Erinkate2959

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1. telemetry floors and staffing

   Erinkate2959 replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

   i work on a med/surg telemetry unit. we get a variety of different types of patients...pre/post caths, acute mi, pts with electrolyte imbalances, sickle cellers with low hgb, pts who had post op complications like desatting or pulm emobli, etc. we t...

2. Philly area schools?

   Erinkate2959 replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in CRNA

   if you don't mind me asking, what turned you off from penn's program. just curious. i am in the philadelphia area. working in tele, soon to move to icu and then sometime in the next few years apply to crna. i have some info on all of the schools y...

3. Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

   Erinkate2959 replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

   Bill Clinton's mother was a nurse anesthetist.

4. newbie wants to be a nurse anesthetist

   Erinkate2959 replied to peas's topic in CRNA

   Hi peas, There are several nursing programs for those with bachelor's degrees who wish to change their careers to nursing. Some of them offer MSN degrees but others stop at the bachelor's level. I went to one that offered two years for both...

5. my take thus far in crna school

   Erinkate2959 replied to alansmith52's topic in CRNA

   mitzi77crnp, i noticed that you are from pa. are you in the philly area? what school are you attending? i ask because i am in philly and looking a several different schools in the area. erin

6. So how common are nursing Unions?

   Erinkate2959 replied to VaMedic's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not really clear on what nursing unions are about. I remember someone telling me before that belonging to a union makes nursing less of a career and profession and more of a trade. I think it was one of my instructors who said it. What are the...

7. Joining the ranks!

   Erinkate2959 replied to TraumaNurse's topic in CRNA

   Congratulations!!!! That is great news! I am a new nurse and in the next few years I am thinking about applying to Villanova. How was the interview? Are you taking any classes before you officially start the program? Erin

8. Introductions

   Erinkate2959 replied to Brian's topic in Pennsylvania

   Hi!! I am a recent graduate working in Philly at Jeff Hosp. on a medical telemetry unit. Nice to meet everybody!! Erin

9. Starting Hahnemann in 2004

   Erinkate2959 replied to lml33's topic in CRNA

   Leslie, Thanks so much for all of your information. I am graduating with my BSN in 4weeks!! I am very interested in pursuing a career in nurse anesthesia. I am looking into both Drexel and Villanova. I start working in June on an intermedia...

10. Nursing school ...

    Erinkate2959 replied to TheBrainMusher's topic in General Students

    I am sorry to hear about your change in plans. I know that at Jeff, you need to have one semester of clinical before you can extern and it pays $12 an hour. And it is definetly possible to work while in school, especially if you are doing two years...

11. Nursing Programs ? 2nd degree?

    Erinkate2959 replied to TheBrainMusher's topic in General Students

    I think I answered most of your other questions in my PM to you. Just wanted to include that we have class two days a week for varying times and clinical three days a week for a full eight hour day. We do our clinicals in blocks we stared with med ...

12. What skills are you taught/get to practice in school/clinicals?

    Erinkate2959 replied to k123456's topic in General Students

    I go to school in PA and the only thing we are not allowed to do is insert IVs and insert NG tubes. We did an IV tutorial on a computer program and this is the only practice we are going to get through our entire program. Not very helpful. We are a...

13. Crossing the line of professionalism

    Erinkate2959 replied to slugirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student who frequently visits this website to get seasoned and experienced nurses opinions and points of view on specific topics. After reading this thread, I think I will stick to the student forum. Some people here seem to be perpe...

14. Clueless New RN Grad

    Erinkate2959 replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Students

    jfpruitt, I am in the same boat. I graduate in approx. THREE months and feel like I need three more years of practice in school before I will be ready. However, I just read a couple of research articles (for school of course) that said gradu...

15. This is looking to be expensive...

    Erinkate2959 replied to legsmalone's topic in General Students

    I was wondering the same thing you guys are talking about. How long do you have to wait after graduation to take the NCLEX? Do you think it is better to wait until after you've taken the test to start working? Combining the stress of studying and ...