Kabin

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  1. starting a new career at phoenix arizona

    Kabin replied to egroeg_kyut's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Before we bought our house we researched the best school districts and only looked at homes in those areas. I learned you can't trust the A+ rating system either as struggling school districts with...

  2. Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    Kabin replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men in Nursing

    On the other hand, it's sad nursing is so gender specific. I love the thread on the history of men in nursing as it shows it doesn't necessarily need to be. Maybe another question to ask would be is...

  3. Rnfa's

    Kabin replied to joey442000's topic in Operating Room

    I've found some hospitals use PA FAs exclusively. I'm not sure how common this is. Anyone know a stat reference identifying how many hospitals use RNFAs or which hospitals aren't RNFA

  4. Paradise Valley Hospital

    Kabin replied to KatieRN04's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I didn't visit her there but it very well could have been. Some time later I was pleased to see she was back at the LTC site and she didn't appear to lose any

  5. Paradise Valley Hospital

    Kabin replied to KatieRN04's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Just an FYI on quality care comparison between PV and AZ/US hospitals...

  6. Paradise Valley Hospital

    Kabin replied to KatieRN04's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It's a cozy little hospital and like most valley hospitals is undergoing an nice expansion. Some anecdotal info on the bad side... During a nursing school clinical (6 months ago), my long term care...

  7. OR nursing.... "real nursing"

    Kabin replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Operating Room

    It's all about the surgical gowns and caps.

  8. Is this true???

    Kabin replied to tiggerslj9's topic in Arizona Nursing

    There are a huge number of reason nurses get out of the business. First there's a high burn out rate for many reasons. And once they leave the profession they lose skills or the knowledge base is out...

  9. Good Sam

    Kabin replied to chester427's topic in Arizona Nursing

    A doc friend of ours lives in the neighborhhod NW of Glendale and Central. It's a 1950's 2800 sqft home in a great neighborhood. His kids grew up and became doctors too so the schools should be fairly...

  10. Good Sam

    Kabin replied to chester427's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Not sure if this is a new grad program but they offer $3000 and you need to move to the downtown or central phoenix areas, but at least they have a program. :)...

  11. Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Kabin replied to kkettle70's topic in Arizona Nursing

    My PCH experience was only a snapshot but I walked away knowing the nurses love the kids but complain about PCH pay, benefits, and management. Hopefully it was an extreme, but during one shift change...

  12. Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Kabin replied to kkettle70's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I just finished my peds clinicals there and it was ok. The nurses' there claim management is poor and that seems to be backed up by lots of available positions and traveling nurses. The hospital...

  13. ADN vs. BSN (kinda long, sorry!)

    Kabin replied to xchickenx's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I poked around and asked about the FNP career. I discovered FNPs burn out quick from heavy PT workloads. One of ASU's staff is an FNP and she teaches to try to avoid the burn out. Another FNP I talked...

  14. ADN vs. BSN (kinda long, sorry!)

    Kabin replied to xchickenx's topic in Arizona Nursing

    If you are in a hurry, ASU has 16 month accelerated programs. ASU does have clinical times but there's lots of emphasis on paperwork such as collecting patient data and having care plans ready the...

  15. OB rotation is awesome

    Kabin replied to antihippie's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just finished the OB rotation and it wasn't as positive as I'd hoped. Out of the possible 12 to 15 postpartum couplets I could have cared for, I was only allowed to care for 5. The main reason was...

  16. CNN reports Kaiser dumped a patient at a shelter

    Kabin posted a topic in Psychiatric

    The CNN online video, from the shelter's sidewalk security camera, shows a cab drive up and a hospital gowned patient begin a confused walk. The shelter says it's the 3rd time in a few days time....

  17. What's the drop-out count so far?

    Kabin replied to boomerfriend's topic in Arizona Nursing

    That's excessive. Something is broken. Either the application standards needs to be raised or the instructors need to instruct better. Either way those missing slots at graduation hurt nursing and...

  18. starting a new career at phoenix arizona

    Kabin replied to egroeg_kyut's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I don't know how expensive they are, but for folks working near downtown and not wanting to deal with I-10/202/60 traffic VIP homes has the answer. I heard a radio advertisement and they are located...

  19. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I found a link to an San Diego article on affordable housing in CA. San Diego hit an all time low of 8% affordability. A household earning of $150,040 would be necessary to qualify for a 30-year,...

  20. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    A few months back I was listening to Bob Brinker, a well known host for a nationally syndicated financial radio talk show and he discussed California housing and said only 1 in 20 can currently...

  21. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It's true. Moving to an expensive area with the intention of purchasing a home without a wad of cash will put a hurt on your disposable income. People need that extra cash to save for retirement, pay...

  22. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    CA's most recent skyrocking housing market has been ongoing since the 90's. I'm thinking any recent skyrocking home values would be in the undesirable neighborhoods like the $400k example I provided....

  23. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Last Xmas I was visiting my mom in San Diego and got a kick out of the cost of housing. Old beat up 1200 sqft homes with no garages, in poor school districts with gang infestation were going for about...

  24. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    It's always possible to eek out a living in CA and save money. But try to buy an average home and it hits the fan real quick. I moved away from SoCal in 1993 because I could only afford a condo. Many...

  25. Arizona, California, Texas?

    Kabin replied to MSUnurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Unfortunately, those extra $6 or so are at a higher tax bracket so you won't keep as much. And I recall CA state income tax was on the high end of the scale. It's best to do an online cost of living...