calijaz

calijaz

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  1. Transfer AL license to GA

    calijaz replied to terri8's topic in Georgia Nursing

    You guys! I'm so frustrated. I am trying to get my GA license by endorsement and have been calling (I mean probably tried 100x the last 3 days). And it was busy every time except one. That one time I...

  2. Transfer AL license to GA

    calijaz replied to terri8's topic in Georgia Nursing

    You guys! I'm so frustrated. I am trying to get my GA license by endorsement and have been calling (I mean probably tried 100x the last 3 days). And it was busy every time except one. That one time I...

  3. CNM post MSN-FNP

    calijaz posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm just finishing up my MSN-FNP program. I've become particularly interested in women's health, OB, alternative medicine, fertility, etc. lately and have begun looking at CNM programs. My concern is...

  4. Standard practice for arterial line pulls

    calijaz replied to butofcourse's topic in Cardiac

    We have a 6wk orientation, I think I watched one, pulled the 2nd. Prob did about 20 on orientation, however we are not allowed to pull without another RN in the room until we hit 6months... however...

  5. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I submitted my stuff to certified background last tuesday and I got an email today that my MMR was not approved because it does not have the address on it. I just uploaded the individual page (p1) so...

  6. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Okay so Tuesday I: faxed acceptance letter, POS, FERPA and license and CPR. I also did my background check and drug screen. Thursday I upload all of my medical stuff. I've got my blazernet ID, theres...

  7. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congratulations!! Your patience has paid

  8. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    There's public notaries at any bank and lots of secretaries at offices and such. Technically a notary is not allowed to validate a document and they almost refused to help me. They can only validate a...

  9. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    resilient nurse- I'm not sure, it let me submit as many as I wanted. I originally just had three, then I ran into an old clinical instructor that asked if she could write one.... figured it could only...

  10. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congrats to you as well! I tried to fax it and it wouldn't go through. I thought maybe it was a phone number... but that didn't work either. I guess I'll just put it in the mail in the AM? What about...

  11. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Here's my stats: I am an Alabama nurse. I have a 3.7 GPA overall, with only about a 3.0 on my last 60 hours. Where I went to nursing school you had to have a 4.0 to get in pretty much and pretty much...

  12. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I know some people at work that started in Fall 2010 "part time" FNP and some graduate in Fall '12 and some graduate in Spring '12. So it seems to me like they just place people at different lengths...

  13. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    YAY! Finally got my letter! FNP! Part time, but mine has me graduating Fall 2013. Mine has two classes listed for the Fall- Patho and Role

  14. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    So does this said package fit in my mailbox or do I need to start stalking my apartment office as

  15. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm not sure if this is true, but I had heard that they weren't accepting anyone full-time for any masters program for the fall. I wish I could remember who told me

  16. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    AHHH! Yay for you! Still no letter for me. fingers

  17. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You're my hero!! This is exactly how I

  18. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Based on people that I work with that were accepted the last two summers, they all found out the second week in July. But yes, it is ridiculously late. They all mentioned that they were satisfied with...

  19. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just called UAB again... They told me that the letters would be sent out "by next week" and that was all the information she could give me. I wish I would have applied to

  20. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I have that same teacher I'm pretty sure right now for another class nondegree... I've heard she is really good in the fall/spring, but lazy in the summer. Plenty of papers, midterm, etc., still no...

  21. Would like to relocate to DC area

    calijaz posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am hoping to relocate to the DC area and I have no idea where to start as far as hospitals. I will have two years of experience on a cardiac critical care unit, ACLS and balloon pump certification....

  22. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congratulations to you! I'm sure you're

  23. Anyone applying to UAB MSN program?

    calijaz replied to drewrucker's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What so they KNOW who got in and who didn't and they're just holding the letters for fun??! :) Haha. I'm going

  24. Cardiac Stepdown unit 5:1 patient ratio...is this normal???

    calijaz replied to jaznia15's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I work on a unit like this w/a very very high turnover rate (many outpt caths). We take 3:1 by ourselves, 4:1 with a PCA, 5:1 with an LPN or 6:1 with both an LPN and a PCA. The LPN or PCA usually has...

  25. staffing

    calijaz replied to matthewrn03's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our staffing is anywhere from 2:1 to 1:3 depending on acuity. If you have three patients, none are intubated. We don't get open hearts... we have a separate unit for those. 2:1 or 1:1 is almost always...