island40

island40

ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych

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  1. BSN the only "professional"??

    island40 replied to karenp2358's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A Registered Nurse is a nursing PROFESSIONAL, an LPN is a technical nurse as they must be supervised. A professional has earned the privilage of autonomy.

  2. Poll for RN's: Do you have an ADN or BSN?

    island40 replied to Ekklesia's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BOTH!! HA HA HA HA I got my AAS in nursing 1994, my BS in nursing 1997 and my MS in nursing 2006. No plans for a PhD. The BS was a stepping stone, would not have gotten it if I had not needed it for...

  3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    island40 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This had me in stitches. Guess I am just a little sick in the mind! I've got one for you though. I worked a rural ER and had a guy come in with c/o lower abdominal pain and said that he had fallen...

  4. Forensic Nursing (FN): Programs

    island40 replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

    I have an MSN, and got my AS in paralegal studies last summer. The final educational step for me is a certification in forensic nursing- probably from Kaplan. But how do I go about getting a

  5. Okay, who's going to camp??!

    island40 replied to apaisRN's topic in Camp

    I have always wanted to be a camp nurse but I can never get the time off from my regular job. How do you do it? ARe you all school nurses and have the summer

  6. What type of education is needed to be a nurse massage therapist.

    island40 replied to Tanya RN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Simple massage, like the back massage nurses used to give to all patients at HS, is sanctioned under an RN license in most states so long as you are not charging for the massage alone- that is where...

  7. Independant contractor inserting PICC lines in New York

    island40 replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    in IA you have to have a physcian to supervise this work unless you ahve an advance practice degree. If you could also offer the follow-up care (dresssing changes, flushes...) then you could make $ at...

  8. Help!

    island40 replied to carolynfromvirginia's topic in General Nursing

    Don't try to get a job "for the summer" it will take that long to go through the hire process. Get a travel job and that will eliminate St. Luke's hospital as they don't use travelers. CR has only 2...

  9. Question for Iowa Nurses

    island40 replied to missie's topic in General Nursing

    An outsider also has to work against the fact that the local graduates (Mt. Mercy, Coe, Kirkwood, Hamilton...) have contacts and have had the chance to network and in IA the person that they know is...

  10. Lost new graduate moving to Iowa

    island40 replied to Marynochka's topic in General Nursing

    Your AZ license is good enough to get a job but after you get an IA mailing address you have 30 days to get the application in (and the fee) for an IA license. Good thing that IA is cheaper than AZ....

  11. Instructors...solve this mystery for me..<please>

    island40 replied to justme1972's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I instruct nursing students at a CC and it is tough. Students literally fight for every point and can rip and instructor to shreds over thier grades. Teaching is also a customer service industry and...

  12. "You can't be a Nurse!" Vent...

    island40 replied to sconoli's topic in Nursing Career

    They might be laughing at your niavity. A nurse spends 8-12 hours SERVING others and gets a mumbled thank you about once a week. If we are really lucky we get a true gratitude expressed by card or...

  13. Cedar Rapids?

    island40 replied to ERRNTraveler's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at MMC for 3 years in their dialysis unit. The staff there are very pro MMC. The only other hospital for 50 miles is 2 blocks away so there is a lot of competition and comparison. If you can...

  14. Cleveland Clinic

    island40 replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I am an RN and will be a patient at the CC later this month. Thanks for the heads-up on staffing. Facilities that "use up" thier nursing staff (partially because the area has a large supply) put their...

  15. Adjusting to night shift--HELP!!

    island40 replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    The first night shift job I had was 15 years ago and I was ALWAYS tired. I had two small children at the time and was told that night shift would aford me the ability to be at their school activities...

  16. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    island40 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The Associate degree in Applied Science of Nursing is also written A.A.S.N. Just like the BS that I have in nursing is written B.S.N. and my Master of Science degree in Nursing Education that I hold...

  17. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    island40 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It is true that there is a lack of financial incentive for higher education, including certification. I worked in AZ and got paid more because I had a BSN and a generalist certification through ANCC...