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Banner Health is buying the AJ location, and it will be run by the Banner Ironwood management. Congrats in the bump in employment!!!

I called them yesterday and the secretary said they are expecting to mail out letters this week. We'll all get a letter (not email) for either acceptance or denial.....

You followed standing orders and you also alerted the doctor to the patients condition. Oxygen is a medication. I swear, nurses are darned if you do and darned if you don't. It sounds as if you are carrying some guilt or other emotion over losing a ...

Does anyone know if USA has discontinued their MSN program for Spring 2013? Its not listed on NursingCAS and the supplemental application isn't up on the CON's website. Thanks for any insight!

I work as a nurse at a hospital that has the state's contract for DOC inmates. I agree with the need for education!! We recently had an inmate being admitted basically in acute (waiting to be dx as chronic) kidney failure secondary to naproxen use. H...

We use baxter pumps at my work, so I'll chime in. I do what someone else here spoke about. Each secondary has it's own secondary tubing. The ones that aren't being used at the moment are disconnected, clamped, hung on the back of the IV pole, and the...

I work at an acute care hospital that has a locked down DOC floor, where the inmates are sent when they are shipped out. We know the ones that are fakers: 1. Frequent flyers with negative work-ups (over and over and over) 2. They are "allergic" to mo...

MGA is very sketchy and I tried to get on with them as a new grad (2 years ago) and they gave me the run around for 6 months and they never gave me a day's work.That's a great tip about Google earth!

Do a Google search. As a nurse you need to be comfortable looking things up. And I think the correct acronym is HCAHPS.... Either way, it's easy to find.....

It sounds like you've got your plan set! Gilbert is also a pricey area.... Glendale is a good choice, lots of LTC facilities and close to Sun City, some high end areas and some safe but affordable areas too. Tempe can be expensive due to ASU being th...

HCAPS is a big things these days, and especially on a med-surg floor, its really important. When you are answering scenario questions, or relating your experiences, they are looking for customer service-y things, going above and beyond, and having go...

I'm an Az native and I hear that people want to move here and live in Scottsdale.... There are unsafe areas of Scottsdale just like the rest of the Phoenix metro area. Scottsdale is very expensive to live in compared to the rest of the valley. With t...

My hospital in Tempe (a Phoenix suburb that houses Az state university) started hiring LPNs a few months ago in order to bring back team nursing. It is a for profit institution, and the plan is to have them work on our Department of Corrections floor...

I sooooo agree!!! I feel like night shift gets treated like we are just babysitting the patients until the "real" RNs come back on the day shift!!! Don't they know that patients go downhill in the middle of the night when there is less staff, no docs...

The other big issue here that's not being talked about and could get the OP in big trouble is that she went to administer those meds alone. She stated that the instructor declined her request to watch her give the meds. A student nurse can not admini...

Al dente, I live in AZ. Thanks for putting into words exactly how I see my wonderful state. I'm an AZ native. I'd also like to add that it's a beautiful state with amazing weather 9 months a year. We've got a great outdoor lifestyle and it's a few h...

I was told last night by a pt that she didn't want her lactulose because she didn't want to catch c-diff in the hospital.......

Are you following the PCH page on Facebook? They are really good about updating applicants there!

Thanks for the confirmation! There's another thread under students/graduate nurses about the 2011 GAPP, and 1 or 2 people reported there that they were offered a postition from Tuesday's interviews.

I also interviewed in Tuesday last week, and wasn't made an offer. The HR paperwork days were to be today and tomorrow, so I'm assuming I didn't get it. But I am curious that you said you interviewed for med-surg?? I interviewed at 11am on Tuesday an...

With shift diff, $28-$30 is very reasonable for new grads!

Not even in a clinical setting..... My ex mother in law had a son die as a small child of some unknown reason. Keep in mind she was from West Virginia and this was the 60's. "My son was never right after he was born, and died as a small child. It was...

I got called for an interview this Tuesday and I am hoping for some pointers from those who were recently hired for the last GAPP. Can anyone give me some insight as to what types of questions they ask and what things they may be looking for? Thanks!

Chuck, where did you get this info? I work for Tempe St Lukes as a GN, both hospitals are owned by IASIS, and I wasn't offered that low...... My offer was on target with Banner's GN pay....

I'm an old new grad, and I just took my initial ACLS through WizardEducation.com and they were AWESOME!!! You don't need the book, just attend the 2 day class. They have handouts for you, and even teach you the basics of reading rhythms (which really...