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  1. Critical Care PBDS Assessment

    I've worked the google for about an hour now :typing. Does anyone know where a STUDY GUIDE is for the critical care PBDS assessment? Or does anyone know what pt conditions are presented? If I can...
  2. :paw: Hello! I graduated last May with my BSN and I am half-way through my MSN program in Health Care Systems Management. I have four months of CVICU experience and five months as a charge nurse in a...
  3. pt abandonment question

    Here's a link to the MO BON Abandonment Criteria http://pr.mo.gov/boards/nursing/positionstatements/Patient%20Abandonment.pdf I'm an agency nurse, showed up for my shift read my assignments on their...
  4. I am a graduate student and am currently learning how to use SPSS. I have to work on a project which requires using outcomes data but the problem is that I'm working agency and can't get data...
  5. WHERE DO YOU STAY??

    I like Candlewood suites cheap so more money in my pocket. I'd just do the math and see how much money you
  6. I recently decided to start picking up shifts in a long term acute care hospital with an agency. I worked Christmas day. AMAZING MONEY BUT... OMG!!! All of my tubing was expired AT LEAST by 24 hours,...
  7. Dansko "dress code" at your place of work

    I'm confused... if you are going to wear your Danskos as part of a clinical you will have to look at your school's policy. Typically, any type of shoe with holes in them aren't allowed when you are...
  8. how do we treat each other?

    It's sad but this seems to be the status quo. I really can't get my head around why women who are smart, have a lot on their plate and claim to be "caring" people are so hateful and disrespectful...
  9. OMG will I get sued if I continue to work here?

    I was just trying to be a patient advocate. I really bonded with this patient and really felt scared they were not going to get the proper treatment. I didn't show up "just to" "check their chart"...
  10. OMG will I get sued if I continue to work here?

    Can I do that
  11. OMG will I get sued if I continue to work here?

    Unfortunately (and actually fortunately lol) I am just an agency person and not actually on their staff. I just talked to my agency and let them know I don't feel my license is safe working at this...
  12. Telemetry Nursing

    I'm a relatively new grad with six months experience. I've been offered a position and I'm shadowing a tele unit this Friday. What do I need to be on the lookout for? What are the most commonly...
  13. MSN NP vs. Certificate NP

    Quick question - I will be graduating with my MSN in a few months but would like to go back to school for another year in order to get the FNP certificate. I could also go for the PNP certificate...
  14. MSN NP vs. Certificate NP

    thanks i really appreciate
  15. During a snowstorm in January, I was walking my dog... slipped on some ice and my siberian husky ran away, leash attached. He was later found by animal control and I picked him up at a shelter. At the...
  16. I need a career change.

    Hi, I really need advice. I am about to graduate with my MSN in Health Care Systems Management. I have two years of bedside experience. Which, is really not enough bs exp to transition into a manager...
  17. Is your unit hiring new grads???

    Wow, is the market horrible for new grads! I graduated in May 2008 with my BSN. Got a job in a CVICU and held on to that for four months until I decided to pursue my MSN on a full-time basis. Now...
  18. Shoudl I finsh grad school?

    Hi, I graduated with my BSN in 2008 and immediately started work on my MSN with emphasis in health care systems management. I almost have two years ED/CVICU/Post Interventional Cardiac unit...
  19. I think we all know how tough the new grad market is. I completed a 320 hour senior practicum within a level II trauma center. then dove right into graduate work. passed the NCLEX. I finally have...
  20. HCA HOSPITALS

    I worked for an HCA facility for only a couple of months and left bc it wasn't a good fit. Tons of turnover, agency, horrible pt ratios, not enough support... the list goes on. Anyway, where I live...
  21. HCA HOSPITALS

    Yep... the manager is gone from the facility anyway. And I know I'm eligible for rehire technically... but didn't know if HCA actually rehired a person when it didn't work out at another facility....
  22. Thinking about joining Army Nurse Corps...

    I will graduate May 2010 with my MSN. You still think to try going in
  23. I know what you mean. The only interview I've been offered is four states away and they aren't paying for travel expenses. The flights are $400.00. I'm
  24. Agencies in Kansas City

    Hi, I am soon approaching my "one year" mark and am interested in agency work for the $$$ (I have over 100K in loans). I also am half-way through a MSN program for Health Care Systems Management....
  25. Tele Floor

    Totally agree with Tom. And also, don't let negativity get to you. Nurses and Doctors can have a lot of ego problems. Plus there is a lot of "eat their young" syndrome now. Put it in a bubble and...