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hogan4736 BSN, RN

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  1. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    hogan4736 replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Let me clarify: The clinical hours for the first four semesters are the same for ADN/BSN... Any extra classes that subsequently have clinicals (case management, leadership) certainly will add to the...

  2. You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    hogan4736 replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    98% of all Americans have a TV... They all came in to my ER this holiday

  3. You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    hogan4736 replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    it's ignorance that fuels most ER visits... it has nothing to do w/ couches, creature comforts, or whatever someone's home life is

  4. You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    hogan4736 replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    90% of patients coming in to the ER just don't get it...If you can sort through them, and enjoy the remaining 10%, then you'll last... It takes time (took me 5 years) to get past caring about the ER...

  5. moving to phoenix

    hogan4736 replied to j&jmom's topic in General Nursing

    ditto on the all white at Mayo...ick worked at St Joe's until recently...Great neuro hospital...ER staffing has been recently cut back...lots of unhappy nurses in the

  6. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    hogan4736 replied to Brian's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You have no idea what you're talking about... I have been a clinical instructor for an ADN and BSN programs... Each state's BON mandates the # of clinical hours for ANY RN program... The only...

  7. Promethazine IV Question

    hogan4736 replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sorry, I'll clarify... strictly ER/UC pts that are acutely dehydrated... and pts that are ordered a litre for nvd, won't likely get overloaded... Docs usually order 1-3 litres...mix phenergan in the...

  8. Promethazine IV Question

    hogan4736 replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Pt is receiving phenergan, usually for acute nausea, with associated vomiting...Also common w/ the phenergan order, is a litre bolus... Forget the piggyback and pushing over 5 minutes... Put the...

  9. How Did a BSN Help Your Career (Or Not)

    hogan4736 replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    It has allowed me to be a clinical instructor... That's all... I've been hired into management and supervisor based on my merit, not my

  10. Weekend RN option

    hogan4736 replied to RNMommy2's topic in General Nursing

    I did 32 hours, and was paid for 40... Careful on the math...They tried to sell it as "you're actually making xx dollars per hour, as you're only working 32 hours." Thus lowering the base rate......

  11. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    hogan4736 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    protecting it from what? she starts IVs, caths, assesses, even intubates in the OR... they didn't want to call themselves registered nurses...just veterinary nurses... me thinks the public knows the...

  12. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    hogan4736 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    see my above post...The AZ BON seems to think they can rule w/ an iron fist in this

  13. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    hogan4736 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    The AZ BON wrote a cease an decist letter to my wife's vet's office...She is a vet tech, and the DVM wanted to call his techs vet nurses... The board's response was something to the effect of the...

  14. Do hospitals have to report RN's fired to the board?

    hogan4736 replied to nurse15dc's topic in General Nursing

    In AZ, employee/employer problems are the #1 reason nursing board complaints are filed... The AZBON does NOT want these, and they are not required...It severely backlogs them... Frankly, I can't see...

  15. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    hogan4736 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Can you say JAAAAAAAAYCOOOOOOOOOO... lol someday (I pray) we will look back on these JCHAO days, and just laugh) They are telling us and mandating things that we should have been doing all

  16. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    hogan4736 replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I didn't "apply myself either" during 6th through 12 grades... I had been straight As until then... I have since learned to adapt, without meds... Am I better than you? Of course not... I am just...

  17. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    hogan4736 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    Took CPI 17 years ago working in psych...it sucked then

  18. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    hogan4736 replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I don't dispute its effects on kids...But what are the long term issues/side effects? The "experts" don't know... Attaching behavior control to a pill can be a dangerous thing to teach a child......

  19. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    hogan4736 replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I do know what I'm talking about...I have insight...I took it for 18 months, DAILY... Pediatricians ARE prescibing this stuff (for the first time) as well as GPs... This is what's most criminal......

  20. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    hogan4736 replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Prepare to flame me... I worked as a pharmacy tech before nursing school (circa 1991)...I found a discarded lot of ritalin and dexedrine in the peds psych hospital where I was working...I, a previous...

  21. Hospital vs Nursing Home for new RN grads.

    hogan4736 replied to maximaxi's topic in General Nursing

    Pt's in a SNF are essentially med surg/tele pts... Some are even dc'd from the unit to a SNF... profit sharing??? wow, where are you? I want some of that cash... really though... Nursing experience is...

  22. Vatican said to be rethinking condoms

    hogan4736 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    Likely not many, just my thought on that point...As the ones who are so devout that they take the bible's words literally, are most likely not homosexual... The church is changing (albeit slightly)...

  23. Why FAST TRACK is wrong

    hogan4736 replied to Email4KH's topic in Emergency

    Long time ER nurse here, did phone triage for a year... One thing I learned: people will call me (triage) or you (office) for advice, but 9 times out of 10 will do what they originally wanted to do...

  24. Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    hogan4736 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    MLOS, you raise a true point...Since they think I design web pages, they give me instructions like I'm a kid...I laugh about it... When we interact w/ patients 1:1, we should be astute enough to gauge...

  25. Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

    hogan4736 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    It seems they do read it, as I always get asked about my job: webmaster I told the MA that once long ago, because I too was tired of talking shop in the doc's office...works like a charm...It...