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  1. Getting a MSN without a BSN

    university of south alabama at mobile.
  2. Functional / Team Nursing

    Hello All, Anybody know much about functional nursing or team nursing? I have to do a presentation on these two different delivery systems, and to find good articles and research has been very challenging. i have tried proquest, subscribed to another...
  3. Specific Travel Company for CALI

    Hello All! Am planing to take a travel assignment in CALI. Interested if anyone has any specific experience with any of these travel companies: Bryan Healthcare, Supplemental Healthcare, and HRN...They all seem nice on phone but I want to make the be...
  4. what states do not accept Excelsior?

    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 ...
  5. New grad pay in NORTH Florida?

    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. P...
  6. Can I hear some positive things about nursing school?

    it ends
  7. No.Colorado Economy? Relocating

    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.
  8. Icu Internship In Denver

    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 ...
  9. Nurse to patient ratios and job stress

    . 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 onl...
  10. Medic transition to ER

    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 Wa...
  11. Pensacola nursing schools good?

    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 ...
  12. Should I transition to the ER?

    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 assignme...
  13. EMR in the ED

    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...
  14. Florida Hospital College Of Health Sciences??? Any good

    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...
  15. Online RN to BSN Programs

    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 b...
  16. Does anyone else hate micro?

    micro was my absolute favorite nursing prereq class! what made all this difference was the teacher, she had extreme passion for the subject and her passion bled thru in her lectures, power points, etc...everyone who took her classes generally felt th...
  17. RN to BSN

    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 pla...
  18. how to be er?

    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.
  19. paramedic to RN

    ems boss, I think it is probably worth it. when i quit my last ems job i was making 12 an hr. i started as a nurse 10 dollars an hr more than that (and this is lousy nurse pay). I do work nights for the diff....gotta have the diff...the conditions ar...
  20. Pensacola pay rates

    Most of the RN's in this area don't make 24.... Pool at my hospital for RN is 25...30 for nights.....don't know for LPN's..
  21. Pensacola pay rates

    LPN pay is not real good in this area in any venue, few hosptial jobs... but I do know if you work nights pool you can make around 17 an hr. FT hospital and or nursing home probably around 12....that is low, but consider FT starting RN pay for new gr...
  22. Nurse/patient Ratio.....

    44 bed level 2 trauma center: ratio officially just reduced from 4:1 to 3:1.....unoffically could be up to 5:1 with hall pts...could be worse with multiple traumas in the house....
  23. trauma level 1 or 3?

    level 1 takes the most critical, level 3 takes least critical. it is that way in FL and i believe all over. the differences: level 1 must have trauma staff (surgeons) in house ready to operate at a moments notice...the level 2 trauma center i work at...
  24. Excelsior Grads in Florida

    I Work With Three Nurses Who Did Excelsior Back When It Was Regions; 2 Were Lpn's, 1 Was A Paramedic. Now, As I Understand It, The Only Way You Can Work In Fl If You Are Graduating From Excelsior Is To Have Been An Lpn. The Way Around This Is Go To ...
  25. California license plates

    thank ya'll for replying. i have not had a moving violation in 14yrs, so it will be easy to follow the traffic laws. It is comforting to know then that what i heard was wrong. I went to the CA DMV website and it states that if you accept employment o...