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  1. Hawaii nurse practitioner salary

    mcubed45 replied to murse.808's topic in General Nursing

    They're usually just a little over $100k. You can easily make more as regular floor RN picking up an extra shift here or there while still only working 3 days a week most of the time. NP's really...

  2. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely check with the hospitals where you plan to be applying after your stint in Hawaii. Some may recognize SNF/non-acute RN experience but others may not. It's just a completely different skill...

  3. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    Outside of acute care, the job market is fairly decent for new grads. But just realize that SNF/homehealth etc is not a stepping stone to acute care. The hospitals here do not recognize that type of...

  4. Starting neuromuscular blockers

    mcubed45 replied to pharmd8888's topic in MICU, SICU

    We titrate paralytics to 1/4 train of four We titrate sedation (when used in conjunction with a paralytic) to a BIS of 40-60. Sedation without paralytic is titrated to RASS of 0 to

  5. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend trying to figure something out where you can stay on the mainland and get at least 1yr acute experience (I'm assuming you're interested in working acute care). Being military does...

  6. Possible to make it work?

    mcubed45 replied to ssczesny's topic in General Nursing

    The OP didn't mention anything about the new-grad job market. They asked a general question about nursing pay in

  7. UH Manoa Fall 2015

    mcubed45 replied to iortiz's topic in General Nursing

    Semester parking passes are sold by seniority at the time of registration for the next semester. They usually sell out midway through the junior year registrants. Don't count on the parking structure...

  8. Possible to make it work?

    mcubed45 replied to ssczesny's topic in General Nursing

    that's the job rate at every major hospital on

  9. Possible to make it work?

    mcubed45 replied to ssczesny's topic in General Nursing

    $55/hr x 40hrs x 52wks = $102960 That's not including differentials or

  10. Possible to make it work?

    mcubed45 replied to ssczesny's topic in General Nursing

    Well the average income in Hawaii is $30K Nurses at most hospitals make just over $100k Nurses do quite well compared to a lot other career options. But even with that income, the biggest challenge is...

  11. Honolulu, Hawaii new grad job

    mcubed45 replied to NurseO_8's topic in General Nursing

    Make that 4 nursing school on Oahu graduating 500+ new nurses every YEAR. There's really no way the job market here could ever sustain that kind of

  12. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    It's not bad, it's just an unfortunate side effect of streamlining the state-wide curriculum. There's not really any way around it. All of the NCLEX material has to be in the first 2 years because the...

  13. Tips for getting into ICU for experienced RNs

    mcubed45 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Critical Care

    You're gonna have to work ICU a couple years before applying to CRNA school anyways so you can get your CCRN after you've finished your first

  14. feeling guilty about blood draw

    mcubed45 replied to RNexplorer's topic in Critical Care

    Never really understood the rationale for pausing drips for several MINUTES before drawing. The catheter's sitting in the vena cava. CO is 4-8L/min. Even if you're drawing from the most distal port,...

  15. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm someone that's met with advisers at UHM and KCC many many times and became very familiar with the admission process and criteria. I had to be because my cumulative GPA from a previous college...

  16. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Actually it is. If you'd met with an adviser previously, you'd know

  17. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Well if you had then you would know that those aren't the only things your application gets points for. Meet with an adviser instead of speculating on why you didn't get in. Most serious applicants...

  18. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Have you met with an adviser? They pretty much break down the point system and how your application stacks up. There's not a lot of ambiguity in the admission process. Add up points. Highest points...

  19. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've heard from some of the students is that the school's been having issues with bad NCLEX pass rates with the new curriculum and the changes to the NCLEX. As a result they're making major...

  20. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    Waiting to hear back from some of my friends currently in the BSN program to see if they know what's up.. First I've ever heard of UH doing

  21. UH Manoa Spring 2015 Nursing Applicants

    mcubed45 replied to urijahsmommy's topic in General Nursing

    My friend just got a letter saying they're not admitting a spring 2015 class. No details as to

  22. Clinical Assistant in acute care VS LTC RN

    mcubed45 replied to misstiffanyrn's topic in General Nursing

    what are your RN career goals? If you want to work in LTC go that route. If you want to work in acute care, get an acute care job (tech/aide/etc). LTC RN experience does not count towards acute care....

  23. Queen's Job Fair

    mcubed45 replied to bellatrixrn's topic in General Nursing

    The job fair isn't going to be offering jobs that aren't already posted online. New grad postings aren't visible online because they're only open to current employees. Get a tech/aide job

  24. CVP & PEEP Relationship - help!

    mcubed45 replied to Fluidified's topic in Critical Care

    The main takeaway is that if your patient's on a lot of peep, your CVP reading is artificially elevated. You need to keep that in mind if you're using your CVP to guide fluid resuscitation. They may...

  25. Tripler Army Medical Center RN Pay

    mcubed45 replied to HawaiiRN808's topic in General Nursing

    Nope HPH pays based on experience as well. It also varies between HPH hospitals (Straub, Pali Momi, Kapiolani, Wilcox) because each hospital is a separate entity. The payscale on Queens's website is...