traumahawk99

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1. ACLS certification- Will this help my resume???

   traumahawk99 replied to HarleyLee's topic in Florida

   a lot of the things you'll do, like iv's, are things you'll learn on the job. ACLS is the number one cert you can get! it's the ONLY one i've ever been asked about by an employer, even before i did tele! don't take my word for it (or anyone elses...

2. ACLS certification- Will this help my resume???

   traumahawk99 replied to HarleyLee's topic in Florida

   hell yes!!! get it asap. it's required for what i do, as a tele float nurse for several hospitals. am i paid for it? you bet! a bsn wouldn't be worth a nickle to me, yet for as little work as it is, an acls is essential. otherwise, i wouldn't ...

3. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   traumahawk99 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   you are never going to "correct the problem". you will have more success in stopping the tide from rising in the gulf of mexico. perhaps you could talk with a bunch of chickens and then they wouldn't henpeck the weakest bird. ain't it grand? wha...

4. Tattoos and nursing

   traumahawk99 replied to PrincessJessica's topic in General Nursing

   once i worked with a nurse who had cheap, green tattos all over her face. she was actually a good nurse, once i got past the appearance.

5. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   traumahawk99 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   jeez, the language autosanitizer, hard at work.... nothing better goes to show the contol freaking nature of nurses. :).

6. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   traumahawk99 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   i simply don't worry about it. no one is going to die on me. the things i might not do don't really amount to much more than the oncoming nurse ******** about some minor thing. the people who power trip like this have absolutely no control over wh...

7. Nurse Suzy-Q to the Rescue

   traumahawk99 replied to NurseAlwaysNForever's topic in General Nursing

   when i was working in a nursing home, on the memory unit we had a guy famous for pulling fire alarms. he'd even get to bragging about it, saying "people ask me what i do for a living... i pull fire alarms!". then he'd show how he'd pull an alarm wi...

8. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   traumahawk99 replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   come on... it's not just reserved for the young. anyone who finds themselves in a weak position will be eaten. let's face it. it's a woman's domain, and many of them cannot handle having a bit of power without it going to their head. heck, i've ...

9. Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

   traumahawk99 replied to EricJRN's topic in Excelsior

   unfortunately, my education aspirations have stumbled and i'm getting stuck as a traveler. it's a strange life, i am working nights and very long hours, but the $$ are there. this year, i'll make 130k. it's going to take me another couple of years...

10. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    traumahawk99 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

    i honestly think they'd hire whoever the interviewing manager liked. the thread is about bsn being required. i don't see the requirement. i've never had an interview where i wasn't offered a job. adn and all.

11. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    traumahawk99 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

    this from the md anderson website ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION: Required: Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Scie...

12. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    traumahawk99 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

    absolutely the point i've been making all along. the attempts to hijack control of the profession by those teaching bsn programs are politically motived. bsn programs and adn programs turn a very comparable product... qualified trainees, nothing mo...

13. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    traumahawk99 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

    really? specifically what city is this? i'm going to test your position by actually calling hospitals and verifying that my adn and experience just aren't what they are looking for. instead, they are looking for a bsn. i'll report the results righ...

14. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    traumahawk99 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

    i will gladly name the area! where did i say you don't need an in depth understanding or comprehension of disease processes or pharmacology? the point i'm making is that this is addressed just as well at the adn level. if you're telling me that bs...

15. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    traumahawk99 replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

    so it's really not about the patients and filling society's need for nurses? it's about the collective glory of nurses? i find this to be an utterly self centered approach.. if i can be accused of burnout, it's this mentality that i'm burned out ...