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When you are done with school, just work in an all ages ICU. I work in one. PM me if you want more info.

Do the healthcare workers in Africa that get sick, get interrogated about the breach in protocol that "obviously happened" (quote by cdc in cnn article on Pham) by either the CDC or WHO?

This is turning out to be a big "he said she said" fiasco.

According to CNN she was told to not travel commercially. And she flew back with a temp of 99.5. I am hoping these allegations are not true otherwise a full planeful of people are now at risk.

Im not gonna lie, when it comes to anything involving money, im pretty clueless. However, the argument that came from our ceo when our new health care plans were announced, was that if they did not drop the great coverage we had, by some year in th...

Obamacare's 'Cadillac Tax' Could Help Reduce The Cost Of Health Care - Forbes one summary on it. google it for further information. im all for everybody having access to healthcare but im not for everybody being forced to have equal healthcare unles...

my health insurance through work has decreased in quality (less coverage, higher deductible, and max out of pocket) but the premiums havent gone up too much. This is due to the "cadillac tax" my company would face if they had kept the better plans. ...

According to cnn, she was following all precautions. So how in the heck did she get it?!

um....... at my hospital we routinely walk our long term waiting for a heart or lung ECMO pt.s and we have had many that were there for MONTHS way more than 58 days lol. the youngest one we have walked on ECMO was four. the expected to be short t...

So mayo is in rochester mn, where the pay is comparable to the cities but the cost of living is better. I say come to rochester. however rochester is very small town like so if you need city life then just focus on the twin cities.

I started as a new grad 3.5 years ago in a cardiac icu and I am still there! other people gave great advice so I am just going to say that there will be plenty of times when you think "what the #@$%% am i doing here?!!!" You have to stick it out fo...

she possibly took 44/hr w/ no benefits? or through a travel agency? otherwise i think she is full of it lol

I love haveing one patient even if they are not very sick. We had a long term lvad waiting status 1a for a heart that was usually singled by default. Lots of hours sitting in the sun, hair makeup and nail sessions 6 walks a day on non dialysis days...

Reading ur initial post u sou d a lot like me. I don't like codes and get a little deer in headlights like when stuff goes south fast. I however love and thrive on the so called "sick-stable" patient. Example would be lots of drips with lots of tit...

I must first say I work in a cardiac surgery only icu but we constantly have sick ones on balloon pumps crrt and ecmo. And to the nurse saying they had 2 patients with one being a balloon pump, what?!!!!!!!! If our patients are intubated they are k...

well i started in the cardiac surgical icu here as a new grad so it can be done. an internship (at a different hospital) is what helped me the most i think. i have worked at 3 other hospitals over the years as a cna and even though they were all g...

hey i graduated nursing school in IL and knew i wanted to work in Minnesota so I just only got my license for MN. Mayo loves ALL prior hospital experience. So if you got it flaunt it! Best of luck!

mayo clinic in rochester mn hires new grads. they have openings. i used to live in peoria, IL. they hire new grads at their 3 hospitals. don't know about now but last year everyone in my class had a job w/in 3 months after graduation. most had jobs b...

I have often thought about going this route if I become a fnp. I just my bill from my son's 9month well baby check up. He was seen by a nurse practitioner and is healthy as a horse and my bill was over $500. Of course I have insurance so no worrie...

you guys crack me up with the whole no iv experience think. i graduated may 2010, started my first nursing job in an icu this past january and haven't started a single iv yet! (we have people for that lol). you might not have the most acute patient...

For me it took about a month after first applying. I applied daily for every new position I was interested in. I also figured out the contact person's email and emailed them personally about length of time the process normally takes, which i then ...

i interviewed at fairview ridges in burnsville and st. mary's in rochester. got both jobs (have a bsn) decided on st. mary's because it is an icu. even though i get the vibe that rochester is going to be a boring place st. mary's seems like it is goi...

short answer yes. i interviewed at two places and both prefered bsn's for two reasons. first is to have and retain magnet status you need to have a certain percentage of bsn's. the second goes along with the first because both managers i interviewed ...

hey i just sent you a pm.:)

WEll after months of searching I am pleased to announce that I have two job offers. Now I just need help choosing. Please read the following descriptions and post your opinion! PLACE A: This place is located about an hour and a half south of where...