Rose_Queen BSN, MSN, RN

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  1. Moved to Schools/Programs forum for best
  2. There are two ways to create a special area for your cohort, that are Terms-of-Service approved. One is to...
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    UTMB Summer 2022

    There are two ways to create a special area for your cohort, that are Terms-of-Service approved. One is to...
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    In the wake of Covid. The times, they are a changing

    My facility just offered a lot of different types of staff huge raises. As in, $4-$7. Not me, but most others. Which is why I've chosen to leave them, as my new employer is giving me an $8/hour raise....
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    ICU vs OR Residency

    I have worked with many over my years as an OR nurse who moved on to other areas, including med/surg, ICU, L&D, and NP school. It’s not so much about being in the OR as it is about the support...
  6. OP is from the UK, so I’m sure there’s different terminology and
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    ICU vs OR Residency

    I may be just a tad biased. Team OR here. Started as a new grad, and while I’m leaving my current position, it’s to go to another OR in a new
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    Senior Practicum in Operating Room

    I would definitely clarify what you are and aren’t allowed to do in the OR. In my facility, the circulator counting must be a licensed RN, so our externs/students are not permitted to count. They...
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    Paying People To Do Meaningless Online ED

    Wow! Mine actually offers pretests, and if you get 100% you’re done and don’t have to review it unless you want
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    ER Holding Due To No Beds

    Yep. 20+ hour waits in the ER just to be seen, patients being held in PACU for days because there's no beds for them to go to (and that's even with cancelling every surgery for patients who need beds...
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    Help: Need chapter readings for Periop 101 Program

    What is your background in relation to the OR? Because when I teach Periop101, my students have spent at least 2 weeks in the OR so that they have a frame of reference for what they are learning in...
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    Lost and Confused...

    This right here is a red flag to me. It says “work/life balance is not important to us as an employer. Good luck getting time off and your shift covered”. There’s no asking to use vacation time...
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    Operating Room Narcotics

    There’s a lot of hands in the cookie jar here, and the purpose of reviewing errors is not necessarily to assign blame- it’s to look at the system. I’m surprised your facility allows pulling of...
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    Healthcare Areas

    The Occupational Outlook Handbook can be a good starting point.
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    We are seeing our highest numbers in over a year, and we probably haven’t had our full Thanksgiving surge. Discussions are happening of no longer allowing the use of ECMO for COVID patients because...
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    Guilford Tech Spring 2022 ADN Program

    Hello, @chisom Ibeto, we have moved your post to the Schools/Programs forum for best
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    ATI comprehensive RN Exit

    Please note that this thread has been heavily edited due to Terms of Service violations: Posting topics or subjects of questions asked on copyrighted exams is a violation. Study tips are...
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    Admission into the nursing program at BMCC

    Welcome to Allnurses, @Felizzz Happyyy We have moved your post to the pre-nursing students forum for best
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    Augusta CRNA Fall 2022

    Moved to SRNA forum for best
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    RCC Nursing Program Spring 2022 (ADN)

    As a reminder due to several more posts being edited or removed from
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    Can Rittenhouse Become a Nurse?

    Closed for staff
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    Paying People To Do Meaningless Online ED

    That sounds
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    Penn Medicine Operating room

    You may want to be more specific- Penn Medicine, like most large umbrella organizations, has multiple facilities. And while the name makes it appear they’re Pennsylvania, they’ve spread into New...
  25. Hello, @hammy123, we have moved your post to the Schools/Programs forum for best