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  1. How hard to get a job in Bay area?

    APRN. replied to Buddyken's topic in California Nursing

    There are positions out there. They DO exist. You may need to think outside of the box if you don't land a hospital job. Try going onto each hospital's job posting site and complete an application....

  2. Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

    APRN. replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Down.

  3. Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    APRN. replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why don't you ask who THEIR Physician is.......*hint* *hint*

  4. Do you have (or are you) a bully queen of the ICU?

    APRN. replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yuk. I hope I never meet her in my mirror or in

  5. Thinking about pursuing a career as a Nurse Practitioner.

    APRN. replied to aFutureNurse7991's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There are basic pre-requisites that are generic to pretty much all Registered Nursing programs; Anatomy (with a lab) Physiology (with a lab) Chemistry - - try and take a more advanced chemistry class...

  6. September 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    APRN. replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    “The only thing it CAN’T do is empty

  7. "Taking a verbal" = writing your own orders?!

    APRN. replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been a nurse in the Critical Care Unit for many years and I've never put in an order without a phone call to the Intensivist to say (for example) "Your patient in room 32, Mr. Wheezy, doesn't...

  8. looking for support from fellow nurses?

    APRN. replied to chasity_paige88's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Congratulations! You have done a wonderful job so far because you’ve made it farther than a whole passel of other new grads have. Many are still looking for work. It sounds like your main concern...

  9. Handling rude co workers

    APRN. replied to TurtleN84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Once upon a time, I was shy and reserved. I remember lamenting to my mother how I felt picked on as a new nurse and that I wanted to find a new job. She told me “There will always be people like...

  10. Handling rude co workers

    APRN. replied to TurtleN84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What you allow, you condone. You are perfectly allowed to be assertive and inform others as to how you wish to be treated. Tell then that the eye rolling and such makes you feel like you work in a...

  11. Nurses practicing acupuncture

    APRN. replied to drinkwd40's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you have/were to develop a standardized procedure, I would imagine that you would be able to perform this procedure within your

  12. Did you know? "Code Brown" means tornado. . .LMAO!

    APRN. replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    I'll take the large bowel any day over small bowel

  13. White Coat Ceremony for Nurses

    APRN. replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I think we should have a "New Car Ceremony". NO one else does that......... (We sure spend enough $$ on our education,

  14. Medical Assistants being called nurses

    APRN. replied to Ethicsrn4life's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think the doc says "my nurse" because the words fall off the tongue much easier than "my medical assistant", or "my MA". It's probably part laziness, part ignorance, and part willful disrespect of...

  15. CNL vs NP?

    APRN. replied to 1tdnurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi Accel - Congratulations on your career choice. I am also a CNL student; however, I have been an RN for many years. I am learning more and more about the CNL role, and I would STRONGLY recommend...

  16. Verbal Anesthesia. Oh how therapeutic!

    APRN. replied to Bedside_Life RN's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of verbal anesthesia, as it can be very effective in a setting where the “ambience” can be controlled. I have my doubts about getting good results when [insert description of...

  17. CNL vs NP?

    APRN. replied to 1tdnurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi UVA Grad Nursing ~ I went over to your website and took a peek at your CNL program curriculum, which left me wondering if you happened to have a finance component in your program. I am asking...

  18. CNL vs NP?

    APRN. replied to 1tdnurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am curious as to why a new grad MSN would be passed over a new grad BSN as a standard hiring practice. Would you be able to elaborate on their rationale at all? Thank

  19. CNL programs for current RN's

    APRN. replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    Touro University, California has a CNL program as does University of San

  20. CNL vs NP?

    APRN. replied to 1tdnurse's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I concur with Oh'Ello. The NP is an Advanced Practice RN, prepared at the Masters level, with (in many states) prescriptive authority. The Clinical Nurse Leader is an Advanced Generalist RN,...

  21. Clinical Nurse Leader

    APRN. replied to APRN.'s topic in California Nursing

    I am beginning to believe that CNL's are Red Headed Step

  22. Nurses with worse spelling than mine are laughable.

    APRN. replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Error free grammar occasionally escapes me. Additionally, I am certainly not consistent with perfect spelling, but I try my best. However, when my Nurse Manager wrote a letter of recommendation for...

  23. Ice Bucket challenge

    APRN. replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Here is where the Ice Bucket Challenge started. (edited - link broken) However, the man behind the Ice Bucket is Pete Frates. Pete has ALS, and is happy to raise awareness, ice buckets and

  24. RN to MSN?

    APRN. replied to sarrra23's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    There is a movement to double the number of DNP's by 2020, and as such, there are new programs springing up left and right that offer a BSN to DNP program for your ARNP. Might I suggest that you look...

  25. Personal experience with sneakers?

    APRN. replied to _Jax_RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My Podiatrist prescribed Brooks Addiction Walker for me. I was also told to toss the inserts that came with the shoe and use "SuperFeet" inserts. (Go to an athletic show store near you, they'll know...