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  1. How to craft an RN resume?

    alkaleidi posted a topic in General Nursing

    Input from those who read them please!!! How specific and/or vague do most employers (i.e. hospitals, agencies, etc) like an RN's resume? Say for instance, ER/trauma experience, behavioral health,...

  2. THose with a home office...

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Legal

    Thanks for your response. In the case of someone with umpteen years of clinical experience, I can see how that is realistic if you have a large enough caseload. However, I would think that would...

  3. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    alkaleidi replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Kind of a silly question... I know NPs who have their doctorate -- does this mean that when patients go to the office for their annual check-up they will be seeing either Dr. Brown (MD) or Dr. Smith...

  4. Typical types of cases

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Legal

    I am well aware no one is able to disclose case information due to confidentiality. However... Considering the variety of cases that you have reviewed, would some of you LNC's mind describing several...

  5. How would you summarize level 2?

    alkaleidi replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    I agree with the people who have already replied. I would also like to add that while the level I trauma centers generally receive all the "bad" trauma, level II's have a tendency to get "surprise"...

  6. Tax Time - How do you file?

    alkaleidi posted a topic in General Nursing

    As an ED staff nurse, and having worked in a variety of settings -- staff nurse and travel nurse -- I've spent a lot of money on STUFF... uniforms (facility to facility, different places want you to...

  7. Typical types of cases

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Legal

    Gotcha. I didn't want real scenarios, but I guess example(s) scenarios of what types of cases LNCs review. Pretend/hypothetical even, just to know the level of care. Thanks for the list -- that...

  8. "Do I or don't I?" CLNC??

    alkaleidi replied to rng.bar's topic in Legal

    You know, I've watched the intro by VM for her course and she seems VERY inspirational and animated, definitely up my alley, but in looking for alternatives online, I have found her program/package...

  9. Other than AALNC and VM, what is there?

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Legal

    OK, sirI, one more round of questioning and I'll go to bed. Aside from the marketing aspect, what would the difference between an RN taking the required courses to become a paralegal vs. taking a...

  10. Other than AALNC and VM, what is there?

    alkaleidi replied to alkaleidi's topic in Legal

    Thank you so much. I have many more questions, and more developing the more I read the older posts on this part of allnurses. You have spent an awful lot of time helping myself and other interested...

  11. Difference LNC and CLNC?

    alkaleidi replied to louisianarn's topic in Legal

    Maybe a silly question, but I know a couple of nurses who have not had any formal education or taken any specialized courses in legal nurse consulting, yet use the title Legal Nurse Consultant (and...

  12. Last Name on ID Badges

    alkaleidi replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    I've NEVER heard of it being against the law. In our ED, all staff excluding physicians and PAs have first name, last initial, credentials, and department (emergency dept in our case) as well as our...

  13. EKG on female patients

    alkaleidi replied to bill4745's topic in Male Nursing Students

    One of our new techs (a guy) was in doing an EKG on my chest pain patient, and I guess I'd never paid attention to how he does them but I was impressed. To be quite honest, in the ER I work at chest...

  14. No consideration for gay patients

    alkaleidi replied to eric2123's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I don't think that by not specifically addressing considerations for homosexual patients your school will necessarily churn out prejudice nurses -- they will just be uninformed. Have you asked...

  15. Streamlining triage-required questions

    alkaleidi replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    I honestly don't know what legally has to be done per JCAHO/etc, but this is what our triage screen has: -free text box for chief compalint -full vitals (t/p/r/bp/pulse ox) -pain assessment (2...

  16. I have cankles!

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Good lord! This is the 2nd time this has happened, and I can only come up with one explanation. Back when I first started nursing school several years ago, I noticed after about 2 days of all-day...

  17. Miss pronounciations of medications and medical terms!Way to Funny!!!!!!!!

    alkaleidi replied to rgroyer1RNBSN's topic in Emergency

    Patients say the funniest things, but nurses are equally guilty. I crack up every time a nurse tells me, "They have an 18g IV in their left

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    alkaleidi replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For all those outrageous requests in the ED, such as... "I want a glass of Coke please." *patient presenting with nausea/vomiting/abdominal pain* "I want the doctor to come in and talk to me. I'm...

  19. Have you encountered this? Religious conflict.

    alkaleidi replied to Iconoclast's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a spiritual person, not so much religious. In situations like that, I have very empathetically said, "I would be happy to be here with you while you pray." I think "being there" gives the...

  20. IV specialists please, please help me

    alkaleidi replied to newlpn08's topic in General Nursing

    I can't remember the last time I put something smaller than an 18g in someone, but when it comes to advice it's hard to give without having a real (NOT practice) arm to point out good veins that...

  21. Your state's "preferred" ED credentials?

    alkaleidi posted a topic in Emergency

    I'd like to hear from as many ED nurses as possible, from a variety of areas... What credentials does your state and/or facility prefer in their ED nurses? CEN, TNCC, PALS, ENPC, etc? Do any states...

  22. What is your day like?

    alkaleidi replied to FuturoEnfermera's topic in Emergency

    you're welcome. it totally depends on the facility. i know some hospitals that pretty much require you to have 2-3 years ed experience for hire, but then the hospital that i work at, which is a...

  23. What is your day like?

    alkaleidi replied to FuturoEnfermera's topic in Emergency

    You sound like me when I was in nursing school. I think that you need to know that (hopefully) it gets better. You start out at the same pace as everyone else, but toward the end of your clinicals,...

  24. blood gases

    alkaleidi replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    You can find videos of actual ABG sticks on google or YouTube... :) They might help, if it helps you to see a procedure from start to

  25. Flu Cases

    alkaleidi replied to michael79's topic in Emergency

    Tons of flu, and our swabs are on back-order until like 3-11-08.