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Howdy All, My wife and I are wanting to move up to Kansas after school so I am would appreciate a general idea of what RN's with a year of experince (ICU)are making in Wichita or Hutch. Thanks, Craig

Howdy All, Just wondering if anyone can tell me about either of these hospitals. Looking to move up there sometime this year, after June that is. I am interested in of course pay, management style, pt ratio, shifts, etc. Thanks, Craig

Howdy all, I have a co-worker who has finished an LVN program and needs to take her state boards. She is wondering if Kaplan had a review program for LVN's. A review of their (Kaplan's) website showed an RN review course but nothing for LVN. Th...

Recently a motorcyclist involved in a collision with a pedestrian. The motorcylists' blood alcohol................almost 600. And as usual, his victim was injured more severly than he was.

Hope I posted this in the right section. I am looking at going with an agency to pick up some PRN work (currently working FT and will cont. to do so.). I know squat about them and how they work other than the rate they pay tends to be higher than wh...

Something similar. Our hospital was getting upgrades, putting plasma TV monitors all over the place. One day construction men are all over the place and a group of guys come in dressed with hard hats, tool belts, etc... take the monitors down and s...

Our process is very similar to what was described above. Only bad thing is we end up holding a lot of pts, because of a lack of beds on the floors. Cam

Well said ^. To the OP glad your husband is doing better. If I had been in your situation I would not have reacted nicely, my family comes first....period. Cam

Colonel Sanders..............he had a drum stick (chicken) lodged in his rectum and no idea how it got there........yeah I guess that happens

Guilty of the "drank apple juice from a urinal" guess you had to be there, but I promise it was funny at the time. The horrified looks were the best.

Well crap, I didn't think the first one ever posted.

Too funny!!!!!!! Keep them coming, and I am offended............that there is only 6 pages of replies. Man has this been funny. Craig

This thread is quite possibly the funniest thing I have read in God only knows how long. The GOMER score had me crying I was laughing so hard. And I am offended..........that there aren't more than 6 pages of replies so far. To the OP this is GREA...

I did a little over a year Med / surg before going to the ER. For me it was a good thing. Try and shadow in the ER you want to go to, see what it's like. Craig

For what it's worth I did a year med / surg before going over to the ER. For me it was a good decision. See if you can shadow in the ER for a shift or two if you haven't spent any time there. I love it. Craig

Gotta second what this fella said!!!!!!!! Craig

Thanks NrsMellisa1, I appreciate the info. We (my family) are about a year - a year and a half away from moving, but I will keep look into KHH as the time gets closer. Craig

Howdy All, Well I am making the big leap from cardiovascular med surg to the ED. I have 1 year exp as an RN and have thoroughly enjoyed nursing as a career change. The main reason for going to the ED is because I believe that it will make m...

Kick Start My Heart..........Motley Crue :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat Craig

Thanks for the response RNSacht. I'll keep you in mind when I have questions. Being the Techno novice, who makes the palm pilot and what do they run $$ wise. I can see where it would be an invaluable tool to have for medications alone. Thanks, Cr...

Where I work, if the date / time of onset isn't known the pt gets a TEE (Trans-esophageal echo cardiogram) to verify there is no blood clot. Craig

Go back to the basics.......assess, find out why thy are being a jerk. You don't have to literally ask the question that way, but get some back ground information from them. Here's how I approach my new pt's. While doing their physical assessment...

Howdy All, I have a phone interview tomorrow and was wondering what to expect. This is the first time I have been interviewed by phone and for that reason I am a little nervous about it. I would rather be face to face, you can see facial expres...

howdy all, phone interview went well. i have a face to face interview set up in a week. thanks for the advice. the interviewer was nice and asked questions along the lines of what y'all told me to expect. thanks and merry christmas, craig

No co-signing insulin for us. If I had a co-worker who wanted me to do it I would not have a problem doing that, but like I said it is not our institutions policy. If I ever have a question concerning a med dose I don't hesitate to track down one o...