Jkloo

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1. CRNA Student Loans

   Jkloo replied to Mnurse18's topic in SRNA

   The school performs a cost of attendance analysis factoring in living costs for 1 person, not for multiple. The government bases the unsubsidized loan levels permitted from this. You can go out and get extra loans from banks and other private lende...

2. How good was your Florida CRNA program?

   Jkloo replied to Surfing_T_waves's topic in SRNA

   Sorry I really don't know. It's just the reputation. I know of a hospital in Texas that for instance won't take students from Florida schools....presumably wouldn't hire either. Not trying to start an argument or debate just saying it's something I w...

3. How good was your Florida CRNA program?

   Jkloo replied to Surfing_T_waves's topic in SRNA

   There are a few good ones but for some reason Florida schools have a poor reputation.

4. Low Science GPA

   Jkloo replied to morduna's topic in SRNA

   You're welcome. I was in nursing school many years ago when I discovered that there was such a thing as CRNAs. Keep your eye on the prize and try to enjoy the journey!

5. Low Science GPA

   Jkloo replied to morduna's topic in SRNA

   Yeah, join any hospital committees you can get your hands on. Join your local AACN when you get into an ICU and go to the meetings. Oftentimes the hospital will have everyone do refresher training on equipment twice a year or so, so try to get in t...

6. Low Science GPA

   Jkloo replied to morduna's topic in SRNA

   Just work on taking more science classes and doing well in nursing school. It's a very long journey. Do well in your nursing courses, try to be flexible and move to an area where you can get into ICU nursing right away, and start taking science cla...

7. ICU Residency Count As School Experience?

   Jkloo replied to slothgang19's topic in SRNA

   They're not going to go digging, they're gonna be looking at your resume and the info you or your references provide.

8. Waiving ICU requirement

   Jkloo replied to lellomere's topic in SRNA

   Plenty of applicants without waiving any requirements as it is.

9. What are your schools doing about COVID and clinical?

   Jkloo replied to DreameRN's topic in SRNA

   Nobody wants to be delayed in graduating. Some parts of the country are being hit harder than others, to make a such a blanket call as to shut down all clinical for all programs is ridiculous. Students are experienced ICU nurses at the very least. ...

10. All these nurses writing articles

    Jkloo replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I am not sure how the topic got on OSHA/Fire Marshal and other federal mandates. If you have a hospital wide policy allowing drinks at the nurses station, I would bet money you would be found in violation by TJC during a survey. Someone above ...

11. RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    Jkloo replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    Any bottle of paralytic I've handled was bright red with the words paralytic stamped all over it.

12. Legal obligation for disaster relief

    Jkloo replied to kardz30's topic in COVID

    I don't know. I suppose if the disaster was completely unpredictable, then yeah it would be fairly separate. In the southeast with hurricanes...there is at least a fair amount of predictability to them. Increase the pay or find other incentives and...

13. Legal obligation for disaster relief

    Jkloo replied to kardz30's topic in COVID

    If it was decent enough there wouldn't be a need to threaten people's licenses or fire people over it...they'd be able to sustain the minimal staff requirement as needed through market forces. Capitalism, right? They'd have plenty of travelers willi...

14. Legal obligation for disaster relief

    Jkloo replied to kardz30's topic in COVID

    What I don't get is all these teams of disaster relief folks that come in from all over the country...law enforcement, linemen, other state agents...all receiving massive financial incentives to go and do this. Then you have the hospital staff who ha...

15. I failed my patient today- Student Nurse

    Jkloo replied to Maria3248's topic in General Students

    Sounds like you're doing great. And I do not mean that sarcastically. Don't beat yourself up over this.