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  1. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    anyone apply for midwestern in arizona, crna program to start next fall? Lets talk! So nervous

  2. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    congrats jhodaki! I dont have that so I am guessing I didnt get in. I knew it, anyways. pretty

  3. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yes....

  4. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I interviewed last Tuesday , I was told they would decide on Monday ( today) but I have now heard different things from others . Maybe I misheard

  5. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So three weeks after this Friday? The admissions counselor told me something but I must have

  6. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    anyone heard anything yet ?or know when we

  7. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    i found out i also have an interview! Nope i know nothing about it

  8. Any 2012 Midwestern CRNA applicants?

    rn438 replied to rn438's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    good luck to you too.. let me know if you hear

  9. In the middle of a nurses career, are they paid roughly the same as they began?

    rn438 replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Nursing

    nurses dont really increase their earning potential over their span of career as compared to other occupations. Im sure this varies by region of course and what hospital you work at. Many nurses I...

  10. True life as a nurse

    rn438 replied to Wendi Decker's topic in General Nursing

    I have tons of free time . Only work three days a week ! Thank god. I work in ICU. The most difficult thing is dealing with confused and aggressive patients that want to attack you when they are out...

  11. Why aren't there better incentives for obtaining a BSN degree?

    rn438 replied to labelle777's topic in General Nursing

    the last two hospitals I worked at you did not get one cent for having a bsn. WHY?? Because hospitals are cheap and view nurses as an area of cost, always wanting to eliminate cost . They don't...

  12. caring for prisoners

    rn438 posted a topic in Critical Care

    I hope this does not make me a bad nurse, but does anyone else have some weird feelings about caring for prisoners: mostly the rapists, and child molesters and murderers? I am not saying that they...

  13. Noting orders VERY late...legally, what happens?

    rn438 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    we used to have a sign the doctors would turn over that was red that said "new orders" , it hung outside the patients room . Also- If someone took the chart they had to leave a not - chart is with "...

  14. Questions involving Trach Care!!! HELP!!! CLEAN TECHNIQUE? WHAT?

    rn438 replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated recently, and was taught STERILE technique. I have seen people who have been Nurses or RTs for a long time use clean technique. I would just do what you were

  15. Cough Syrup via PEG Tube

    rn438 replied to MisMatch's topic in General Nursing

    cough syrup doesnt work by coating the throat. it works by absorbing it systemically, so NG or PEG or swallowing it doesnt make a difference. You should know the mechanism of action for every drug you...

  16. Noting orders VERY late...legally, what happens?

    rn438 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    How about some communication ? The doctor should let you know he left orders, especially if they are ASAP or stat orders . If it didnt cause any harm to the patient , dont worry about it but I would...

  17. CNA and Home Health in NC . . .

    rn438 replied to MMaple's topic in General Nursing

    NO. CNA by law and terms of their license Cannot do assessments, administers medications , etc. What you are looking for is a RN, and you are actually asking a CNA to practice out of their scope of...

  18. Prove my Mom wrong, please

    rn438 replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    nursing schools are extremely strict about time off. Missing more than one- two clinical in a semester will force you to have to repeat the entire semester. It is required by law and the board of...

  19. ICU visiting hours.. What is reasonable?

    rn438 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in MICU, SICU

    I know AACN recommends opening visiting hours, but are these people who have worked as a nurse, in the ICU anytime recently? The families dont understand how important it is to have report /shift...

  20. Neutropenic pt W/other isoloation pt

    rn438 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    the hospital I came from in Texas did have neutropenic precautions, but the hospital I work at now in another state has informed me that that Disease Control has informed them there is no such thing...

  21. Would a hospital hire and RN for an LPN job?

    rn438 replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    there is nothing an LVN can do that an RNcant, its the other way around. However, a hospital would want the cheaper labor and wouldnt want to hire someone who is more qualified for a position than...

  22. moderate sedation administered by wound care nurse??

    rn438 replied to KMuniz's topic in General Nursing

    ICU nurses can at my facility, can but you should have ACLS, basic arrythmia