PA but it may be an hour or so after the patient has been triaged, especially on a busy day. That gives me plenty of time to get all the registration paperwork finished before the doc ever goes in - no delay ...

2. Self Triage

   future_nurse_Alex replied to MoodyButt's topic in Emergency

   I don't know where the myth comes from that one can't ask for insurance information prior to medical screening. My hospital has the same dumb rule but no one has ever shown me the part of the Act that states that. Here is what it does say: http://www...

3. Inappropriate ER doc?

   future_nurse_Alex replied to elizabells's topic in Emergency

   Apparently some cultures believe that pain/illness is punishment for bad deeds. Maybe that's what he was trying to get at - a psychosomatic something or other.

4. So... How important are grades... really?

   future_nurse_Alex replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in General Students

   There are kids in my class who live with their parents and don't work. All they do is go to school. I live on my own (= bills that need paying) and work full-time while attending school full-time. So if I don't have the extra 40 hours a week to spend...

5. Hospitals and pay around Miami

   future_nurse_Alex posted a topic in Florida

   Hi, I will be graduating May 2006 (and it won't come too soon). Planning to relocate to the Miami area. Last week, spring break, I talked to the nursing recruiter at Aventura hospital - he said they have a 6 week classroom preparation followed by a 6...