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That doesn't sound like a great orientation. I just recently started at a certified home health agency, and we're doing at least 6 weeks of co-visits and documentation training before they begin to start letting us take on our own case load. I feel like I'll get comfortable with doing regular visits pretty quickly but the start of cares look very daunting.

It's not as bad as taking an agency RN on the night shift making 60+ bucks an hour and having them sit on monitors for the shift. Now that is a waste of resources.

Ditto

Just took the test. Stopped at 108. Tried the trick and got this message: "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Please contact your Member Board for further assistance. Another registration cannot be made at this time". Fingers crossed.

Thanks for the responses. I do have a lot of experience in the pre-hospital setting as an EMT although at the basic level. I have the opportunity to start as a new grad in a small ICU at a community hospital. I think I'm just going to start there and then move to a bigger hospital after a couple of years. I liked the manager for the unit and I sort of liked the idea of being able to float into the PACU and ED.

so I have to decide between two new grad job offers. The ICU in a small community hospital that is closer to much bigger tertiary facilities, or a telemetry floor in a large busy hospital that is considered a Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital. I feel like I would be happy at both, but I want to set myself up to learn the most I can learn and get the most experience I can get. Would I learn more and see more on a busy telemetry floor at a hospital that has all the cardiovascular services available or in a small ICU at pretty much the smallest hospital in the area.

I'm currently in my last semester of my RN program and in the process of interviewing for jobs when I graduate. I was just offered a position in the ICU of a small community hospital. My goal is to be in a critical care area with the hope of some day working as a flight nurse. I also have interest from a large hospital to work on one of their telemetry floors. I'm trying to decide if I would learn more working on a large busy cardiac telemetry floor or working in a 12 bed ICU at a small community hospital. Is the ICU experience less valued at a small hospital, or is the ICU experience valued no matter how big the facility.

I know you need a few years of critical care experience before you would be considered for a flight position. My question is, does the size of the hospital you gain this critical care experience in matter? Will 3 years of ICU in a small community hospital be looked at with less value then 3 years ICU at a larger tertiary facility?

sounds like a basic ACLS scenario.

Do any of the branches accept ADN level RN's, or is it a BSN across the board. I understand active duty requires a BSN, but I've heard the Air National Guard brings in ADN nurses. Can anyone clarify this for me, thank you.

I live in the Albany area and from talking to new grad nurses who graduated in the class ahead of me, it seems like everyone is finding jobs.

what do they call a male who is a charge nurse in the UK? Is he still called a Sister, or is there another name?

this is an old post but I had a BA in Psychology and decided just to go do the associates because the school was affordable, nearby and it has a very good reputation for putting out good nurses in this area. I figure when I finish I can always continue with my education while working as a nurse. I've found that a decent number of the students in my program are in the same position as me, having gone to four year schools and having degrees in other fields.

I'm taking Nursing 1 and an online Comp 2 class. Does anyone know how many people they accepted for the fall? I was told like 150. Which is concerning considering only around 40 sat for the 2009 NCLEX according to the website I was looking at. Does that mean 100 people are going to drop out or flunk out. That's intense. I got an 84 on my TEAS and I got accepted so I'm wondering what the cut off was.

I'm taking A&P II at UAlbany since that is where I took A&P I. I figured it would keep things in order. I'm taking Micro at HVCC though.