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  1. Cath Lab Nurse vs. Telemetry and CCU Nurse?

    anonymurse replied to bethiegirl's topic in Cardiac

    Drug-eluting

  2. RN new grad hourly salary hampton roads

    anonymurse replied to RN2bnVA's topic in Virginia Nursing

    If you're married to military, or otherwise already have better health bennies than your prospective employer offers, you may want to contact HR and ask what they will pay if you decline health...

  3. Lpn to rn please help

    anonymurse replied to carlakamara's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I hear Riverside has a good bridge program. As with any LPN to RN bridge program, you'd want to call to find out what prereqs you'd need. Thomas Nelson Community College is nearby (cheapest way to...

  4. Signed Contract as a new nurse

    anonymurse replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around the above

  5. What color scrubs do you wear?

    anonymurse replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    I never wear scrubs 'cause my gig doesn't require me to scrub

  6. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

    anonymurse replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

    Many times I'll tap a doc for orders while he's waiting on the phone and working with another chart. If he says OK, I'll write the order for him, then while he's talking, I'll silently hold the chart...

  7. Nurses, Clients and Power

    anonymurse replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    "To a man with only a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." Ya need to take a chill pill, power player. I've had every power play in the book thrown at me by patients, every game, every dog pack...

  8. What Makes a Hero Nurse?

    anonymurse replied to rashana's topic in General Nursing

    I've met and spoken with several military heroes, including MoH winners and the heroes portrayed in Blackhawk Down, and what they have in common is they don't think of themselves as heroes, at least...

  9. how long until you would feel comfortable precepting?

    anonymurse replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We're having this ongoing debate (on year-old preceptors). It's been going for a few weeks, and it looks like it's going in favor of more experienced nurses, primarily because while many of the...

  10. Texas: Methodist Hospital Moves To Hire Only RNS' with BS degree

    anonymurse replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yeah, it's an opportunistic PR shot taken in a buyer's market, but I love it! They thought they could get some mileage off this dramatic put-down of other hospitals, but it'll take them a while to...

  11. A year of time on my hands...LPN? until BSN program?

    anonymurse replied to shabookittie's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well the end of the LPN program including you prepping for and taking the NCLEX might overlap with the beginning of your BSN year. Given that you have kids to raise, that doesn't sound at all...

  12. BSN vs. ADN costs

    anonymurse replied to creativetype2007's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    If you can afford it, slam right through school and get the BSN. It's a lot harder to work as a nurse and go to school at the same time. If your budget's squeaky tight, then you go to a community...

  13. HELP PSE!! How to read ECG

    anonymurse replied to Staffingpool's topic in Cardiac

    Do you need to read strips or read 12-leads? If you want to read strips, you can take the AHA strip reading course for $50. Go to http://www.onlineaha.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.courseCatalog It's...

  14. What are the types of artificial pacemakers?

    anonymurse replied to ms.pebbles's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Or just see your Boston Scientific rep. She'll load you up with more info than you can digest, plus a free pair of strip calipers. Here's a wikipedia article on pacers. Here are the revisions of the...

  15. What does this mean?

    anonymurse replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Unless this is an idle Q, just take the gig and figure it out

  16. Nursing shortage?

    anonymurse replied to unjustlysweet's topic in General Nursing

    A shortage comes into being when an administrator feels s/he has no other choice but to hire a nurse. It goes away when an administrator figures out how s/he can get away with axing the

  17. What are the types of artificial pacemakers?

    anonymurse replied to ms.pebbles's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I think most of the boxes they most use where I work can do everything, but are usually programmed to just do what's needed. Heck, if I were to get a device implant, I'd get the top of the line and...

  18. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    anonymurse replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Right. But this isn't classic supply and demand. The employer (except where prohibited by law) decides what the demand (staffing) will be, not the paying (undereducated) customer

  19. Are there JOBS in the Army Nurse Corps?

    anonymurse replied to justlisamarie's topic in Government, Military

    43 to 60? Got a link to further info?

  20. Can't always listen to the hype

    anonymurse replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. It's a blessing to have a boss who takes time to KNOW you. Then when some trash-talker comes along to try to get you in trouble with her, you're OK. Preceptors tried twice to trash me in...

  21. What boundaries do you set?

    anonymurse replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Just say

  22. Mad cow disease- how can you get it??

    anonymurse replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    CDC page about prion

  23. nursing for financial independence

    anonymurse replied to Sophiamez's topic in General Nursing

    If you like teaching, you're going to love nursing. You have clearly-defined goals for teaching. You get to teach one-on-one. And you'll run into the most interesting teaching problems ever that...

  24. Is nursing really THAT bad?

    anonymurse replied to CuriousCC's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not much of a mood swinger. My self-esteem doesn't hinge on praise or condemnation by others. Since I and not others define personal reward, I find every day is rewarding. Did you ever have a prof...

  25. manly scrub top protocol...

    anonymurse replied to AVMadd's topic in Men in Nursing

    Dress has only 2 uses: protection from the environment, and sending social signals (which means either adding to or detracting from your credibility). I never wear scrubs. When I got on my floor,...