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Hi OP and GaJen! I just returned to the ED after a hiatus of 8 years on a PCU unit. I am copying down all the wonderful comments here and from other threads to read when I have my OMG moments. I keep saying "I know enough to be dangerous" but I ne...

[quote=MillennialNurse;9114160} Thanks everyone! It helps to know that I'm not alone. I'm trying to just ignore the comments, accept that I'm there to gain experience and not to make friends. It's hard when you don't know anyone in the area, so you l...

Everywhere I've worked two nurses ALWAYS check blood/identifiers/unit number together before each infusion.

Thanks for the messages here from the AK nurses! Our plans have finally come together, our house sold, I have a temporary license for AK and a job offer. We'll be hitting AK in 2 months, looking forward to it! Can anyone tell me if there are uniform ...

Hi Lovely - I personally think there is a big difference in cardiac or neuro nursing. I love cardiac - it's very measurable and you get instant gratification from giving IV drug therapy. (when it works ) For me neuro is very un-measurable and in ...

I've heard of the facility, it's just up the road...but have no real info for ya, sorry! Dawn

Umm from what I'm aware of, no, UAA is it. I think there's a LPN school, too, but I see little hiring of them in the hospitals. I have also heard there is a big wait list due to UAA being the only nursing program..... Hope this helps!

Hi all ! I haven't posted here in a while.......but I relocated to Anchorage last year and the hospital employing me paid the relocation expenses. (Otherwise, we'd never have been able to afford the move ourselves.) Don't forget the Anchorage hos...

I have found that casual/registry positions sometimes come with less oritentation than a regular position, and might leave you feeling even more overwhelmed. Check in your area for which hospitals seem to need staff the most....maybe be willing to ta...

I would like to know how others hang their tridil and heparin IV when ordered on the same patient. Does your facility allow them to be infused via the same site? And which do you connect closest to the patient? Also, if you hang them to separate I...

Hi all! I'm Dawn, and after a few posts here and another general Alaskan site.....we have arrived in Anchorage. We've been here about 3 weeks and it's beautiful! You gotta like to be outdoors, regardless of how many layers you need. We just layer...

aknotted - Thanks for your reply - all good info! The cruise is one part I'm definitely looking forward to Heck, I'm looking forward to the whole process! I'm so excited I could bust, then I get butterflies and want to puke! Just a healthy res...

Thanks AKnotted! We have a few days in Seattle & Bellingham waiting for the ferry, so I may check out the shopping there to kill some time. Dawn

Dang........I even subscribed to this thread so I can keep an eye out for the answer..... or rather, what the OP's prospective employer THINKS the answer is. ShEEsh. Since Florence N's day, nurses and administrators just don't get each other Dawn

There is a fine line between complementary and quackery! When I did health lectures at an in-pt drug and alcohol detox unit, one of the patients asked me about doing colon cleanses...... he saw the ads all the time on tv at 3am, because, of course, h...

Magnolia- #1 - Definitely call your Board of Nursing and find out if your practice act allows you to give those meds. Here in PA, LPN's are NOT allowed to push any IV meds, they can only start IV's and do IV piggybacks, such as antibiotics. #2 - I a...

Hi Pip - I'm an Excelsior Grad from 5 years ago. Have had no problems with jobs. I was an LPN working at a hospital and getting tuition paid for when I did the program, then I just moved into an RN position with that same hospital. Why don't you ...

I agree with the above posters - and if it really fired - YOU probably would have known it too! See the web page below under the topic "what should I do if I get a shock" - it talks about warning family members that if a shock is delivered while som...

klcrn- I am in an ER exactly like you have described. Nothing gets in my craw worse than a poor, poor orientation program that leaves us good nurses doubting ourselves instead of being trained! The only thing that kept me going when I started here...

Saline shooting for distance with a Level 1 rewarmer............... not that I EVER did that on a slow night shift. No, I usually got hit with it.....

I love it! So true! We've had a run of 3 day old bug bites with about 1-2 cm of erythema, no itching, no pain........and "I thought I better get it checked out." Also, the kids 2-3 years old with fever - no tylenol or motrin given. These are the on...

My belly, below the belly button. Except for the time I had a physician as a med-surg patient and he had HIS physician give us a written order to give his Heparin in his arms. Have never done it that way since.

I hear ya! I just came back to ER nursing in a tiny ER.... I did a BIG hospital ER in the past. It's very interesting to see the difference in small versus big ER. I keep telling myself the benefits of this............I get to review how to do thi...

Just curious for your thoughts on this..... I'm working in a VERY small ER (after doing level I trauma a few years back) and I've encountered a doc that just makes me crazy! He and I have clashed on a number of issues.....it's pretty unanimous across...

I can "ditto" what the other posters here have said...... Excelsior is do-able, with the right background and personality. There was a huge wait to schedule for the clinical part. You need to study for the clinical, not just blow in and expect to pas...