Rage

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  1. ICU experience

    Rage replied to studentrn1008's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Smiley is right on..........I'm going CRNA as well and have done an exhaustive study on CRNA programs..........they all have one thing in common, nothing is common. Each program has it's own...

  2. Why Do Crna Gets Paid So Much?

    Rage replied to disboibdavid's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Depends on the program and the amount of clinics involved. Some are 24 months some are 30......... MSN can be had as short as 14 months.........some are 24 months So it depends on the...

  3. Bkat

    Rage replied to CriticalCareLucy's topic in General Nursing

    At the site.............. http://nursing.cua.edu/research/toth-bkat7s.cfm Requests for Copies of the BKAT-7S The BKAT-7S is being provided at cost to nurses who work in critical care as a...

  4. Any feedback is welcome. Please chime in!

    Rage replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    so you think that is the answer?............and that being a cocktail waitress is gonna be any easier with non-paying customers, customers that don't tip....etc. tsk, tsk......:trout: you get into...

  5. Care Plans Help Please! (with the R\T and AEB)

    Rage replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    First and foremost above all else is the need to assess.........It is the first step in the nursing process known as ADPIE....But then you assess every time you meet someone, which is the reason that...

  6. Can a new grad negotiate?

    Rage replied to bucknangler's topic in General Nursing

    Whew......................glad I didn't say

  7. I did a search but.......

    Rage replied to Rage's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you oMerMero.........I usually do plan ahead........for something things years in advance, but for the CCRN, I'm planning on doing it in a year so I've started studying now for when I take the...

  8. I did a search but.......

    Rage posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Guys, Your advice has been informative and at the same time humbling..... I forgot who it was that said "the smarter you become, the more you realize you don't know", but ya'll have opened my eyes...

  9. Why Do Crna Gets Paid So Much?

    Rage replied to disboibdavid's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Also CRNA's if acting as a sub-contractor have to supply their own malpractice insurance............did you check out the premiums on that as well? As of 2011 CRNA's will need to have a PhD to carry a...

  10. Are you relocating after you graduate??

    Rage replied to TopazLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduate with a BSN in spring........as soon as I pass NCLEX I heading from Tennessee to Washington State. Too bad Washington isn't a compact state..... My Fiancee lives on Vancouver Island so I'm...

  11. "Maybe you shouldn't be a nurse"

    Rage replied to krazy_coconuts's topic in General Nursing

    Terri, I agree with what you say in that "most" instructors don't plan to weed out students. But in using the word "most" it leaves the door open for "some". The most important thing I have learned...

  12. help with a care plan

    Rage replied to megs0310's topic in General Nursing

    ooops my bad..........sorry about

  13. Helpful Tips for the Nurse Traveler

    Rage replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in Travel

    I will be a new grad next May with hopefully 6 months of experience under my belt as a ICU nurse tech at a level 1 trauma center. After graduation I want to get a year's experience at a level 1 trauma...

  14. help with a care plan

    Rage replied to megs0310's topic in General Nursing

    Diagnosis: Anxiety r/t threat to self : Assess: fatigue, weakness, alteration in sleep paterns, alterations in appetite, observation of irritability, self-focusing behavior Diagnosis: Anticipatory...

  15. 1st experience with backstabbing.

    Rage replied to Justme123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok I'll give you some advise from a senior management position.........not in nursing but in another field. Job confrontation on the job site will not be tolerated from any facility, and especially a...

  16. "Maybe you shouldn't be a nurse"

    Rage replied to krazy_coconuts's topic in General Nursing

    First of all let me say that I'm 52 years old and was 50 when I started nursing school after retiring from 2 jobs. Now I'm one semester away from graduating, I have been told that I shouldn't be a...

  17. Vol State/ TSU Nursing Program

    Rage replied to TNMommy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    hmmmm thats odd, but sure I'll send it when I get

  18. Vol State/ TSU Nursing Program

    Rage replied to TNMommy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I can't tell you anything about the TSU but I'm in my senior year at Carson-Newman. If you need a good care plan site then pm me and give it to you. With it I've had Sats on all of my care plans from...

  19. Harborview ICU

    Rage replied to Rage's topic in Washington Nursing

    Thank you cmc for the insight. Since I'm 52 I think that most employers will see that I'm not a real risk. But I've been wrong before. Plus I bring to the table a ton of management experience from...

  20. Harborview ICU

    Rage posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    Hello All, Next July I'll be a new grad BSN nurse looking for a job. Since I'll be moving to Seattle I was wondering what you think the chances of a BSN nurse with 6 months experience as a nurse tech...

  21. East Tennessee Childrens Hospital?

    Rage replied to dylaust's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    If your looking for natal work then again it depends on what level of care you are considering..........newborns you'd prolly be looking for Sanders. Injury, illness (chronic/acute), NICU, PICU are...

  22. Harborview ICU

    Rage replied to Rage's topic in Washington Nursing

    sounds like a hard top then.........thanks

  23. Union vs. U of M?

    Rage replied to abelshan's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I'm accelerated at Carson-Newman. Read as accelerated being no summer breaks. You get a month at CN during the summer because they jam a 15 weeks semester into 10 weeks (try ob/gyn and peds in 10)....

  24. East Tennessee Childrens Hospital?

    Rage replied to dylaust's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    dylaust, I don't know personally about the pay or benefits but I know someone that works over there and can ask them about it. In order to get a better perspective on what it is that your looking for...

  25. Have you fainted?? If so, how did you prevent doing so again?

    Rage replied to Lw2381's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Pathophysiology of syncope is inadaquate perfusion of the brain.......this can be due to shock, hypotension, electrolyte imbalances........any number of things. By eating your maintaining blood flow...