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  1. How does an ER run?

    lindsayalyssa replied to OCRN3's topic in Emergency

  2. No more phlebotomist in the hospital?!

    lindsayalyssa replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand how you don't do your own EKGs. What do you do if your patient complains of chest pain? Page the doc, wait for EKG order, page someone to do said EKG? Seriously it takes less then...

  3. No more phlebotomist in the hospital?!

    lindsayalyssa replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked at the same hospital for 2 yrs. we do all our own labs/IV starts/Abgs. That's TOTAL pt

  4. Charge Rn's. How many beds on your units?

    lindsayalyssa replied to oldiebutgoodieRN's topic in General Nursing

    81 bed level 1 ED with 3 additional trauma bays ~30 staff (3-4 pts: 1 RN ratio/3-5 RNs in triage) No differential CN does not take

  5. WE WON! Let us know if you do.

    lindsayalyssa replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    91 bed level 1 ED...the best I've seen is 16 patients & this was on Christmas. Anything under 30 gets the department

  6. Best one sentence handoff report

    lindsayalyssa replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    "65 yo male. foreign body in rectum. device is on. going to OR soon." "HR of 30. 3 rounds of atropine w no success, couldnt tolerate pacing, the highest SBP we have seen is 50." "altered mental...

  7. Nights in the ER??

    lindsayalyssa replied to scrubsandasmile's topic in Emergency

    I work in a level I ED and nights are our busiest time. In a 12 hr shift I am lucky I get a break to eat (AND we are often adequately staffed -- just busy). Night shifts are fun and we have great...

  8. biggest gauge IV??

    lindsayalyssa replied to mmc51264's topic in General Students

    i work in a level I ED...I only start 16s and

  9. university of detroit mercy second degree program

    lindsayalyssa replied to creativetype2007's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Where are you getting that information regarding pass rates? I am also a current student and had a conversation last week with the chair of the program -- he told me the numbers were in the 90s....

  10. university of detroit mercy second degree program

    lindsayalyssa replied to creativetype2007's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I am a current second degree student at UofD & love the program. - UofDs NCLEX pass rate for the SDO program is in the 90%s - They use most/all of the Detroit Hospitals: Henry Ford, the VA, DMC,...

  11. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    im sorry but the fact that you have to wait over 6 months to hear any type of message from admissions is ridiculous and rude. sure, no news is good news but the fact that my application was marked...

  12. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    jessxfm -- you heard from the accelerated bsn program already for fall 2011 start? did you get in? i dont think the fact that you are a current student has anything to do w it. im a very recent

  13. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I heard in December last year. I was waitlisted (and then eventually rejected right before the program started in September. My application, this years and last years, was marked complete the end of...

  14. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Has anyone heard any admission

  15. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Ya, I hope so! I was accepted to UDM so if this unsuccessful (again) then at least I am in somewhere. Best of

  16. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    nope not yet. i called them last week and they said that the full review of applications is not yet completed.

  17. UDM Winter 2011 Start

    lindsayalyssa replied to Catalystx2's topic in Michigan Nursing

    How/when do you exactly learn that you were starting in Jan? I would LOVE to be accepted for Jan but they keep telling me it is full and that I have to wait to hear a response for the May start. I...

  18. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    thats great, nicole, if you were accepted someplace else and decided not to wait. i would have dont that too and i totally get what you mean, but the only other school i was accepted was nyu and i...

  19. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    it's insane. i cant believe im STILL on the waitlist. i have been on it since i heard from michigan on xmas eve. at this point i just want some type of decision so i can start to make other

  20. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    anyone still on the waitlist for uofm fall 2010 second degree program? i am and i know classes start this week. wanted to see if i was the only

  21. University of Michigan (UofM) Accelerated program

    lindsayalyssa replied to LovinbeingaMommy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Did anyone hear today (Friday)? I applied to U-M in October and was waitlisted in December. I frantically check my waitlisted status on Wolverine Access far too