SummitRN BSN, RN

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    Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    SummitRN replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    There is a minority that does like the 3-11, but not 1/3 of the day shift RNs. As you pointed out in your article, hospitals went to 12s because they had trouble staffing 3-11 (and noct). For...
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    Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    SummitRN replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, how many of you who want 8s and currently work daytime 12s would be willing to work the 3PM-11PM shift 5 days a week or work rotating days/evening and nights? If the industry went to 8s,...
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    PAWP

    SummitRN replied to LNRN11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We can wedge in theory, but usually just use all the other swan numbers and waveforms. I've only seen a wedge once in our ICU, and it was a medical
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    distance psychiatric NP program for new grads?

    SummitRN replied to melissagee's topic in School, College Programs

    Distance Psych NP with no RN experience, letters of rec, or GRE? I'd have serious doubts about the accreditation much less the repute of such a program if it even exists. If you primarily want to do...
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    Nurese Externships Can Hurt your Nursing Career!

    SummitRN replied to cincin1222's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My externship is directly responsible for my current employment. OP, if your cover letters and resume are written with she same usage and sentence structure as your post, I strongly suggest having a...
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    MDs dont own the physician title

    SummitRN replied to platon20's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The problem with homeopathy is not a lack of evidence. The problem is the overwhelming amount of evidence showing it to be
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    AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    SummitRN replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Indeed, the VA now as a whole is vastly improved from its past. They say, if you've seen one VA, you've seen one VA. There are still the good and the bad just as there are with
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    MDs dont own the physician title

    SummitRN replied to platon20's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Sad in the day of EBP that a chiro can use the title
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    AANA urges Medicare to consider hospital anesthesiology efficiency measures

    SummitRN replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Only nursing insists on putting their license first, and incorrectly so. Every other profession, medical or nonmedical, follows proper style. Summit BSN RN
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    How much do they let you customize your program/select your clinicals at your school?

    SummitRN replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    We were able to request which clinical site for each clinical and usually people received one of their top 3 site choices. In some clinicals, site choice could dictate what your experience was in...
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    Critical care for new grads without critical care senior practicum?

    SummitRN posted a topic in Critical Care

    Anyone heard of this? I know someone who didn't get the placement they wanted for senior practicum, but still really wants to find a critical care new grad program. This person is quite literally top...
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    Employer's Negative Response to Teaching Hospital Experience

    SummitRN replied to slr0610's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I echo the above two posters... in a teaching hospital ICU my experience is that RNs start and d/c IVs, NGTs, dobhoffs, foleys, draw their own ABGs, central line draws, wedges, and d/c central lines,...
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    Decline a shift equals termination?

    SummitRN replied to kparry's topic in General Nursing

    It's a
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    unpaid orientation

    SummitRN replied to UNITEDRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Sounds super duper professional right there... maybe staff RNs can be that professional one day, right
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    unpaid orientation

    SummitRN replied to UNITEDRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    A symptom of the unprofessional nature of nursing academia... if the school wants students at a hospital, then the school wants what is required and should pay their faculty accordingly. If the school...
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    New TV Show- Nurse Nation on MTV

    SummitRN replied to kingofthekicks20's topic in Travel

    Sweetsabo thanks for posting but... Documentaries on MTV... bound to be as drama-free, complimentary, and impartial as Behind the Music? Pardon me if I don't hold my breath. May I hopefully be...
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    You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    SummitRN replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Before report: It's 3am, the overheads are on, the lights are on in several rooms, the doctor is yelling to the nurse who is to give you report "he's not dying on my shift! What other orders do you...
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    DNP seems like a waste...

    SummitRN replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    PA programs also require about 600 hours minimum. For comparison, a medical student might do that much and then some in their third year. A freshly minted MD would do that in their first two months of...
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    DNP seems like a waste...

    SummitRN replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I think it is a valid to ask whether the extra year of school for "research" is truly focused on clinically applicable information? Or is it a year of nursing theory, "leadership," and other filler to...
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    What do (did) you do during the gap between graduation and your first job

    SummitRN replied to sourapril's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I traveled a
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    Nursing schools in Colorado

    SummitRN replied to proudtobehismommy's topic in Colorado Nursing

    It sounds like you are interested in merit entry community college nursing program in CO. There are several CCs that have switched to merit entry (no wait, reapply each semester). Colorado Mountain...
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    Honors program in BSN worth it?

    SummitRN replied to nursing_student93's topic in General Students

    Working a hospital internship/job is about a billion times more valuable than having "honors" on your degree. Magna or Summa on a degree is worth far more to a graduate admissions officer than Cum...
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    VA ICUs- How critical?

    SummitRN replied to nursenancy27's topic in Government, Military

    Some are a weird combo of stepdown and real-ICU. Fresh open hearts and an IABP in a SICU, vented/sedated/paralyzed patients on 3 vasoactives in the MICU... or walky talky POD6 rehabs in SICU and...
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    New grad RN in Denver - no job after 3 months of looking

    SummitRN replied to westfall520's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Ill bet there's 1500+ new grads in the front range market if you include out of state and returning grads. 16 spots for 3 hospitals? Yikes... from what I hear most will go to former exempla student...
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    Bleedind at PIV insertion site

    SummitRN replied to tg982's topic in Cardiac

    There is a difference between an IV site leaking vs a little blood at the insertion site. Slight bleeding at the insertion site is not uncommon for patients on integralin and heparin because... THEY...