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I posted this over in the Pre-CRNA inquiry section, but I will repost here for hopes of a response/some insight.... I am about to pursue my BSN with intent to go to CRNA school upon finishing. I am currently an ADN working in critical care. My ques...

I currently work in Critical Care nursing and have been for 4 years. I also have 6 years experience in Emergency nursing. I have an expressed interest in the Womens' Health/Community Health NP career track... Is it feasible to do this track without...

Thanks, both of you. Advice well taken. The aspect of Women's Health that interests me the most is community/public health...counseling young women on family planning, std prevention, prenatal care, preventative medicine, etc. I like to interact ...

I am about to pursue my BSN with intent to go to CRNA school upon finishing. I am currently an ADN working in critical care. My question is this... Tomorrow I will be filing a Chapter 13. In 4.5 years I will be free and clear of all debts except m...

How much is a RN license in minnesota by endorsement? I tried to find it somewhere on the website, but couldn't.

For all those that recently interviewed, keep us posted!! I am trying to decide between Gooding and UAB. I live in Dothan, AL.... wondering about the clinical requirements of Gooding. Anyway..keep us posted. Good Luck!!!

Ok guys, I'm an ER nurse by trade, and so is my neighbor. His 3 yr old daughter had open heart surgery at Childrens' in Birmingham, AL to correct a congenital heart defect last Wednesday. I am copying/pasting her recent update: On Saturday, Emily d...

UGH.... I don't blame you there. I personally have never worked a nursing floor and have even gone as far as having a nightmare about working the floor....I had a dream that by the time the lunch trays came out, I was so far behind that the breakfas...

I work at Baptist South, in the ER as a staff nurse. I worked at SAMC for 7 years. Started there as a new grad in the ER and ended up being a charge nurse most of my time there.. did a few months in the ICU there. The ratios were never an issue for...

I went to Wallace and graduated from the ADN program in 1999. My 21 classmates and I all made great nurses...it was a pretty airtight program. Is Mr. Ortman still teaching Med Surg III? All his exams come DIRECTLY from the notes. You can't miss th...

I work in Montgomery...just started 4 weeks ago. I love my job so far....What do you do (Cheryl) in Montgomery exactly? I live in DOTHAN....I know, I know, I must be crazy... let's just say I'm compensated well...

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Don't even get in the habit of working to please your coworkers.....I like to think of it as a personal best, not a departmental one. If you get caught up to trying to measure up to someone else's standard of care, you miss out on the gift you will ...

I had a 17 year old present with the same symptoms..had EKG changes consistent with an MI and an elevated troponin. The cardiologist diagnosed him with pericarditis....:smackingf

Here's another factoid about that tube- There are actually 3 kinds of varice tubes - one is a Blakemore, one is a Minnesota (I think), and it has like 6 ports on the end. I think that is the one that they used on Liota. The other one has a name tha...

I'm no OB nurse, but from an ER nurse who has had personal experience with pre-term labor with bedrest management, I will say this.... a hard head makes a soft behind. As a nurse, you deem yourself invincible. So what do I do at 31 weeks, on bedrest...

I know this is an old thread, and you may have already landed a job but...here is my two cents. I am a proud SAMC ER nurse. We have employees that drive from farther than Enterprise to work here. We have a beautiful and functional 32 bed facility t...

We have TVs in our ED, and crowd control has not been any more an issue than before they were installed. Word to the wise - bolt your remote controls down, or eliminate them altogether. They tend to grow legs. Get ready for patients using the call...

I am in the process of writing a new policy for our ED as far as when nurses should accompany patients to the floor. Right now as it stands, my suggestion is whenever patients go to a critical care unit, has a vasoactive drip, or a cardioactive drip...

Although this may be true, it is actually a continuous cycle. Who comes first though, the chicken or the egg? It costs money to operate a hospital. Money comes from patients. Patients not happy, hospital gets no money. Hospital gets no money, nur...

1. We too, have a patient rep that works weekends only, which seems to be our peak days (or at least they used to be). 2. The number one complaint in EDs is wait time. Imagine being in 4 walls with no update. Make sure every 30 minutes the patients...

We use the T-sheets along with the docs. There is an area for subjective assessment, to be completed by an RN or EMT-P, then the physical/objective assessment to be completed by the MD. At first we hated them (oh no , just some more paperwork for U...

I have drawn from IV locks several times with success. Usually what I do is flush with about 1 cc NS first, then aspirate. If that doesn't work, I leave well enough alone. If I have a patient that I know I will probably need to do more labs on lat...