Sorry if I was not clear. The balard program is a program my hospital has. You must work every Saturday & Sunday and one day in the week. In return you receive per-diem which total 16 hours in a two week period. It is great but you are givin...
Hi Pantheon, I understand your point, however, I work the "Balard" on weekends, so even though I work 72 hours, I still receive an additional 16 hours of pay in a two week period. That is, you have to "give up" your weekends.
I happen to work every Friday, Sat & Sunday, 12 hrs sifts in PCU, which is both mentally & phyiscally exhausting. By the 3rd day I'm pooped! However, I have four days to recover, as one person already pointed out. Sundays are usually bet...
By the way, Epocrates is a great web site & I love their program. You can type in symptoms and it tells you what the Dx might be. It also has Rx, lab, ID, and tables for conversions. PDAs rule.
I have my own system that seems to work for me. My study group picked up my habits and our test scores went up!!!! I use green for what is really important and orange for "drugs to know", purple for after a test to mark questions what were asked (t...
I have a PDA, Tungsten E. It is GREAT! I have the latest 2007 Drug reference and my Med-Surg book on it. I also have a Peds reference for drug administration. I also keep track of dates to remember, such as when to get my PPD, and other immunizati...