sjt9721 BSN, RN

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.

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...

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...

Did I miss something, or has the OP not posted since this direct question?

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 ...

Thank you for the opportunity. Good luck with the rest of your program.

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...

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...

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...

If you're counting votes, I like Team Propofol and the IV Leaguers. (Saw the suggestion of The Drips...as an ED nurse, I'd avoid using that one!)

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...

Denton Regional and North Hills are HCA facilities as well. I've worked for HCA in 2 states for 14 years, with a 3-year hiatus into the not-for-profit world. There are pros & cons for each, as I'm sure you already know. Relating to outcomes...my ...

Thanks for providing this information; I'm going to check it out. Another option is this: http://consolevault.com/ On several vehicle models, it fits into the existing console & bolts to the floor.

True...I'm sure there's a lot more to this story... But it boils down to a woman getting an un-necessary surgery, which could have been avoided by using proper non-invasive diagnostics....and the docs get a strongly worded letter from the medical boa...

Not necessarily. The initial goal of Safe Harbor is to open the communication between staff nurses & supervisors so that assignments can be revised to keep patients (and licenses) safe. If a revision to the assignment is done which removes concer...

That's what I was thinking...you'd say, "Jane Doe?" or something like that....as opposed to "Jane Doe with the Burning Crotch".... It's been my HIPAA understanding that it's not a violation to confirm someone is there (unless they've requested to be ...

Agree with above........or "Assessed, planned and implemented nursing care to patients in the emergency department at a facility with an annual volume of xx,xxx" Is your ED a desigated trauama center, chest pain center, stroke center of excellence, o...

ms.rn... the program is named such because it's a "partnership" between uta and participating hospital systems. (baylor, texas health, hca, etc.) the lower tuition rates are for nurses working for these employers. other nurses, not employed by partne...

Assuming that you're lumping all private schools together...I won't take offense to this statement. :-) My (private) undergrad alma mater is fully accredited by the NLN and approved by the state BON. And I would wager that a majority of employers are...

Another way of showing support for higher education is through tuition reimbursement, scholarship programs, and flexible scheduling for those in school. For our place, it's not so much about hiring BSNs, but about removing barriers to help our ADN hi...

The options were presented to her. She made her choice.

Yes, ANCC (or another state board of nursing) is the accrediting body that you're looking for. I can't speak for all the states, but some may accept activities that are only listed as "CME" (physician credit). Texas however, will only accept things ...

My thoughts on protecting the title "nurse"..... It's not so much about how hard I've worked, or how long I went to school. It's about the public. Protecting the title ensures the public that anyone presenting themself as a "nurse", did indeed comple...