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  1. Is there any nursing Job that is not stressful

    Dranger replied to nursegillian's topic in Nursing Career

    9-5 away from the

  2. how in the world does one pay for nursing school!

    Dranger replied to hoosiertwin's topic in General Students

    Military paid for it and it was close to 160k by the

  3. asked to delay child bearing

    Dranger replied to KonaDog05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Umm new nurse and PRN? All of our PRN nurses are experienced and as a new grad you want as much experience as you can get. PRN by choice right out of the gate is a bad way to go. You want a formal...

  4. Do you have a nursing specialty you know you want to pursue?

    Dranger replied to goldenanchor's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You will work holidays, especially as a new nurse. Get used to it man. Also, inpatient is where you want to be as a new grad. I am doubtful an outpatient place will hire you that easily right out of...

  5. Wearing sterile sleeves or a sterile gown for foley insertion?

    Dranger replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    Cost. If somehow I was charge nurse on your floor and saw that you procured a sterile gown for a freaking foley catheter insert I would be very angry. Nurses get laid off because of cost saving...

  6. Nurse Practitioner versus Physician Assistant?

    Dranger replied to Roo123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For the Army every battalion (or even lower echelons) has a PA and a doc. I have only seen a handful of NPs and they are stuck in clinics or work as DA civilians. On the other hand CRNAs are used A...

  7. Nurse Practitioner versus Physician Assistant?

    Dranger replied to Roo123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    NP: -Nursing model -More autonomous depending on the state -More online programs and can be taken part time so you can work -Less academic depth as PA when looking at the sciences and more theory...

  8. Does Preferring to Work Night Shift mean you're lazy?

    Dranger replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Night shift is harder IMO and I have worked both. Less resources and some patients get cray cray at night. Not to mention a lot of

  9. Why do aspiring CRNAs change their goals?

    Dranger replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you think the GMAT or GRE are daunting I shudder to think of what you say if you took a look at the MCAT... GMAT and the GRE are pretty basic tests to quantify a person's reasoning abilities and...

  10. Questions regarding Army ROTC

    Dranger replied to nrryan's topic in Government, Military

    Most ROTC instructors are infantry or some other combat arms branch. Sounds like you had a bad apple. But for 99% of situations nursing and ROTC are cake together. A lot of instructors just want to...

  11. BSN Graduation

    Dranger replied to bpickard90's topic in General Students

    Sure why not, but I wouldn't feel bad if they politely turned it down. I hate sitting through

  12. Number One Pet Peeve in Nursing School: Future "Paycheck Nurses"

    Dranger replied to joshmiller2010's topic in General Students

    Is this real

  13. Is this a bad idea???

    Dranger replied to emily12345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Spending thousands to volunteer in a foreign country is a waste of money. Why? Because there are thousands of people in your general area who need just as much

  14. Miliary options for pre-nursing student????

    Dranger replied to kmarie08's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They actually work really hard to match spouses together and if you are both Army it isn't that hard. Getting into the Army as a nurse is 100x harder. All officers must have a BA/BS so the BSN is a no...

  15. I notice nice veins!

    Dranger replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'd get a chest decompression needle in, so

  16. A little anxiety applying for Nursing school as an older male

    Dranger replied to Magnicious's topic in Men in Nursing

    I know tons of ex military guys who went into nursing in their 20s....30s...40s...Manly bros who were SF, Rangers

  17. 2014 PLU applicants?

    Dranger replied to Just_keep_swimming's topic in Washington Nursing

    Nurses (RN) You have a better shot with reserves than active. Going from reserves to active is almost impossible unless you are called up for a deployment or mobilization. Minimum criteria for going...

  18. Disappointed in my clinical rotation..

    Dranger replied to robdob's topic in General Students

    Get used to it, traumas don't happen all of the time. 90% of patients will be older with CHF, pneumonia, COPD, Renal failure, DKA, A-fib or some other chronic condition. You do realize it is VERY hard...

  19. 2014 PLU applicants?

    Dranger replied to Just_keep_swimming's topic in Washington Nursing

    I am in the reserves and work with recruiters, it's just as bad as active...National Guard has very few nurses (Literally a couple). Reserves has all the medical assets. This is the worst time to join...

  20. The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    Dranger replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You* Your*, Lol OK that's

  21. How to become a labor and delivery nurse??

    Dranger replied to eb9411's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well those areas you can't stand are the areas you might have to work in. In any given nursing class I would say at least 50% of the students want OB or Peds. How many get that? Not many. Nursing...

  22. When would you see D5 .45% NS w/ KCL used?

    Dranger replied to jlevnajic's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hypotonic Shift fluid into the intercellular from intravascular supply and help correct glucose/electrolyte imbalances I am guessing. Probably a maintenance fluid or used to correct deficiencies. Just...

  23. Offered PCU Position

    Dranger replied to ash.RN.'s topic in Cardiac

    Dude no way that is a true PCU. PCU should be 1:3. 1:4 max if you have a

  24. The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    Dranger replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah go fly a kite, you have never been a healthcare professional one day in your life. Please say this post is

  25. Why do aspiring CRNAs change their goals?

    Dranger replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    As we have talked before, advance practice (MD/DO, PA. CRNA etc) has always been in my mind simply because of the responsibility, money, challenge and the fact that I can not handle being a floor...