gauge14iv

gauge14iv MSN, APRN, NP

ICU, ER, HH, NICU, now FNP

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  1. El Centro students Spring '06

    gauge14iv replied to AllyRN82's topic in Texas Nursing

    Actually - you can take the PN after 1 year of your RN program but I think thats 3 semesters - not two. Most people don't because there is really no advantage in doing so with just two semesters let...

  2. Geez! Just spent over 1100.00

    gauge14iv replied to adria37's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I like my Cardiology II too - they didnt tell us we had to buy a new steth or a specific type - just to make sure we had a good one. Now the tuning forks - the school had those and we checked them...

  3. Starting on a cardiac floor tommorow

    gauge14iv replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    You are going to learn so much!!! See if the hospital will let you take the EKG / Telemetry monitor interpretation class if they offer

  4. Chest tubes

    gauge14iv replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    What the question doesn't tell you is what test is being done. If it's a CT or angiogram, the patient will just have to suck it up (somewhat literally LOL) and be taken to the department. If it's a...

  5. Geez! Just spent over 1100.00

    gauge14iv replied to adria37's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You will want to have your own oto/opth set, a good steth really does make a difference (mine is over 15 years old and still works great) Some clinics don't have equipment - and some don't have...

  6. Why Can't Hospitals Offer Shifts Other Than 12 hr. 7 to 7?

    gauge14iv replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    12 vs 8 is a very PERSONAL preferance - just because is it right for one person does not make it right for everyone. If a hospital wants to attract and keep more staff it helps to offer options -...

  7. Chest tubes

    gauge14iv replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    In real life - the patient gets a portable x-ray. Portable suction is not always availble, reliable or functional, you dont want to move a pleurivac unit any more than you absolutely have to because...

  8. You're Discharged....GET OUT NOW!

    gauge14iv replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    And what about that patient on those q 4 hour pain meds with two broken legs who hasnt had his scrips filled and who wont be able to fill them until he is on his way home with his ride? Is supposed to...

  9. You're Discharged....GET OUT NOW!

    gauge14iv replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    The patient CAN refuse to leave until his ride arrives. Geeeee.... I wonder how he would know he could refuse?

  10. incompetent nurse

    gauge14iv replied to paris2's topic in International Nursing

    There have been cases in the US of people impersonating a registered nurse and using someone elses name and

  11. El Centro students Spring '06

    gauge14iv replied to AllyRN82's topic in Texas Nursing

    ooops -

  12. El Centro students Spring '06

    gauge14iv replied to AllyRN82's topic in Texas Nursing

    Methodist is a great place for students - it's a teaching hospital too so you learn a

  13. What is the trick to getting hired in DFW??

    gauge14iv replied to Katydidit34's topic in Texas Nursing

    Call the individual units you are interested in working - ask to speak to the unit manager (or at least their voice mail) and let them know you are a student who is interested in a position there,...

  14. El Centro students Spring '06

    gauge14iv replied to AllyRN82's topic in Texas Nursing

    Childrens and Parkland are off of Motor and I-35E Medical City is on the NE side of town at I-75 and Forest Ln. Methodist is near I-30 and Beckley in Dallas Charlton is off of I-35E and

  15. NP without BSN?

    gauge14iv replied to nev's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It depends on what the school calls it - they are essentially the same although I suppose there are a few ivory tower elitists who would beg to differ. (As to which sway they would take I suppose that...

  16. RN Wages at Harris Methodist

    gauge14iv replied to jchRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    WOW! LOL She needs to quit and go work somewhere else for awhile and then come

  17. RN Wages at Harris Methodist

    gauge14iv replied to jchRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    It may be laughable now - but with a few years experience, the RN will be earning significantly more. What I am hearing from the new grads at school is about 18 west end of DFW, 20 to the east end. I...

  18. Why Can't Hospitals Offer Shifts Other Than 12 hr. 7 to 7?

    gauge14iv replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    I had a friend who worked this schedule at a LTCF and LOVED

  19. Why Can't Hospitals Offer Shifts Other Than 12 hr. 7 to 7?

    gauge14iv replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    Our 8 hour shifts went 7-3, 3-11 and

  20. Why Can't Hospitals Offer Shifts Other Than 12 hr. 7 to 7?

    gauge14iv replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    Actually - it takes about the same number of FTE/PTE nurses to cover a 3 day a week 12 hour shift schedule as it does to cover day a week 8 hour shifts. They dont actually save money with 12 hour...

  21. Why Can't Hospitals Offer Shifts Other Than 12 hr. 7 to 7?

    gauge14iv replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    I never liked 12 hour shifts. By the end of 8 hours I was just about brain dead and wanted to be at home with my family enjoying dinner, not eating it cold, later, alone. I hated coming home so tired...

  22. NP without BSN?

    gauge14iv replied to nev's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thats why I said as long as you have all the pre-reqs. As I said - contact the program you plan to apply to. And there are BS, BA and BSN degrees in nursing depending on which school you attended to...

  23. Need advice...life threatened by pt's family today

    gauge14iv replied to SotaRN's topic in General Nursing

    There ought to be laws that protect healthcare staff from threat of harm

  24. Wellbutrin XL

    gauge14iv replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    You know... here's the rub... Many many many people need a little help dealing with situations that tax coping capabilities to the max. That is just what drugs like Wellbutrin are for. They should be...

  25. NP without BSN?

    gauge14iv replied to nev's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It depends on the program but a BS in ANY field - as long as you have all the pre-reqs you need for the graduate courses - in most places will be taken for admission to an MS in nursing or MSN...