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Hi to all! I have been working for Tele/Progressive Care Unit for 16 months now and I am actually tired of my patients demands of graham crackers and juice, pain meds, and they usually feel that they are in a hotel, plus we have a 6 ratio patients to 1 nurse. Sometimes we do primary care nursing due to lack of techs and most of the time our patients are bedbound, our nurses are being cancelled every other night because of low census even we don't have any vacation hours to use in the first place, and our manager is not effective. Now, there is a vacancy at the ER with 4 patients max. and I feel like transferring but I do not what to expect because they are the front liners of all patient. Any comment?

Hi, 1. You need to ask the IDPFR if it is okay with them to just ask a letter of passing from CA be submitted to them and explain your situation why you can't get a SSN at this time. It is up to them. Like Vermont State Board of Nursing - they accept a letter of passing that must be sent directly from the CA BON if you are going to endorse a CA license without a SSN. 2. Visa Screen and CES report from CGFNS are two different entities with different people evaluating them when you apply to them. I applied for a CES & Visa Screen certification recently and all BON are strict about their requirements about Visa Screen (this is a federal document) unlike the CES. To summarize, it is best to contact the BON State that you wish to endorsed your licensed to clear up things. I hope this helps. Best of Luck!

I work in a telemetry unit ratio of 6 patients to 1 nurse ratio. And I am planning to be transferred to the ER department. I got friends there who told me that they are busy but steady. My current unit has 1 secretary, 2 techs & 1 monitor tech. Sometimes when our techs calls out whe need to do primary care nursing and we almost have lots of 3 acuities level of care such as bedbound patient, incontinent, bedsores and the like. Many times of going to work before sitting in the chair my charge will tell me that I will get a new pt from ER and I haven't got any reports yet from the ER and I will get another one. I tried asking why? And the charge will just tell me "welcome to cardiac unit"? which I think very unreasonable. And what adds to my worries is my health being compromise because of too much load to handle. I am a hardworking person but I just can't handle too much. So I am just waiting for my 1st year and trying to be patient as much as I can. I already talked to the ER manager but she told me that they don't have any vacancies but for sure that they will in the near future and she mentioned that I need to let my manager know of my intent of transfer. My dilemma is the same thing. I don't think I have the guts to tell my manager of my plans. I need opinions of anybody regarding my plans. I don't wanna live a life where I hate going to work. I wanna enjoy it. I don't wanna be stressed with my tech, too and demands of my patients in bedside caring. Please email me. I need your expertise in decision making! :)

Can you help me which one should I take? Nursing Informatics or Health Informatics. I don't know what health informatics means. I think that is different from Health Care Informatics? Are they interchangeable? Thanks

I am confused about Nursing Informatics and Health Informatics. I inquired to different universities offering health informatics and one person told me that it is different and more broader than nursing informatics. please enlighten me with this. Another, I saw that you are certified NI nurse. what is the difference of taking the masters for NI if you can be certified by taking the minor certification for NI? Any inputs will be appreciated. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Hi. I got two degrees, which are BS Computer Science and BS in Nursing. I have 3 years experience, 2 years in ICU and 1 year in Telemetry and I also wanted to take Nursing Informatics as my advanced degree. Do you know any good school in Baltimore for this course? How about an organization where I can join in? Any information will be appreciated. I just want to make sure that I am on the right track. Any suggestions or ideas? Thank you! :)

i applied for CES before and never declared it. and never mentioned that I passed the NLE. Dont you think it's okay?

Question to all. Any help is appreciated. I attended a nursing school in the Philippines and an RN there. Currently, I am in US and taken my NCLEX here and passed it, too. I am now applying for Visa Screen Certificate from CGFNS and they are requiring me to ask the BON here in US for licensure validation and validation of my licensure in the Philippines. My questions is is it okay not to declare my licensure in the Philippines so I can save time from waiting for it? Because I think I will wait 2 weeks before the PRC (agency who is taking care of this matter) can send it to CGFNS. I already asked my state BON in US to submit my license validation and CGFNS asked me to explain why I don't have license in my home country. Tell me if it is okay not to mention about my licensure in the Phils. And what would be a good reason to tell them via letter. Thanks.. :)

do you know where i can get just the saunders nclex-rn cd? i bought this book but found out that it has no cd. if any of you has it i will buy it from you. i prefer the 4th edition cd-rom practice exams. thanks

Hi I already have the 3rd edition book and i wanna purchase the 4th edition CD-ROM only. does anyone know where I can get the cd alone? Thanks. :)

Good Morning! Hi! I need your help. I am about to endorse my CA license to MD and the 2 requirement is my hard copy license and my English proficiency exam result to be fowarded directly from the authority where I took the exam to be sent to MD state board of Nursing. My question is do you know the regulations on period of validity of English exam in MD state board? Because my english exam will expire soon. I took the IELTS and it is valid for 2 years only. I read that some organization have their own regulations on the validity. I don't want to take the exam anymore because it will cost me money again. please help. Thank you for your time.

hi! I'm a licensed nurse in California (originally from the philippines). I want to know if CES (credentials evaluation service) from CGFNS is a requirement before I can endorse my Ca LICENSE? And if yes, what type of CES report? The MD BON is very slow and very bad customer service. pls help. I want no delays. Thank you

i am asking if CES is needed in maryland. i have my SSN and i have my license from CA already.

Hi I am licensed in California and I want to endorse my license to maryland. Does CES (Credentials Evaluation Service) from CGFNS is a requirement to MD BON before I can endorse? can't I just use my CGFNS certificate for that? Thanks.

Hi! I'm having difficulties connecting with the Maryland State Board of Nursing. They cost me so much money for me to do an overseas call just to ask some specific concerns but Ms. Sheryl Smith, the person in charge in endorsement is always out of the office and her voice mailbox is always full. And once connected to the operators they connect me to the person who is not available. This is unreasonable! They are not professionals! Anyway, so much for venting out my disappointments with the BON. I am licensed from CA and I want to endorse it to Maryland. I just have two concerns 1. Does the MD BON requires CES (credentials evaluation service) from CGFNS before I can endorse? 2. Can't I just use my CGFN certificate which i acquired after passing the exam in replacement for CES? I visited their website but it is not clear if it is a requirement or not. I just want to validate it with them but they are not helping. 3. regarding the criminal history records check, I already submitted a fingerprint card with the CA BON when I applied for my NCLEX with them. can't I just ask the CA to send the results to the MD BON? because I think they are just asking too much from the nurses which are licensed from other states. And with this, nurses tend to spend unneccessary money. Aside from the fact that these nurses are moving to MD to work. They should be efficient and professionals and helpful to the moving nurses. I appreciate your help. thanks