SummitRN BSN, RN

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  1. With 7 years in EMS, I figured I'd get my BSN and then work critical care for 2 years and do a quick RN->BSN. OOPS There are are more jobs for medics than for NG RNs. I should have gotten my medic...
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    Changing roles for LPNs or RPNs

    Strange, around here I *heard* that it's really hard for LPNs to get hired because hospitals won't let them do much of anything without a RN signoff... and so some hospitals are hiring MAs for the LPN...
  3. If you are religiously opposed to the very basic duties your job requires, then you need to find another job instead of asking other people to do your job for you. It's not discrimination. You knew...
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    Diabetic RN and working 12's?

    It's a shame that diabetics have to resort to the ADA to be able to survive in nursing. Working nurses to the bone where you cannot eat or use the bathroom for twelve hours is simply a demonstration...
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    12 Hour Shifts--A bad idea?

    The most miserable thing you can do in healthcare is go to work 5 out of every 7
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    Colorado New Grads- Do you have jobs?

    Why on earth did you up and move to Colorado with no experience and no job offer??? That is crazy! Good
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    Career Pathing

    Not sure if this is what you were looking for but... Past: Engineering School -> IT -> SAR -> EMT school -> EMS -> Clinic -> EMS Instructor -> School for Nursing Prereqs...
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    CU versus Regis (accelerated programs)

    HUGE congratulations to you! I am not but I suggest that you contact One1 as she is in the program and has a kid and is enjoying
  9. You have misinterpreted the statistic. ~1000 per year in the Denver area. The state is 1800
  10. And they graduate ~250 each year. And the state graduates ~1800 a year. And there are several hundred left over from the previous
  11. Cheese can be an excellent source of protein. I wonder why we don't see more 2% cheese out there. I often buy it when I find
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    RN's in dr. offices

    Reimbursements are are down, so why pay for a RN when you can get a CMA? I see a lot of jobs that say "Wanted: CMA/LPN" But around here the MD offices will advertise "EMT/LPN/CNA/CMA" they'll hire...
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    Where oh where have the good PCTs gone?

    What hospital so that I know not to go there d/t incompetent PCTs and NMs with completely ****** up priorities? And to the "two sides to every story" folks... no bad day gives PCT or anyone else a...
  14. I'd tell them to blow it out their gaping *****... but that's just
  15. Can't fail as long... as long as you keep paying exhorbinant prices for materials and retests! I suggest anyone curious about this read some threads on this board about TCN. They are a ripoff. If you...
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    Advancing Education with a Learning Disability?

    If you can do drug calcs and chemistry, you will be able to do statistics. Intro to stats is mostly conceptual and some calculator calculations. Calculators are a perfectly reasonable accommodation....
  17. Regis College is located in Boston,
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    Just got my BSN, but I don't feel any smarter

    This reminds me so much of the debate in EMS about whether Paramedics should have an associates degree as a minimum or whether a highschool diploma is good enough. Meanwhile many other countries have...
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    Foreign BSN vs. Calif. ASN + debt

    I would take the cheaper longer route because why be in a hurry? It's not like there are jobs for new nurses right
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    NRB & COPD your input please

    Removing the hypoxic drive in a COPD pt by delivering high ppO2 is something that occurs CHRONICALLY in some COPD pts. It should never stop you from giving high flow O2 to an acutely hypoxic patient...
  21. This thread is written mostly by CO new grads or current students. Everyone thinking about going into nursing school in CO should read it: New grad? Here's what you can expect.. - Nursing for Nurses...
  22. Certainly so, but if you talk to most nursing an prenursing students, they still think there is a nurse shortage that will guarantee them a job on graduation. Many left jobs to go into nursing. It is...
  23. The number I heard, according to some regional nursing education professional organization, is that there are over 500 unemployed new grad RNs in the Denver area at the end of Q3 '10. This suggests...
  24. The number I heard, according to some regional nursing education professional organization, is that there are over 500 unemployed new grad RNs in the Denver area at the end of Q3 '10. This suggests...
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    Colorado New Grads- Do you have jobs?

    The number I heard, according to some regional nursing education professional organization, is that there are over 500 unemployed new grad RNs in the Denver area at the end of Q3 '10. This suggests...