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Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone is enrolled in Chamberlain now or have before. I have read older post about it but wanted to see if I get a updated one started. I just started Chamberlain in Oct 2010. I am currently enrolled in Soc 350 Cu...

Wow, that is very sad for your patients and you. I too work on a tele floor post cath, MI, CHF, AMS, you name it and everything in between because internal medicine wants to put everyone on our floor, some who don't even have a cardiac history. For o...

The time that I had to do it was when a patient was on hospice care in the hospital so the loved ones knew what was happening but its still very hard to call the family. In one occasion I had already spent some time with the family and got to know th...

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Hey, I did it dimentinal analysis also. (its the only way I know how to) and I got 1.2mcg/kg/min as well. 9ml/1 hour 200mg/250ml 1person/100kg 1hour/60mins 1000mcg/1mg everything crosses out except mcg/kg/min (tried to post it the way i actually wo...

I would just be completely honest with her like you were on here. Just go up to her and tell her you sincerly are sorry for not attending. you thought so and so about the schedule (what you already explained here) and about you feel uncomfortable in ...

I am a RN looking to get my BSN online and eventually getting my MSN. I am seriously looking into taking my BSN online with Chamberlin starting in 2weeks. My question is if anyone knows..... If I get my BSN there would I be able to get my Masters at...

Okay so recently I have been looking at my states board of labor and licensing of nursing and reading all of the disciplinary actions against nurses. Of course I do see a lot of "nurse diverted percocet for personal use" and can see that as a discipl...

WOW!!! I can't believe some of these patient nurse ratio.... makes me think I got it reeaalllyy good!! South Carolina Stepdown CVICU 18 beds Days 3-4 patients with 3 techs Nites 3-5 (rarely 5 only if there is a call out) with 1 to 2 techs.

Wow, I feel the same way.... I have been battling in my mind what to do about my job. I work 7p to 7a. I hate being awake and asleep during all odd hours on my days off. sometimes i wake up at 8pm or 2am and it completely throws off me off. I feel mo...

Last nite I shadowed in the ED. It was a good experience. It was not a crazy nite but it was steady. I got to see a gunshot wound to the head. gunshot wound to the knee. Pt was astolye came in with the thumper. One guy came in thru EMS because of con...

Thank you all for you comments and suggestions. I have not yet decided what to do. I know my current nurse manager will probably not be too excited about me wanting to transfer. There is the possiblility of me going to days where Im currently at righ...

i consider myself very blessed with my job. i was a nurse tech when i was in school and i do remember very much how i felt with certain nurses. (that was on a different unit that i work in now)hopefully not all the nurses make you feel bad where you ...

unbelievable!!!! truely disturbing. what an awful way to go? im wondering was this patinet on a monitered floor? how often are they supposed to take vital signs on there patients. I work on a post cabg floor and its not uncommon for at patient to com...

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I too have experienced this. One time I went into a patients room and did my assessment, I was feeling for her pedal pulses and she was like "your the first nurse who has done that, did the doctor teach you that?" HA!!!

Hi Alex, yes that is correct about dubai they will not even consider us with an associate degreee. the nurse recruiter said she would love to but since they follow DOH regulations it is out of there hands. however, i do believe we can work in the em...

Hi, I am thinking about starting travel nursing and was wondering from the travelers out there right now do you think its a good time to do it or has the economy killed it for now.

Hi Tiger, I totally can relate. I have been working on my floor for about a year and half. I love the staff, the work, schedule, nurse patient ratio is even a dream on nites 3 to 5 patients everything really, however I too am finding myself bored. I...

hi yelncruise, thank you for your reply. i actually did send in my CV and spoke with a nurse recruiter at the Dubia American Hospital. she said they follow the guidelines of the Authority of Health and they are the ones who require the 3 or 4 year d...

Hi I just returned from Dubai yesterday and was looking for work over there. I am a RN in the USA. I have family who lives over there and I went for a visit there. And I just fell in love with the city. But for me, I found out I cannot work in Dubai ...

south carolina one year on my floor 19.23 base 7p-7a 1.00 more for permanent nights 1.50 more an hour from 7-11p 2.00 more an hour from 11-7a 5.00 more an hour on weekends

i was a new grad and started out on the same floor. it was very scary starting out but eventully it becomes second nature. you certaintly will learn a LOT and i am told cardiac is a GREAT foundation for nursing. i have been there for just a little ov...

Okay so a few weeks ago I wrote in saying that I wanted to go to transfer from my post surgical floor to CCU. It didn't happen and now I'm fine with that. But somehow or another I got talked into being orenatied to charge. Ahhh!! I was told this will...

I usually try to keep my 3 or 4 nights in a row too. I usually have no problem sleeping so I will go straight to bed when I get home like 0800 or 0830 and then wake up maybe around 4 or 5 stay up till about midnite or so and then wake up in the morni...