lumberjack

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1. Kalispell Regional Medical Center

   lumberjack replied to lillie5460's topic in General Nursing

   From what I've seen at KRMC folks are mostly fairly happy, in terms of labor and managment, though as someone else said, nurse pay in MT is on the low side, no more at kalispell than elsewhere. The...

2. New Grad Jobs?

   lumberjack replied to jenn8500's topic in General Nursing

   nothing within 100 miles of missoula, that much I can say with

3. shortest ABSN PROGRAM?

   lumberjack replied to mat81's topic in General Nursing

   University of Nebraska Medical Center is 11 months. They have 3 campuses: Lincoln, Omaha, and

4. Nebraska Hospitals

   lumberjack replied to dmskoka's topic in General Nursing

   Sure, no problem. Scottsbluff is in the western part of the state, actually only half an hour from the wyoming border, about an hour north of colorado. This is not the stereotypical flat corn country...

5. Accelerated vs. Traditional BSN - what should i do?

   lumberjack replied to ryantherunner's topic in General Nursing

   A few thoughts from someone nearly done with their accelerated BSN (11.5 months): Accelerated may not be any cheaper, as most schools charge based on credit hours rather than semesters, and since you...

6. Nebraska Hospitals

   lumberjack replied to dmskoka's topic in General Nursing

   Regional West in Scottsbluff, NE hires new grads and is a pretty darn good hospital. Don't know much about CA except the situation varies incredibly by location all over the state. AZ is tough right...

7. Nursing School Blues...

   lumberjack replied to prisicruz's topic in General Nursing

   One more thing to consider...will the hospital you are a CNA at pay for you to become an LPN? Would ease some of the financial pressure... Maybe a hospital further afield than where you live? But...

8. Please help! New ER intern...

   lumberjack replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

   You mentioned that when you opened up with your preceptor that she would slow down and explain things... maybe letting her know what you told us will help. She may not get all soft and fluffy with...

9. My Husband the nurse!

   lumberjack replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

   Since you have to have the pre-reqs done before applying to community college (2-2.5 years) or university accelerated BSN (11-18 months), I gotta recomend the BSN accelerated. More likely to be with...

10. Here's one I'll bet you don't hear every day

    lumberjack replied to chirodoc's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'd say you'll have a leg up in terms of anatomy/phys background and pt interaction. Adopting the nursing process will be differant, but totaly do-able. The only concern I'd have, echoing a previous...

11. are nurse-nurse marriages common in your country?

    lumberjack replied to namzy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Of course, one thing that may help me is that I don't see myself as taking orders from a physician, rather, I tell the physician what orders I need. Just a more collaborative, less hierachical way of...

12. are nurse-nurse marriages common in your country?

    lumberjack replied to namzy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My fiance and I are both nurses... makes it easier to talk to someone and decompress after a rough day, and they understand the wierd schedules,

13. ATI exams tied to course progression???

    lumberjack replied to D1914's topic in General Students

    In our program they have just started tieing progression to ATI...for the first two terms they were just for practice, now a level 2 is required for progression in some classes...but not all classes....

14. What's the farthest you've gone for clinicals?

    lumberjack replied to greeniebean's topic in General Students

    Had friends in nursing school in Flagstaff, AZ (NAU) that had to go over a hundred miles, sometimes 200 or more for clinicals all across the state. Sucked big time, made me glad I'm at UNMC and a 5...

15. Accelerated RN Program

    lumberjack replied to lslkim's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with nanagose, I'm at UNMC in their BSN accelerated, it is intense, but doable with solid time managment skills. Personally would rather do this than the traditional track, I reckon I'm getting...