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  1. Mom to nurse, career change,

    mcubed45 replied to Stay at home Mom's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Nurse Practitioner and CRNA are two completely advanced practice nursing career paths. One does not lead to the other. DNP is a DEGREE and is not specific for NP's only. In fact CRNA programs are...

  2. DNP or CRNA

    mcubed45 replied to pjkgrd's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Lots of misinformation here.. DNP is a degree CRNA is a job role / licensed title Just like ADN/BSN/BS Nursing are degrees but RN is the job/license title CRNA schools are all transitioning to DNP...

  3. Declaring death - a question...

    mcubed45 replied to Fyre522's topic in Critical Care

    One of the tests we sometimes do when assessing for brain death is what's called a cerebral blood flow study. It's a type of imaging that lets us see how much blood is actually flowing into the brain....

  4. ratio's with induced hypothermia patients

    mcubed45 replied to **LaurelRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ours are never 1:1 at any point. We use the Coolguard. The patient can initially be a little busy (like any admission) but once they're hooked up there's not all that much to do that would warrant...

  5. Pharm203

    mcubed45 replied to Bpacis's topic in General Nursing

    I took mine at UHM. Recently, I've sat in on the KCC class as well and found it pretty

  6. New Graduate Programs on Oahu

    mcubed45 replied to Tamurasy's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Unless you're looking to work on the outer island. All the major hospitals on Oahu have new grad programs that are only open to current employees. So you'll never see the applications posted and...

  7. Pharm203

    mcubed45 replied to Bpacis's topic in General Nursing

    A word of advice: The easy A might be your top priority now as you're completing your nursing prerequisites and fighting for a spot in the extremely competitive nursing programs. However, if your...

  8. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you came into our Hawaii forum and basically said all the people who have been giving career advice about the local job market are wrong and that you know better than us. Not sure what kind of...

  9. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    Ok well good luck with that. You should know that it's pretty hard for new grads to even get aide/tech jobs right now. It takes some new grads 6+ months of applying to every aide/tech posting at...

  10. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    Go call the HR departments at all the major hospitals. They'll tell you the same thing. You're a bit naive if you think having a BSN and being flexible makes you more marketable than the hundreds of...

  11. Quad strength Levophed not working

    mcubed45 replied to Blandini7's topic in Critical Care

    It's safe to assume this was a whole new IV setup primed with 16/250 also, right? Not just a bag switch? Sorry I know that's silly but just had to

  12. New Grad RN Jobs?

    mcubed45 replied to akayne88's topic in General Nursing

    Read through these forums. This has been asked many many times. To work in a hospital you'll have to work as an aide/tech for at least about a year before getting into a new grad RN program. If you're...

  13. Beginning Precepting in an ICU

    mcubed45 replied to skipii's topic in Critical Care

    No problem. It's still written for someone with a pretty basic nursing background. I used it extensively during my last semester of my BSN program when I was placed into an ICU with a

  14. going pay rate in hawaii?

    mcubed45 replied to surfnurse311's topic in General Nursing

    the regular job rate at the major hospitals is a little over $50 an

  15. Beginning Precepting in an ICU

    mcubed45 replied to skipii's topic in Critical Care

    index awesome intro to icu written in plain english the way a preceptor would talk to a new

  16. University of Hawaii at Manoa Spring 2015

    mcubed45 replied to kgrag's topic in General Nursing

    actually that's exactly what it's all about - GPA & test scores. they use a point system. points for pre-req gpa points for cumulative gpa points for teas/nln there isn't really anything...

  17. Declaring death - a question...

    mcubed45 replied to Fyre522's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for clarifying. It makes it much easier to answer these kinds of questions when we know the situation and where you're coming from. As far as what happens to the body after brain death, with...

  18. Declaring death - a question...

    mcubed45 replied to Fyre522's topic in Critical Care

    As far as the ethics of keeping a brain dead patient on the floor, it's not quite the same as cardiac death. With cardiac death the body in its entirety is dying. Every organ and cell in the body is...

  19. Declaring death - a question...

    mcubed45 replied to Fyre522's topic in Critical Care

    Thank you for clarifying. Lay people often have a very hard time understanding the concept of "brain death". It's harder to understand b/c it's not like cardiac death where there is no longer a...

  20. Declaring death - a question...

    mcubed45 replied to Fyre522's topic in Critical Care

    Brain death criteria and protocols vary from state to state. Maybe they already did the brain death testing and the official pronouncing was held off until the family was there. This sounds like...

  21. I got offered Kaiser, Straub, and Queens..which would you pick?

    mcubed45 replied to gtrebyari's topic in General Nursing

    I worked Kaiser for 11 years (prior to nursing) and was pretty happy for the most part. Pay and benefits are very competitive. Ultimately I left to start my career at HPH. The lack of an education...

  22. new grad program in hawaii?

    mcubed45 replied to pidgz's topic in General Nursing

    HPH and QMC both have great new grad programs. They're only open to employees so you'll need to work as an aide/tech first. The wait is usually a year at minimum. Kaiser does not have a new grad...

  23. New grad BSN moving to Honolulu

    mcubed45 replied to ml52789's topic in General Nursing

    Pali Momi is non-union. Staff there are pretty happy though. They'd have to be to stay non-union in such a heavily unionized state. They also get paid more than any other hospital. Unions go both...

  24. Queens or Starub

    mcubed45 replied to jgaddi's topic in General Nursing

    Cool. Congrats! I think either hospital would provide great opportunities. They both have a lot of great resources and career opportunities. Straub is part of Hawaii Pacific Health so it's actually...

  25. Neo/Levo

    mcubed45 replied to LNRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    how do you even setup your pumps for