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  1. Phoenix Children's Hospital New Grad Program (GAPP) Summer 2011

    cindyloowho replied to KBnurse2B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    They just posted ANOTHER GAPP program that will start in august! Application deadline is in a few weeks. Good luck to all of you who will apply

  2. fun: what does this photo say to you?

    cindyloowho replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    He pooped the bed AGAIN?!?!?! I just finished changing him! (ps, I have no problem with cleaning patients...its just always frustruating when you have spent 15 minutes cleaning them up and then go...

  3. What is fecal texture?

    cindyloowho replied to kainos's topic in General Nursing

    I love charting poops that consist of multiple colors and textures...it's like a potpourri of charting options! :barf01: And gross nonetheless. There are just certian parts of the job I

  4. What are your credentials and what's your IQ?

    cindyloowho replied to Weber's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is a psychologist and he gave me an IQ test a long time ago. I didn't trust his scoring so I went back and found out he had made a mistake. The mistake I corrected ended up increasing my...

  5. What are your credentials and what's your IQ?

    cindyloowho replied to Weber's topic in General Nursing

    What's YOUR

  6. How important is statistics in nursing and nursing school?

    cindyloowho replied to miyhaka's topic in General Students

    It is my opinion that having an understanding of statistics will help you just generally be able to understand the healthcare field with more depth. Basic patient care does not necessarily need a...

  7. Hep C+ mom, bloody amniotic fluid, chances for baby?

    cindyloowho replied to beachmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very rare. Also, food for thought...most babies and young children who catch hep c clear the virus spontaneously (bout 85%) So even if the baby were to get it, the odds are in her favor that she could...

  8. Should I stop to help?

    cindyloowho replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    No, you need to protect yourself, first and foremost! You can be of no help to the people who really need you (friends, family, patients, etc.) if you're dead from getting

  9. Palp?

    cindyloowho replied to ED Escort's topic in General Nursing

    You can palpate the systolic part of the BP but not the diastolic. So if they could only palpate the BP instead of auscultating, that is how they chart it. HTH

  10. Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

    cindyloowho replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    Did he get his requested pain

  11. How is there a shortage?

    cindyloowho replied to Luularoo's topic in General Nursing

    The federal "nursing shortage" is a statement about the number of nurses we have in this country per capita. HRSA still currently deems that we have less nurses than is needed to maintain their health...

  12. Do hospitals incur a net gain or a net loss from the training of a new graduate RN?

    cindyloowho replied to WDM08002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Esme12, my original post was not meant to be taken as "EVERY facility that trains a new grad gets a check written to them by the government...I was simply adding a post to this discussion that talked...

  13. Do hospitals incur a net gain or a net loss from the training of a new graduate RN?

    cindyloowho replied to WDM08002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Teaching hospitals get tremendous amounts of moneys from federal, state, and private funding sources...I'm actually appauled that anyone would think otherwise! Hospitals that have "training and...

  14. Do hospitals incur a net gain or a net loss from the training of a new graduate RN?

    cindyloowho replied to WDM08002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    HRSA and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJH is a private foundation of course) to name just two. The reality is, a huge portion of the working budget of hospitals comes from grants, loans, and...

  15. Do hospitals incur a net gain or a net loss from the training of a new graduate RN?

    cindyloowho replied to WDM08002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm fairly certian that hospitals who have new graduate programs get some funding kickbacks from government entities and so forth. Plus, the are started at lower wages and put in positions of high...

  16. Medpass at mealtime a dignity issue?

    cindyloowho replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't work in LTC, but if I was a resident, I would enjoy being able to eat and enjoy my meal with friends, in peace, without getting bothered for a med pass. I hope this change suits you all

  17. What advice to give?

    cindyloowho replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Not buying it. Ive been in the trenches, done all that you've said above and then some, and will be for awhile longer before going for my NP. if I'm only a bedside nurse for 4 years, does that make me...

  18. What advice to give?

    cindyloowho replied to DNS on the go's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I graduated from an accelerated BSN program for second degree students, and you're right; we are a different breed. I believe than many second degree nursing students have little interest in beside...

  19. Malpractice insurance for new grad?

    cindyloowho replied to 567 SeaOtter's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, get your own insurance, your hospital will protect themselves and if that means throwing you under the bus...then they will! I used NSO as a student and actually got injured in an assault at...

  20. HIV and annual health review

    cindyloowho replied to Cruzer827's topic in General Nursing

    HIV infected individuals can get the PPD. The only contradiction is a severe reaction in the past. TB cannot develop from the PPD test, even in immunocompromised people. And I too, am sending hugs to...

  21. HIV and annual health review

    cindyloowho replied to Cruzer827's topic in General Nursing

    ADA laws state that it is illegal to fire someone based on HIV status, and the CDC does not state that the practice of RNs with HCV or HIV should be limited. I believe that HIPPA laws also make us...

  22. Pediatric New Graduate Internship Programs?

    cindyloowho replied to gkvegan's topic in Pediatric

    http://WWW.phoenixchildrens.com

  23. BSN to PA

    cindyloowho replied to GusM's topic in General Nursing

    What changes in 2015? Any changes that have been talked about are still just theory and speculation, and no one has put pathways in place to make nationwide objectives reflective of this "talk". The...

  24. Just for fun.... re: call bells...

    cindyloowho replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Call bells could be programmed to work like PCA pumps!!! And then we could clear out the totals at the end of the shift...hhhmmmm, pt had 264 demands, with 8

  25. Phoenix Children's Hospital New Grad Program (GAPP) Summer 2011

    cindyloowho replied to KBnurse2B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why??? I apply to jobs all the time, even if I don't actually want them. I have been doing this for more than 10 years and it has give me an incredible amount of interview practice and I am able to...