John_G

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1. BSN vs. ADN

   John_G replied to goldilocksrn's topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, new to this forum but not to nursing. Been working the mean streets of the floor for 5 years now. Just got into the ICU and absolutely love it!! I've worked side by side with BSN's some good and some not so good. The same with ADN's a...

2. ICU BURN OUT

   John_G replied to KSAHR's topic in MICU

   Hello all! Im new to the icu (2 months) and prior to that worked the floor for 4 years. For those of you whining about the 3:1 ratio go back to the floor and you'll soon have wistful memories of your 3 pts. I realize that 3 ICU patients can keep y...

3. WHERE HAVE ALL THE NURSES GONE?

   John_G replied to sandy wensley's topic in General Nursing

   I'd have to agree with the general consensus of this board. Overworked, underpaid working in a sue happy environment, who could ask for anything better?

4. hospital staffing shortages and the effects on nurses and your license

   John_G replied to sammy26's topic in General Nursing

   hello all!! To all seasoned/veteran nurses you should know its not appropriate to document anything in a patients chart except information regarding that patient Ie: short staffed, working conditions unsafe etc.. (Thats not really the point I'm maki...

5. New MICU Nurse.

   John_G posted a topic in MICU

   hello to whoever is reading this!! new to this website and I like it. I'm a new MICU nurse, but not new to nursing. Most of my nursing career thus far (5 years) has been in LTC,Sub acute(LTC haha) and some agency. I've been working at the Veteran...

6. NEW GRAD RN needs HELP!!

   John_G replied to Jasmine's topic in General Nursing

   Hiya jasmine!! you can get a job just about anyday of the week in long term care (nursing homes). This may not be your area of interest (sure wasn't mine) but some experience is better than none. Take a job there and keep looking else where. ...

7. NG Tube Placement

   John_G replied to aerialflyer's topic in General Nursing

   hi all! new to group and just wanted to give input on Auscultation VS. PH on ngt placement. I work for The VA hosp in St. Louis and up until 2 years ago, auscultation was considered acceptable. Now its done by PH. Im not sure how expensive this act...