JMBM

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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...

  16. travel to anchorage

    JMBM replied to hoyt69's topic in General Nursing

    There are three civilian and one military general hospitals in Anchorage. There is also a civilian hospital 40 miles north in Palmer. In Anchorage, Providence Alaska Medical Center is the largest...

  17. ER the television show

    JMBM replied to Rio's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Really? I've always found ER to be extremely realistic. Why, just last week, we had a helicopter crash on our ambulance bay, squishing the director of the department. Good thing it happened on...

  18. two full time jobs for a new grad

    JMBM replied to shyinla2004's topic in General Nursing

    don't do it. If you are planning on one of the jobs being an ER job right out of school - DON'T DO IT. An ER is a fast-paced, high stress environment. Starting there is never easy. Starting there...

  19. Best Place In Alaska For........

    JMBM replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    As you might have seen in other posts, trying to describe Alaska is kind of a big project. It is as large as the western third of the US. Asking for a favorite place here is like asking what your...

  20. Imput please: change of shift and admits.

    JMBM replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ED. I know its hard, annemarieRN. Almost all of our nurses have worked on the floors and we know precisely how much it sucks to have an admit roll in at 1850. Its really tempting to...

  21. Missing the Dark

    JMBM replied to JRapha'sRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't leave it for the world. Here in Los Anchorage, we got about 6 inches of snow for Halloween. We're running single digit temperatures at night under a clear sky. A moose chowed down on our...

  22. ER must haves

    JMBM replied to kathy_bear's topic in Emergency

    I agree with swartzRN, as the years go by, I carry less and less. Of course, our rooms all have supply carts, so stuff is close at hand, usually. I'm down to 2 pens, a few alcohol wipes, a carpujet,...

  23. What do you use? A fanny pack?!

    JMBM replied to er1c15's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Way back when, I started with a fanny pack, then went to a smaller fanny pack, then went to multi-pocketed scrubs, now I'm down to carrying 2 pens, a couple alcohol wipes and a tiny drug book in one...

  24. scared to be an ER nurse

    JMBM replied to batibot's topic in Emergency

    Actually, you should be scared, alittle. Any experienced ER nurse will tell you that the day you stop being alittle scared is the day the ER turns around and bites you in the rear. .........

  25. Is there power in the color white?

    JMBM replied to bbfw2's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me that folks are mixing up several concepts. First, there is the "if we wear white, patients will know who is the nurse" concept. I work in a busy ER. I always introduce myself and...