rn2bn07

rn2bn07 BSN, RN

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  1. How long is your commute to work?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I accepted a position at a hospital almost thirty-minutes away from home. I have a 10-year old son whose school is on the opposite side of town. But I have help getting him to school. My question is,...

  2. Dear God, Delegation!!

    rn2bn07 replied to KeechieSan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will soon graduate in May, so I am not a nurse yet. But I am a nurse tech a local hospital and I work with two other tech on the midnight shift. I will say that as a tech, I respect all the nurses I...

  3. Living poor to living middle class!

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow! you couldn't have said that any better. Thanks for the great advice. This is exactly what my plans are my first year of nursing and so on. I don't believe all of my worries will be over, but I do...

  4. The Top 100 Hospitals- Really??????

    rn2bn07 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, my hospital is one of the top hospitals selected and I very pleased to even their name selected out of all the hospitals in Michigan that they could have chose from. But, I don't know how they...

  5. What should I expect in a step-down unit?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi, I graduate in May and I just recently accepted a position on a cardiac step-down unit at a large facility. I have almost a year experience on a med-surg floor as an extern and I have been pulled...

  6. Evidence-Based Projects for last semester

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am in my last semester of school and we are required to do an evidence-based project on the unit we are currently doing our clinical on. We came up the use of incentive spirometer and prevention...

  7. New nurse and scared to death!

    rn2bn07 replied to stilllearning24's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hi, I am in my last semester of nursing school as well. Congratulations for getting this far! Are you on a specialty unit or general? And what hospital do you work for? Im sure you have heard this...

  8. 6-week orientation to a cardiac step-down unit?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hello, I will be a new grad in May 07' and I have just accepted a position at a large teaching hospital, but was shocked to hear that my orientation was only 6 weeks long. I'm a little nervous because...

  9. What should I expect in a step-down unit?

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi DragonflyRN, I just accepted a position at St. John Hospital on Moross in Detroit. Its on a cardiac step-down unit and the interview was so different from all the other interviews I had and I was...

  10. Ortho med-surg to SICU- new grad decision?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi, just wondering if a year or two in Ortho med-surg is a good start in better preparing myself in transitioning to SICU. If not, what moves should I take in preparing to go into the SICU. I love...

  11. Graduate in May 07', need advice

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    :nurse: Hello Michiganders, I need advice from many new nurses and old nurses too! I am going through a dilema on deciding which hospital to work for and which unit to go for. I basically want to...

  12. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    rn2bn07 replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Truthfully, I have always wanted to be a nurse. I love the whole aspect of nursing and the devotion a person must have to do such a job. I think a person is born to become a healthcare worker, for me,...

  13. My 1st choice is ICU or PACU, then CRNA?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I am a nurse extern at a teaching hospital in the PACU department, which I love. I am learning so much, but still I am worried that I will be stuck here if I chose to stay here as a new grad. I also...

  14. Best Hospitals to work for in metro detroit ??

    rn2bn07 replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Henry Ford Hospital does offer an ICU intern program for new grads, I also hear from a lot of experienced nurses that Harper Hospital, part of the DMC, has an excellent ICU there and their nurses are...

  15. OCC graduates?

    rn2bn07 replied to maureenlynn's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I'm not so sure about that! I graduate from OCC nursing program in May and the last I heard they are behind a year and a half waiting list. I started in 05' and it took a year to get in. But ,as far...

  16. What did u buy your first year of nursing?

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh my, that Mustang is amazing in my eyes. I appreciate all the replies and feel like my head is in the right direction. I do plan on investing in buying a house before I buy a new car and then maybe,...

  17. Which way do I go PACU or MED/SURG?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in PACU

    Hello, I am graduating this May 07 from an ADN program. I currently work at two hospitals. One hospital I work as a nurse tech on a med/surg floor and the other hospital I work as an extern in the...

  18. Henry Ford Hospital vs. Providence Hospital

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Thank you for 2 responses, I am graduating from the ADN at OCC in May 2007. I currently work at Providence as a nurse tech since May of 06' on med/surg floor (they pull me often to different floors, I...

  19. Henry Ford Hospital vs. Providence Hospital

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    I will be graduating in May 2007, and would like to know the opinions of those who have been or are currently at one or both of these hospitals. I would like to know graduate salaries, how long are...

  20. I cant decide what hospital is best 4 me?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here's the dilemma. I work as a nurse extern for two different hospitals. One hospital I work at is on a Med-surg floor on a midnight shift where I float often and they use there nurse extern for...

  21. perioperative internships? Or ICU internships?

    rn2bn07 replied to rabbigin's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Follow what you are most interested in, yours clinical skills will come

  22. How much do new nurses make?

    rn2bn07 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    My question is to all the new grads. How much money do you make an hour and at what hospital do you work. I am a first year student an just curious about the salary wages. Also where in the hospital...

  23. Can someone explain PTT, aPTT, and INR?

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you so much for this, I am sure now that I have all of my information and I can't wait to share this with my classmates and my clinical instructor. You went into details, mapped it out and,...

  24. Math calculations test next week, HELP ME!

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in General Students

    Hey, thanks to you all who replied, I received 20 out of 20 right! I was so excited I passed and appreciate everyone who helped,

  25. Is a Nurse Extern position helpful for a students?

    rn2bn07 replied to rn2bn07's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you all so much for your responses. I have made up my mind very quickly and will be sending my application in tomorrow. I think you guys are right about learning new skills, and also having...