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Just a sort of aside, but if folks aside from the patient are pushing e button it is no longer a PCA, by definition.

That's up to you. I always ask the question when I can expect to hear something back whenever I speak to someone. This serves to avoid the crazy speculation about what might be going on. It also gives you justification for making contact and following up. If ey said you will hear on Tuesday morning and it is now Wednesday afternoon, no one is going to hold following up against you if you do it in a professional manner. It could even be seen as a positive in that you are proactive and thorough.

Why not complete the app for the second place. It isn't like they are going to offer you a job tomorrow and only give you 5 minutes to make a decision. Plus, more options is always better for the job seeker, IMO. Good luck.

Judging the patient as a drug seeker and addict is not advocating for the patient, FYI!I don't think examining every option for the best possible pain control is a bad idea necessarily. However, what one person does when experiences pain is a horrible indicator of another individuals pain.

In my hospital only the patient is supposed to use the Pca. If the patient is unable to use a Pca another method of pain control should be used.

Most likely no one will vote in your "poll" as no one here is allowed to give legal advice. Your best bet would be speak to the board, the school and an attorney, not necessarily in that order.

Thanks for the input. Any others' input before I order in e next couple days would be appreciated as well.

Take my story with a grain of salt, but for me, it was just about applying to units. I graduated in Dec., passed boards first week in Feb. and was looking for jobs the whole time. Often I didn't even get an email that the units applied to declined me for interviews. As just would have it I applied to a lymphoma/leukemia floor and got a surprise call with phone interview on the spot. The interviewer called me in to interview with the nurse manager then a second interview with my recruiter. During this time I had another interview for another unit at the same hospital but much preferred this position. Got the job offer a couple weeks later. So, that's a long winded way of saying just apply, IMO. You have more RN experience than I do, even if it is in psych. Aside from that it can be a crap shoot about getting an interview. Myself I interview well and am very confident and that goes a long way. The hard part was just getting the interview. Best of luck in your job search.

No knowledge about your particular needs. Just wanted to say I am jealous you get to use your own stethoscope. Working on a lymphoma/leukemia floor, most patients are on precautions and have a disposable in each of their rooms. I have a Classic II that doesn't get used :-(.

Getting ready to order some scrubs from Aviator and want to do my bet to make sure I order the right size the first time so I don't have to deal with the hassle of exchanging. I am 5'10" about 195 right now. My jeans are 34/32. When wearing generic scrubs I generally wear large pants and tops, but I have heard that aviator runs large. Looking at the sizing chart I am still not sure if I should stay with large or try mediums. Any words of advice from guys close to my size would be appreciated. Thanks

I took my NCLEX (and passed) first week of this past February. As I recall the drug names were generally the generic and not the trade names.

My apologies. I did not register that part of the post.

I don't think that lying is the best idea to land a job.

Plenty of time buddy. I graduated my ABSN program and turned 30 last year. My advice will be to look at what you really want to do. I too love the excitement of emergency services. However, I do believe that nurses have better long term career prospects. While doing my prerequisites I also beame an EMT. It is a good way to get your feet wet. Understand that you might not be able to start in an ER depending on where you are, the economy and luck when you graduate. Also, once you get your RN you can always get your EMT-P as well, which makes you a good candidate for such high adrenaline specialties such as flight nursing. Bottom line, you are young and have time to do whatever you want. Best of luck with your decision.

From another watch guy, make sure the stainless watches are using a high grade like 303 stainless rather than some cheap Chinese pot metal. That said, if you are super sensitive, high quality titanium is more hypoallergenic than high quality stainless. Have you tried something like a G-shock. Resin band with stainless back. If you break out only under the watch portion and not the bracelet we will know that it is truly a stainless allergy. As already pointed out, a cuff bracelet is also an option, though the chemicals used in leather tanning might irritate someone with very sensitive skin as well.

IMO, you are doing too much. I am not saying the way I did it was the only way but I finished the NCLEX in 43 minutes at 75 questions and passed. All I did was Saunders exams over every content area. Go back and read the rationales. After a while you will start to get the same questions, but still think them through and understand why you are choosing that answer. Good luck.

I give the full introduction whenever I call anyone who is not a personal friend of mine. It is the right way to handle things, IMO. Practically it also makes your call much more likely to be taken rather than being informed the party you are looking for is unavailable and to leave a message (screening unknown callers)

Take it or leave it, as my experience may not be typical. I graduate this coming Saturday from an 11 month ABSN program. I had plenty of time to do whatever I wanted during nursing school. I know some people really struggled. However, with a few classes being exceptions (pharm comes to mind), I studied maybe a few hours for most tests. I will be graduating with a GPA between 3.5-3.6. I had a (very) long-term girlfriend going into the program. We broke up a couple months ago, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the program. It was my decision. She was nothing but supportive of me during school and we had plenty of time together as well. Like I said, I don't claim to speak for anyone other than myself or disparage anyone who put every moment of his time into his program, but for me, it was no big deal.

I agree that it will depend on scope of practice and facillity policy. I do have a piggyback question. Here in MO, EMTs can use and are trained on the use of a Combitube. If a nurse was also an EMT and had a Combitube available used said Combitube on a patient, would they be covered under the scope of practice for an EMT, even if working as a nurse. Not a likely situation to occur, especially in an ED, but a curiousity question. thanks.

I am in the second semester of the accelerated program at Barnes. I believe it is very good, however, it is very intensive. If you are struggling with the classes at community college, I would urge you to look at the upper division rther than the accelerated program. MoBap does have their program now and I have heard little about it, but it is all under Barnes. Best of luck to you.

i am not taking sides as i don't believe either viewpoint is entirely correct. however, merely relating anecdotal occurrences as fact is not a valid argument for how all lpns are trained. imo, so often everyone is so defensive of "their" certification that they don't look at things logically. as far as the nurse, i believe she did the most correct thing in the position she faced. for the previous poster who lamented that "all kids are on medication," i would simply say that isn't the fact. i believe many children are medicated unnecessarily. however, that doesn't mean that children do not need medication. to take one instance and lament the use of medications is entirely unfounded. just as likely as this child being over medicated is that she has serious issues that can perhaps be stabilized with medications while a generation or two ago should would be marginalized. we don't know if either is the truth, but to make a statement about the overuse of medications in children based on this thread is mere projection on your part, imo.

Wear standard interview attire. As for the doughnuts, why wouldn't you let all the nurses have them if you brought them in

No need to get snippy. The fact of the matter remains, if there is a contract in place and it was broken, there are legal grounds to bring suit. Just because a lot of times people allow themselves to be taken advantage of, dies not mean that someone who wants to stand up for his/her rights has no case.

Really? And on what expertise in contract law do you base this statement?

Do you have a written job offer? If so, have you considered legal action?