EMTPTORN

university of south alabama at mobile.

I know if you are newly enrolled in excelsior you cannot work in CA. My wife went thru it in 2004 and she is not eligible. Also I know FL you are not eligible to start work as new grad unless you were an LPN before. You must first go work in another state for a yr, then come to FL.

Jay Florida, huh?? There is a hospital in Jay, it is owned by Baptist Healthcare, they also have a hospital in Pensacola. Baptist will pay new grad around 16.00 per hr to start, maybe more with some experience. Night diff at Baptist is around 3.50. Parttime wil pay same as FT, perdiem i think is around 23.00 w/o diff. Milton has a hospital as does Crestview, Crestview hospital has a very lucarative perdiem deal. In Pensacola there is also West FL Hospital (HCA) and Sacred Heart hospital. Sacred pays better than all of them, their perdiem is 25.00 (worst case) plus diffs on nights. base pay is still low. The great thing about Sacred is they have a weekend only work program, that pays with 2yrs exp or more 30.00 per hr plus diffs. The best paying job around that area for sure. Sacred works you very hard for your money though i will tell you that. Best of luck. emtptorn

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I am moving to the Boulder area and there are many many more jobs there than here in Fl. The hospital I am going to is Cost of living where we are going is higher for some things, but the pay is also higher.

HELLO ALL! MY WIFE AND I ARE MOVING TO DENVER AREA IN SUMMER. WHEN WE MOVE MY WIFE WILL HAVE 8 MONTHS PCU EXPERIENCE AS AN RN (3 YRS BEFORE AS LPN) AND WANTS TO GO TO WORK IN ICU. CAN ANYONE ADVISE OF A HOSPITAL IN DENVER AREA THAT HAS AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN ICU? WE LOOKED AT UNIVERSITY WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE A GREAT NEW GRAD PROGRAM FOR BSN'S, BUT SHE HAS ADRN AND IS NOT A NEW GRAD EITHER. I HAVE CALLED A COUPLE OF RECRUITERS AND GOT NOWHERE WITH THIS ISSUE.....I KNOW SHE CAN GO THERE AND WORK IN THE PCU AGAIN..TO GET THE PCU EXP THERE, THEN GO TO ICU, BUT SHE HAS TRULY PAID HER DUES ALREADY. ON ANOTHER ISSUE, HOW IS NURSEFINDERS IN CHERRY CREEK TO WORK FOR? I TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT ME (ER RN) AND THEY ARE PAYING 37-40 WHICH SOUNDS GOOD, ANY ADVICE GOOD OR BAD OR OTHER IDEAS FOR DENVER AGENCY, AND/OR ANY ER'S TO STAY AWAY FROM? ANOTHER ISSUE, CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND A GOOD AREA TO LIVE IN WITH GOOD SCHOOLS. FROM MY RESEARCH LITTLETON AND SOUTH OF LITTLETON AND ARVADA AND NORTH TOWARD BOULDER LOOK GOOD. THANKS AHEAD OF TIME!!!! RANDY [email protected]

. What department/setting do you work in? er 2. What shift do you work? a. Days b. Swing c. Nights nights 3. What is the typical nurse to patient ratio in your department? 4:1 4. Does your department employ CNAs and/or LPNs? a. Yes - both b. CNAs only c. LPNs only d. My department does not employee CNAs or LPNs No to Lpn's and CNA's: we do have EMT's, Paramedics 5. If your department does employ CNAs or LPNs, what is the CNA/LPN to nurse ratio? 6. Has the nurse to patio ratio ever caused you to feel stressed? 1 2 3 4 5 (1= Never, 5= Often) 4 7. Do patients ever complain to you that they aren't receiving adequate care/ attention because you are too busy? 1 2 3 4 5 (1= Never, 5= Often) 4 8. Do you feel your job satisfaction is adversely affected by staffing ratios? 1 2 3 4 5 (1= Not at all, 5= Often) 4 9. What has your management done (if anything) to address staffing ratios? they try to give us 3:1 when it is slow.

It Is A Breeze Of A Transition:paramedic To Er-rn. You Spend The Majority Of The Time Trying To Keep Up With Your 4-5pts. For Example, The Er I Work In, If You Have Any Empty Room It Is Only For Minutes, Until It Is Cleaned, There Is Usally A Long Wait Time And Several Folks Waiting To Get That Room. There Are Standing Protocols Where I Work For Pain, Kidney Stones, Strokes, Chp, Fx's...labs, Ekg's, Xrays Can All Be Ordered By Standing Order Even From Triage. Good Luck

Reference Some Previous Comments About Pjc....i Went There And Here Is My 2 Cents: 1. Nobody At That School Ever Told Me They Were Nln Acredited, They Did Say However They Wished To Be Again Someday. 2. My Class There Was Less Than 50% Of Those Who Started Who Actually Graduated, Many Failed Due To The Written Tests And Some Failed Due To The Labs. AND OF THOSE WHO DID FINISH ONLY 2 THAT I KNOW OF DID NOT PASS NCLEX. 3. Some Of The Instructors Are Very Hard On Those Who They Feel Are "weak", But For The Greater Part They Are Fare. The Best Asn Degree Program As Far As Repuation In Area Is Jefferson Daivis In Alabama; Pcc And Uwf Are Bsn's, If You Go To Niceville They Have Asn Now. The Bottom Line Is , You Get In It What You Put Out.

I cannot compare working on the floor to the ER as I have only worked ER. The ER I work in sees 75,000 cases per year. Between Regular ER beds, Fasttrack beds, Peds beds, hall beds, and trauma beds, we are a 50 plus bed ER. Their are several assignments one can get as a Nurse in our ER. One night you may work triage getting 1 pt at a time, the next Fasttrack getting 5 pts at a time, and then the next taking an assignment in the core and having 3-6 pts at a time. The worst thing I can say is it totally sucks when you are short staffed. It is a very bad feeling in your gut when you walk in and you are 1-4 nurse down, the er is full, and the lobby has another 30pts triaged or waitingt triage. It is with certainty that you will not get any type of break if we are short. You will literally run for 12hrs. Smokers seem to go smoke but that is even rare. Full staffed is better, but you are still real busy and the only down time generally is for a 30min lunch. The pace is very fast (at least where I am); the minute you get an empty bed it is filled as the lobby is usually full. Many folks have transferred from floor to ER where I work; the majority make it and some don't. Most who do not make it cannot either take the pace (ie no relax time) or cannot learn to identify those who are FTD (fixin to die) and put their pt at risk. The relationship between nurse and ER dr I beleive is a very good one. Once you establish yourself as being competent then the Dr will generally give you anything you want. Co workers are willing to help, but sometimes are too busy to help. It really pays when you get a new pt to manage your time wisely. When you first go in to room to do assessment start your IV, draw your blood, do all the interventions you can at one time. If there is going to be a very long wait to see Dr then make sure all needed stuff labs, xrays etc is ordered. If you are unsure ask one of the docs...maximize your room time because in a few minutes you may get an EMS that needs triage, or you may get a walk in COPD pt that needs intubation, who knows...you never know. We do have a float nurse, but if there is a trauma alert, they are gone...so you can really only count on yourself. I beleive the ER I work in is a fairly difficult one: we are a referral center for all peds cases and we have a written policy of never turning down any transfer adult or peds...s we can get and do get anything. I previously worked in a much smaller ER and it was totally different, there was free time, etc..just not a good place to get critical experience. Your last question: I believe that the quality of care is an individual thing> Yes we work as a team, but not all drs are created equal. not all nurses are created equal. So, one can only make sure they provide the best care that is possible and remember to always first and foremost be your pts advocate. period. good luck.

The ER i work at uses IBEX, I love it. It is very easy to use. Nice features is you can look up past visits, see previous d/c instructions(ie you were told not to come back here seeking pain meds, you were given a dr to followup with, why did you not do as you were instructed?) Our IBEX system has only "crashed" once or tiwce in the past yr..even when hurricanes came the computers worked with backup generators...so, it is much neater than paper and very user friendly. regards

hello sunnyjohn, i do not think they have an adn distant learning/online degree. they do have an online bsn degree. i will start in may and it will take me 8 semesters to complete, i have 3 prereqs not done...do a google search and find their webstie, they are pricy, but many are worse in price. emtptorn

hello h60medic, for years i planned on going to regents (now excelsior) but never did. I dreamed also for yrs of the 24/48 schedule cus i was used to 48/48 or 72/48....anyway, i finally got my rn the traditional way when i did have a 24/48 schedule by the way (last yr of nursing school i worked prn), and i had less clinical hrs in it than my paramedic class from 13 yrs before. anyhoo, good luck on your cpne, my wife is going thru excelsior and has her cpne scheduled for the coming months. as far as your bsn..u of wyoming is a very inexpensive school and looked good to me, but i am starting my bsn in may at florida hospital college of health sciences. they do not require you to have a fl licence (even though that is where i am at) and there is no clinical requirement. good luck.

hello tweety, i am a florida night-shift guy myself.... i am starting the florida hospital bsn program in may. am currently taking statisticsthru my local cc, then plan to clep english 2 and western civ then will only have chem to take which i am planning on taking with fhchs. i doubt i get both those cleps out of the way before may, am hoping to get at least english 2. so, it would be nice to maybe have a talk via private email sometime about the program...also curious if you are interesting in selling books such as your chem? i imagine it would get rid of a book you no longer needed and make you/save me some money. take care, randy

the most important qualification you need to work in the er you will not get in a book or from a class- self confidence and guts.