pcawiz

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1. Bombed Anatomy 1

   pcawiz replied to Starting Over...'s topic in Georgia Nursing

   You can do it if that's what you want. I bombed ANP twice and passed on the 3rd try. Never failed another class again and never had much of a hard time in nursing school once I was in. IMO it was the...

2. Residencies that accept ADN in Georgia

   pcawiz replied to NeoNurse2Be's topic in Georgia Nursing

   northside is good, but the dollar per hour pay wasn't as good as piedmont. the retirement plan though is better at

3. Residencies that accept ADN in Georgia

   pcawiz replied to NeoNurse2Be's topic in Georgia Nursing

   northside also takes ASN. I had an offer there

4. Residencies that accept ADN in Georgia

   pcawiz replied to NeoNurse2Be's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Piedmont definitely takes ADN. I have an ASN which is the same thing and I got hired

5. Working/worked at Piedmont Atlanta?

   pcawiz replied to jawharah's topic in Georgia Nursing

   The drug calc is easy if you can follow a given formula for insulin sliding scale dosages. A guy that was recently hired on my floor said the tests weren't bad and they give you a retry on the math...

6. Fall Piedmont Hospital Nurse Residency

   pcawiz replied to GaMommy81's topic in Georgia Nursing

   bsn is not required. just make sure you're "safe" and you don't need to worry so

7. Fall Piedmont Hospital Nurse Residency

   pcawiz replied to GaMommy81's topic in Georgia Nursing

   yes you get a first, second and third

8. LPN'S in GA

   pcawiz replied to lpnsoon2bRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

   If you will work part time on weekends Piedmont is hiring on the ortho

9. Applied for tons of jobs but no call backs (Georgia)

   pcawiz replied to EbonyRN1162's topic in Georgia Nursing

   You can try for PRN, wellstar cobb, LTAC, SNF, or

10. Piedmont Cardiovascular Residency

    pcawiz replied to abra80's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I have an ASN and I went through the residency at piedmont. I'm currently still employed by them and my clinical manager is also an ASN

11. What should every orthopaedic nurse know?

    pcawiz replied to Jammin' RN's topic in Orthopedic

    With ALIFs ice chips the whole first day because you don't want to risk a paralytic ileus with little to no bowel sounds. At temps of 99 I reinforce IBE use before giving them

12. Piedmont Cardiovascular Residency

    pcawiz replied to abra80's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I heard from a guy that finished his residency that he did 2 12's on the floor, an 8 on the floor and 1 day of classroom per week for 12 or 13 weeks. Hope that

13. Endorsing CA RN license to Georgia

    pcawiz replied to CaliRN74's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I forgot, that turn around was with live scan instead of the old ink print

14. Endorsing CA RN license to Georgia

    pcawiz replied to CaliRN74's topic in Georgia Nursing

    They are both probably about the same. The lag is with the paperwork/filing. I did my nclex in CA as well as GA and they took forever with the paperwork. Allow about 3

15. Nurses Using Spanish In Atlanta, GA

    pcawiz replied to HighNursingGoals's topic in Georgia Nursing

    At the hospital I work at, we don't have to speak any spanish at all. We can call language services and they will bring up a phone that will automatically connect to a live translator (and the phone...