DST2RN

Ya I'll need al the luck I can get. When you get the golden hand shake in the only job you ever prepared for and now have to go back out into the world and find a new one, man it sucks. All my aunts are nurses and my lil brother whos account this was, is a R.T., so I have lots of help but unlike all of them, this wasn't my first choice. I just hope I like it as much as I think I will!!!!!!!

Can a pulmonary care nurse run vents, or does it still have to be a R.T.? Or is up to that hospitals guidelines? Today at work the Physician ordered different vent settings via in house telephone and the R.T. was at lunch and so a pulmonary care nurse,from the respiratory department came down and made the changes. I mean no one said anything, heck the patients nurse said hey thanks for coming down!!

Injury forced....DST is short for Deputy sheriff trainee

I'm gonna try the switch.

Just cause, U lost me man with CNS,APN,CNM and BON's

Hello all, I am a 31 yr old male from so.cal, I am giving considerable thought to a lvn program, in hopes of bridging to a R.N. program, Is this a wise choice? My situation demands I work full-time, but I did find some part time LVN programs. I have aunts who are nurses but both were traditional students, right out of H.S. so not much experience in other methods of achieving my goal. Any insight would be appreciated!!! THANKS Oh and I was curious while sitting with the some of the nurses in the cafeteria of the hospital I work , they were talking about there paychecks, and saying so, so has a $38,000 lead on the Nurse practioner for the year. I always thought the N.P. was the highest paid? Anyhow I don't know what he does but I can tell you his badge letters. I am fairly new to the hospital and I sure wasn't gonna ask...lol But his badge reads like this His name, MSN,CRNA

I know everyone has there own reasons for choosing there profession and money may not be the driving factor, I'm new to the healthcare world and I admit I'm sure I have misrepresentation about alot of stuff. Heck I didn't even know what a CRNA was till I worked there and the DDS contracted one to do my sons teeth. I'd love to be a nurse practioner someday but right now I got to make it through RT school!!!!!!

At my hospital which is a 430 room district hospital and I only know about my Hospital which is located in california. I was talking to our nurse practioner and our PA-C and they were going over there w-2's but how come the CRNA made more them both of them with less hours actually he just wasnt right ahead he wuped both of them good. I thought NP/PA's are the next highest paid behind doctors?

Is NRP/PALS given during the two year RT course or is it something one usually picks up outside the program via another route of training or class?

Yes, all of the RT's in the nicu which also handles Lnd can intubate they can not work alone or be primary until the Doctor signs them off on intubation and other certain neonatal functions, they can only respond as a back up RT to calls until signed off by the DR. Are Nicu as 3 RT's and if theres a 4th it's usually someone from the adult side in training for neonatal.

Is NRP certification just a nurse cert. I know not all the rt's at my hospital can work NICU/LnD I know they have to be trained,qualified and signed off by the Nicu M.D. chief of staff. Our RT's also have to be present at any delivery if the doctor can't make it in time even if the baby is healthy and mom is doing good why is this ?

Our maternity center is outside in a total different building say a 1/8 mile away so if they come into our E.R. the triage practioner will take a look if it's close or ready to do a stop and drop as they say she will push a code yellow button and a M.D. R.N. the Np already present and a RRT will respond and take care of business, we have a code yellow cart in triage all set up ready to go with all that OB stuff.

Our Lvn's or RN's put them in the bag then security transports them to the morgue and and also releases to morturary transport as far as all this cleaning stuff. Depends if the deputies or coroner is coming, if they are the deceased will have tubes,lines and look like something out of a horror movie. Cause I guess coroner wants to investigate as is??

[ This baby was lucky because it didn't have to wait for the RT to be called. Thats what the assigned R.N. was makin light of , when he said what better then to have a RT standin right there. I asked a little more about the situation and all the RN's RT's Md's said man if someone collapses outt here which it can I'm sure it will or does it's within anyone scopes to yell Doctor or grab anyone with medical training be RT , RN ,CNA ,Ultrasound , they even said X-ray techs have BLS?? I guess when it's a emergency it's within everyone scopes to yell or get ur ass up and get someone who can help LOL

Our E.R. charge nurses are divided into 4 color coded zones they each have a zone , they pretty much assign tasks handle issues with patients take complaints and until I started workin at a hospital thought all death notifications were made by MD'S to many movies I guess but at our E.R. it's the charge nurses job to do the death notes and speak to the family in a special room we have set up for that. They aren't really centrally located they are all over the E.R. and carry a house phone with them. There first task on shift is to set up the code blue team and code yellow team prior to start of shift I see them do this very first thing when they get in find out who's workin and make a team and notify each member in pass down. I feel sorry for ours they never eat or get to rest in 12 1/2 hours.