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I got mine after my first year of nursing and was quite proud, but now, after 8 years of nursing it just feels like an unnecessary bill. It has never helped me get a job, never gotten a raise at work. I don't even know why it costs so much to renew o...

This is based off of 8 years of ICU, having started as a new grad in CVICU, worked my way through nearly every type of ICU, level 1 trauma hospitals, teaching hospitals, magnet hospitals, *** hospitals, top 10 in the nation hospitals. Less is more. ...

Anything in acute care is going to be science heavy. Medsurg, telemetry, ICU, cath lab, EP lab. They all focus on different pathologies, pathophysiologies, pharmacology, Chemistry, etc. I'd say cath lab or EP probably would be the most "sciency" i...

From the "official" CDP website The certification is not listed on the nurse.org certification and credentials list that I can find. Also concerning is that it seems you have to renew this certification every 2 years? Plus it literally says on thei...

He was transferred to a hospital for acute care higher level of care/intervention that was likely beyond what would be reasonably accepted at your long term care facility. You're right they probably did try lasix or bipap for a bit until he got bet...

Hi, I'm at UCSF in San Francisco right now with fastaff. They post their rates on their site. my stipend is 1k/week. Hourly will very with specialty and unit

FINALLY RECEIVED MY PERMANENT LICENSE A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO! I called again today. "It looks like things are still in motion...hold on [2 minute hold]...it looks like your application is complete..one sec [10 minute hold]...you applied for a tempor...

Hi, I am new to travel nursing and got my first offer through Aya. My recruiter sent me the pay breakdown and after calculating it out on PanTravelers I am almost offended. I have heard that Austin, Texas pays relatively low to the surrounding major...

Just an update and venting frustrations: Timeline February 27 - Date USPS says my application was delivered March 12 - Date Breeze system shows my application "submitted" March 19 - Attempting to call CA BON to check status, automated response thing ...

You're right! I did not enter in the total housing for the length of the contract correctly. I came up with $38.05/hr after fixing it in the PanTravelers calculator. This is in line with what I make PRN (39/hr)

Somehow the meals and incidentals didn't copy paste - Meals per diem per shift: $23.33 (70$/week). I work directly through my hospital PRN.

Which hospital is this and where can I sign up??

Here's some interesting articles about why all the applications are taking so long Major Delays for California RN Licenses • BluePipes Blog Shocking Results From California Nursing License Audit • BluePipes Blog I snail mailed everything at the e...

That seems relatively low...I make 35$ /hr working PRN at one of the Methodist hospitals. The Pan Traveler calculator shows you would have a gross pay of 30.10$/hr. We have a traveler with Aya right now who told me his housing stipend is 2500, hourl...

Ask a coworker that you were on good terms with for a reference.

At our facility we get the patient a PICC if we are going to start amioderone.

I went through the residency program for Methodist in February. It runs from about 10-18ish weeks long depending on specialty. You go to class 8 hours a week where they tell you about how great methodist is and the thousands of policies and many oth...

I had a patient who's morning labs came back with K 5.0 and Na 127. The patient had been getting D5 1/2 NS all night at 125 cc/hr and urine output was about 30-40 cc/hr. I was concerned for fluid overload and suspected the fluids might've been resp...

I work in a cardiac ICU. All of our post-op CABGs have to maintain K's above 4.0. Our cardiothoracic surgeons find this to be most therapeutic. I don't have any sources to cite though.

That was very informative GrnTea, thank you for that. His Na had been 130 in the previous day's labs and I suspected the high rate of D5 1/2 he was given would worsen that. I don't believe the cancer played a role in his electrolyte imbalance, but I...

Hah! The resource nurse already told me I need to get a life and quit worrying about work so much. I'm not quite at the point where I can accept that I've done the best I can and enjoy my time off...

As far as I know he had no renal problems, Cr was normal, I don't remember what his BUN was. Vital signs were stable, pressures 130s-140s. As for the fluids, I have no idea, I got a very confusing report. He was post op day 1 for a cancerous mass...

Report them to your supervisor. What's the point of paying for help if they aren't around to help?

It sounds like many of you came from schools with really low standards to acceptance if you have drop rates like that. Either that, or your schools do little to support your transition into nursing school. At my school we started with 130 students ...

I'm in the orientation phase at my hospital and we just learned about this. We were told that OG tubes are for patients without a gag reflex and to use an NG tube otherwise.