crna2b-RN

The VA hospitals use BCMA, also the Pyxis (med dispenser) can communicate the the BCMA system which can also communicate with Eris (computer charting). So when everything talks to each other, it helps to prevent errors and you dont have to look in 3 places to find something. Also all informtaion is available at fingertips in every patient room.

Finish your ADN and then do the BSN, Thats what I did. As long as you school is accredited, nothing to worry about, there is no pay difference (usually) and I found out that hospitals like ADN because usually they more clinical experience. BSN focuses on many areas for the degree but the ADN is just on nursing. There are also RN to MSN programs (you get a BSN on the way but credits can be substituded) check it out at washington state university,

I may be laid of my currect job and if I am then I think I would do travel nursing since the job market is not very good here. So where do I even start looking for an agency that is good? maybe with benefits and good pay? There are plenty on google, but what are the good ones? I would like to travel in WA, OR, and ID. Let me know what you know. Thanks guys.

Can I add something..... it did squirt in my eyes a little bit. But I washed my face twice to clean anything out. Again, I did not see any blood on my face or on the tip of catheter. Let me know if it changes anything. And I am just freaking out because I have never had any exposure of this type. I absolutely love working as a nurse and there is nothing I would rather do but this situation just scares me.

So here is what happened and you tell me if I should be worried. I am a pretty new nurse and I just dont know. I was helping a pt with a tangled up iv line that had D5 1/2NS w/20KCL @ 150 and some morphine prn. as soon as I got close to the iv by her hand, it just blew up on me. I am guessing since it got tangled up, it must have loosend up and as soon as I touched it it just poped open. So I had something squirt in my face. Dont know which side of the line it came from, the line with the IVF going in or was it the catheter that is connected to the pt? Now things were only going in into this peripheral line, so if it is suddenly disconnected, could anything come out of the patients IV that would potentially squirt in my face? or can I just safely assume that it was the IVF that saquirted in my face? The pt did not have HIV or any hep, I checked the chart and asked too. THe nurse I was working with said not to worry about it, and after work I stopped by the ER and explained to another nurse and she said not to worry as long as I did not see any blood anywhere, and I didn't. So wager in on my frustration on wheater I should worry about this.

I am in the same boat and want to know what are the best ways... I heard about the national guard, and I am considering doing that because I am an RN working on my BSN. People that know this please post... I will keep check this post aswell.

If there is a Bachelor in Nursing, I would not do it. All the schools I plan on applying to, look at gpa and specifically the sciences gpa. It seems like lots of attention is payed to sciences. So definetly, go for the BSN. And I have to agree with others, I have never heard of a BN.

I dont know anything about the military system so I have lots of questions. please answer any that you can... Thank you ahead of time. I want to go into CRNA, I found out that the military has a program for it and it can be paid for by the military :), I am in the process of finishing my BSN and I talked to a recruiter, he said that I can get in to the national guard as an officer (any benefits to do that or not???). My obligations would be to work one weekend a month and 2 weeks every year. 1. Is is worth it to go through the military? advantage/disadvantages? 2. will I ever the deployed overseas? or be in a war? 3. what is the financial benefit to join the national guard? 4. can I get out of the national guard later, or em I stuck once I join? 5. when I go for my 2 weeks, can I go anywhere? who pays? also, would any of your answers change, if I am married and have a kid? Just tell me as much information as you have...

I need to more information from people who know about this stuff. I am a RN to BSN student right now and my plan for a long time was to be a CRNA. so I know I need at least 2 years of ICU exp and take the GRE's to get into a school, but what are some of my other options? I know I can also continue to get my master and become a FNP. what are the advantages and disadvantages of each profession? I was also kinda considering to be an anesthesiologist, but to my understanding, its kinda a different pathway for that (no nursing school, but med school instead... right?) so if someone is or was in the same boat, what did you do and why? Thanks in advance.

I am a new graduate and work at a LTC facility, I have about a month of experience and work as a float throughout the whole place. I can finish almost any cart without staying over (which many nurses stay over to finish). What would be expected of me to work a supervisor position? We have ~120 beds and the new position has been open for months and on one fills it. is there a reason why? could I run into trouble being a new grad in a supervisor position? I nurse suggest that I could go for it so thats what gave me the idea... what do other people think.