Our subscription to Medline Complete and CINAHL Plus with Full Text is through EBSCOhost and provided at the corporate level. (I work for the large, for-profit company with a 3-letter acronym.) We have good luck with these databases - we can access t...
Our CT techs start the IVs for outpatients having contrast CTs. Does anyone else's facility do this? If so, what type of training/competency/validation is completed and kept on file? Thanks to any who can respond.
Depending on the facility, you may be able to negotiate for a higher rate, especially if it's a service line they've had difficulty filling. I realize it's not your specialty, but as an example, I know a CVOR nurse who pretty much wrote her own ticke...
sjt9721 replied to nursingosaurus's topic in Texas
The Bioterrorism requirement expired in 2007. http://www.bon.state.tx.us/nursinglaw/npa1.html#305 Scroll to Section 301.305. Here is info related to what qualifies as continuing nursing education: http://www.bon.state.tx.us/nursingeducation/ceu.html ...
As far as AHA is concerned, your Instructor card 'trumps' your Provider card, meaning you do not have to maintain or carry both. Provider skills should be validated sometime during your 2 years or as a part of your Instructor renewal. I'm the AHA pe...
Yes, I donate a modest amount to both my undergraduate and graduate alma maters. (The amounts have varied slightly depending on my financial status, student loan payoff, attending graduate school, etc.). I'm able to designate my gifts to a specific n...
sjt9721 replied to ERNurseScott's topic in Nursing
I agree with you Scott. ATCN is a course, just as ACLS, PALS, TNCC, etc. While those courses/classes can be included in the definition of "credentials", it does seem a little silly to have the alphabet of course completion cards on your ID. Because s...
sjt9721 replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in Nursing
AsystoleRN is correct. At most places you're not allowed to access your own records, much less those of a co-worker. HIPAA is alive & well at my facility. I just returned from maternity leave after delivering my daughter in April. I'm running int...
CE is continuing education, with CME being specific to medicine and CNE being specific to nursing. CE time can be measured in CEUs or in contact hours. Depending on the accrediting organization, CEs can be measured as 60-minute or 50-minute contact h...
