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    All Men Shift

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to kalevra's topic in Men in Nursing

    Call it what you want, but all male/mostly male shifts are different. The drama levels are WAY lower. Tensions seem to be lower. Things seem smoother. Call me a sexist, fine, but that is my personal...
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    self extubation

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to lmarti10's topic in MICU, SICU

    Some people are contortionists, no matter how tight the restraints are they can sometimes get to it. You can't stand over them 24/7. Does it suck that it happened, yes, do you need to beat yourself...
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    CPNE workshop ( which is the best one to attend)

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to graduate2014's topic in Excelsior College

    I used RobsCPNE.com for my CPNE prep. Some don't like it and feel it is outdated, but he does updates every time EC changes things. His videos are not high quality, but you can see everything that...
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    C = Degrees

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Excelsior College

    Reminds me of this joke: What do you call the person who graduates at the bottom of their class in medical school? Doctor. That aside, I would want the nurse who takes care of me or my loved one the...
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    POLL - All CPNE takers please

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to ChrisRicci's topic in Excelsior College

    I guess you could consider it a video/online
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    POLL - All CPNE takers please

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to ChrisRicci's topic in Excelsior College

    I did not do a "workshop", I used
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    New grad

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to irini's topic in Texas Nursing

    ASN or BSN? Do you know where you are going to live? The Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex is huge with many smaller cities within it. Do you have a means of support before you get a job? Do you have your...
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    hey yall!!!

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to aeasley's topic in Texas Nursing

    Which program? There are hundreds of them in
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    C = Degrees

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Excelsior College

    I never heard of the "C" = Degree. I tried to get the best grade I could on every test I took. I ended up with a 3.0 GPA. I am starting to figure out which school I am going to for my
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    And this is why I hate floating to stepdown...

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to calivianya's topic in Critical Care

    Depends on you facility. Larger hospitals (teaching facilities, Level 1/2 Trauma centers, etc), sure, but in smaller local facilities, pressure lines, titrated drips, vents and such are usually ICU...
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    And this is why I hate floating to stepdown...

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to calivianya's topic in Critical Care

    Stepdown units need to have monitors at least at the bedside, ideally at the nurss station. My IMU does and we have caught quite a few things with patients because of
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    Study for the CPNE???

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to SVT511's topic in Excelsior College

    Lubbock is the
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    Got a PCA job in the ER

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Congrats. What is your background? Any previous tech or medical experience. As a former ER tech and now a nurse, all I can say is if your sitting and the nurses are doing stuff, you need to get up and...
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    How prepared did you feel?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to nolanurse88's topic in Excelsior College

    Even after you explained it, I still don't know what BIOZ is. I guess I have just been lucky, every question I have ever asked has been answered without any judgment. Heck, just today I was talking...
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    Average Salary Houston Med Center

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to LuccaRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    So your paid $23/hour and work 40 hrs a week? Do you have medical benefits and retirement? Private practice does not always pay as much as a large facility/hospital, so not an apples to apples...
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    \I know the milk itself is sanitary, I was referring to the pumping in the ICU room itself. While the chance of something from the room getting into the milk and being transfered to the baby is very...
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    Breast pumping in an ICU

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Stacyalexisk's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think everyone is missing the point. It has nothing to do with pumping itself, more the location of doing it. I do see it as odd that anyone would want to pump in an ICU room (especially a nurse)....
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    Which online program has had positive succesful stories. Excelsior?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to SarahC239's topic in Excelsior College

    Excelsior is the College, Distance Learning Systems of Indiana and The College Network (and others) are not colleges, they are publishing companies that provide study material. The have nothing to do...
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    Jobs for new grads around the gulf?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to blueskies1's topic in Texas Nursing

    Exactly what I was going to recomend. I know several new ADN grads that have gotten jobs at Spohn (Cardiac care, ER, Med/surg). Corpus Christi is a really nice area and cost of living is not too bad....
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    CPR in Prone Position

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Codeblue1982's topic in MICU, SICU

    No, I have never done it nor seen it done. I had read about it a while back and that it was considered a Class IIb option for AHA. I did read about it a bit more just now, and still seems like too few...
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    CPR in Prone Position

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Codeblue1982's topic in MICU, SICU

    so you want to break their spine? CPR in the prone position is just not feasible. You will not be able to compress the heart enough to do anything. Even CPR done correctly (which it seldom is) on a...
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    Did I make a big mistake?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to nurse.toni's topic in Excelsior College

    No problems for me. I have had a few friends that were Excelsior grads that had a hard time, but that was due to being a new grad with an ASN, not for graduating from
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    CPNE Pass @ Chambersburg !!!

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to HemOnc's topic in Excelsior College

    Congrats! I only used Robs stuff and the study guide for my studying (I did watch a few of Shrei's videos on youtube just for reinforcement). I found Rob really broke it down to the basics for me and...
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    Understaffed

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Kaye22's topic in Critical Care

    Wow, our ICU triples on occasion, but 1:1 means 1:1 (one of the reasons we may triple, one nurse takes 3 while the other is 1:1). It is scary seeing the trend of many ICU's starting to think 1:3 is...
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    Excelsior

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to jlarew's topic in Excelsior College

    But this only applies if you have not received your RN from Excelsior,