codeblue1961

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1. Associate Degree program a thing of the past...

   codeblue1961 replied to ashburns4ever's topic in General Students

   In 1992 I heard a lot of "in 5 yrs BSN will be the standard", it still isn't in most places. Perhaps some of the metro hospitals have so few openings that they can afford to be that picky, but most rural hospitals have to get what they get. I live an...

2. Question for the fellas....

   codeblue1961 replied to RNYC's topic in Men

   I would say that your interview skills and intellect would be more important than being a "minority". Critical care areas such as ER and ICU require excellent critical thinking skills as well as the ablility to multitask. Show those attributes in an ...

3. New critical care educator

   codeblue1961 replied to gapeachrn's topic in MICU

   I feel your pain. I am trying to build a program from scratch myself. Education has been very neglected in our unit. I think that my main thing to remember is that I can't do it all this week. I will look at the Laura G. book and already have the AAC...

4. Welcome AACN members + NTI attendees

   codeblue1961 replied to nti guest's topic in Critical

   NTI was great. Had a great time, and found out about this board there. Well handled by the Chicago folks, even though there were a few thousand unanticipated attendees. With over ten thousand folks present, things went pretty smooth. Anyone who has n...