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  1. I am getting sick of working in ICU...

    jmeng posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    so...i am getting so paranoid lately working in icu...i am just hanging in there till i get into CRNA school hopefuly by september 2011. Thats the only thing keeping me in the icu i work in. I work...

  2. Thinking about joining the Navy reserve, need advice

    jmeng posted a topic in Government, Military

    I have a BSN in nursing and currently taking some masters program and applied for a couple of school for CRNA program to begin in september 2010. I have a 4+ years of nursing experience with 1+ years...

  3. UMDNJ-NA program

    jmeng replied to love-d-OR's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    me too...i am getting ready to send my application. I tell u though i go to their school now for Acute care NP program and have taken some courses that can be applied to the program...from my...

  4. can u travel to the same hospital you have been working?

    jmeng posted a topic in Travel

    I worked for columbia presbyterian. I quit my job to travel and i want to travel first in NYC before I go down to other states. My recruiter told me about Cornel Presbyterian. Though different...

  5. MICU to SICU

    jmeng replied to jmeng's topic in MICU, SICU

    thanks guys...i actually started working on surgical icu...and love it already...no BS...straight to the point...love the surgery residents...they are straight to the point...1+1 means 2 for the first...

  6. MICU to SICU

    jmeng posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Ok guys...i just finished one year of MICU in a very laid back ICU. It was never as challenging as I am starting SICU in a very busy NYC hospital. I am not a new nurse, i have 2 years telemetry and...

  7. Race, Ethnicity on Job Application form? Behind the times? Discrimination? or Other?

    jmeng replied to Shadian725's topic in International Nursing

    Oh my goodness...thank god you feel the same way. I was a black nurse at NYP...I know exactly how u feel...i just focus on the positive and just brush my shoulder off and move on....but defenetely it...

  8. working for suburb ICU vs. innercity ICU

    jmeng posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi all, I am interested to know which one is really accepted in most of CRNA schools? My assumption was working in inner cities will help you see heavy acquity patients but most of my friends who...

  9. question about CCRN, PASS CCRN, and the self assessment exam

    jmeng replied to jmeng's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    70% is pass...89 questions out of the 125...though you take 150 questions...anyhow...took it today...and yah...i passed with 101 questions right...i would have expected more for the time i have spent...

  10. Is being agency nurse a good idea?

    jmeng posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi all, I have been a nurse for 4 years. 2 years in telemetry, one year CT ICU stepdown, and the last year in med/surg ICU. I am planning to start looking for CRNA school to hopefully start...

  11. Nursing school students problem.is it racism???

    jmeng replied to finegirl's topic in General Students

    sorry for the last post...but i just wanted to say...well said...that's exactly what my attitude is...racism exists all the time...but treat everyone with grace and smile and do your business...brush...

  12. Union facilities vs non-union

    jmeng replied to Nrskiwi's topic in General Nursing

    Here my view from my experience working in both union and non-union. If you are just planning to eventually go to school and advance yourself and you are a young nurse...beleive me go with non union....

  13. Nursing school students problem.is it racism???

    jmeng replied to finegirl's topic in General Students

    Thank God you brought this topic up...I started nursing 4 years ago at a location where it's mostly whites. I was very intimidated however and knew that I wouldnt make freinds. So I focused all my...

  14. Need some travel advice from black nurses

    jmeng replied to abbottcr's topic in Travel

    Thank God there are black travel nurses...I did some travelling a year ago mostly in NJ and DC as a tele nurse. For the past year, I did some ICU staff and ready to do travelling again. Racism is...

  15. Anybody wants to sell/rent their laura gasp.. DVD for CCRN

    jmeng posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I live in NJ. Anyone from NY or NJ please or pa...please let me know if u are willing to sell or rent the DVD...exam coming up in a

  16. paying for CRNA school

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

    thanks...how about the ansthesia group or hospital paying for you in exchange of work for a couple of

  17. CCRN certification

    jmeng posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi all, Do u need to work all required hours in ICU before the exam? I have been a tele nurse for two years, one year CT stepdown nurse, and 7 month ICU. I am planning to take at the end of summer,...

  18. Let's talk about the basic facts about the health care reform bill...

    jmeng replied to morningland's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it's a noble idea that everyone gets covered. In terms of money, I don't think it will make any difference for us nurses. hosp reinbursments (sorry for the spelling) from the government may...

  19. Worried about a couple fellow co-workers and what this may mean for the rest of us

    jmeng replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That doesnt look fair. Pt went to the hospital...it should have been the hospital's

  20. CRNA vs. ACNP

    jmeng posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi all, I am in Acute care Np program at UMDNJ. I have a plan in applying to CRNA school by the end of august, in which time i will have one year of critical care experience. I have had telemetry,...

  21. Intellidot

    jmeng replied to nightnurse7's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I use intellidot. It's alright. but backward system!!!!i have worked with better system where u scan patients and

  22. feeling guilty, anxious about wanting to advance myself...please advice

    jmeng posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hi all, I am thinking of becoming nurse ansthesist. I have a 4 year nursing experience. Started in telemetry for two years and one year in cardiovascular surg stepdown unit. And currently in...

  23. Getting ICU job!

    jmeng posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I have been looking for ICU job lately. Got a couple of calls back for interview. I had one already. I never had ICU expereince but had tele and cardiac/vascular stepdown experience....

  24. NYP hospitals comparison, rate...

    jmeng posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I have been working in DC are as local contract. Made good money. But I am going to school this fall in NJ. And as per my adviser in school I should get an ICU experience. So I applied to...

  25. acute/critical NP vs. family practice NP and all the other NPs

    jmeng posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello all, I am planning to go back to school for NP program. I am interested in critical/acute NP program. Can anyone tell me what is the difference bn this program and family practice NP?