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  1. Input on Fresenius in WV?

    cpnegrad07 replied to bluelorelai's topic in General Nursing

    Please keep us all posted. I enjoy (and need) learning about the local labor/job market, employers, perks,

  2. Can't sleep the night before I go into work

    cpnegrad07 replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I find that i have to keep a certain schedule and not vary it: eat at 6, shower at 8, last sip of wine at 9 while reading calm stuff, encourage alpha waves until 9:30, then into bed. I prefer that my...

  3. Camc Nurses Satisfied With Pay

    cpnegrad07 replied to jreed's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! If you click on "Total Compensation", the site will line them up by

  4. Just Passed The NCLEX-RN, What Now?

    cpnegrad07 replied to lvnjden4ever, R.N.'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    CONGRATS!! I passed less than a year ago, and ain't is a wonderful feeling?! I didn't know it, but here i could have been working as a provisional RN or something while waiting for the NCLEX....

  5. Camc Nurses Satisfied With Pay

    cpnegrad07 replied to jreed's topic in General Nursing

    Shockingly interesting site. (Try choosing State Police) I couldn't see how to find CAMC manager

  6. VENT... beware- not a happy post

    cpnegrad07 replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Sue, LOVED your vent!! Thanks--you said so much that i

  7. Just when I think I'm doing okay....

    cpnegrad07 replied to 1964nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

  8. Advice for firefighter, paramedic, soon to be RN

    cpnegrad07 replied to streptococcus's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am a Paramedic-to-RN thru EC, also. (Graduated last year!) The transition is/has been very hard for me. If i could do it over, i would definitely get some hospital experience before coming in at...

  9. Hospitalist Short Staffing

    cpnegrad07 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto, here. Just like us, they are being pushed too far. Eventually it will catch up to one of them. Unlike us, i think they have more power to say "No" than we do. Why don't they? BTW, had a...

  10. Advice: Nursing School/Relocation

    cpnegrad07 replied to WayneStateKatie's topic in General Nursing

    I worked here as a Paramedic for 23 years and then got a 2-year through Excelsior College. I can't recommend that route because it is hard and uncertain (see my other posts). But i heard that there...

  11. Does anyone have a good report sheet?

    cpnegrad07 replied to lotus32's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will attach mine and paste it here. hope one comes thru: name PAIN_______________________ PAIN MEDS:_____________________ NEURO: O x______ RESP:______________O2?____Sats:_____L:____...

  12. Fears

    cpnegrad07 replied to ammieantonio's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i imagine you will practice on each other first--that is what we did. And when your partner sticks you, watch it from a neutral perspective. Then when you are doing the sticking, you will be less...

  13. Looking for online or evening/weekend program

    cpnegrad07 replied to citysunshine's topic in First Year After Licensure

    are you lpn? what is your background? I ask because Excelsior.edu offers a distance learning that qualifies you for the RN exam. I did that but wouldn't recommend it unless you have solid...

  14. Any man here dated a fellow female nursing student?

    cpnegrad07 replied to nursingstudent1988's topic in Men in Nursing

    No, but i've dreamed about them!! Does that

  15. Tell me how to stop worrying about....

    cpnegrad07 replied to RNcDreams's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like you have valid concerns, and i'll bet you are addressing them as best you can. Do you look up stuff on your off days? Like homework when you were in school? Do you ask questions at work as...

  16. IV anxiety

    cpnegrad07 replied to Midnight1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It might help your emotional reaction if you have someone start one on you while you watch it. That way you know how it feels--then when you are on the good side of the needle, you may not be as...

  17. Being a RT & a RN?

    cpnegrad07 replied to arynberg's topic in General Nursing

    i understand that the shortage is nursing instructors--that is why the wait. Hard to believe the supply/demand laws that we live under don't apply

  18. Being a RT & a RN?

    cpnegrad07 replied to arynberg's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if Excelsior.edu accepts RTs or not, but if they do, you could first get the RT, start work, then get the RN online thru EC. I was/am a Paramedic and did that. It was very difficult for...

  19. Help! Any advice for new grad moving to Portland?

    cpnegrad07 replied to sunshineville's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This probably isn't the advice you were looking for, exactly, but i would live near the train ("light rail"). Our daughter moved there last Aug. and uses it and her bike for everything--doesn't even...

  20. Paramedics Calling for Pt Info

    cpnegrad07 replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    "Is it a HIPAA violation? I don't think but it could be against hospital policy. Talk with your privacy officer. These HIPAA arguments can go back and forth but per the DHHR website the paramedic...

  21. Question for Any of You That Have Switched Careers to Nursing?

    cpnegrad07 replied to PhilaGuy's topic in Men in Nursing

    I didn't make such a change--i went from Paramedic to RN. But the change was INVIGORATING! I think making any change after a while is going to get you going. It is fun to be learning/doing different...

  22. New RN and panicked/struggling

    cpnegrad07 replied to redwood's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm new, too (2 months on my own now) and something i try to do is reflect on what i learned during the shift--while i'm driving home. I re-run things that when wrong, why, how to do it better next...

  23. Nursing Insurance??

    cpnegrad07 replied to tampaflrn6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Also, (and i learned this from my dad), the hospital insurance companies can decide that settling is in their interest, and that can leave you with a judgment against you. If you want to clear your...

  24. Nursing Insurance??

    cpnegrad07 replied to tampaflrn6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I use http://www.hpso.com/professional-liability-insurance/professions-covered.jsp I don't have a LOT of assets, but i don't want them to get any of

  25. New student needs help with gear!

    cpnegrad07 replied to coopman712's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I use this: http://nursepropack.easystorecreator.net/items/med-packs~medium-/list.htm it holds my gloves, flushes, flush accessories, scissors (2), hemostats, pens, pen light, tape, and could...