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Does UHG have a slump at the beginning of the year like EMSI?

It is entirely inappropriate to be managed by "nurse managers". Just because the same board licenses us in many states does not mean that an RN is qualified to supervise or manage us. The argument of being accountable to the BON does not make management by an RN appropriate. If I was called to the BON and asked why I rx'd a particular med would an answer of "my manager, she's an RN and she told me to" me acceptable? It would be 10x worse if the same answer was given to a jury or malpractice attorney. Now if I looked at my note and see that I consulted with Dr X who is my manager, and said that I rx'd something, how does it sound? See the difference? Many states have a law prohibiting the "corporate practice of medicine". Essentially it requires a physician to own a clinic. As an RN you couldn't go out and open a clinic and just hire a Dr to work there. This is because you do not have the privileges to diagnose and treat, nor would the entity you created to open your clinic and thus you do not have the knowledge base to supervise a provider. Period. End of story. This argument is similar to what I have with my toddlers. I have the knowledge and do not need to argue the fact. Accept it and deal with it. An RN is not qualified to manage or supervise NP's, PA's, MD's or DO's. State laws in half of states have established this and it is punishable by incarceration in some cases.

While it ultimately up to the student to make their educational decisions. How about specific names of schools that are on these lists for those considering these sub-par schools. Many have no idea that the for-profits have such a bad reputation.

I don't see a specialty such as this happening anytime soon but what do I really know. While much of the stuff is general practice other areas such as TRT and ED do require a much more delicate balancing act with some of the newer treatment modalities. Especially getting into TRT that is advertised everywhere one really needs a deeper understanding of hormone balance such as E2 etc. Not a particularly difficult subject to learn, just deeper than what is taught in some NP programs.

Female patient: Why did you become a male nurse? Me: Because I couldn't afford the surgery to be a female nurse! Yeah, keeping all my parts intact is the best part about being a male nurse!

I recently started the program and like it as much as one can enjoy theory type classes. The schedule is nice, for the first year it is 8 week classes back to back. One class at a time. Then it looks a little hectic. Advanced patho and pharm together for 16 weeks followed by all the clinical classes. To be honest those two classes together concern me a little. In fact since the current classes arent overwhelming at all, I bought the books for those two and getting a huge headstart. I figure a few hours a week until they start will put me in a much better position!

Yes, I just found out a couple days ago that I was accepted!!!

Last I knew, it is the boards policy to review the transcripts and send the ok to Parsons within two weeks. Then ATT from Parsons within a day or two.

Have you considered talking to other facilities?

That's why they should implant the RFID!! (puts back on tinfoil hat)

what is the average salary for a new grad? $18-19/hr plus differentials, avg, $3 nights and $3-5 weekends. average cost for a one bedroom apartment per month? $350-650 depending on how nice you want to go. can you recommend a few hospitals in a moderately/well populated city? i am afraid the transition from a large california city to a rural one will be too much for me, especially if i will not know anyone. many of the okc ones seem to be on a semi-hiring freeze, there's jobs but a little rare. no sign on/moving expenses that i know of. well the va has about a 10k sign on last i heard. other hospitals in okc are ou med medcenter, mercy, integris baptist/south and canadian valley campus, deaconess and saint lukes. simple google for their sites will prob help you more than i can. in tulsa, hillcrest and saint john's and saint frances are the big ones. tulsa pays a little more and apartments are about 50-75 more for a comprable. last i heard st. frances still had a sign on bonus, this was a few months ago. many also consider tulsa a nicer city than okc.

Thanks, you have no idea how much time I spent finding that! It's not very active anymore but is is an amazing resource.

There is a dedicated forum to nurse IC work over at Delphi. Here's the link. http://forums.delphiforums.com/icnurse/messages/?msg=108.1

I almost went to UVI, they seem to have a pretty good program. Plus there was no waiting list as of about three years ago. PR seemed to have a pretty good program too but you need to be fluent in Spanish.

I wear Landau Tall scrubs. Problem is they only come in about three colors. I talked to the local scrub shop and Landau will take special orders, mix and match any of their colors for a 6 piece minimum:w00t: So I have a nice order coming!