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I worked with one RN many years ago in a small ER that did it to get out of the house. She and her husband were multimillionaires and she said some days he really got on her nerves so she became a nurse as an excuse to get out of the house. It was al...

There really are no exact numbers to give. It all depends on where you live is what they will pay. When I worked as a manager, HR had a chart that dictated what each person made based on years, no half year stuff. If you were a LPN that became a RN t...

Rare but potential exist regardless. As a provider I would never consider doing a LP on anyone with increased ICP, the evidence does not support performing the procedure and therefore would be negligent on my part to do so. The outcome is death and t...

75 questions and passed. I felt like it was the easiest test I'd ever taken, in and out in 35 minutes.

I'm not going to comment on the entirety of your post, just the lawsuit portion. I'm curious how or where you arrived at your conclusion. In my 18yrs of ER nursing I've never read one Journal entry, seen any disciplinary reports or heard by word of m...

Unconscious check airway, FB visible remove if not give 2 rescue breaths, if chest does not rise, reposition head and give 2 more breaths, if no chest rise 5 compressions and recheck airway if object visible remove and check for spontaneous respirati...

Synthroid has a black box warning for use in patients for weight loss. It is an absolute contraindication in the euthyroid patient related to toxicities. Like others, I'm at a loss for why this would be prescribed in this situation with all the S/E ...

Wonder how they will like it when the doc's pull their patients and start using another hospital?? I worked at one hospital where the ID nurse would randomly walk around and pass out movie tickets to people she saw using hand sanitizers either before...

There's no substitution for experience. Charting will come as you gain experience and as long as you do the computer based charting required by your hospital you'll do fine. Follow your hospital protocol's and standards and don't deviate from them be...

So TakeBack pretty much nailed it and to answer your question there are 3 schools in California that are CC based. Standford's PA program is associated with Foothills Community College (I think), Riverside Community College and the school I go to whi...