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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Just found out today it was settled on an agreement. No strike.
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    What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    Bluebolt replied to hik9258's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yeah but you forgot the most important part of that, you'd have to live in Oakland. lol. When I worked at Stanford in Palo Alto people talked about Oakland as in "stab city" and I constantly got...
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    Cali travel pay

    Bluebolt replied to nur18's topic in Travel

    I have two med surg friends working in the LA area in telemetry and med surg. One is bringing home $1700 a week after taxes and the other is around $1500. These are different hospitals so that's why...
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    Private practice as a CRNA

    Bluebolt replied to oobray's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm also interested in what experienced CRNA's know about this. I'm sure the answer varies from state to state but let's say we're giving an example in one of the less restrictive
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    Please help me make this life-changing decision

    Bluebolt replied to Uncomfortably Numb's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    OP, You definitely remind me of myself 5-10 years ago. I even took the summer off during junior and senior year of my BSN program to attend a medical school internship at UAB. UAB selects 20 "young...
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    Do crnas deserve that much salary?

    Bluebolt replied to jasy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I think CRNA's deserve a minimum of $200,000 a year gross income in 2016's economical situation. I think if they open up their own practice they should make just as much as any other anesthesia...
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    Moving into ICU, but don't intend to stay

    Bluebolt replied to crckt's topic in Critical Care

    Tell them you're highly interested in learning how to be the best ICU nurse you can be and your long term goal is to learn to be a charge nurse, implement new evidenced based changes on the unit with...
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    RRT vs ICU transfer

    Bluebolt replied to kflavi2's topic in Critical Care

    I always get annoyed when I get report from the floor and they didn't call my co-worker to do a RRT workup and give us the opportunity to fix or at least figure out whats wrong. I know on the floors...
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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    They keep deliberating and extending the deadline for the hospital to give them their demands. This is the first time I've been in a hospital that is trying to strike, is this normal? I swear they've...
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    Please help me make this life-changing decision

    Bluebolt replied to Uncomfortably Numb's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Hello UncomfortablyNumb, It's good to see you're taking your future and career seriously, many students your age are interested in the easiest major that doesn't interfere with their social lives....
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    Do crnas deserve that much salary?

    Bluebolt replied to jasy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    The OP is obviously an internet troll, I could see that before I read any other comments on the thread. No BSN educated nurse would form a paragraph like that with such poor sentence structure and...
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    CRNA School Admission Chances

    Bluebolt replied to Chris_RN_812's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It can't hurt to apply and try. Even if you don't get in you'll at least get the feel for the long and arduous application process. It would be even better if you made one of the final cuts and get...
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    Why DNP and not MD?

    Bluebolt replied to koreanjohn32's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This thread has gone off the rails. Please just let it die, it's devolved into ridiculousness with opinions based on no factual
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    Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    Bluebolt replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    You're right about the LPN to RN part of that. 10 Years of being an LPN and 3 years RN doesn't make it 13 years to be an RN. I would argue that the time required to be an ICU RN in a high acuity unit...
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    What is your take home pay as Nurse Practitioner?

    Bluebolt replied to hik9258's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm working in the LA area and have fellow nurses who are licensed CRNP's still working at bedside nurses in the ICU because they don't like the idea of the huge pay cut they'll take when they take...
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    CRNA Masters vs DNP programs?

    Bluebolt replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It's way too early in the transition process to tell for sure. Anything someone told you now would be attempting to predict the future. Currently it makes no difference in hiring, considering there...
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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    The nurses voted to authorize the union to strike. The union is giving the hospital a last ditch effort to concede and give them what they want by a certain day next week. If they refuse they are...
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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    I left Stanford in February to come here. I ran into some very bad interim management there. In the IR/Radiology dept they had their manager leave suddenly and without a replacement hired yet they let...
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    Does it bother CRNA's that MDA's get so much more...?

    Bluebolt replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Wow, so refreshing to hear logic and an informed opinion in the forum, so unusual. I would be very interested to know if there is anyone with a relevant position in the anesthesia field who could...
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    Army Reserve CRNA

    Bluebolt replied to Johnfitz13's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I've heard of a government program that is somewhat related to the military but the main focus is to have you work in America at places medically underserved for a few years and they pay back most if...
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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Maybe I'll pull out my rollerblades from 1993, drink kale smoothies, try tantric yoga and blend in with the locals at Venice Beach for the week. So many options for those 7 days. Nah, if I don't work...
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    Considerations for a true practice doctorate

    Bluebolt replied to twozer0's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Yeah, the masters level PA program that takes people with an undergrad in English, absolutely no clinical knowledge who thinks Lasix is an eye surgery and will never be a doctorate program due to...
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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    All of you make very valid and relevant points. We shall see how this plays out in the near
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    On Contract when a Hospital Strikes

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Interesting perspective. My contract does not state I am a strike nurse for the facility. A strike is a total environment shift from being a travel nurse at an established facility with knowledgeable...
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    Considerations for a true practice doctorate

    Bluebolt replied to twozer0's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    You bring up the CRNA's picking up the DNP and making it a requirement and I just wanted to clarify a few things in case your point was unclear. I start my CRNA DNP program in August and have just...