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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. How do rotating shifts work exactly?

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've applied to a veterans hospital and the job announcement states the nurse must be willing and able to rotate a tour of duty to evening and day/evening. I'm not sure whether the hours will be 8 or...

  4. Nurse to Medical Transcriptionist...

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I attended a free seminar regarding working at home as a medical transcriptionist. The company is called At-homeprofessions. Everything sounded good, and the presenter even said that medical...

  5. 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.

  6. 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...

  7. 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?

  8. 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,...

  9. 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...

  10. Urgent Care Clinic

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Did anyone start out at an Urgent Care Clinic as a new graduate?? If so, I'd like to know what a typical day would be like. How many RNs are typically assigned, and what are the responsibilities of...

  11. 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...

  12. 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?

  13. Dialysis Clinic, Inc.

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Is there anyone who is familiar with this company? ....Also, Why don't dialysis companies post their clinic days and hours to be discovered via Internet?...They only post "get directions", the "type...

  14. Average OR temperature

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Can anyone tell me what the average temperature is in the

  15. 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...

  16. VA Operating Room Nurse

    finallyRN7 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Government, Military

    Yes that helps a great deal. Thanks for

  17. VA Operating Room Nurse

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Are there any OR nurses who work for A VA hospital? If so, what is your work schedule like? How often are you on-call? Are you required to work weekends? Also, I understand that the OR is a cool...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. Specialized Training in Public Health

    finallyRN7 posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I ran across a posting in the APRN forum and since the posting was a year ago, I thought I might get a quicker response/answer to my question here in the actual "Public Health" forum. The nature of my...

  21. 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...

  22. 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...

  23. Anyone from public health background?

    finallyRN7 replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Patmac10, thanks for replying and to help me understand this new

  24. Anyone from public health background?

    finallyRN7 replied to %63theend's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Rizz, I'm also curious as to whether you received a certification of some sort after completing your training?

  25. Specialized Training in Public Health

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

    Klone, thanks for responding. The information regarding the STIs and PAP make sense to me. But just to be clear, is a bimanual and pelvic exam the same thing, just different terms? If so, if a RN...