SummitRN BSN, RN

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    Moving to Denver in 2014, Needs Help with Hospitals, Pay, Etc

    SummitRN replied to Snyder524's topic in Colorado Nursing

    1. I don't think there are any hospitals with a bad rep. The major hospital corporations are HealthOne (HCA), Centura (CHI), and Exempla. Then there are the academic facilities: University, Denver...
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    I don't hear much about Liability Insurance anymore...

    SummitRN replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    The deep pockets theory is somewhat true, but not completely true. Thus, I think it is better to have litigation insurance. Your lawyer is free. When the plaintiff sues you, the hospital, the...
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    MICU VS SICU

    SummitRN replied to froggy8's topic in MICU, SICU

    Very general: SICU - I know what is wrong, so let's push the patient to get better. MICU - Which of the million things wrong with my patient is causing
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    CCEMT-P?

    SummitRN replied to traumasurgRN's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Trauma Surfer... what is your opinion of air ambulances (which primarily deal in CCT) using Nurse/Medic staffing? That seems to be the most common staffing (a few are Nurse/Nurse or Nurse/RRT or even...
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    A Complicated Surgery for a Politician

    SummitRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing Humor

    Stellar!!!
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    At night, I dress up as a Nurse :)

    SummitRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Night nurses go to work in their pajamas... er...
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    Is it illegal to say you're a med student if you are not in medical school?

    SummitRN replied to psu_213's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Medical students have no authority or license. It isn't illegal. It is
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    EMS hitch this one takes the Cake!!

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

    From what OP said, it sounds like the LPN had a problem with prioritization and professional attitude. OP, how did the RN react? How did you, the RN, and the LPN proceed with the situation from there?...
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    Certified Nurses Day excluding people

    SummitRN replied to RN34TX's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The fact that most people on your unit are certified and that most of those who are not have tried and failed to become certified offers no meaningful justification to your prior position. The...
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    New grads and the VA

    SummitRN replied to Enthused RN's topic in Government, Military

    You could certainly apply within a month before graduation due to the length of the application process and there appropriate places to mark in the paperwork that you are an expected
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    Shift change and visitation in ICU/stepdown

    SummitRN replied to opossum's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have 24 hour visitation. The other day a patient's family member came out of the room and interrupted report with some information and questions. Luckily, the interruption was brief. I could see it...
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    Residencies: doctors have it figured out

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

    It wasn't clear which part of the quote you were responding to, and I assumed it was the first part, not the second, thus my response. Sorry we had this misunderstanding (apparently I wasn't the only...
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    Residencies: doctors have it figured out

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

    You seriously think a physician has an equal level of responsibility compared to a RN? Simply comparing the maximum consequence and finding them equal, then concluding there is an equal level of...
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    Residencies: doctors have it figured out

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

    The main reasons I chose nursing over medicine were the flexibility and ability to transfer specialties, and the ability to go into practice in half the time making twice per hour what physicians make...
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    Residencies: doctors have it figured out

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

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    Residencies: doctors have it figured out

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

    Then you have to cut the number of nursing school admission slots by more than 50%. The hospitals are saturated. Even good schools are fighting tooth and nail for acute care placements for their...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    SummitRN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The only nursing journal I read is American Journal of Critical Care, but honestly I threw the last one straight in the trash. Give me the NEJM, Lancet, Wilderness & Environmental Medicine and the...
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    Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    SummitRN replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Wow.... spot
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    New name for nurses who are men

    SummitRN replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

    My name badge reads "Staff Ninja - Clan
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    Regis ABSN- Summer 2013

    SummitRN replied to Ellsworth25's topic in Colorado Nursing

    1/3 the cost at Rio Salado online - Rio Salado College | Rio Salado
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    Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    SummitRN replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students

    ^Well said nursel56 I find it shocking that people can talk about the caring profession of nursing and empathy, and in their next breath say "It didn't bother me, therefor everyone else should feel...
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    Share Your Full Moon Stories

    SummitRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I feel this way as well. Critical thinking? What's
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    Do you have to be great in math to be become a RN?!?

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

    To get into school, you probably needed to be functional with algebra and pass a basic statistics class. To be a RN on a day-to-day basis, you need to be able to do middle school math. To do your job...
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    Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    SummitRN replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students

    1. I am a RN, not a student. 2. During school, I performed bedbaths on my classmates, and they on me, and I did not voice an objection based on a simplistic game theory approach. In a phrase, it was...
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    Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    SummitRN replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students