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  1. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

    CougRN replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    What do mean? Do think that this pay is ok to raise a family with? What are you trying to say with

  2. Nursing Pay - Why So Low?

    CougRN replied to Cqc_Cqb's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I don't think nursing pay is low to begin with. When you graduate and start out at 40,000$ a year or more that is a pretty living for a single person. The problem is that pay doesn't go...

  3. Your help needed!!!

    CougRN replied to Post Boston's topic in General Nursing

    not much math in nursing. just basic stuff. but science is a big part of most of what we do. just work hard and i'm sure you will do well if this is what you want. good

  4. Crna = Mda?!

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

    Thanks Kevin. I just wanted an opinion on some of these statements and you did a great job of doing that for me. I didn't want to start an arguement with anyone. I appreciate the time you took to...

  5. Im in!

    CougRN replied to Laughing Gas's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Congrats Lauging. Hopefully we can meet up at a conference our senior

  6. Samuel Merrit College and everone out there(Read me) What do you think? Am I worthy?

    CougRN replied to traumasrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    There are programs that dont' require the GRE Flying. There are still programs that are mostly university based that do require it. For the most part most programs don't see the GRE as a predictor...

  7. " . . . or should we just hire someone mediocre who will stay a decade?"

    CougRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Can you approach your manager? If you have been there 13 years I would think you would know him/her pretty well. I would just let this person know how their statements made you feel. Let him/her...

  8. Samuel Merrit College and everone out there(Read me) What do you think? Am I worthy?

    CougRN replied to traumasrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    i think you look strong. gre won't help you but i don't think it will hurt you either. grades look good and your experience should say a lot about you. if i were you i wouldn't worry more than the...

  9. relocating?

    CougRN replied to TampaCCRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think that if you go to Barry in Miami you may be able to do your clinical work in Orlando. At least that would be a lot closer when clinicals

  10. Do you use the trendelenberg position?

    CougRN replied to wishingmary's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have also heard about this falling out of favor. In our ICU we don't dump them on their heads anymore. For research on this I would suggest looking in medical journals and not nursing. This had...

  11. Interview in 2 days, UGH!

    CougRN replied to go2slp's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    So how did it go? The waiting from now until the response will be torture but you will make it. Hope to hear good news from you

  12. the cnas have taken over!!

    CougRN replied to beaglemom's topic in General Nursing

    For sure. You are in demand and deserve to be treated with respect. If your current place of employment won't support you then you deserve to move on. Best of

  13. the cnas have taken over!!

    CougRN replied to beaglemom's topic in General Nursing

    Leave, go to another

  14. etomidate

    CougRN replied to TinyNurse's topic in Emergency

    We use it in the ICU all the time for intubation. Nurses are allowed to push

  15. UCF Transferring to School of Nursing HELP

    CougRN replied to Jennifer Garcia's topic in Florida Nursing

    My advice is to first get in to nursing school. Apply to only BSN programs and wait until you are accepted at one. Then work hard in nursing school and get the best grades you can. Then go to work...

  16. sleeping staff

    CougRN replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Your break is not company time. And that is a poor comparison. This is accepted practice in many institutions, especially on the west coast. Like it or not it is not illegal

  17. For Fun: Weirdest Thing in Pt. Bed

    CougRN replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in General Nursing

    Crack pipe that patient was hiding under his

  18. 14 Nurses Fired and 9 disciplined in Kentucky

    CougRN replied to nurseattorney's topic in General Nursing

    no matter what is going on who pulls out diprivan to give to a patient without orders? this doesn't make much sense to me. there seems to be more than what is being

  19. Are You Helping or Hurting?

    CougRN replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    I totally know what you mean. I have tried to portray a good attitude at work lately because I have felt negative so often. But soon after I get to work other nurses start in about this and that and...

  20. ICU ratios????

    CougRN replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

    2:1 or 1:1 here in

  21. Dept of Veterans Affairs CRNA program

    CougRN replied to TaylorMade,R.N.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The have a program in minnestoa. It's in conjunction with the Univ of Minn. Check out the aana.com website for

  22. school and work

    CougRN replied to AshleyKay's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    read some of the posts about this but it's pretty much not possible to work while in crna school. and it's not in your best interest

  23. Not going to med surg after graduation?What are your thoughts?

    CougRN replied to happystudent's topic in General Nursing

    Go for the ICU if you feel you are ready. It is a big jump but you will learn fast. If you are willing to work hard and to give it your all then you can do it. Our ICU employs new grads all of the...

  24. What can my BA Sociology do?

    CougRN replied to saraMI's topic in General Nursing

    You can do a post-bac and get your BSN in a year. That would probably be your best

  25. drug calculations

    CougRN replied to BWORN's topic in General Nursing

    Dopamine 500 mg/500 ml to run at 5mcq/kg/min. Pt wt is 80kg That's a weird Dopamine mix. Ours is normally 400mg/250ml or 800mg/250ml. But to answer your question you take 500mg/500ml to get mg/ml....