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CVICU/ICU/step-down but I"ve done it all

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  1. Failed AANP what Next?

    guestnurse replied to Jackzoloe's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    thank you, I think that is my problem, not that I don't have the knowledge, but I have trouble answering the question in regards to what it is really asking. I will get that

  2. Failed AANP what Next?

    guestnurse replied to Jackzoloe's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I too just failed my AANP FNP yesterday. I haven't gotten my results yet but there was a lot of dermatology on my test which is my worst subject. I am usually a very good test taker and have never...

  3. Nurse Practitioner Restrictions

    guestnurse replied to travelNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes, pretty much the same here in

  4. DHH taking away our ability to practice and use critical thinking skills

    guestnurse posted a topic in Critical Care

    Recently the DHH has stepped in to our hospital and now tells us ICU nurses can not titrate drips to keep systolic blood pressure greater than 90, that is practicing outside our scope of practice. We...

  5. End of Per Diem?

    guestnurse replied to hdawnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes..it is Obamacare's fault! My hospital is cutting my prn hours down to 2 shifts a week starting Jan 1, 2014. I normally work 4 shifts a week..at least! sometimes 5! I can't live off 2 shifts a...

  6. Graceland University FNP program starting 2012

    guestnurse replied to EDRN2010's topic in Advanced Practice

    how hard is it to get accepted? 3 years? why so long? Did you take full time hours? I already have my BSN and all general studies will it still take me 3 years? Wonder how many applicants they accept...

  7. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok I am not perfect and I don't expect every one else to be either. I wrote myself up just the other day for missing an order for Solumedrol. Last night I had a hellacious night. Followed behind a new...

  8. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like I"m just stating the facts and truth and if she has a problem with it then maybe she needs to change the way she precepts and nurses. I"m not out to get anyone or write up anyone. I only...

  9. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in General Nursing

    you're right but all I did was start reporting to the day shift nurse,the new orientee, and told him the write ups I had to do and told him not to feel bad that it was in no way his fault that his...

  10. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I got to work this morning and checked my email.. That charge nurse preceptor had gone over my charts and mars with a fine toothed comb and wrote me up for failure to document outcomes after I...

  11. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in General Nursing

    that's what I thought...I"d much rather some one come directly to me with my oversights and issues than go to my manager. She got defensive because she knew I was right and called her out on her lack...

  12. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Also there were 2 RN's an LPN and 2 nurses aids on that end. On my end it was me and 1 other LPN with phones ringing, call bells going off and trying to take care of our patients. It wasn't safe for...

  13. am I that "b" nurse? or am I being an advocate?

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I think I could have handled it better. Mark that up to my learning experience. The reason I called the supervisor was because I kept calling the nurses station with no answer and was too busy to...

  14. when you miss an order

    guestnurse replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    We have all been there..done that. You can't be perfect all the time and none of us are but I say it's a 24 hr job, what you miss I"ll pick up, if I miss something I hope you do the same. I mean it...

  15. 2.7 Gpa

    guestnurse posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My overall GPA is 2.7 although my nursing courses GPA is closer to 3.0. What are my chances of getting into a program? Aren't there some that look at more than just overall

  16. 2.7 Gpa

    guestnurse replied to guestnurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I have 10 yrs. nursing experience, 8 yrs. ICU with the last 2 being CVICU..post op hearts. I will have exceptional references from the 2 cardiovascular surgeons I've worked with, plus other...

  17. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    guestnurse replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 10 years and I think it's all about finding the right group of people to work with. I had been in some places where there were the nurses from H*** but there are also those...

  18. New here and wanting to go to Australia

    guestnurse replied to yorigel's topic in International Nursing

    Augigi is wrong. I was an Ass. Degree RN and I lived and worked in Sydney Australia for 3 1/2 yrs. I worked at Westmead hosptial just out of Sydney. Getting a license is so easy there. All i had to...

  19. Hospitals In Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane

    guestnurse replied to Nurse-JP's topic in International Nursing

    I worked at Westmead hospital in Sydney Australia for 3 years. I absoutely loved nursing there. The people are wonderful and friendly and make you feel right at home from the very beginning....