KellyCCRN

All of our fresh CABG's , IABP and CRRT patient's are 1:1 regardless. Other than that both of the units I work in ICU and CVICU our ratio is 2:1

CVU would be a great experience.....they deal with alot of s/p CABG ect and you would get really familiar with cardiac drugs......can't say exactly what your working experience would be like as I don't work there specifically....I do know that critical care at coliseum does hire new grads and so does 5 west and CVU

I know they are going through some huge changes on CVU right now.....new management ect

Sorry it has taken me so long to reply! Things have been crazy lately I just finished up my first term with frontier!!! As for you questions, yes I am working while in the bridge year....right now I work full time at one hospital and PRN at another. I also have 2 young children! I do plan on going full-time after the bridge year but I will only be working one job at that point :-) The online format is great....I have found it to be very user friendly.....as long as you are computer literate you should do fine. I have been really impressed with the school so far and feel that they really do try to set you up for sucess. I managed an A and a B this term with my hectic schedule so it is definitely doable! Good luck on getting into class 92! If you have any other questions just let me know!

I can't comment on MCCG as I've never worked there. I recently took a job at Coliseum as a transfer from another HCA facility and I can honestly say I love it there! What departments are you looking at? That makes a difference!

Hey there! I am in my first quarter of the ADN-MSN/FNP program at frontier. So far I really love the program! If you have any questions just let me know :-) Kel

Most of the sonographers at the hospital I work at are male and ultrasounds are done equally on male and female patients given their diagnosis. The most common ultrasounds we see are abdominal, renal, carotid, dopplers to r/o dvt and echocardiograms.

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You should check out Frontier School of Midwifery and Family nursing. The website is www.midwives.org the offer FNP, WHCNP and CNM. You can enter with a non-nursing related bachelors as an RN directly into their MSN program. They have an awesome reputation and I have heard nothing but good things! I just recently found out that I have been accepted into their ASN-MSN bridge program. The school is based out of Hyden,KY and is a non-profit private school. Hope this helps! ~Kel

To add to that ....Pt's with ESRD who are on Hemodialysis typically recieve a bolus of heparin during treatments to reduce the risk of clotting while on the machine and losing blood. Although they monitor PTT in the out pt setting they are usually only monitored monthly or bi-monthly depending on facility protocols.

Both Hospitals where I live use biopatches on all cental lines - South Georgia

You must work for an HCA facility:wink2: .....I personally usually do not get the flu shot but will be this year, no way I'm wearing a mask for 6 months or more!

Our hopsital has all private rooms as well. It's nice because most are large enough to be semi-private so if there is a caregiver staying we have plenty of room for a rollaway bed and still have room to get around!

here is the formula we use.... (4-albumin)X0.8+CA++= true CA++ From my understanding it is a rough estimate

It took several days for my aplication to be posted to the website. The only thing that showed as complete was the payment up until the day I was licensed! I did call on several occasions and it really depends on who answers the call as to how helpfull they are.

My application took about 5 weeks to go through approval. I too was worried about when the board was meeting as I had been told that it would have to go before the BON for review.......that wasn't the case, It doesn't have to go through full board review it just takes a little longer to proccess.

You would not actually have to go to CA to take NCLEX that is a common misconception.....I live in GA graduated from a school from NY but I was licensed in Minnesota before endorsing into Georgia. You take the NCLEX-RN through pearsonvue and regardless of the state you are presently in you can choose which state you want to be licensed in provided you meet their requirements....just apply for licensure by examination in the state which you plan on living.

:yeah: Congrats Denise! We all knew you would do it !!!!

:yeah: CONGRATS!

:yeah:Good luck! Can't wait to hear the good news!

Actually LPNs who were enrolled before July 1,2008 can be licensed without any stipulations. LPN's enrolling after July 1,2008 must complete 350 precepted hours, Paramedics enrolled must complete 750 precepted hours. It looks like the biggest stipulation for LPN's is that you must have at least 3 years experience in an acute care setting aka hospital or you will be required to complete 750 precepted hours.

Ok here is my dilema...... I been working in a hospital ran acute RDU for right at a year now, I actually kind of fell into the position because I needed more hours. A little background.....I have worked in the same hospital my entire nursing career. I started off as a new grad working nights on a med/tele floor then quickly went on to working float in ICU (a combined CCU/MICU/SICU), EC, and the surgical floor as needed. After nearly three years on nights I finally went to a dayshift PRN position on the Med/tele floor but still floated some to surg/CCU/EC which worked much better for my family. Well last year the census drastically dropped after february and even some FTE's were getting called off shifts. I floated to the Vascular access lab and PACU everywhere I could trying to get in hours but was still struggling for shifts. I was used to getting in 86hrs a payperiod as a PRN employee and was getting nowhere near that. To make a long story short a friend/former coworker is the Director of CCU/Dialysis/Vascular lab offered me a position in acute dialysis which I took. I had never really wanted to work in dialysis but figured it would be a great learning opportunity and it definitely has been. I learned the ropes quite quickly and have earned alot of respect from the nephrologists I work with. I work in a small unit with 5 bays, we have 5 nurses on staff (one who is on maternity leave right now) and 1 PCT. I charge M-F, work one saturday a month (unless more is needed, which often is), take call one full weekend a month and usually 2-3 nights during the week. I usually average 90 hrs worked in a payperiod. Now here is where my dilema comes in I just recently found out that our RDU is going to be contracted out to the company who owns all of the chronic units in the area (6 total), they also contract the other hospital RDU in town and all of the area nephrologists act as medical directors of the units. We are not sure when the changover is going to take place....have heard possibly as soon as July. The nephrologists are really pushing me to to stay and sign over to the company that is taking over. The company in question has a great reputation as a nonprofit with good pay and benefits and generally very high employee satisfaction that truly puts the patient's best interest first. I know several people who work for them who are very happy. My director has said that he will support my decision regardless what I choose but that he would really hate to loose me as a employee and would open a PRN dayshift position in ICU for me if I choose to stay with the hospital (which is next to impossible to get) and I would still have the option to float if the census drops in ICU. I have also been approached about training in Nursing Admin as a PRN house supervisor. At this point I just have no idea what to do. I enjoy dialysis for the most part and really enjoy working with the nephrologist, but the call and unpredictable schedule is draining. I like the routine of HD but also really miss crititical care. If you actually made it this far:yeah:what would you do? Thanks, Kelly

Sounds pretty standard to me....is that a FT position? I don't live in ATL about 3 hours south and I make $28 + diff PRN, granted our cost of living is a little lower here.

This has just gotten totally insane! I can't believe they still haven't granted you licensure!

Yay! I can now finally sign RN behind my name at work:D I guess all considering the wait wasn't horrible but 5 weeks seems like forever when you impatient!