JMBM

JMBM specializes in Emergency.

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1. New Grad ER Vent

   JMBM replied to EMTSNA's topic in Emergency

   I can roll pretty well with a busy team of 8 or 9 patients. This isn't even a hard question. Eight or nine ER patients is too much for an experienced ER nurse to safely handle. Fifteen for a new...

2. Alaska Nurses

   JMBM replied to 123student's topic in General Nursing

   Alaskans get alot of questions on how it is to live up here. The problem with answering that question is that Alaska is as large as the western third of the contiguous United States. Its kind of...

3. Wasilla Nurses

   JMBM replied to 123student's topic in General Nursing

   There is a hospital, Mat-Su Regional, located between Wasilla and Palmer. I don't know their pay scale, but I assume you could get that from them easily. Many people, in fact probably a majority of...

4. How much difference in pay

   JMBM replied to 123student's topic in General Nursing

   According to the Providence labor contract with the Alaska Nurses Association, the hourly rate for new grads in 2007 is $25.21. The rate for an RN with one year's experience is $26.16.. In May of...

5. Still a student, my heart set on ER...

   JMBM replied to karleigh's topic in Emergency

   Its wonderful that you are interested in ED work, and I absolutely encourage you. I also agree with the earlier respondent who wrote that you should look for opportunities to volunteer or somehow...

6. Need some answers

   JMBM replied to nunieboy's topic in General Nursing

   The labor contract pay at Providence Hospital in Anchorage for a new RN with no experience is about $25/hr. Providence is the largest hospital in the state and its wage scale is probably about...

7. Any nurses from Barrow

   JMBM replied to liljsmom02's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, Barrow? from the East Coast? I worked in Barrow for awhile, albeit quite a few years ago. Barrow is a predominately native town in the Arctic. There is quite a bit of money in Barrow,...

8. Teamwork and Support in ED's

   JMBM replied to PEDSVA's topic in Emergency

   Actually, the reason I work in the ER/shift I do now is because of the feeling of teamwork - don't believe anyone who says all ER situations are like you describe. In fact, I have found ERs in general...

9. Becoming an ER Nurse

   JMBM replied to Nurse2bducky86's topic in Emergency

10. travel to anchorage

    JMBM replied to hoyt69's topic in General Nursing

    The military hospital does employ civilian nurses. I have an RN friend whose in their ICU. His actual employer is the

11. New ADN Grad placement!!!

    JMBM replied to Rbike's topic in Emergency

    I was a medic who "came indoors" and was a new grad in the ED. First, your medic experience will be extremely valuable, but perhaps not in the way you think. Sure, the physical skills are great, but...

12. States that have nursing unions

    JMBM replied to fuzzie's topic in General Nursing

    To answer the original question - unions are not dependent on state, region, district or even hospital. They exist anywhere a large enough group of employees get together and petition for...

13. Acls

    JMBM replied to StillBelieveRN's topic in Emergency

    Absolutely.

14. ICU to ED?

    JMBM replied to CaliRN29's topic in Emergency

    Given your reasons for wanting to leave your current job, I'm not sure why the ED would be better. Certainly, there will be co-workers you like/dislike. If anything, ED personnel tend to have...

15. Has anyone done this? Became a Paramedic first and then an RN? Is it a good idea ?

    JMBM replied to shehadi's topic in Emergency

    I was (and still am) a medic and am now an RN in an ED. I agree with earlier writers who say that the medic training will help you alittle (and only alittle) in nursing. The EXPERIENCE of working as...