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Is there an age limit for the Air Force Reserve nurses to join?

What I hear is at least 5 years of ICU or ED experience. EMP/Paramedic Training/certification is a plus but not Required (not sure if all companies support that rule). You get trained in managing vents, learning skills, go through scenarios. Withing ...

Admire all flight nurses, flight medics who do their job! You learn so much and have to have great skills.

Don't get discouraged! Get your BSN, one step at a time. It pays off at the end. You will be more competitive. At least you have CN experience in your career. ER nursing is a great specialty. Overwhelming at times but you learn so much. And I always...

Pain meds are given: Fentanyl, Morphine...also some benzos. When pts agitated some docs order Versed.

To do triage in the ED most of the time "the rule" is at least 1 year experience in the ED, ACLS and PALS certification. ED vs Trauma Nurse. My personal experience is that in smaller ED, rural ED, etc you, as a nurse do a lot more, practice skills d...

That's right. Diazepam is not diluted in NS. It is given slowly IVP by itself. Then flush.

Hello everyone, How does the new healthcare reform will affect nursing? Since there will be less reimbursement for services and less money to hospitals will hospitals cut back on nursing staffing? Does anyone know what's going to happen? If the times...

Absolutely. I've been a patient once, taken my younger child several times and my husband. I trust the doctors and nurses I work with. If I were to have any concerns or worries they will hear me.

No. Docs are flirts, majority of them. Quite a few get divorced and marry nurses. A lot of temptation there. Good luck to those who want to marry a Doc. Hopefully you could have a long lived marriage.

Hello, In nursing fundamentals we had to give each other a bed bath. Later in the nursing program we had to give ourselves a shot in the vastus lateralis with Normal Saline and to each other in the gluteus. Everyone was a little nervous and excited a...

Hello everyone, This is a very interesting subject. Does anyone know anything about the healthcare in Australia and New Zealand? I come from a country with socialized medicine (Eastern Europe and currently living in the USA). It might have not been ...

Hi, I bought a book "Emergency Nursing-Core Curriculum", 6th edition. I have been reading it. A lot of the info is familiar from the nursing schoo. I was told that the CEN exam is similar to the NCLEX-RN exam. If you go to ENA website there is info a...

Hello, Has any US nurses ever worked in Australia as nurses? I would like to know if they allow overtime work there? As a US graduated nurse do you still have to take English language test? I am not familiar about that. Do you find jobs easily? What ...

Hello everyone, Does someone attend Gardner-Webb University for an online nursing degree in Education? Could you tell me more about your experience? I compared MSN in Education at South University and Gardner-Webb University and found out that at Gar...

Hello, Thanks for your reply. I have already contacted Gardner-Webb and received more info about the programs online. I just needed some feedback from other students about the online programs. Since I am an RN in SC how NC Nurse Scholars aid could ap...

Hello, Could anyone help me with more info about the online nursing programs? I would like to know the cost per credit hour. A lot of BSN and MSN programs but how much does really cost to attend an online university? Thanks.

ER is a great place to work. You are constantly learning, enhancing your knowledge and skills. Team work is great there. I would like to get a lot of experience in ER, too. :)

Hello, Could anyone tell me how easy/difficult is to find nursing jobs in Australia during economic crisis? Where are the best places to work/live? Thanks:nurse:

Ask the MD first if you can mix Lidocaine with Rocephin. Some physicians may say it is O.K. to mix it but some may not. I wouldn't mix anything unless I ask the MD first.

Hello, Could anyone answer a question for me? A number of universitites offer accelerated RN to MSN online for Nurse Educator, Health Management, etc. Does it really matter if they are accredited by the National League of Nursing? If anyone is enro...

I think a Nurse with Master's should continue doing bedside nursing at times to see what is the "real world of nursing", not just sit behind the desk (depends on the job). During shift shortage people/nurses should put joint effort in the department....

I believe that going into nursing shouldn't be just for the paycheck. I see quite a few nurses sitting behind the desk and just going to work to get paid. That's not right. As said in the other comments a nurse should be a caring, compassionate, know...

The bad part is that you are away from home at night during a time that you supposed to sleep and maintain your normal circadian rhythm. But when you don't have a choice...you have to do it. At times night shifts are slow.

Hello, Has anyone gone through the education path RN-MSN? How do you pay for a graduate degree? Any advice will be very much appreciated. I see a lot of ads for scholarships and grants...but how many of them are actually available to everyone? Than...