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  1. Requirements for Flight nursing?

    astn replied to kriegerkriegr's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but HEMS is currently in a "bubble." As an example, you look at Philadelphia (where I'm from) and you'll see 6-7 helicopters all covering the same territory, based...

  2. Requirements for Flight nursing?

    astn replied to kriegerkriegr's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    There are a lot of threads on this, so it's worth searching. The best place to find the specific requirements of the position is via the service's page, as they all lay out both their requirements and...

  3. Critical Care Experience

    astn replied to nyemt2005's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Generally speaking, yes. Getting a flight job is more complicated then just that, but if all other things were equal, the experience gained from a tertiary hospital will be considered more valuable...

  4. On call pay

    astn replied to ontheDLnurse's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Your intrepretation is correct, but it doesn't matter, as the rule is bipolar as hell. If you are "on call on the employer's premises" you are "working while "on call"", and need to be paid for those...

  5. Where are the jobs at?

    astn replied to mwboswell's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Never in one of your classes, but we move in the same internet circles. I've seen your name either directly on indirectly on several mailing lists I am on, and I know people who've taken your reviews...

  6. Where are the jobs at?

    astn replied to mwboswell's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Deep breath, Rio.. Mark is actually a "known" quantity in the world, as has all the alphabets because his primary(?) source of income is education--and it's hard to teach a review course if you can't...

  7. CCT (Ground) Motion Sickness and Other Questions

    astn replied to Ump104's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I'm very late to the party, but I don't come here much. I would recommend making a new plan. Limited motion sickness is an acceptable thing, but not so much that you need medication. I start to get...

  8. ER computer programs

    astn replied to gardengal1's topic in Emergency

    EPIC will never be the "best" system, but it is highly configurable which is why hospitals seem to love it. That said, it's only as good as the people implementing it, and since they are usually bean...

  9. Would keeping my own birth book be a HIPAA violation?

    astn replied to somedayCNM's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Exactly as she says. You could have the log tattooed on your ass, and HIPAA wouldn't care. HIPAA cares about who you disclose the information to, not what information you keep. You would have to take...

  10. How many 2010 grads still looking?

    astn replied to bossfrog's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't going to make you feel any better, but from my job search several years ago, I remember a very nice HR rep advising me that if I didn't get a job 6 months out, I wasn't going to. Once the...

  11. Critical Care Transport RN

    astn replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    It's a pretty boring but generally easy job. Most of the time you're just doing routine transports that aren't in any way "critical care". Since you're in New Jersey, which (so far as I know) doesn't...

  12. Color Coded Uniform Requirements in Philly/ Allentown Area????

    astn replied to godbless-yute's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Many hospitals are going that way, though RNs are normally wearing either Navy Blue or white. Not all hospitals in Philly have implemented this though, and I know even less about the surrounding...

  13. Chime in !!

    astn replied to godbless-yute's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Travel and agency nurses, from what I can tell, is a pretty raw deal regardless of where or who you're working for. Competition was pretty fierce when I was talking to recruiters, which drove rates...

  14. Anyone ride a motorcycle (or scooter) to work?

    astn replied to bhanson's topic in General Nursing

    I rode a motorcycle to work every day, unless it was going to rain on my way in (then I would beg my wife to drive me). In the *ssh*le of Texas, it's 100°F+ throughout the summer. I didn't have any...

  15. Peritoneal Lavage

    astn replied to GleeGum's topic in Emergency

    While it's unlikely you'd ever see this done, it's even less likely at a "real" trauma center. It's an ATLS skill solely for the sites that don't have ultrasound (much less CT) available. That said,...

  16. Philly BSN grad: no jobs - wait it out or relocate?

    astn replied to mah09's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    That's the million dollar question, and everyone is trying to answer it. I personally would recommend going back to school. MSN, MPH, Clinical Nurse Leader ... something. It should reset the clock...

  17. Philly BSN grad: no jobs - wait it out or relocate?

    astn replied to mah09's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I don't think "relocation" is as easy as you think it is. Most places that still have jobs are pretty savvy about people moving to get experience then bouncing back later on, and won't consider you as...

  18. Philly new grads- where are you finding jobs?

    astn replied to hiddencatRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The job market in Philadelphia sucks. One suburban hospital just laid off all the new grads they had hired. Most hospitals in the city and surrounding communities are on total hiring freezes. So to...

  19. Public Health in Ghana, per Obama

    astn replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with Ghana is the same problem as many other African (and other third-world) countries. They want money, they don't want solutions. Basic public health measures would go a long way, and...

  20. To be a Nurse (RN) or Paramedic

    astn replied to RN_waitlister's topic in International Nursing

    Don't bother going to 'medic school. In many states, you can (sadly) challenge into the position of a prehospital RN. Nurses generally get paid better then paramedics, have less stressful jobs and...

  21. Post of last resort

    astn posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is basically a "post of last resort." I am a new grad nurse from Excelsior College with 10 years as a Paramedic. I am interested in the emergency room or any area of critical care. I've not been...

  22. Post of last resort

    astn replied to astn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both very much for the leads. I live near Philadelphia, PA. Area seems to be on a complete freeze right now, and since I went to a nontraditional school, I didn't make the contacts in the...

  23. Moving To Northern Nevada

    astn replied to Ex_Army_Nurse's topic in Nevada Nursing

    This thread is a little old, but Renown has said they will not consider Excelsior grads until they have two years of clinical

  24. multi-state licensure, how feasible?

    astn replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    I think the only exception to this would be if you live in a nursing compact state where you hold a license. Your home state license is then good in all other compact states and I don't think you are...

  25. How to become a neonatal np?

    astn replied to valx92's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I stand corrected. Who says I never admit when I'm wrong.