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  1. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    mandasueRN replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    I was working the fast track area at our ER a few weeks ago a day or two after a tornado hit the area. I pulled the next chart to find the triage nurse had written the patient's cc as "back hurting...

  2. Piedmont Newnan Hospital?

    mandasueRN replied to mandasueRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Thanks to all who have answered so far--I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be happy working there anyway, but I thought I would ask. I currently work in Atlanta right now and I am just tired of the 40 mile...

  3. Patient Load

    mandasueRN replied to mamao4's topic in Emergency

    Staffing levels are our worst issue at our facillity. Regular assignments are 7:1, one particular assignment can have 8:1. Our critical care rooms are 4:1--I'll never understand how they think...

  4. Hey I Need Help Im A New Grad

    mandasueRN replied to chris meyers's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Speak with the nurse recruiter at Grady and I'm sure they will give you all the help you will need. To work in the ER at Grady as a new grad you will have to be a part of their RN Residency program...

  5. standardized uniforms

    mandasueRN replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital I work in all the nurses wear white--the pts. still ask "Are you the nurse?" or "Are you my doctor?" We've worn white for a few years at this facility. I personally hate it because I...

  6. Excelsior Nurses Deserve Universal Acceptance

    mandasueRN replied to ToddEMTP's topic in Online Distance Learning

    GA is still like that--the GNA runs the SPAC and does the CPNE at Metro Atlanta area hospitals but you still have to get your license by endorsement. I'm a proud 2006 graduate of Excelsior who works...

  7. Flu Cases

    mandasueRN replied to michael79's topic in Emergency

    We have a saying at our hospital--"If it coughs, put a mask on

  8. Flu Cases

    mandasueRN replied to michael79's topic in Emergency

    OMG, I am so sick of it too! While I do understand that it is miserable to have the flu, most people do fine at home with some Tylenol/Motrin, rest and some chicken soup! The last day I worked...

  9. Do you let ambulances drop off in triage?

    mandasueRN replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    We have an ambulance triage and an ambulatory triage at our facility. If you come in by ambulance with a minor complaint--my toe hurts, my back has hurt for two years, I have itching and discharge,...

  10. Is this a "no-no"?

    mandasueRN replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    I've taken my kids once or twice to the ER with an ear infection in the same situation. I even called their doctor and tried to get something called in and they refused to do it stating they could...

  11. Travelling with Excelsior Degree

    mandasueRN replied to ORRocksRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Alabama will not license a new grad from EC. From what I understand, you can endorse in after getting a year or more experience somewhere

  12. Any Excelsior grads working in Georgia?

    mandasueRN replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in Georgia Nursing

    Actually I was a paramedic who had almost completed a traditional ADN program when I had to withdraw for health reasons. I used Excelsior to finish up my degree. The CPNE was hard, but not anything...

  13. Pay at Huntsville area hospitals

    mandasueRN posted a topic in Alabama Nursing

    Hello all, I'm sure something about this is posted somewhere on here, but I'll ask again anyway. What is the typical starting pay at Huntsville Hospital? I've got 8 months experience at a Level I...

  14. Any Excelsior grads working in Georgia?

    mandasueRN replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in Georgia Nursing

    I graduated October 2006 from Excelsior, took the NCLEX in December and had my Georgia license by the end of January. I've been working ever since. I had no problems whatsoever getting my Georgia...

  15. Pay at Huntsville area hospitals

    mandasueRN replied to mandasueRN's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Hi Jedi, Thanks for your info. I'm actually and ASN nurse and the facility I work for pays both ASN and BSN the same right now, although they say they will be eventually be going to the "clinical...

  16. Pay at Huntsville area hospitals

    mandasueRN replied to mandasueRN's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Yikes, I can't believe RN pay is really that low. I'm a relatively new nurse, with 1 yr now of experience as a RN (I was an EMT-Intermediate prior to becoming an RN for years) and I started out at...

  17. Paramedics in the ER

    mandasueRN replied to errneducator's topic in Emergency

    Ooohh...I can tell this is a touchy subject. The ENA actually has a position statement on this very topic..I don't have a link, but I'm sure if you went to their website you could find it easily. It...

  18. Frustration

    mandasueRN replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Craig, as onmywaytoRN said, speak with the nurse recruiter at Grady if you really want results. As far as having openings in the ER, they might tell you there aren't any right now because they did...

  19. Disturbing News about Excelsior College

    mandasueRN replied to zoeyzoe's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Like the person in the previous post, I also graduated from Excelsior. I graduated in October 2006, applied to Minnesota and took the NCLEX in December 2006, , and endorsed into GA in January 2007....

  20. Good ICU in Atlanta

    mandasueRN replied to CRNANUPE_2B's topic in Georgia Nursing

    This post is a little late, but Grady Hospital has a RN Residency program that accepts new grads into speciality areas like ER, Perinatal, ICU,

  21. What is the point of a uniform?

    mandasueRN replied to ben123's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work in is also trying to achieve magnet status, and a year or so ago (before I went to work there) they changed the dress code. Since then, all nurses--LPN or RN--who work in direct...