RN4NICU

RN4NICU LPN, LVN

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  1. Professional organizations for Pediatrics???

    RN4NICU replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    Pediatrics Association of Pediatric Oncology Nursing (APON) American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association (APSNA) National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners (NAPNAP)...

  2. applied for CNA job...and now a credit check?

    RN4NICU replied to twinbee25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Might be because we often work with vulnerable populations. I know it is common to check credit in LTC. Many of the elderly residents keep money/valuables in their rooms, particularly in the...

  3. CRNA Programs in New England for Non-nursing majors?

    RN4NICU replied to drthomasjay's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was unaware that Northeastern had such a program. I didn't see any information about it when I checked out their website. It says they require a BSN. It doesn't say anything about direct entry...

  4. CRNA Programs in New England for Non-nursing majors?

    RN4NICU replied to drthomasjay's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Well, there is at least a year of hiatus in which students must work in an ICU after they become RNs and before they start anesthesia curriculum. After that, I would guess that it is similar to the...

  5. What Is/ Was your grading scale in nursing school?

    RN4NICU replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

    Ours was the traditional university scale 90-100 = A 80-89 = B 70-79 = C 60-69 = D Below 60 = F Catch was, you could not progress in the program if you got below a B, so we still had to have 80%...

  6. Hospitals paying for you to go back to school?

    RN4NICU replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    It is certainly not impossible, many nurses have done it - but I don't know about NP's doing it. There really is no transition, per se. You would have to attend all 4 years of medical school, then...

  7. Hospitals paying for you to go back to school?

    RN4NICU replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    As with everything else, the facility gets to make its own rules. Where I work, full time employees get a maximum of 18 semester hours per year paid for and part time employees get a maximum of 9...

  8. What do you do if a patient strikes?

    RN4NICU replied to Emery's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It does. If the nurse was not in imminent danger, she should not have struck the patient, rather than retalliate. If she WAS in danger, than she had the right to do whatever she had to to get away....

  9. Nurse, There's a Spider in My Throat

    RN4NICU replied to AngelSpirit's topic in Emergency

    I chalk that one up to urban legend. It helps me sleep at

  10. Nurse, There's a Spider in My Throat

    RN4NICU replied to AngelSpirit's topic in Emergency

    Ineffective individual

  11. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    RN4NICU replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it should be both. How about rewarding people for education AND experience? Letting new grads earn almost as much as nurses who have been practicing 10, 20, 30 + years is nothing short of...

  12. Why can nurses be so mean?

    RN4NICU replied to minneRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please stop saying that. Stop. Stop. Stop. See my above post. Men do it just the same and it is not just nurses either. Some of the most vicious rumors and catty remarks I have heard were made by...

  13. finished my last final in nursing school..

    RN4NICU replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    Congo Rats!! :balloons:

  14. Why can nurses be so mean?

    RN4NICU replied to minneRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Absolutely, mattsmom. I have worked alongside many male physicians who could gossip circles around the female nurses. Some people are just unprofessional jerks and/or were raised in a barn, by...

  15. How come those pulse sensors at the YMCA can pick up your pulse almost everywhere?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. Interesting point. You could be in PEA and the stairmaster would think you were fine. Hopefully the people who saw you slumped over it would call 911

  16. Last minute scheduling

    RN4NICU replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Unacceptable! Was this on the phone? If so, I would have hung up on the little moron. I would not stand for her daring to lecture me. If in person, I would walk out on her. My life, outside what...

  17. How come those pulse sensors at the YMCA can pick up your pulse almost everywhere?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget that your heart is working harder while you are doing contortions on the stair climber, trying to put your ear on the sensor (thanks for the visual, by the way :chuckle ) than it is when...

  18. Anyone else hate their clinicals?

    RN4NICU replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Nursing

    I thought clinicals were absolutely horrible (with the exception of about 4 days). I hated med/surg. Still do. Always will. I hated psych, OB, and community health too. I really didn't like peds...

  19. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Don't give us sick time and then threaten disciplinary action if we use it. Don't treat us like children - we are

  20. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    WOW - $10 more per hr?! Our float nurses don't get ANY differential. They are in the float pool because they WANT to float (which is beyond my comprehension, LOL) - not because they make any more...

  21. Night shift nurses...How many hours of sleep do you get?

    RN4NICU replied to lpnin03's topic in General Nursing

    Another princess here. I get at least 7-8 hours. I turn my phones off and let any calls go to voicemail. I leave my cell on with the knowledge that the only people who have the number know only to...

  22. How important is a BSN?

    RN4NICU replied to greerster's topic in General Nursing

    Did you read the posts I responded to? They were talking about the cost of RN to MSN programs and how they are very expensive - to which I replied - MANY of these programs make you take the same...

  23. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Same way they defend everything else they do that is stupid - they use management speak. "We can't have one unit drowning while another is overstaffed/sending nurses home because of low census. We...

  24. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely!! The above "strategy" just encourages nurses to bounce between hospitals like superballs. We should be rewarded, rather than slapped in the face, for

  25. What ONE change would you make to increase nurse retention where you work?

    RN4NICU replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Increase our pay. That way we can go out and purchase the amenities of our