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I have never been bother by needles. I work in the ER and i let the new techs practice on my veins. It is a good learning experience for them, that is how i learned. I dont mind one bit.

I feel that it is wrong to cuts the fat as far as staff, our hospital in VA cut the fat by switching out suppliers and streamlining our admission policies. No one in our hospital has lost their job thank GOD and of course we cannot have double overti...

Please explain why this works so i can make it work for me! Thanks

Hello, at our ER ALL EKG strip print outs go to the MD. I think this is a critical part of CP management and just becasue the doctors get bombarded is not a reason to pawn it off on the nurses. The RN should be ACLS working in an ER anyway so they wo...

i try to get about 10 a day, life one of the other posters i only sleep when i am tired so i come home from school and either take a nap, relax , or go to work. I then come home sleep get up do work before school any repeat as needed. Sleep is very d...

I work in an ER and though i am not a Nurse yet but i have seen multiple nurses go from working side by side with me teching and now they are nurses. I see them as a nurse and thats how i believe it should be. If you do the work to get that RN then y...

I was throwing around ideas and since their is a VA near me I was wondering if any of you VA ICU nurses out their see new grads working in your critical care units. Also what type of ICUs do VA typically have? I know that pay is less but are their lo...

You have given me great advice in the past so now it is my turn to return the favor. I have done around 10,000 IVs in my life and i can tell you first hand that i still miss some. I cannot come from the CRNA ave but from the experienced IV ave keep g...

The best Drug book is the davis drug guide for nurses or the lexis-nexis series. either way you will be covered

I am still in nursing school but purposely request the most diffcuilt patients which usually means they are in contact, droplet or both precautions. I have always been a heavy perspirer and am wondering some tips to see how those of us with this prob...

I thought CRNAs were able to practice independently in all 50 states already? Do some places require a MDA present to "supervise" Also they are billing for the procedures that they just "watch" and put a comment in here and their? That is fraud isnt ...

Hey I have worked as a Tech in the ER for about a year and night shift is all about time management. That one year experience will be valuable. Their typically will not be a tech, well at the one i work at their is only me and i cant work everyday. W...

Though I am by no means a CRNA I have spent some time observing in a number of ortho ERs where things such as limb amputations and major limb fixations took place, I observed a strong dynamic between all the members of the surgical team. From what i ...

For the decision to become a nurse was natural. After that I still am deciding what speciality to do Critical Care, CRNA it all up in the air. My point is you never know which career is right for you unless you take that plunge and just do it. Nursin...

Hey best way to cut down the cost of books is to one buy online and two borrow from friends that are ahead of you in the program. The only books you should plan to buy new is 1. a good drug book for nurses. and 2. a nursing diagonsis book . these are...

I have been in that situation before myself started out volunteering then decided to pursue nursing school. US ( unit secretary) is a good way to go. You have contact with the nurses and get a first hand view of what they see. I highly reccomend this...

I like evenings as well. I am not a moring person or much of a night person either. I also get to spend time with both shifts, the day people going home and the 12 hour night people coming into work. When I graduate i think i will work 3 to 11 or 3p ...

Hey just curiuos I am in nursing school at VCU and have always wondered where do yall have the majoirty of yall classes, classroom that is. Thanks

Well Ca Guy this idea would only be revelant if he has a BS becasue if he were looking to go on to grad nursing school a BSN and/or BS are required. I am a male nursing student as well but i didnt get a dime becasue i was male. Male nursing is on the...

What was your GPA that they rejected you with?

ID-SRNA That is great advice. Bottom line

I am currently in nursing school in my third year. I have been working in a 200 patient per day ER for almost a year and I really enjoy it. I can really relate to this post becasue i have been delegated to by nurses and doctors alike. I just hate whe...

I am currently in nursing school in my third year. I have been working in a 200 patient per day ER for almost a year and I really enjoy it. I can really relate to this post becasue i have been delegated to by nurses and doctors alike. I just hate whe...