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Evidence-based practice would be my answer to you! Your practice is your responsibility and your patient's safety and well being should be your priority. Therefore, a N-years old manual is NOT a reference. No one has time in our profession! Yet we st...

I would tend to agree with ParkerBeanCurd (what's that by the way?) At the same time, I do understand the points made in the other posts....So my question to you is: Are you going to spend time volunteering? If yes, then I don't see what the issue is...

As an ACNP, your scope of practice is Acute or Chronic complex conditions. What it means is that you are primarily trained to take care of patients with complex health issues, and most practice in the ED and ICUs. The outpatient, clinic type of work ...

Well, I wouldn't recomand Shoal Creek! One of my friends use to work there and it was VERY unsafe! The rest of Seton seem oriented toward quality of care and put a big emphasis on shared governance and education- If you are still considering applying...

Ever thought about starting a "SMART management course/center" with your former boss? we need more managers like you! "1. Never ask anyone to do anything you have not done yourself first. (This includes working off-shifts, holidays and weekends. Ev...

i feel you desires and your fears, i really do! but.... like any big changes, big tasks, dreams or goals, it is paralyzing to project oneself too far in the future. whatever the expectations or the obstacles, the one piece of advice that has worked f...

I don't want a colorblind world! I think colors are beautiful! I was saddened by the experience you described... Actually, revolted would be a better fitting word! Growing up in Europe, I was taught about America and its wonderful "melting pot"...wri...

Hi There! I use to want to do the CRNA training as well....that is, until I shadowed one of the CRNA I use to work with. As he said it so well, the job of the CRNA is 95% boredom and 5% pure panic! I think it all boils down to your character and what...

very well. you are entitled to your opinion, but since you call my posts "disrespectful rants" and accuse me of playing the victim card, i'll ask you if you have actually read my posts in their context? i am merely reacting to posts that i find very...

i believe you have truncated the part of my message explaining my reaction. it is quite typical to manipulate words by taking them out of their context! know that my husband is a us citizen. know that my knowledge of history is not limited to the his...

at least we don't get called "sister" like in the uk! that would definitely be a difficult title for a male to wear! unless there is a male equivalent? brother ? just kiddin!

yes! many other professionals trained in other countries are indeed hired in the us. furthemore, many of these professionals are recruited by american hospitals, universities and companies in their own countries to come work for them on american soil...

i'll take the bait. would you please explain why it "is so wrong" for foreign nurses to have a work visa, a green card, or to become american citizens? i was so tempted to report your comment as inappropriate, but my curiosity wins over my disgust. ...

there are 2 possible answers to your question (i'll assume it is a question...) : 1) the foreign nurses hired over the american new grad had more experience, and is therefore less costly for the hospital to train. 2) the foreign nurse was sponso...

i have heard this theory of yours many times before, and quite honestly, it makes me sick! an officer at the border gave me attitude when i went to renew my tn visa and basically said something like what you wrote above. my then fiance begged me to ...

hi, time has come to start my first 2 clinical rotations. issue: i am relocating to austin (tx) and don't (yet) know anyone there. i am in the acute care np track, and both clinicals need to be done within a hospital system. that being said, one r...

if finding a micu position is difficult because they only want experienced icu rns, you may be able to befriend the icu nurses/manager if you ask to shadow there (for free). it would allow you to get some experience (very little though) but more impo...

congratulations on the job offer, it sounds very interesting and challenging (in a good way!). i guess your quest should mainly be to find out if there are limitations in your scope of practice as a fnp. as for the role itself, if it interests you, i...

You can make a comment directly on the web-site above. Here is what I wrote... I have taken care of many patients post-op mastectomy in the PACU (post Anesthesia Care Unit) and the SICU (Surgical Intensive Care Unit). This procedure is extremely inv...

no offense, but i think that this is the most stupid excuse your facility served you! are you telling me that when you are on brake no one is covering for you? i regularly answer call lights for patients that aren't mine, including when their nurse...

thank you for sharing the story of you friendship with dottie with us. you had me crying from the third line ... it is so hard to care for the dying ones, but i am grateful that people like you continue to give their heart unconditionally despite kno...

this has gone so far, it's unbelievable, scary and sickening! i feel so angry for you!!! so the advisers are not the payers, however here is what i would do if i were in your shoes: -ask your "current" employer (i mean the one that just termina...

i can't believe what i just read! are you guys going along with such insulting, inhuman directives? i would throw a fit!:angryfire why wouldn't it be known that nurses take a lunch break? are we robots? do we not qualify for the most basic human ...

wait! it can get much worse! i know of an hospital where they provide .*.*.*:wshgrt:.*.*.*.(clue: it's pink) (the :devil:funniest:angryfire part is how i've learned about it) ~the patient asks her nurse: "when will i be served breakfast?" ... and i a...

to get you started, i think you should first learn and understand the pathophysiology of shock + sepsis/septic shock: def of shock: complex clinical syndrome of decreased blood flow to body tissues resulting in cellular dysfunction and eventual org...