kalevra

kalevra BSN, RN

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  1. Help!! Any Phelbotomist, Experience or non experience

    kalevra replied to Shonqueen1's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Shonta I am a Phlebotomist CPT-1 in California and it should not be 15 weeks long. My school was on the approved list on the California department of health services, an it was only 2 weeks of...

  2. Ethical (?) Dilemma?

    kalevra replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    You should take the position, you need to look out for yourself from time to time as well. Your just as important as the new hire. Don't feel bad about taking the position, plus you have seniority....

  3. What Freaks You Out?

    kalevra replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    This post having exactly 666 replies when I posted

  4. remember the flight attendent who quit creatively?

    kalevra replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you! I would be cussing her out on the phone as well if someone was trying to chew me a new one while I just had an explosive blow inches from my face causing me to lose hearing. It goes to...

  5. The real state of affairs in the academic system

    kalevra replied to state_of_affairs's topic in General Nursing

    OMG LOL where did you get this. Are there

  6. Do you think this law is fair in regards to healthcare workers in Illinois?

    kalevra replied to adoglover's topic in General Nursing

    i find it strange that they are still practicing after being convicted of such serious crimes. the other part that worries me is how many practicing doctors and nurses have been convicted of sexual...

  7. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    kalevra replied to Guest505077's topic in General Nursing

    The original poster asked what the top pay is, also asked for a ballpark based on location. So we got into this whole California thing, but jobs are very hard to come by. Mostly because everyone and...

  8. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    kalevra replied to Guest505077's topic in General Nursing

    Every metropolitan area has its ghettos and San Francisco is no different. Everyone takes the muni, college kids, the guy the runs the bodega, the waitress, everybody takes the muni in SF. I mean...

  9. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    kalevra replied to Guest505077's topic in General Nursing

    There are thousands of college students that are able to live and play in SF and most of them live on a tight budget. If you don't mind having a roommate you can split the cost of the apartment and...

  10. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    kalevra replied to Guest505077's topic in General Nursing

    Many RNs in the Bay area can make over $100,000 a year in the Bay Area out in California. New grads can break the 6-figure mark with over time out there. But like someone else said cost of living is...

  11. Sell me on your specialty...

    kalevra replied to rose_marie's topic in General Nursing

    That old timer may have learned some things along the way that may be useful for younger nurses to learn early in their career. There may very well be a good reason she isn't a starry eyed 22 year old...

  12. Why the disdain for LTC?

    kalevra replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    The entire sentence read "Critical thinking is most important and nurses with ICU experience have seen more stuff than those that worked in LTC". Maybe I should have written RNs working in a hospital...

  13. the nursing identity

    kalevra replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

    Is the selection lottery, or merrit based? Many people I know that should have gotten in to the schools they applied for didnt get in even though it they had straight A's in their pre-reqs. I...

  14. Why the disdain for LTC?

    kalevra replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing Student Here I talked to my uncle who worked as Human Resources for a hospital out here in the west coast. I wanted to pick his brain about what would he look for when hiring a new RN. First...

  15. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

    kalevra replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    My family was setup just like how you described it. My mom was an RN and made over $100,000 a year with no overtime. In California that kind of pay is actually common especially closer to the bay...

  16. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    My Tank Commander's Driver was a documented pacifist, he was interrogated by an inquiry board, he still got deployed to IRAQ with us. One of the nicest people I ever met and still did his year with...

  17. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I have addressed your concerns let me explain to you the point scale justashooter. -There are a total of 100 possible points total -50 points alone come form category 4. -30 points come...

  18. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    RN working in the military services as commissioned officers are nominally in command of those lower ranks they incidentally contact, but that is where the line is drawn. Military command does not...

  19. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    So GPA in these really is relevant to probability of success in a nursing program. - Points are only given to the scores you got in the listed category 4 classes. If you failed ART and its not in...

  20. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Might be useful in adding an age factor. typically, adult students (up to a certain age) have higher pass rates than traditional students. A statistical analysis demonstrating such statistical...

  21. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Why not high school, or dual language in childhood home?, or you have taken some fluency exam Jim Crow before you are done. - High school foreign language courses are graded easier than...

  22. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    How do you qualify language competency? Accept someone's word that they are a competent speaker? Accept only evidence of 2 years worth of passing grades from people who can't rememberhow to speak the...

  23. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Category 7: Veteran, Single Parent, Poor, Disabled, Need to Work Social Engineering is discriminatory. Giving points on such basis is unfair to other competitors and results in lower quality nurses. -...

  24. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Category 5: TEAS test Version 5 Score Not used in all states Category 6: Other Languages Irrelevant. This is America. We speak english here. - True the TEAS test Version 5 is not used in all states....

  25. How should nursing schools pick students for admission?

    kalevra replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Category 1: Currently Holding a License to practice some kind of DIRECT PATIENT CARE:CNA/LVN/EMT/RESPIRATORY TECH are examples Unnecessarily discriminatory and only vaguely related. What about the guy...