finallyRN7 BSN

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 travel days per week? How much time were you given to ...

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

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 12. My question is, how EXACTLY does will this ro...

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 transcription is not phasing out. The program takes anywhe...

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

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 again!

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

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, but staff arriving much sooner. ????

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 for public patient information? Thanks.

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 the RN? How long was your orientation also? I would ...

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 bachelor's degree and less experience? Your thoughts....

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? Thanks!

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 of services offered" and such.

Can anyone tell me what the average temperature is in the OR?

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 quite doable. Thanks guys! ;-)

Yes that helps a great deal. Thanks for elaborating.

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 environment to work. Can you tell me exactly what your ...

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 elaborate what you mean by specialty? Thanks.

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 safe. I find dialysis interesting because you stay b...

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 question in the posting entailed an RN who works ...

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 below 60, And for a "warmer" one above 60?

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 department during my associate program but never recei...

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

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

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 receives specialized training to perform a pelvic/bima...