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  1. How many months it will take to get a permanent RN license through endorsement?

    EMTPTORN replied to niceone's topic in California Nursing

    I applied online and mailed in fingerprint cards, picture, and got my college to send transcripts. From the day I applied it took 1 month to get a temporary license. Has been 2 months now and am still...

  2. pensacola hospitals

    EMTPTORN replied to cajun's topic in Florida Nursing

    pay w/o diff will be around 18-19 with some exp (new grad pay starts at 16 i believe), with diff one can make around 22 on nights. 2 out of 3 hosp in pcola are offering 12,000 sign on bonuses for 2 yr...

  3. Need advice on working nights

    EMTPTORN replied to J Lynn's topic in General Nursing

    inevitably if i sleep when i get home on my first day off i never get adjusted on my off days to the day schedule and i stay up nights watching tv. it is best to try to stay up till after evening news...

  4. Do you wear makeup?

    EMTPTORN replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    do i wear makeup? as a rule i try not to. i would hate to cover my beard. where i work 100% of the girls do wear make

  5. Can nurses in the US really work a straight 24 hour shift??

    EMTPTORN replied to care bear's topic in General Nursing

    as an rn, the most hrs i have worked straight is 14, and it did whip me. as a paramedic i have pulled 7 straight 24hr shifts with no time off. that sounds bad, but this particular job you might...

  6. NG tube trouble

    EMTPTORN replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    greetings, we now have hospital policy to use nitrazine paper on the initial contents; you are looking for an acid response to confirm the placement. the big hinderence with this is if you don't get...

  7. Ketamine

    EMTPTORN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Yoga, Your knowledge is oh so impressive, but your reading skills are lacking. I said i gave Anectine when I was a Paramedic, not as a nurse. If you or your family ever needed RSI by such a poorly...

  8. Ketamine

    EMTPTORN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Yoga, Your knowledge is oh so impressive, but your reading skills are lacking. I said i gave Anectine when I was a Paramedic, not as a nurse. If you or your family ever needed RSI by such a poorly...

  9. Ketamine

    EMTPTORN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Eloquently Put New Ccu

  10. Ketamine

    EMTPTORN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    New Ccu Rn, Yes We Were Trained Extensively In Intubation And Part Of The Paramedic Clinical Experience Is To Go To Surgery In A Local Hospital And Do Intubations On Surgery Pts........ Not Until The...

  11. Salaries in Florida

    EMTPTORN replied to HannahRN24's topic in Florida Nursing

    i believe their are good paying nursing jobs in fl, one just must search them out....unfortunatly the best paying ones are pool w/o bennies which is not an option for many of us....in the panhandle...

  12. Ketamine

    EMTPTORN replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    this is to yogacrna or anyone else who has an opinion..... to me this issue about ketamine is a serious one (we use it in our er) but another thing i will bring up is the use of anectine...

  13. What's the best path towards Emergency nursing??

    EMTPTORN replied to sun_chica's topic in Emergency

    To go to er as new grad you need without a doubt: 1. 100% self confidence in your assessment skills 2. The ability to do the everyday skills w/o help (ie get your iv's, lab draws, 12 leads, ng's...

  14. TV in the ED

    EMTPTORN replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    I have worked in 2 different er's; one very slow one that had tv's in some rooms and one very busy one with tv's in 90% of rooms including a seperate peds er and fasttrac. I am 100% for tv's in the er...

  15. They left my love one in the E.R. for....

    EMTPTORN replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunatly the same thing happens sometimes where I work on night shift. I get sooooooooo sick of saying i am sorry......but what else can I say!!!!! It is frustrating to come to work and know most...

  16. Morning Sickness

    EMTPTORN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have a question about morning sickness....what drugs (if any)do OB/GYN's say are safe to take for morning sickness in pregnancy? I have looked at I think all the OTC stuff and they are class B...

  17. Morning Sickness

    EMTPTORN replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    I was not saying you were prescribing, i am most interested to hear all opinions...maybe the OBGYN she goes to will prescribe Phenergan...who knows?!?!!? I just know she gets sick now real easy and am...

  18. Morning Sickness

    EMTPTORN replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not the pregnant one, it is my wife. I really feel for her because she is ill. Are getting her set up with an OBGYN appt hopefully within two weeks...it is just frustrating to watch her be sick,...

  19. pda IS worth it

    EMTPTORN replied to TinyNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Handspring Trio 90, bought on internet for This particular model i liked because it has a keyboard and is riduculously small..have never saw one smaller. Sony now has one with a keyboard i love, but...

  20. Drug guide for PDA

    EMTPTORN replied to ecustudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    go to skyscape.com and pluck down 50 bucks for the davis drug guide, it is the exact same book that i carried in my paws when in clinicals, only available at your fingertips. it is also updatable, and...

  21. I am doing my first care plan and I have a question

    EMTPTORN replied to Jenn_RN's topic in General Students

    several nursing diagnosis come to mind: Ineffective protection (several different reasons) Risk for injury (due to neuropathy) Impaired skin integrity (ALL diabetics are at minimum at risk for this)...

  22. Functional / Team Nursing

    EMTPTORN replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    RNanne, The scenario in the E.R. would that be collaborative, or does it not follow an nursing model? Am glad you pointed that out... Any nurse going to any hospital and working because it was all the...

  23. Functional / Team Nursing

    EMTPTORN replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    Semstr, The way you describe functional nursing does not sound very appealing to me either... I don't want to set on the phone all day, I would rather do those real nursing tasks...... The scenarios I...

  24. Functional / Team Nursing

    EMTPTORN replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    RNanne, How many patients did a "functional group" take care of. If I understand it correctly, say you have a Med-Surg floor with capacity of 20 beds, then the whole floor was taken care of by the...

  25. Functional / Team Nursing

    EMTPTORN replied to EMTPTORN's topic in General Nursing

    Jax, My wife and I have kicked the idea around about working in New Zealand or Australia ( she is nurse already, I finish in August), any pointers or advice? Is there a great need for nurses, does the...