The Gunslinger

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1. Mass application vs Eggs in a Basket Approach

   The Gunslinger replied to BeatOU's topic in SRNA

   There is no way that I'm going to tell an admissions committee that I've applied to twelve or more schools! As far as I'm concerned it is none of their business. If they ask me anyone I will probably tell them the acceptable answer of three or four....

2. What is weighed more heavily?

   The Gunslinger replied to troyb's topic in SRNA

   I am referring to the fact that the average pay for bedside nurses is probably somewhere around $25.00 per hour give or take $5.00/hr depending upon where you are in the country, shift that you work et. At the same time the average pay for nurse ane...

3. What is weighed more heavily?

   The Gunslinger replied to troyb's topic in SRNA

   It's been my experience in talking with peers who have gone through the accelerated programs that higher GPA's say above 3.2 are rare. You would probably have a better chance of maximizing your GPA with a traditional program. On the other hand you w...

4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   The Gunslinger replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Also, you should consider contacting serious researchers in haunting/parapsychology about that incident. You have multiple witnesses seeing something that cannot be explained by any conceivable rational explanation (a guy floats, speaks demonically,...

5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   The Gunslinger replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Where was this Catholic hospital where the rose petals appeared? To experience something like that would almost justify changing my career ambitions to work L&D. Who could doubt God or the afterlife after experiencing something like that? For t...

6. What do you think of video nurse patient monitoring?

   The Gunslinger replied to The Gunslinger's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know about small ICU's since this was a 30 bed CTICU, Level 1 trauma hospital in a city of one million plus. The person I spoke with indicated that every ICU bed in the company's multi hospital system would have this technology within two yea...

7. What do you think of video nurse patient monitoring?

   The Gunslinger posted a topic in General Nursing

   I interviewed for a SNE position this week at an ICU which will be implementing electronic/video nurse-patient monitoring. Supposedly, it will be on 24/7 and the nurse will be able to ask for help on procedures et. from a live person if they get int...

8. CCRN, PALS, ACLS, what else can you get before applying?

   The Gunslinger posted a topic in CRNA

   These certifications are nice, but I suspect that many if not most applicants to CRNA school posess these credentials. It seems that I will be graduating with about a 3.35 GPA from my BSN program and will be a borderline type applicant. What other ...