AnnaN5

AnnaN5

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  1. Job interview and offers

    AnnaN5 replied to lynn5707's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think non competes aren't a big deal if written fairly. The contract I just signed has a non compete for a similar position within a 15 mile radius for 1 year. I can go to another type of practice...

  2. Is ANP( completed MSN) Cert necessary to get into a PM in Psych program

    AnnaN5 replied to mona b RN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would keep in mind that with the new consensus model the ANP exam is going away so if you don't take the exam now, and do not qualify to take the AGNP exam, you may be out of luck in the

  3. Nursing jobs market in Kalamazoo/Bronson Hospitals

    AnnaN5 replied to 1981alaska's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I wouldn't limit your search to just Bronson. Both Bronson & Borgess are large teaching hospitals. Borgess is union, Bronson is not. Both have good & bad things like any other place. I worked...

  4. BA NFS W/ Minor, Two Associate Degrees, Still Not an RN

    AnnaN5 replied to aarin80's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I too went "backwards" and did an ADN program after having my BS in human biology. Lansing Community college has an accelerated second degree ADN program. I was in the first group of that program...

  5. Lansing Community College Accelerated RN Program, Is it Too Fast?

    AnnaN5 replied to brizi2006's topic in Michigan Nursing

    This is an older thread but I just wanted to say that I was in the 1st accelerated group at LCC. It was stressful but totally doable. I worked part time through part of the program and many of my...

  6. Anyone worked full-time, went to school part time, and get pregnant in grad school?

    AnnaN5 replied to RachelRNMgr's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would say option C would probably be doable. I would at least try to stay working part time or casual if you can. I started a full time NP program in January which still working full time and I...

  7. Does MI have a mandated nurse to patio staffing ratio in place?

    AnnaN5 replied to skives01's topic in Michigan Nursing

    No Michigan does not have mandatory nurse to patient

  8. Working full time with call and MSN classes?

    AnnaN5 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Post Graduate Students

    How many credits per semester will you be taking? I work with a couple people who work part or full time and are doing their MSN part time (they take 2-3 classes at a time). I personally will be...

  9. University of Michigan Flint accelerated MSN

    AnnaN5 replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    This post is a few months old now but wondered what you ever decided? Just found out I was accepted to the accelerated MSN program and looking for others. Still letting the info sink in since I am...

  10. New grad asked to resign during orientation need advice

    AnnaN5 replied to Roxy518's topic in General Nursing

    7-8 patients on a tele unit would have sent me running for the hills. We get 4-5 patients and some days getting that 5th patient makes me want to rip my hair out. It's even crazy to me that our...

  11. 2.5% annual raise - should I be as irritated as I am?

    AnnaN5 replied to iLOVEbees's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a unionized teaching hospital. We are all frozen on the pay scale for the next year and if were at the top of the scale last year (been here for 10+ years) you didn't get a raise last year...

  12. What is your policy on giving patient info over the phone?

    AnnaN5 replied to AnnaN5's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your input so

  13. What is your policy on giving patient info over the phone?

    AnnaN5 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is your facilities policy on giving information to family/friends over the phone? Do you have the patient/family set up a password or use some other way in order to be sure that is someone who...

  14. What is your policy on giving patient info over the phone?

    AnnaN5 replied to AnnaN5's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know who the designated family spokesperson is or if that has been set up? If we have a patient who has been here for awhile or is a complicated case we encourage the family to set up a...

  15. Is it looked down on if you go for BSN full time after graduation instead of working?

    AnnaN5 replied to WDM08002's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from an ADN program and got a job right away then had my employer pay for my RN-BSN program. I agree that you may lose some skills since RN-BSN programs include very little, if any,...

  16. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    AnnaN5 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting that you bring this up because we are currently discussing this issue at our hospital. Our inpatient dialysis unit is staffed with a contract dialysis service so they are not employees of...

  17. How do you assess your patients post-cath?

    AnnaN5 replied to DroogieRN's topic in Cardiac

    We pull our sheaths on the floor unless an angioseal is used down in the cath lab. After a sheath pull we assess the site q15min for 1 hour, q30 min for 1 hour, and hourly until the patient is off...

  18. Did your nursing program cover 12 lead EKG?

    AnnaN5 replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    If it is a class that just goes over basic EKG interpretation, I wouldn't waste the money. My ADN program we spent alot of time on basic interpretation but that class might be more in depth. Once I...

  19. Advice for a new grad new to GR area

    AnnaN5 replied to jakiroo's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Unfortunately there is far from a nursing shortage in Western Michigan. It is very hard to get a job. $21-22 is pretty typical starting pay for a RN in the GR area. Spectrum Health's starting wage...

  20. new grad getting married..i need advice!

    AnnaN5 replied to gobucky*'s topic in General Nursing

    Don't put off getting a job. I graduated in May '08, started my job a week after graduation and got married in June '08. When I got my job offer, I just told them I am getting married on this day...

  21. Question for those who have completed an RN-BSN

    AnnaN5 replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Nursing

    I am taking my last course in a RN-BSN program. I have a BS in Biology and my associates in nursing. The BSN completion program required me to take 10-11 classes which was significantly less than if...

  22. Cancelled repeatedly - is this normal?

    AnnaN5 replied to CranberryMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is union and it is possible for us to get low-needed due to census. It doesn't happen often on our unit because we are usually busy but if it needs to be done, it goes in this order: PRN...

  23. Meeting CHF core measures with medication reconciliation upon discharge

    AnnaN5 replied to blynnRN's topic in Cardiac

    Needless to say the doctors were not happy when this first rolled out but they have realized that they do not have a choice. We are an advanced chest pain and CHF center so the heads of those...

  24. How important is amount of PAY to you?

    AnnaN5 replied to violet_violet's topic in General Nursing

    Why is the pay difference so large? Will you have better benefits or working hours such as no weekends or holidays? Was the other facility paying so much more because the work conditions are less...

  25. med-surg tele & step down unit... how are they different?

    AnnaN5 replied to curlygirl8's topic in Cardiac

    The unit you worked on seems more like a step-down unit then just a med/surg tele. It really depends on how the hospital names their floors. I work a cardiac unit that does drips, pre/post cath lab,...