Rook

As a member of the Class of 2011 I'm going to assume that you are 20-21 years old. Well, I got news for ya fella, those "some people" are right. Once you hit drinking age then there is no going back from those life choices that you made all of 12 mon...

Saudi Arabia and/or other rich Middle Eastern countries might take you as a new grad. Here in the United States we're closed (we still have a shortage but have decided to tackle the problem head-on by not hiring anyone; especially new grads). I thin...

Why Hopkins? Those hospital rankings are bunk. They only have meaning if you have a one in a million rare disease or if you are rich and/or famous. The only Baltimore hospital I know that hires new grads is Sinai. They are currently building a new P...

My hospital hires new grads in the ED, CICU and ICU or they did until the budgets cuts came. If you can't get ICU right away go to Intermediate care for a year. You'll need a few years to get into CRNA school anyway.

Just don't go somewhere where you'd graduate with 60-80K in debt when you could somewhere for 20K and probably get a better edcuation. In MD Hopkins has one of the worst NCLEX pass rates and they you pay 40K/year for the privledge of failing it. Nobo...

Trop and myoglobin levels used to get diluted out at a lot of hosp in the 90s. Trop can easily go over >1000 as you are measuring nanograms of the substance. However, a troponin >1000 isn't any more clinically significant than a >100. It jus...

I'm a chem/hematology lab tech and a RN. CK-MBs aren't considered a good cardiac marker anymore and many hospitals including the one I work at don't use them anymore. AST and LH are also considered to not be good cardiac markers as well. If you are ...

GF works at Sheppard Pratt. Its a decent hosp. 8hr shifts only. Extremely busy in the AM, night shift is pretty dead from what I hear. She works PRN though (gets as many hrs as she wants) and she said that she would never work full time there through...

As long as you have a year under your belt in exp you'll be fine in that respect. Getting a visa is tough in this climate now though. Job openings are scarce. However you might have a shot getting a job in DC or North VA its one of the better markets...

1.5 yr exp. 36hrs/week. I usually work one OT day/month as well to cover my car payment. Could probably work 48 or 60 every week if I wanted to but I don't.

Salisbury University in MD is much much cheaper ($3500/sem instate - $7500/OOS), and only 3 semesters. I think the 2nd degrees have passed the NCLEX 1st time at 100% for the past few years running as well. SU administration also doesn't look into res...

No quotas. The bias is experience. My supervisor was telling me about our last job opening. She had 42 applicants for 1 job most of the applicants being new grads and a couple who had experience. She was throughly unimpressed with the experienced RNs...

All the time as well. Of course the majority of them have demensia. I've experienced both extremes. I've always looked young for my age. 12 years ago when I was a medical technologist, I worked in a dialysis unit and one of my jobs was recruiting stu...

When looking at accelerated RN programs I looked at the Univ of Pittsburgh, discovered it was 30K/year and promptly went to the univ. closer to my home Salisbury University of MD. Its a decent school and was 6600/yr for tuition 3 semesters only.accel...

Sinai $25 After 7pm $2 Weekend $1? Shore Memorial Hosp (not hiring) Easton $23.50 Eve 10 percent Night 15percent Weekend 8percent Sheppard Pratt $26? unsure about diff Union (in 09) $24 All of MD is pretty much in $23-28 range

Some RN Homes are hiring now and Sinai is starting to hire new grads again (need a BSN).

Espically with the recession what you don't want to do is to wait until after you take the NCLEX. By then new grad orientations in may hospitals have started and you wont have a chance to get in for months. You should start at least in the middle of...

Tough to get to UMMC Shock trauma right away it sounds like you are/will be a recent grad too. If that's the case get some exp in critical care areas that hire new grads such as the Intermediate care unit or ICU. Its tough to break into areas like ED...

Pikesville/NW Baltimore (the Jewish district) is safe and pretty nice. The Roland Park area around hopkins is decent too. Public transportation in the city is OK, though nothing great, if you live near a light rail station.

Wrapping the foot was a good idea, if they want to leave to smoke they have the right. Maybe changing the gown before leaving the room would be a good idea as well. The only thing I'd do if a patient wants to smoke and say is non-compliant (doesn't...

I'm an medical technologist and a RN. Actually Drug tests only cost about $15-25 so its not a big expense. I'd call. My 1st job I had as an MT the supervisor told my boss of my previous job he's going to hire me but I never heard anything for about ...

Just wondering why do you have to go to the Phillipinnes to get a BSN? No student loans and from what I hear from my co-workers tuition is in the 2K-4K range which isn't exactly cheap.

Asked a MD why we don't give Haldol to DT patients and was told it increases the chance of seizure. Had a patient who had serious DTs, was getting Ativan for 72HRs 2mg oral Q2H and 1mg IM Q3H. Didn't sleep a wink for 3 days kept on trying to get OOB...

Dilaudid (hydromorphone) is 8-10X stronger than morphine. Fentanyl is 100X stronger than morphine. I think methadone is the same strength as morphine but has the advantage of a a 24hr half life (though this can vary from 15-50hr depending on the pt) ...

They are, just different brand names for hydrocodone/APAP.