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I don't it will count either since it is not medical experience. What does your program define as "medical experience"?

here is the info so you can read it for yourself. as you can see the deadline is 2/8/2011. as for the non profit status - check out the service sites section - for profit is not allowed-period. there are many non for profit options but again it exclude's for profit facilities. apply today! applications are due february 8, 5 pm et. applicants selected to receive funding will be notified no later than september 30. applicants who submitted complete application packages, but are not selected to receive funding, will be notified in october. sign up to be notified by e-mail when the 2012 application cycle opens. eligibility requirements what are the eligibility requirements? to be eligible for loan repayment, all applicants must: be a u.s. citizen (either u.s. born or naturalized), u.s. national, or lawful permanent resident; have received a diploma, an associate degree, a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, or a doctoral degree in nursing (see definitions); be employed as a full-time rn, defined as at least 32 hours per week, at a public or private nonprofit critical shortage facility; -or- be employed as a full-time nurse faculty member at a public or private nonprofit school of nursing (see definitions); have outstanding qualifying educational loans leading to a degree or diploma in nursing; have completed the nursing education program for which the loan balance applies; and have a current, full, permanent, unencumbered, unrestricted license to practice as an rn in the state in which they intend to practice or is authorized to practice in that state pursuant to the nurse licensure compact (see the nurse licensure compact state listing). http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/scholarships/nursing/overview.html

It is do-able. I find if I leave a little earlier in the AM - even fifteen minutes, I can have less traffic. I drink my coffee and listen to talk radio and traffic(WTOP)! At night since I don't leave until about 8pm or later the commute is less.

My commute is an hour to hour and half each way. I live in the Washington DC area.

If your patient was a high fall risk you needed to ensure that it was documented and all the appropriate falls prevention/interventions were in place. As for side rails - it is two or three and not four. Four side rails are considered a restraint (in acute care) and can be used in certain situations but you must have an order and document. They are not used for falls prevention in acute care unless the patient is on a specilaity bed with particular mattresses. They can also be used for patients on seizure precautions - again with an order. If you transporting on a bed, then they need to be up x4 during transport. So potentially if you did not maintain appropriate safety precautions....yes. Do you use proactive hourly rounding in your facility?

You have to work for a non profit facility and at the time I used it your facility had to be a critical shortage facility as well. I used it in my previous job with a two year committment. The new app is out with a 2/8/2011 deadline

We also have copays - usually $10-15 per office visit and $50 for a ED visit

I pay $390 a month for my healthcare through my employer (Aetna PPO). This is for family coverage.

You are right.....never say never....I do live in the DC area and we employ the largest percentage of federal workers and many are concerned with the recent freeze and the decrease in transportation benefit (which was $230/month). The cost of living here is so high (so is SF) that you need every cent just to get by....

Risk Management or legal nursing would be two career paths with RN-JD combo's. There is a huge glut of lawyers per se and many cannot find jobs, but I think that combination could open some avenues for you. Go to a really good law school though.....

I don't know if you will be getting automatic step increases with the wage freeze (federal workers) which includes civilians working in military hospitals, etc... Plus the civilian transportation benefit has been cut significantly as well. Last year I was offered a GS12 at Walter Reed as a CNS (masters prepared) with ten years of experience at a salary of $86,000. I thought it was low considering I was already making $98,000 and subsequently took another job paying in the low 100,000s.

Check your policy but two weeks is pretty standard.

Actually I am no longer working in VA nor living in VA - just the District and hold that current license.

Our managers have 24/7 accountability to staff their units to ADC. If this done the House Supervisor then can use supplemental staffing resources to cover those unexpected call outs and or increase in census.

I moved to VA from a Midwestern Compact state (WI). I got a job in DC and applied for and received a DC license (not part of any compact). I also got a job in VA and since I was now domiciled in VA - I had to apply for a compact license from the Commonwealth of VA since it was my new residence. You can only hold one compact license and therefore did not renew my WI license. I have since moved to Maryland which is also a compact state but have not applied for a Maryland license. Everyday I leave my homw in Maryland, drive through VA and end in DC.

4-5 on days, up to 6 at night.

Is it the Electronic Data Systems from Dallas? If so - it is the company that Ross Perot founded in the 70s.

Yes - she could become a pediatric NP (this is one of the NP tracks) with prescriptive authority. School Districts are under tremendous budget contraints and salaries are lower than private sector, but she could supplement her income with other work. In the BSN program there is actual an option for school nursing - I think it requires some additional course work. She should also see if she can do a clinical at a local school district. That was one of our community clinical sites as both undergrad and at grad level.

People bite on their tubes is they are not getting enough sedation. You can replace and should replace the trach if able, or you can bag the stoma but may need to hold the mouth and nose closed....or assess the patient and see if they are breathing....moving air, chest rise and fall.

School nursing is a lot of "social work" nursing. I have two close friends who are NP's and they job shared at two schools. Their experiences were quite different from hospital/inpatient peds. They had to deal with issues relating to kids on meds, kids not getting fed or needing dental work, issues with helping families with no resources cope with illness or disabilities. They were salaried but school districts don't pay as well as other facilities, but you do get generous time off and they both worked at the hospital as prn RN's. My only experience with peds is Burn since all Burns came to our Burn unit regardless of age. This allowed us to maintain our Level One Trauma/Burn Adults&Peds certification.

Nothing is wrong with saying - I need a couple of minutes to think, I will get back to you. Go to a quiet space or take a walk off the unit, get your thoughts together and then call back and/or respond. I do this when I need a moment to think because I need to make a decision. I am an operations administrator for the hospital and easily get over 150 calls/pages during my 12hr shifts.

I've been using them using 2001.

I also had a previous BS degree before entering nursing but still needed the core nursing curriculum, clinical and some additional specific science courses. There is no way to just take an exam and get there.

Good Luck Kitty Hawk . Keep us posted!

You have a good opportunity on your Ortho floor. Get to know and earn the respect of your doc's. The patient population will be a mix of folks with joint replacements - this is big business and most of these patients are there for elective surgery and tend to be healthy (had to pass the pre-op screening). You will have the opportunity for pain management (ortho doc's and anesthesia working together) and good outcomes - it will be good experience. You will also have a mix of elders with broken parts and they may be a bit more challenging - but rewarding at the same time. I worked Ortho both both First Day Surgery (large hospital in VA that does enormous volume of joints) and post-op at a large Big 10 academic medical center. It was a good experience, my peers were great and the physican's amazing. All is not lost. Take it as a learning experience.