SummitRN BSN, RN

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    Accepted to Platt College Colorado, Sept 2013, HELP!

    SummitRN replied to x0dinosaur's topic in Colorado Nursing

    kanielelani55 where did you do your clinical rotations? It is important to manage expectations especially when making financial plans. I hope you realize that 84K is not the type of pay you are...
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    Get together at NTI 2014 Denver - Will You Be There??

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Critical Care

    You can purchase the audio of all the presentations for about $300, less than cost of
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    Accepted to Platt College Colorado, Sept 2013, HELP!

    SummitRN replied to x0dinosaur's topic in Colorado Nursing

    80K holy macaroni and cheese (that's what you'll be eating while you pay off those ridiculous loans) for profit
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    RN who graduated from Concorde Career College

    SummitRN replied to Jillyg12's topic in Colorado Nursing

    NO! IT IS NOT ACCREDITED! That website says that ONE campus in TEXAS has TEXAS BON approval for their LVN program. The Colorado program has CO BON approval for their AAS program (otherwise it...
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    Is the RN--->BSN push a clever way to get older nurses out of the way

    SummitRN replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    There is an employer preference in many areas whether for HR ease, social bias, institutional goals, or evidenced based. There IS a statistical preference for BSN nurses in the acute care setting...
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    "You are now a stepdown nurse too"

    SummitRN posted a topic in Critical Care

    What would you, an ICU nurse, do if you were informed you now staff stepdown, so 3:1 no CNA, on regular
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    "You are now a stepdown nurse too"

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Critical Care

    This is unit wide. This isn't an individual reassignment. It isn't floating, but an expansion of stepdown and shrinking of
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    EMR and CPOE--is it really safer?

    SummitRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    RNs should not be entering orders for MDs. That is a form of transcription and a source of error that defeats the CPOE gains. It is only justifiable in an emergency. IT can set the computers to do...
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    EMR and CPOE--is it really safer?

    SummitRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    There is incontrovertible evidence that CPOE with Decision Support drastically reduces errors on the order side both with erroneous orders, transcription error, and improper orders. It does NOT...
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    Laptop / Tablet / COW for electronic flowsheet?

    SummitRN posted a topic in Critical Care

    For those using electronic flowsheets in the ICU, I'm curious what people are using for access to electronic flowsheets, particularly when dealing with the crashing patient, admits, or...
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    Types of School Accreditation - The Guide!

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your school has: state BON approval regional academic accreditation national nursing accreditation These are great things for your school to have!
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    Types of School Accreditation - The Guide!

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If your RN ADN program does not have ACEN (NLNAC's new name), you would have to complete an ACEN or CCNE accredited BSN program before VA could hire
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    Laptop / Tablet / COW for electronic flowsheet?

    SummitRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Critical Care

    We have fixed workstations and are considering what to replace them with including drop-proof spill-proof tablets or laptops. With very small and crowded rooms, we are worried about the WOWs being...
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    Diagnosed ADHD before nursing school. Will this disqualify me from joining the USAF?

    SummitRN replied to tag14's topic in Government, Military

    ^Homosexuality was a condition that was
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    Diagnosed ADHD before nursing school. Will this disqualify me from joining the USAF?

    SummitRN replied to tag14's topic in Government, Military

    I see no difference between what I was told to do and someone who "lied" about their sexual orientation before the military was forced to accept non-heterosexuals. The physician knew he almost...
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    Diagnosed ADHD before nursing school. Will this disqualify me from joining the USAF?

    SummitRN replied to tag14's topic in Government, Military

    Don't. tell. them. Ever. Period. There are negative implications for your career if you do, if they let you in. Military culture makes a lot of assumptions about adhd. Don't tell them you had it or...
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    Moving to Denver...1yr ICU exp ADN

    SummitRN replied to ginmarada's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I know someone who has 5 years of experience in ICU, ED, and Flights, but because of their lack of BSN, they had more difficulty than one would expect finding the job of their choice (subspecialty)....
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    FFP infusion

    SummitRN replied to EmeryRN's topic in General Nursing

    These misconceptions about needing a 20ga or larger for blood products lead to practices of larger IVs, more IV start attempts, and sometimes, delay of PRBC administration. There are numerous studies...
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    Caring as Facade profession

    SummitRN replied to souleater11's topic in General Nursing

    You can get into and even through school motivated by money and success, but you won't last long in the field unless the work suits your personality. Burnout and all that
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    FNPs in the Hospital?

    SummitRN replied to futureeastcoastNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If the Consensus Model will keep NPs out of positions for which they are qualified, then it is more a
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    Why do only soft topics appear on the front page? A SOLUTION!

    SummitRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    THE PROBLEM: I read a lot of forums about the medical fields. Allnurses is strange to me. When I look at the front page, EVERY single article is a soft topic related to emotional, job-politics, or...
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    Distance learning and Colorado

    SummitRN replied to Anacupuncturenurse's topic in Colorado Nursing

    The local programs are having problems placing their students. No surprise that you as an individual fared worse. You might be too late. Colorado BON requires concurrent class and clinical for...
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    Documentation, Scapegoating and Fear for Jobs.. The Current Status of Being an RN.

    SummitRN replied to PedsRN25's topic in General Nursing

    Having just acheived return of spontaneous circulation on a code, the Nursing Sup pokes her head in and asks: "Why aren't the restraint flowsheets filled
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    Clinical instructor gives study guide to clinical group is this unfair

    SummitRN replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

    Anyone who wants the guide should ask for it. Unless they request it and are denied, they have no legitimate comlaint of
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    Extrapersonal nursing dx for respiratory distress syndrome?

    SummitRN replied to mmeezyy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow.... I forgot how silly and nonsensical nsg dx careplan newspeak BS is... and reminds me what I have to fear in returning for an advanced degree. Don't worry students... the real world