PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Brookhaven Memorial's RN Emergency Department Fellowship Program

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    No one out there? So hard to believe. Sent from my iPad using
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    how to get to critical care?

    PacoUSA replied to marta02225's topic in Critical Care

    I was going to start a thread on this same topic, but my issue is the opposite. I have 2 years of med-surg/tele experience with no classroom training or floor experience in critical care (no stepdown...
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    New to CTICU ... Any Book Recommendations?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks for the suggestions. I found the Hardin book in the health science library of my hospital. I borrowed it and will look at it within the next few days. Looks comprehensive. I'll decide after...
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    New to CTICU ... Any Book Recommendations?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hope to get a job in the CTICU after 2 years of med/tele. Can anyone recommend any books I should read to get a good intro for a nurse new to the specialty? Any "bibles" that I should have?
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    Shattered hopes.

    PacoUSA replied to panic36's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ignore the counselor, prove him/her wrong! A preadmissions counselor at a top nursing school in FL told me that I had low chance of getting in to the accelerated program with my undergrad GPA at the...
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    2 NCLEX Attempt

    PacoUSA replied to faren1221's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just do practice questions every day (about 75 or 100, no more and no less) and then review the rationales of the questions you got wrong only (if you got a question right, no need to review that...
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    Minimum level of experience for FNP

    PacoUSA replied to grumpygorillaface's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As a general rule, I would personally want to know how long a NP was working as a RN before becoming an advanced practice nurse. No way would I feel comfortable being treated by a NP with less...
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    Registering with AMN and its Brand Agencies

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Travel

    Does registering with AMN register you with all of their associated brands (NursesRx, Medical Express, etc.) or must one sign up with each individually? I would think they are all related since they...
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    Johns Hopkins Nurse/Patient Ratios?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Thanks Bunnybop, would really appreciate that. I am aiming to get a travel assignment
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    Why is this question always asked?

    PacoUSA replied to RNsRWe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It is all about doing questions and reviewing rationales of wrong answers regardless of book used, THAT'S IT! There is no magic formula to passing this
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    Johns Hopkins Nurse/Patient Ratios?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Bump.
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    Stony Brook's Hiring Process

    PacoUSA replied to tigralvovna's topic in New York Nursing

    They seem to like to do that, depending what is available and their need for staffing. But once you are in the system, it is easier to transfer to another unit. Meaning, you still have to interview...
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    Stony Brook's Hiring Process

    PacoUSA replied to tigralvovna's topic in New York Nursing

    One interview with the recruiter and one with the unit. Usually it's done on the same day if the management is available and it can be scheduled that day. Mine had to be 2 different days as my...
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    John hopkins hospital and starting salary

    PacoUSA replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Any updates in 2014 for this hospital's hiring and salary? How much does a travel nurse
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    Travel Experiences with Nightingale Nurses Boca Raton, FL

    PacoUSA replied to msgirl68's topic in Travel

    What a shame to have an agency such as this carry the name of Florence Nightingale. She must be turning in her
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    Laptop vs Paper

    PacoUSA replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Students

    I'm old school, and I am a great note taker. Still prefer the notebook and pen, at least I dont have to worry about it ever getting erased. I use computers for assignments and papers, but never for...
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    Perm Job Success After Travel?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Travel

    I'm contemplating my first travel assignment later this year after 2 years med/tele at a univ hospital. I'm a little hesitant leaving a permanent job to travel for 2 reasons: (1) afraid I will not be...
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    What's with all this Swing Shifts?

    PacoUSA replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    I'm naturally a night person (case in point, I am typing this on vacation and very much awake at 1am lol) ... and the idea of swing shift unnerves me. I haven't done days on a floor since I was a...
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    Brookhaven Memorial's RN Emergency Department Fellowship Program

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in New York Nursing

    Bump in case someone has gone through this program. Sent from my iPad using
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    Good pop up and Failed???! Really??!

    PacoUSA replied to westcoastguy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh please ... PVT works ... congrats Sent from my iPad using
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts?

    PacoUSA replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I LOVE 12 hour shifts ... They go by fairly quickly with all the work I have to get done. I live 10 min from work, so i don't even have time to doze off on the way home, and I fall asleep quite...
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    Registering with AMN and its Brand Agencies

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    I've been quite overwhelmed with all the travel nurse agency info out there, and have spoken to several recruiters. I am motivated to try an AMN assignment to get my feet wet, even if it means that I...
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    Perm Job Success After Travel?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Born and raised in the NYC metro area, and currently working there too, so all that is old hat for me, lol. I do however want to travel nurse to such states as CA just to see what it's like to be a...
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    Have you been ever gotten sick from working as a nurse?

    PacoUSA replied to Aly529's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I got facial cellulitis once, which I attribute to working with a MRSA patient and not being careful about rubbing my face while gowned up within the room. Thankfully, oral abx cleared it up nicely....
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    How to deal with angry doctors

    PacoUSA replied to ann915's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Report the doctor to their superior. There is no excuse for a doctor to speak to a nurse that way, ever! I reported a rude doctor once, she was reprimanded. If we let these things go unreported,...