RNandRRT

Oh, what an awesome topic! I love doing both. And since I do get to do both, I have to say that when I'm doing one, I'm fully enjoying that position at that time. I am not thinking about what I would be doing if I was doing the other job, because luckily enough, next week I'll being doing the other job, and not thinking about the reciprocal. I've met my fair share of unhappy sappies in both professions, and I just think it's a sign of true professionals when you perceive no negativity from that individual while they are doing their job, either in nursing or respiratory care.

To make it clear about Virginia: Endorsement: Excelsior students who graduate after December 31, 2009 will be eligible for licensure endorsement with 960 hours of RN experience. So licensure in Virginia going through Excelsior is quite possible. 960 hours works out to be a little bit over 6 months full time working. So, that could be at a neighboring state or a V(eterans)A hospital. Definitely a little bit of work-around, but doable.

You cardiovert someone who is alive (SVT, rapid A-Fib) You defibrillate someone who is dead (pulseless V-tach, V-fib.) cardioversion is synched and defibrillation is immediate.

Yes, actually they do. No misinformation, just actual experience in getting hired. Having both actually makes you very marketable, especially in an economic drought such as we're experiencing now.

This is incorrect. If you graduated before 12/31/2009 you can be licensed by examination. All those who graduate following that date can be licensed by endorsement with 960 hours of practice as an RN. Full time, that works out to be 27 weeks. So Excelsior is absolutely recognized by Virginia, just with stipulations.

I can tell you in Northern Virginia that there has always been a need for RCPs. I can't answer how it goes in Alabama.

As for the male patients, if I'm doing the cleaning, it's because they can't and there's never been any awkwardness associated with the process. As for the female patients, I do like to have either a female CNA or another female RN with me just for protection for the patient, and myself against any false claims of inappropriateness. Again though it's only if the patient cannot perform this task themselves.

Since I am licensed as both, I would say it's very possible. I personally went with Respiratory Care first, and found the experience served me extremely well for my role as an ICU RN. Love both. No one is better than the other.

I'd say...............do both. :cheers:

Finishing my second cup now. Cheers.

If you're going to care about something, care enough to know what it is that you're caring about: HIPAA-Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Not HIPPA Thank you.

I think it's fantastic that you're getting interviewed at the facility you've been waiting to hear from. I wish you the best of luck. But the title of your post is a bit misleading. You have had many opportunities, it's that YOU'VE chosen not to continue with the job you had, or accept the positions at inferior to your expectation jobs. You've been lucky. In this economic situation we're in at this time there are many individuals who would be pleased as punch to have ANY opportunity to interview at ANY job. You at least got to pick and choose. No reason to be depressed. A paying job here puts the same dinner on the table as a paying job there. Seriously though, congrats, and good luck.

really?? Cause every facility I've worked at paid it to all non-exempt employees who work the holiday. As long as hospital policy was to pay time and a half for that holiday, all non-exempt employees are to get time and half. Full time, part time, PRN.

that makes no sense. it doesn't matter what agreement you make to work certain days, holiday pay is universal, not a pick and choose perk. if the hospital's policy is to pay time and a half for working holidays, they have to pay all employees time and a half. and that certainly is a whole ton of presuming which is a wonderful synonym of assume.

i just don't get how not getting paid 1.5 for the holiday isn't getting stiffed out of money. it's no different then if the holiday fell during the week, and the people working the week had to work it and not get paid 1.5 the higher weekend pay is to work the weekend, totally separate issue from holidays.