RNDude1

I just returned from Northern California where I completed my first travel assignment working the one-day labor action on Sept. 22. My question: How do you fine travelers put such an experience on your resume? Here is what I have thus far: "As an RN ...

Ditch the special app. Just create an ICE entry in your contacts with the needed information. Most EMS folks can work the popular phone models.

AL7139, to help with organization make yourself a "brain sheet," just a sheet for each shift with boxes and lines that separate your rooms. you can make notes on it to make it easier to remember who's who. You can design it however works best for yo...

Admittedly, there are some lame professional organizations that seem as though they are selling memberships more than aiding the profession. The ENA is not one of those. I believe the journal alone is worth the monthly fee--it's simply the best magaz...

I would second the previous suggestion that "Fast Facts for the ER Nurse: Emergency Room Orientation in a Nutshell" is an exellent choice. It is easily carried in its smaller, paperback form; it contains "Fast Facts in a Nutshell" summary boxes at th...

"On the subject of computerized drug books, you'll want one that has IV compatibility checking built in. Mine has saved me dozens of phone calls to the pharmacy" How true. I would suggest "Skyscape." It combines the Davis Drug Guide and a neat compat...

Despite the saying, a follow-up email "is a second chance to make a first impression!"

I always do it. It reinforces your continued interest in the job and establishes yourself as a respectful person--one the interviewer would like to have on their team. Most importantly, in the text you can also "revisit" some areas of the interview ...

SCDs distroyed the "hospital corner."

I graduated nine months ago after a long career in both radio and print journalism. I chose nursing for the career reliability it offered and because I wanted to help people. Would I choose nursing again? Probably not. For the first time in my life,...

PICCs are the only thing I see hep-locked these days.

While many non-medical companies slave their milage pay to the government standard (about 50 cents/mile), I have found that home health companies don't--and they are slow to raise their milage pay to compensate for fuel cost increases. My company pay...

I, too, came here from California. I agree that the pay out west is much better, but so is the grief related to a powerful union controlling your profession. The CNA is the second strongest union in California, and I often felt like the forced strike...

How is the Yuba program these days? I started in about 2004 (I've since graduated from another program in another state) and the program was so horrible. I can't tell you how many people got tossed because a few instructors with emotional problems di...

I feel--and remember--your pain. Only those of us that have endured the trial, that is nursing school, can understand. Keep the faith! The "trick" works with 99 percent accuracy (the 1 percent being those whose results are manually pulled for some u...

ABSOLUTELY it works! DO IT NOW! I used it, people in my class that failed the first time used it twice and say it works in both instances. I had an instructor tell me one day all of her students have used it and there have been no false (negative or...

I'm filing an application at Rowan hospital in Salisbury on their telemetry unit. I was told a large number of nurses left the unit recently. Does anyone know the full story BEFORE I get embroiled in a bad situation?

Both my wife and I use Skyscape for our Blackberry phones. Through their portal you can purchase Davis' Drug Guide and dozens of other applications, plus you'll receive a lot of free apps too. We've never had a problem or complaint with the software ...

Get your ACLS. It's not too hard, offered at most facilities, and will provide you with a broad swath of job opportunities from telemetry floors to critical care. Best of luck!

Seriously, I have only been in a Hooters twice, but I was very impressed by the quality of training the girls have received pertaining to customer attention and care--a quality that translates to bedside. All of the waitresses I met were very articul...

I started as a new grad in home health, but my company (Gentiva) gave me orientation. How could they not?? I stayed for nearly eight months before I became concerned that the lack of exposure to certain skill-sets would restict me from bedside foreve...

I started as a new grad in home health, but my company (Gentiva) gave me orientation. How could they not?? I stayed for nearly eight months before I became concerned that the lack of exposure to certain skill-sets would restict me from bedside foreve...

I started as a new grad in home health, but my company (Gentiva) gave me orientation. How could they not?? I stayed for nearly eight months before I became concerned that the lack of exposure to certain skill-sets would restict me from bedside foreve...

Where are you located? The BSN seems like a good idea--hey, what have you got to lose?