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piper_for_hire

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  1. Being an ER nurse can get you any job?

    piper_for_hire replied to dmoorer76's topic in General Nursing

    It's not like it's a walk in the park though. I had a pretty easy time going from ICU to CCU and ICU to PACU - but the ER is very different. I had to learn how to work in that environment. Some ER...

  2. Phlebotomy course for RNs

    piper_for_hire replied to Meena29's topic in General Nursing

    I draw blood cultures all the time. I put in a couple of IVs a week and do about two or three lab draws from a butterfly each week. Doesn't make me a pro, but it's enough to keep my feet wet.

  3. Phlebotomy course for RNs

    piper_for_hire replied to Meena29's topic in General Nursing

    It depends .... if you work in crit care you probably will draw everything yourself.

  4. Why the fanny packs?

    piper_for_hire replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hmmm ... I think next time I put on a rectal bag (not personally) I'll start calling them fanny packs. I wonder if it will catch on ....

  5. Why the fanny packs?

    piper_for_hire replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Um ... because they won't let me wear my toolbelt to work? Seriously though - my hospital has more than 100 guys working in nursing and I've never seen anyone with one of those things.

  6. Does staffing call YOU every night???

    piper_for_hire replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    I get called every single night that I'm off - usually two or three times a night. I think it's highly unlikely that if you go in your unit will change much. That kind of change needs to happen from...

  7. Which unit is best? MICU/SICU/CCU

    piper_for_hire replied to 98.6's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The answer is none of the above. You want a unit that does swans, pressors, etc. - but that will vary by hospital. I know in my area one MICU specializes in sepsis and nearly all of the patients are...

  8. GRE Dilemma

    piper_for_hire replied to BEN_RN12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sadly, I think you should memorize vocabulary until your eyes bleed. I went through the 4,000 word list in Kaplan's book and then memorized the 2,000 words that I didn't know. It was boring, but I...

  9. Who's applied or is planning to apply this summer?

    piper_for_hire posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My applications are all in for 2007 and 2008 (depending on the school). Who's with me? Let's bite our nails and wait by the phone for interview phone calls together.

  10. New Grad in the ICU

    piper_for_hire replied to TLC RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was a new grad in the ICU and have you considered that prep is really not necessary? We're a Level I trauma and a combined MICU/SICU/Neuro ICU. The patients are so sick and so diverse that trying to...

  11. Admission GPA

    piper_for_hire replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I've had two program directors tell me that if you have above a 3.5 you'll get in either in the first or second year. I hope that's true! Seems like the overall picture is important to most schools -...

  12. Who's applied or is planning to apply this summer?

    piper_for_hire replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Yeah - about half of the schools I applied to have rolling admissions, so I just did all of my applications at once. Who knows if being early helps you or not. Probably not - except for the rolling...

  13. Trauma ICU?

    piper_for_hire replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I've been in the ICU for just over a year. I know the TICU will also count as ICU experience, but I'm just worried about not having swans anymore. It's a pretty hardcore job so I'm sure it will look...

  14. Trauma ICU?

    piper_for_hire replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Oh - I don't think I was clear about that. I'm going to a Trauma ICU (TICU) in the same hospital. We're a Level I and I work in the SICU now. where I see swans every week. Swans are very rare in the...

  15. "male" scrub top patterns

    piper_for_hire replied to jb2u's topic in Men in Nursing

    Are you sure you want that? Just the concept of patterns itself seems very non-masculine to me.

  16. applications are in

    piper_for_hire replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I applied to five.

  17. applications are in

    piper_for_hire posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    so after much running around to get all my applications together and recommendations and blah blah blah, I mailed them all yesterday. Talk about anticlimactic. Now what? Sit around and wait? Start...

  18. applications are in

    piper_for_hire replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It depends - some have rolling admissions - some are due July 1st. I figured it was easier just to do them all at once and get the monkey off of my back.

  19. Has anyone heard of the Thomas Jefferson Progam in PA?

    piper_for_hire replied to MmacFN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's very new - the first class is in session right now.

  20. I finally made it

    piper_for_hire replied to Chipola's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Rock on.

  21. dreading the personal statement

    piper_for_hire posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So the GRE is done, my apps are done and my transcripts are ordered. I'm just waiting for my recommendation letters to arrive. All that is left is the dreaded "personal statement" I never know what to...

  22. only 1 year of experience

    piper_for_hire replied to jessicah67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I dread the day that I feel like I know what I'm doing because that will be the day that I quit nursing. Seriously - what's more *boring* than knowing that nothing new will ever come down the pike?...

  23. Any online CRNA programs?

    piper_for_hire replied to jollyjenny's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Wait - aren't they all

  24. only 1 year of experience

    piper_for_hire replied to jessicah67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey Emerald - I'll PM you.

  25. only 1 year of experience

    piper_for_hire replied to jessicah67's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    These schools are in the Philadelphia area.