CNL2B

CNL2B

multispecialty ICU, SICU including CV

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  1. HealthCare Administration Anyone?????

    CNL2B replied to josinda421's topic in General Nursing

    I am shopping around for graduate programs and I inadvertently came across some of these programs in my search. I was wondering the same thing, actually. I don't know that your job outlook would be...

  2. hospital salary

    CNL2B replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of nurses get specialty pay but it depends on the health system you work for. A lot get charge pay too. If you go through an agency, I think most pay a few bucks more an hour for a specialty...

  3. Welcome to your new job! Lesson #1 Lock up your valuables!

    CNL2B replied to SimonJester's topic in General Nursing

    I think this happens alot, actually. We get floats that use our locker room and housekeeping goes in there several times a day to empty the trash. When this happened to me, my money was taken out of...

  4. How would you handle this?

    CNL2B replied to PurpleLily's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about it too hard. If you want to date him, date him. People meet boyfriends/husbands in the workplace all the time. Remember, he's a resident -- he is probably not rotating on...

  5. What path in nursing do I take?

    CNL2B replied to leamarie10's topic in Nursing Career

    Actually, if you go to a 2 year college, it might take you longer than 2 years depending on what their prerequisites are. If you have a BA already that will cover your generals but some programs want...

  6. Cover letter - how do I?

    CNL2B replied to EDRN-2010's topic in General Nursing

    Your cover letter is awfully general. If you want anyone to look at that for more than two seconds, I would personalize it a little more. At least, talk about what practice areas you are interested...

  7. What do you do when you can't do it all?

    CNL2B replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't work in LTC (hospital nurse) but this just sounds plain old unsafe. You need to get your damn manager off her ass and into a uniform and have her help you out, for one (yeah, like she would...

  8. Largest Nurses Strike in US History - Replacement Nurses Arrive - Your opinion

    CNL2B replied to girlvet's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    You are supported!!!! I work in a non-MNA hospital in Minneapolis (you can probably figure out which one, there aren't many) and although we don't strike with you, we reap the benefits. I am...

  9. Doc freakout

    CNL2B replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    I am trying not to let it get to me. Mostly, I can see through the crap, but I still feel like it doesn't make a very happy working environment and that bothers me. It looks like from all these posts...

  10. Doc freakout

    CNL2B posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a busy SICU. Routinely all our patients go to the recovery room for an hour or so before they come to us. Per hospital policy, any patient that is going to be admitted to the ICU post-op...

  11. Are for-profit nursing schools(U of Phoenix, Chamberlain)good or bad?

    CNL2B replied to CNL2B's topic in General Students

    I'm not really talking about online schools in general -- many nursing programs now have an online component. It's not 100%, but it's fairly substantial. I am talking about these for profit schools...

  12. Doc freakout

    CNL2B replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    We have a bed coordinator, nurse managers, and a nursing supervisor that control bed flow for the hospital. Unfortunately when physicians come throwing a hissyfit, they usually get their way. We...

  13. relocating...ccu/csicu/or cath lab

    CNL2B replied to NYRN05's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    You were offered all 3 jobs? Wow!!!! Good for you!!!! That is awesome in this market!!! I think, go with where your heart is. I work in a SICU - it is a relatively small hospital and we don't have...

  14. RN to BSN which school is best?

    CNL2B replied to mgracy's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I did an RN-BSN program at a local, well-respected public university. It was "web-enhanced" - meaning I had some online content but also some classes. I would be careful about choosing a 100% online...

  15. NCLEX.....Pay to prep???

    CNL2B replied to NurseVab's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think I got a book too and passed with 75 questions. I think you won't have a lot of difficulty since you are an LPN already. Keep in mind the NCLEX is the bare minimum standard knowledge you need...

  16. Florida Prospective Bachelor Student with AA Degree

    CNL2B replied to lokisa's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have a hard time believing that with all those fails and retakes, that any BSN program is going to take you at this point. Most have a 2.5 GPA minimum requirement and most applicants/candidates...

  17. Nurse to Sonographer or Rad Tech

    CNL2B replied to KirbyEMT's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen anywhere that you can integrate these two completely separate jobs. RN school --> RN job, Radiography school --> Rad Tech job. It is my understanding that ultrasound is another...

  18. New Job and Pregnant

    CNL2B replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    You know what, this makes me really, really freaking mad. I was one of those pregnant women starting a new job 5 years ago. I didn't have a choice. My husband left me when I was 8 weeks pregnant...

  19. best decision based on circumstances...

    CNL2B replied to seriouslyserious's topic in General Nursing

    If there are any post-Bac programs out there that you are interested in, I think it would at least benefit you to apply to them. The worst thing they can do is say no! Do the best you can with the...

  20. Clarification of Practice

    CNL2B replied to Angelhelper's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say from the limited info that you gave that you could be employed in ANY hospital. All hospitals (that I am aware of) have round the clock nursing supervisors, and nurse managers...

  21. Question about post code pt.

    CNL2B replied to Sugarcoma's topic in MICU, SICU

    This may be indeed be a sepsis situation. I have seen it, however (and had docs explain it to me as well) that some of the interventions that we do intra-code and post-code may cause a stress...

  22. drips connecting at y-site

    CNL2B replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is a common problem where I work. All of our CV surgeries have a Swan, which has 1 infusion port, threaded through a cordis, which is another port to use, and then sometimes they use the CVP...

  23. New CCRN format?

    CNL2B replied to aCRNAhopeful's topic in MICU, SICU

    I took the new exam (I re-certed by exam, I had a baby and didn't get in the continuing ed) and it was fine. There are some more practical questions that fall into the 20%, so it is a little less...

  24. How to leave without damaging ability for rehire and relationships?

    CNL2B replied to otterlady's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are staying 1-3 hours over your shift end time, I am thinking that this is not what they are talking about when they are saying "occasional overtime." They are probably saying there will be...

  25. Xigris

    CNL2B replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Patient Medications

    We have a sepsis protocol where I work in the critical care areas. Patients get lined up, have cultures drawn, broad spectrum antibiotics started, then fluid flushed. If fluid flushes don't resolve...