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  1. Cardiac Cath Lab advice needed

    I have interviewed at 2 different CCL and I like both for different reasons. One lab (call it LAB1) will allow me to work 4 days/10 hr days and has little on call requirement (10 days per month) while...
  2. How to climb up the ladder

    Hello all, I have the upmost respect for you and would value your input. I recently changed paths. I was in CRNA school but decided it wasn't worth it for me. So now, I feel like the world is wide...
  3. How to climb up the ladder

    Thank you Carolina Southpaw. Very insightful comment. I will follow your
  4. Manager or CRNA?

    Woohooo Congrats. I hope you find it everything you ever wanted to be. Enjoy and remember there are no right or wrong choices and that we are never stuck. There is always a choice. Best of luck...
  5. Manager or CRNA?

    The highest level of addiction and substance abuse is between CRNAs and Anesthesia providers not because it is easy for them to get drugs; remember all other docs/ NP can get their hands on heavy...
  6. How to climb up the ladder

    wow the responses have been an eye-opener for me. I am going to be patient with myself as I just left CRNA school and felt like I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I will take my time to...
  7. Manager or CRNA?

    Not yet. I just left CRNA school about 2 months ago. I am now trying different types of nursing other than ICU. Will keep ya posted! No matter what I said, please do what is right for you. Shadow...
  8. How to climb up the ladder

    Awesome! Can one volunteer as a per diem? This is my first time ever to work as a per diem so I am not sure about the rules and policies that govern per diem RNs. Any
  9. How to climb up the ladder

    Awesome information friends! I appreciate your input. I am starting a few per diem jobs in the next few months. I want to see which ones I like the most. Once I settle I guess I will look for ways to...
  10. Manager or CRNA?

    Many think about the money only. They forget about the legal liability that CRNAs have to deal with. I was in CRNA school and didn't continue. It ages you and kills you in so many ways. CRNA school...
  11. How to grow backbone in ICU?

    Hello, I have been an ICU RN for 3 years. In the hospital I am at, I came to them with limited one year experience from a community hospital. My current hospital is a trauma hospital. They get all...
  12. How to grow backbone in ICU?

    So finally I am here in my new position & settled doing fresh open hearts. I feel great and more confident in my skills and patient care than ever. Thanks to everyone who replied. I know that...
  13. How to grow backbone in ICU?

    Thank you very much for your honest input. I posted this so I can LEARN from my mistakes. I am looking for constructive criticism like yours. I hear you and I wanted to be by my patient's side but I...
  14. PASS CCRN?

    Hello everyone, I have been trying to prepare for the CCRN exam for a while now. I am not sure why I haven't been dedicated to take the test and always been not serious about studying it but claim...
  15. Cordis cath ???

    Hi I know this post is old but I hope someone still following on it. I have question about these catheters: Do you have to always have something infusing through them to keep them open. Can you hep...
  16. Cardiac cath? Should I be afraid?

    Thank you for taking the time to explain this to me. I appreciate it
  17. Cardiac cath? Should I be afraid?

    Sorry! I might be ignorant but what is a call-back
  18. Hi all, I am a register nurse with over 1 year of experience. I got my first license from NJ by examination. Now I got a job in CA and I applied to the CA license about a month ago. Today I got a...
  19. California Board of Nursing? CA nurses HELP

    What is the
  20. New Jersey License

    Thanks Friends for your trusty advice
  21. New Jersey License

    Hello I am relocating to another state. I am planning to return to NJ after one year plus. Should I renew my NJ's license or is it alright to let it expire and then renew it once I am back? My license...
  22. Getting a new job- HELP

    Hello all, I need an advice on getting a new job in another hospital. I currently work in a community hospital for the last yr in the SICU. We don't do any transplants, no ICP's, no advance...
  23. Hello all, I hope someone can provide me with some info. I am interviewing in different hospitals - non-teaching hospital and in a teaching hospital. Things look positive for both. I would like to...
  24. The difference between a teaching hospital and others?

    " I got to be the nurse I wish I had when I was a nursing student. It was great." Well said zahryia, well said. One of my goals in my chosen profession is to teach the passion I have for nursing to...
  25. The difference between a teaching hospital and others?

    Ouch dhammo01!!! I really was hopping your last statement isn't true. My whole goal for making this move is to be able to eventually to move upwards and not laterally. I refuse to make a move if I am...