finallyRN7 BSN

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1. Nurse Inspectors/Surveyors (acute care facilities)

   finallyRN7 posted a topic in Public, Community Health

   Hi. Curious to know about your experience as the nurse manager of acute care facility inspections. What did a typical week look like? How many surveys did you conduct per week? How many overnight...

2. Competitive or Excepted position with VA?

   finallyRN7 posted a topic in Government, Military

   Hi. Which job position is better to accept with the Dept of Veteran Affairs (VA), competitive or excepted?

3. Commute time to hospital job

   finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you guys so much for your responses. I've an opportunity for a position with a commute time of 1hr 45 min one way. The night shift is the only way I'd survive that kind of commute time. Thanks...

4. Commute time to hospital job

   finallyRN7 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone. I'm curious to know how far you currently drive from home to your job at the hospital.

5. Chronic dialysis clinic hours

   finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Thanks for responding. No, this clinic is for chronic hemodialysis patients. I just find the hours 9-5 to be too clear-cut; I'm thinking it's only for the patients' knowledge of when the doors open,...

6. Chronic dialysis clinic hours

   finallyRN7 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   A Fresenius clinic hours are posted as M-F, 9-5p when googled. Are these hours realistic for staff or only for patient information?

7. day in life of dialysis RN? please describe

   finallyRN7 replied to OnEaglesWings's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Hello Channo92, I'm curious about dialysis' hours. I've seen chronic clinic hours for Fresenius as 9a-5p M-F. Are those hours realistic for nurses looking to apply for a position, or are those hours...

8. RN pay rate on experience vs education

   finallyRN7 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I don't know if this topic has been asked or discussed, but I'm curious what your thoughts are. Should a RN with an associate degree & more years experience be paid more than a RN with a...

9. VA Home-based Primary Care

   finallyRN7 posted a topic in Government, Military

   Can anyone offer information on what it's like to work for the VA doing Home-based primary care? Also, how many clients are you typically assigned to take care of?

10. Average OR temperature

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Operating Room

    Finally someone responded with numbers. 68-73 doesn't sound bad at all. I thought some of the comments were alluding towards the low 60's..now that would be too cold for me to work in, but 68-73 is...

11. VA Operating Room Nurse

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Government, Military

    Yes that helps a great deal. Thanks for

12. VA Operating Room Nurse

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Government, Military

    Okay, so nursing in the OR is a specialty, so I'm not clear about what you mean when you say specialty. Do you mean that each VA's OR only perform specific types of surgeries? Would you please...

13. Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks wanna. Those are insane hours. Do you always get paid for your overtime? From what I understand there can be as many as 12 or more patients to tend with only one RN. That just doesn't sound...

14. Average OR temperature

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Operating Room

    Rose Queen, Is it the Circulator's task to ensure the proper temperature of the room? Also, you say the temperature depends on the procedure. For a "cool" room procedure, would you say the temp falls...

15. Specialized Training in Public Health

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Public, Community Health

    Med Surge 2, thank you for this information. I have definitely learned something new regarding a nurse's scope of practice in public health. I remember doing a couple of clinical days at a health...