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I'm interested in getting some experience to prepare me for the field of the Nursing Informatics. There is a job opening in the HIS department at where I work and I wanted to know, is it a good idea to get some HIS experience to help prepare me for ...

I've read the thread twice actually. I went over to ANIA site, but I thought I would ask anyway since there are no NI jobs where currently I live (I plan on moving when I finish my BSN) and I was hoping to get some experience in an adjacent field an...

Actually, it's about NVCC (Northern Virginia Community College) which is located in NOVA (Northern Virginia).

I'm in the online RN-BS program. Started in January 08. :)

But you also have to take into consideration as well whether or not the school has a "cap" on these classes. Some do and the school I went to did. When I was taking my pre-reqs for my diploma and BSN programs, I knew a medic who had to retake A&...

I'm very much aware of the opportunities BS nurses have in nursing, but are there any opportunities for BS nurses out side of nursing? Are there any other professions that will take a nursing degree as an education requirement?

Thank you so much. This is what I was looking for.

NO!! You do deal less with patients' families, but the surgeons can be even worse. As an OR nurse, you're there for safety reasons and you *HAVE* to have the courage to speak up when you see that something is wrong.

I'm considering moving from the Southeastern VA area to Northern VA and I'm curious to now how much do nurses make in that area?

I originally did Surgical Stepdown with a lot of medicine initially, so when I joined the agency I decided to do Med/Surg. The only orientation I got was on the Psych unit where I was oriented to some of their computer systems and their medicine kar...

For some reason I couldn't edit my original post, so I'll just type it here in a second post. I too had been out of nursing for a year so I could work on pursuing my BSN and I've started doing med-surg for an agency while doing so. Someone on the b...

I would certainly like to hear other's opinion on this. I'm sort of in the same situation myself.

We use Techni-care in our OR quite a bit. Very effective and I love the fact that it's a very versatile cleaner too.

I disagree. Smaller O.R.'s often do not have first assistants, which means if you scrub, you will often have to first assist and scrub at the same time which is very difficult for a new nurse. Surgeries usually take longer in teaching hospitals, w...

I'm in currently in the same boat myself and I've decided that maybe going to a smaller OR would be a good thing for me. If in the end it doesn't work out for you at the large teaching hospital, lots of smaller ORs are hiring nurses.

I've been a nurse for 7 years, but I'm currently new to the OR doing the 6 month RN internship. My time in the internship is up in January and I don't know what specialty to choose. What specialty are you in and how did you know it was right for yo...

I worked on a surgical stepdown unit for 7 months and just recently started the OR internship. What I love the most about the OR is that the staff is friendly, they all say hello and take time to learn your names and introduce you to surgeons. Anothe...

It depends on where you posted your resume on the internet. Most hospitals like for you to fill out applications on their website instead of places like monster.com.

Chesterfield and Midlothian which are both outside of Richmond (about 15 mins or so) are both pretty safe areas. I've got friends there and they love it.

I knew of a hospital somewhere that I knew for sure paid back new grad student loans, but I can't remember off the top of my head. I think it may have been the Bon Secours system. Not sure about relocation costs or new grad incentives, I don't recall...

About 4 months, I started working on a Surgical Stepdown unit as a new grad RN. The unit has been having a lot of management problems and is unable to keep a manager (we've gone thru 9 managers in 12 years). About a week ago, the unit got notice from...

For the new grad RN, the starting pay is 18.50. As for what shift you work depends on what hospital you're at. Each hospital has different differentials. As for the CNA/LPN/RN, it depends on what program you go for. If you go for either RN or LPN, ...

Good luck to you guys!

At first you'd only be going maybe 3-4 times a week from about 8 or 9am until noon, 1, or maybe 2pm at the latest. As you get more into the program, you'll be doing more 8 hour days to get you prepared to working 8 hour shifts and because to be NLN ...

I graduated in May of 2005 from there and it's a good program. Everyone in my class passed boards. I will say this, if you do go there will be lots of changes. For one, it's the only program that asks for the students' input and they're constantly ...