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Can anyone give me a general overview of the hospitals in Phoenix? Besides Banner Health, what is there? Are they mainly independent or are there other companies besides Banner around? And can you tell me the names of some of big Phx hospitals? And ...

Sorry if this is an oft-repeated question. I really feel a strong interest in the MICU or SICU but I'm not sure how to know if you really have whatever is needed in you to do so. After all, I am still a student and have no employed patient care exper...

Hi, I'm considering moving to Phoenix from Denver when I receive my license this fall. Can anyone speak about how difficult it is to obtain any type of ICU RN position with prior RN experience? And does anyone have any tips that helped them get into ...

very helpful indeed, thank you! those are exactly the sorts of things i was wondering about. although i did not understand how your question about being detail-oriented tied into float nurses, your information is very useful to me as a self-evaluatio...

thanks katie. do you know if these positions are contigent on the new grad doing their preceptorship in the same hospital though? i will be leaving colorado after i graduate, and i think i can get an icu preceptorship in a denver icu, but of course i...

thanks a lot stopnik, that's very helpful and encouraging. i will check those places out.

Thanks for your help!. do you know if it is very competitive to get into these types of new graduate icu programs in phoenix?

is there any way we can move this thread to a pre-crna forum? this is an uneducated and misleading thread topic. i think this forum should not be dominated by questions that are ultimately of a pre-crna nature, much less ones that have insufficient r...

Have you been to AANA.com? The link on the left about becoming a CRNA has a list of all of the CRNA programs in the US.

How many years... permalink How many years of ICU experience did you have before you were accepted into your CRNA program? I am considering doing only 12-18 months but I don't know if I should do two or more. Your experiences and thoughts would be ...

stanman, is there any real way to avoid the ACTs while remaining in the city? i would enjoy as much autonomy as possible once i am confident, without an md watching me and making money off of that. and why do ACTs do that anyway? isn't it cheaper to ...

i'm probably missing something obvious, but what is an RRT? and were both of your two nursing years in intensive care? thanks again.

I am consider taking a CNA type job on an ortho unit at a hospital I don't intend to work at after graduation, at least not immediately. I also am not interested in ortho. However I have no working medical experience, and I graduate with my BSN in 12...

David, Can you elaborate on what you're referring to, re: the lawsuit and politics, etc? I don't think I'm informed on whatever you're alluding to. Thanks.

Hi, I see a lot of education and advice related posts on this thread and don't want to annoy anyone, so this is one of those if you want to move on... 1. How many years of critical care experience do you realistically need to be accepted into a CRNA ...

i find this prospective program suspect as well. i'm also wondering, though... has anyone heard ANYTHING about the prospects for a traditional CRNA program in colorado, at UCHSC or elsewhere? are there any plans, considerations, etc.? even if you hav...

I know this is a REALLY old post now...but if anyone is still listening: has anyone heard anything about CRNA program status in Colorado? Is there anything being planned, considered, anything? at UCHSC? or somewhere else in the state? i'm so frustrat...

thanks to both of you for your advice. it was very, very helpful. i see there is a pre crna inquiry form i probably should have gone to, but since i have already started this thread, i have a couple more questions: tonyccrn: what did you mean exactly...

I am still a student but am interested in becoming an RNFA after getting some OR experience. I have two questions: 1. Does anyone know of a complied list of RNFA programs offered in the US, or anything of the like? 2. How many years of perioperative ...

I can't tell you much about the licensure issue, other than that some hospitals will take you tentatively if you can bring proof that passed your NCLEX but do not yet have your license issued. I don't remember which ones. I have researchd and found s...

I am a student interested in OR nursing-- am I correct to think that Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery is a useful and recognized book on the subject? Also--if you've read it--do you find that it has helped you in your job or given you a 'l...

the waitlists at all the denver area community colleges have 2+ year waitlists to get into their ADN RN programs, i'm pretty sure. i'm not trying to discourage you (and maybe you already knew about the waitlists) but that is how i ended up at DSN in ...

i'm not entirely sure but i don't think it's too hard. if you are applying for the bsn program you need to have a prior bachelor's or at least 90 hours towards one. other than that, it might mostly just be waiting out the wait list, which was like 8 ...

the first quarter (again, i think the schedule was changed to make it a bit easier) i was in class 26 hrs per week and probably studied 20-25 hours per week. that was by far the busiest quarter. no clinicals though. the parking is cheap ($1.50-$3/day...