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  1. Has anyone started the AMU/APUS RN to BSN program?

    FerRN posted a topic in School, College Programs

    I was looking at this program, mainly for the cost. $250 a credit hour and includes books. My friend is earning a degree in Intelligence and Terrorism from there and seems to really enjoy the school,...

  2. Afghanistan

    FerRN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Does anyone have any thoughts on working for a contractor as nurse on the American base in Afghanistan? My friend who is an electrical contractor recently went to tbe clinic for sutures, and I have...

  3. Job search beyond the floor...

    FerRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am at my 3 year mark and I am done with the floor. What resources do I use to find a non-hospital job? I have looked on Monster.com and Craigslist, but those can't be the only jobs out there. I...

  4. Lifestyle Discrimination

    FerRN replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I would also like to add that pregnant nurses are the worst to work with, "Oh I cant take that patient. Oh i cant turn my patient." If you can't physically do the job, its time to go on short term...

  5. Please help! Was this a hippa violation?

    FerRN replied to rn865's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Employers are sneaky and sometimes unethical. The only reason to ever release any information is if the patient personally requests it. My mom called out sick due to chest pain and ended up having a...

  6. Lifestyle Discrimination

    FerRN replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Plain and simple, you hire someone based on their ability to do a job. As a fat cardiac nurse, I sometimes feel hypocritical, but I also know that as a fat patient, I am way more likely to tune out...

  7. Afghanistan

    FerRN replied to FerRN's topic in International Nursing

    Haha you can totally tell I just got off of night shift with that post. What was going on in my head was... I had considered contracting previously, but never got anywhere with it. My friend, who is...

  8. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    FerRN replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

  9. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    FerRN replied to PICUPNP's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I don't understand why nurses as a whole cannot work together and educate the public about the ills of hospital life. If there is public outrage over how thin nurses are spread and how dangerous it...

  10. How much debt is too much for an RN with her bachelor's?

    FerRN replied to Cbrown0520's topic in Nursing Career

    I have 15k from an adn, but I only worked 20hrs a week at $7/hr so most of that was living expenses. My program was around 6k. Its not hard to live

  11. Quit nursing school after two months...

    FerRN replied to keeyumbow66's topic in Nursing Career

    Being a CNA was the first job I ever loved, that's why I went into nursing. I love what I do, but hate the politics of nursing/ hospital life. I can promise you if you don't like nursing now, you...

  12. Resume critique, applied to over 100 jobs without a single call back

    FerRN replied to Jmira.BSN.RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I am going to be honest and say that I kind of glazed over and stopped reading your resume. I second the opinion that it needs to be quick and easy to read, consider how many resumes HR people look...

  13. Need Some Help/Need to Rant

    FerRN replied to bboy45's topic in General Nursing

    In the Washington DC area, the only place you will be hired with an ADN is at Washington Hospital Center. Period. And I am pretty certain that the only reason I got in, is that I came with cardiac...

  14. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    FerRN replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

    1. DC 2. 3.5 3. Cath lab 4. $30.03/hr 5. I honestly can't remember the differential. I think its 20% for night and $5 for weekends. 6. Unionized, mandatory by city law. Dues are 2.5x hourly...

  15. Cath Lab Staffing

    FerRN posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am just curious, how many cath labs out there staff with one nurse and two techs? Do you feel

  16. Please listen!!!

    FerRN replied to snowwhite2002's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am not certain how networking gets you your first nursing job. The only person I graduated with that got a job from networking was a girl who was a waitress and she just so happened to do a great...

  17. Nursing program wants students to schedule own clinical day because they messed up

    FerRN replied to Desertrainfury's topic in General Students

    Another option for a clinical site may be a daycare for special needs children. I spent a day with babies with peg tubes and other issues that required specialized daycare. It was by far the best day...

  18. Please listen!!!

    FerRN replied to snowwhite2002's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Plus its the best way to be hired when you graduate. I tell everyone who tells me they are in nursing

  19. Have we lost the "art" of nursing?

    FerRN replied to Barbara Hunter's topic in General Nursing

    The last time I was able to fluff and buff my patients was a night when I miraculously had 3 patients. For one particular patient, I was able to rub lotion on his itchy back not once but twice. The...

  20. Double usage of saline flush? (flush and reconstitution of drugs)

    FerRN replied to pineau's topic in Oncology

    You know what's funny about the prefilled saline syringes? I have now worked in two facilities where you cannot find a 10mL vial of saline anywhere. So basically the hospital encourages this use of...

  21. NNU...Where do I sign!?

    FerRN replied to lkulmann's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I think in theory, nursing unions are great. I feel that they are key in pushing important things like patient ratios into public spotlight. However, I feel that in my hospital's case, there are a...

  22. Have you traveled to Florida?

    FerRN replied to yukka99's topic in Travel

    As a new grad in North Florida, 2 years ago, I was making 21.84/hr in a CCU. I was working for the 2nd best payer in the city, my friend who worked in PICU had been a nurse for 6 years before she...

  23. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    FerRN posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I have always thought that if it is not your patient's chart, you cannot legally be in it, unless you are rendering some type of care ie. passing a med to help another nurse catch up, starting an IV,...

  24. Moving to DC

    FerRN replied to adl226's topic in General Nursing

    That chart is not really accurate given your years of experience. With a year more than you I make around 65k a year, give or take a couple thousand. That's not including overtime. I live in a suburb,...

  25. Washington DC RN Salary??

    FerRN replied to bisson's topic in General Nursing

    Google the Union contract between the nurses and whc, on the last pages it gives you the salary range for whc according to experience level, which probably translates to all medstar facilities. DC...