jwilson2

We use these devices on my unit (peds) as well. I like them--If a nurse walks into a room, any call light automatically goes off, and a green light goes on outside the room indicating a nurse is inside. If you really need a staff member, you can look at the computer to find where they are. They are not used to track our time in bathrooms, etc., and are unit specific so they do not track our time elsewhere in the hospital. I've never heard another staff member complain about them. If you're worried about the manager finding out what you are doing or where you're spending your time, then don't do things you shouldn't do or waste time where you shouldn't be.

Wherever you take the NCLEX, you have to pay around $300 total to test and receive your license in that state. After that, it costs additional $$ to get a license in another state by endorsement. If you're going to work in WA, you must get your license there to work, then you'd have to pay to get your license in Oregon. FYI, if you work for Legacy, I believe they like it if you are licensed in both WA and OR, because they have hospitals in both states. BUT, you often cannot float until you have several years experience, so you'd have to pay to renew your license anyway. Just consider all the factors and how they fit in with what you want to do. Good luck. :)

I am going to a reputable BSN program on the West coast and am about to graduate. We were taught all of the IM sites, which I still know today, but as many have mentioned before, the opportunities for practicing IM injections are few and far between. At our school there is a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, and what we are taught is based on the latest research. We were taught that the dorsogluteal site is no longer being used because of the risk of hitting the sciatic nerve (although we do know how to landmark it), the ventrogluteal site is the preferred site in adults, and the vastus lateralis is the preferred site in babies. The max volume is 1ml in the deltoid and 3ml for the other three sites in adults. I'm sorry, I forget the volumes for newborns. I have the published articles to back this up. We're taught to always know what "best practice" is and not to do things a certain way just because "that's the way it's always been done."

Hey, I'm in the Linfield second-degree accelerated program (which I love and highly recommend), and so far we've had 1 student fail a class and is falling back to the cohort behind us. No one has dropped out. However, I am fairly certain that for all of the BSN programs in Oregon, none of them accept students into a program/cohort that has already began-at least they don't for OHSU, UP, or Linfield. All students must apply as transfer students and even if you have taken some nursing courses, I believe you will still have to take most of them at the program you are accepted to. Of course, since you have taken some nursing courses already, and have recommendations from your professors, that will definately give you an edge to getting in, which is good because admission to the top three BSN programs in Oregon-OHSU, UP, and Linfield, is VERY competitive. FYI, since you are a post-bacc, you can probably get into a program similar to mine, which is only 18 months long, and will save you some time. Honestly, you'll probably graduate soonest if you just finish the program you're in right now. Good luck.