Selke

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  1. Marian Hospital in Santa Maria, CA?

    Selke posted a topic in Travel

    Has anyone worked here? I will be starting an assignment in their L&D unit. I'll be living 2 blocks from the Pacific Ocean, so I couldn't turn this assignment down :) Any information will be...

  2. Nurses with scoliosis out there?

    Selke posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Are there other RNs with scoliosis out there? Especially severe scoliosis with noticeable rib hump (the Quasimodo look), spinal fusion, metal instrumentation, chronic pain issues, especially in low...

  3. Epidural management in RN scope of practice?

    Selke posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am working as a traveler in a SFBA CA hospital in L&D; after I got here I learned that the RNs are responsible for managing epidurals: priming the tubing for the infusion bag, loading and...

  4. IHS -- Chinle, Shiprock, &c

    Selke posted a topic in Travel

    Hi all, I'm not sure which forum to post this (AZ, NM, Native American, General, OB) so I'll post here for starters. I am interested in an assignment in one of the IHS hospitals in L&D,...

  5. True Staff travel agency?

    Selke posted a topic in Travel

    Has anyone worked for TruStaff? What are they like? OK? Avoid? I want to go to California with somebody. I was quoted a potentially good hourly rate, and they have contracts in hospitals in the...

  6. Baja California?

    Selke posted a topic in Travel

    Does anyone know if there are hospitals in Baja California and if they use travelers?

  7. Please Read Before Posting: Tips Regarding Distance Programs

    Selke replied to BBFRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    What is the difference between an online and distance educational program? I saw both terms used in the first post of this thread and I'm confused - I use them interchangeably. Am I incorrect? Are...

  8. Broken Back

    Selke replied to JTomlinson91's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm not quite answering your question, but have you tried therapies other than opioid narcotics, such as physical therapy, acupuncture or acupressure, getting a trainer, swimming, yoga, anything like...

  9. career in ethics and theory??

    Selke replied to nurturer's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest you take a few undergraduate philosophy classes and at least one ethics course while you are completing your BSN. If your school has a department of religious studies, I suggest taking an...

  10. state school vs ivy league school for MSN?

    Selke posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    I was accepted into a state school and an ivy league school for my MSN in midwifery, starting this fall. (I'm already an RN.) It looks like I'll be getting only loans this first year at either place...

  11. Job outlook for travel nursing in this economy?

    Selke replied to inthesouthrn's topic in Travel

    A recruiter told me this week that there is a drop in posted positions in some places like CA due to the severe budget shortfall ... if the state can't pay medicare/medicaid then the hospitals can't...

  12. Soon to be MPH graduate aiming to become CNM, am I crazy???

    Selke replied to wifee47's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    There are many midwives with MPH and/or DrPh degrees. Many want to get their MPH after finishing their MSN/CNM. It is a popular credential to have, for both those wanting to work in the US and...

  13. Nursing going into Medicine?

    Selke replied to spuropathy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Not only will nursing courses NOT count towards medical school, you need to look carefully at the undergraduate science prereqs you are taking for nursing vs. medical school. There are usually...

  14. Please dont hate me for saying this...

    Selke replied to RN2BENAUSTIN's topic in General Nursing

    The way the OP phrases things, her speech patterns, strike me as a bit odd. I can't put my finger on it. Maybe English isn't her primary language? I suspect the OP has some codependency issues based...

  15. Death work and talking to the dead

    Selke replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    The Book of the Dead, the Bardo Thodol, the "liberation through hearing in the intermediate state", is a Tibetan Buddhist funerary text from the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma tradition, again bringing up...

  16. Death work and talking to the dead

    Selke replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    Hearing is the last sense to go ... when one leaves the body, one does not immediately "disappear" but lingers some time and observes what's going on. The Tibetan Book of the Dead gives an...

  17. Rescheduled Frontier Interview

    Selke replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Sending you lots of luck! You'll do

  18. Rescheduled Frontier Interview

    Selke replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Don't tell them anything at all about a custody battle or other personal issues. Just say a last minute family obligation came up that could not be rescheduled and leave it at that. Stay very...

  19. How does everyone wind down after work?

    Selke replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    TV and the internets

  20. Has the 2010 DNP alledged requirement for NP's already fizzled?

    Selke replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    n_g, I agree with your point. Many nurses have enough trouble funding graduate education and finding time to do it. Lengthening the program and making it more costly will not necessarily benefit...

  21. Full time work, full time school, or both?

    Selke replied to Goozgog's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Most if not all Frontier students have to work through school from financial necessity so you are not alone. Many do work full time, although it works best to have flexibility with your job so you...

  22. working on the old-style wards

    Selke replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I was a patient -- rather I was tortured -- as a teenager in 1971 in one of the last Scottish Rite Crippled Children's hospitals, which had those old wards with the old staffing system and...

  23. How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    Selke replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very biased towards CA, esp. northern CA ... if I had to work as a staff nurse again I would move right back to the SFBA. I worked there through the implementing of the staffing ratios. What...

  24. Has the 2010 DNP alledged requirement for NP's already fizzled?

    Selke replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    But states require the MSN for licensure, NOT a DNP. They may not even accept a DNP for licensure without an MSN. So I do not understand how some nursing organization can mandate a DNP for entry...

  25. Access Nurses travel company

    Selke replied to kaliee's topic in Travel

    You need to find out which companies staff the area you are interested in traveling to. Try calling the hospitals' staffing offices and ask them if they will share with you which companies they use,...