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  1. Feeling like the dumbest nurse on earth

    Not sure that would work on someone who has a rush rush rush attitude, and on someone who considers several of their coworkers "dumb nurses", but worth a
  2. Feeling like the dumbest nurse on earth

    Honestly, nothing mentioned counts as a "very stupid mistake". None of those situations put a patient in danger. Your preceptor is over the top. And really, how is a new grad suppose to learn when...
  3. Allina Health not hiring online NP grads

    Use of the word allopathic keeps this statement true, however, there are certainly for profit medical schools that have sprung up in recent years; in fact, one is being built in my city right now. It...
  4. Is an FNP worth it?

    Would you mind elaborating if it's not too much to
  5. Travel NP to Australia and South Africa

    Internationally, perhaps. In the U.S. there is high demand. OP, maybe look into the Caribbean islands. I know beautiful Saba island hires locum tenens
  6. Refusing to float

    Safe Harbor is only utilized in the state of
  7. New ICU Travel Nurse

    What do you consider that to
  8. New ICU Travel Nurse

    I find this very interesting, and didn't know this was
  9. Neonatal Nursing? Should I switch my major??

    Lots of rotting infections waiting just for you. Sorry! Ps I think your post is borderline messing with
  10. What was your practice scores for CCRN prep?

    Where do I access the CCRN practice
  11. Do nurse practioners round with doctors?

    Some do, some don't. Depends on the setting. More so with
  12. new traveler update

    Would you mind describing the acuity level of the ICU patients you've had? Do they tend to give traveler's higher or lower acuity pts.? Have you had to run CRRT, ECMO, or other extremes? How is your...
  13. Highest/Lowest K+ you've ever seen

    I work in an ICU and we had a 28 year old male life flighted to us with a K+ of 1.3. Not a typo. He had no diet abnormalities and no family history worth noting. He flat lined on the flight, briefly,...
  14. CRNA vs NP vs PA

    Hi OP, maybe this will help you. https://allnurses.com/advanced-practice-nursing/surgical-nurse-practitioner-1039980.html#post9062377 Discusses NP's in
  15. CNA in Level 1 Trauma or PCICU

    Get into the ICU now. My ICU experience as a CNA got me a job as a new grad RN in ICU. It puts you that much closer to CRNA school. Be wise and plan ahead like I
  16. 2015 allnurses Salary Survey Results

    This would be why. I work in Utah and Intermountain Healthcare operates 22 hospitals in the state. Big-time monopoly. All other competitor hospitals match their wages and keep pay down. Wish they'd...
  17. Theres always a first time....

    No kidding. When will it be ICU's turn?! Definitely
  18. Albumin administration rate and IV tubing

    Did you know you can give albumin IV push? I did that last week, per charge nurse instructions. I never knew, makes sense
  19. Should NPs replace School Nurses?

    First you tell us NP's should replace doctors, now school nurses, what's
  20. 5-year-old chooses heaven over hospital

    Oh please. Your reality does not serve as everyone
  21. Really? Your March 9th post indicates that you are now a PA. Not so? How do you have more nursing experience than all of us? And are you going to answer why you have nothing better to do than harp on...
  22. Puerto Rico CRNA programs

    You guys, I do not attend anesthesia school in Puerto Rico. I sent you both a private message about the program that a current student sent me last year. Check your
  23. My question is, why do you hang around here bashing everything nursing when you aren't even a nurse? PA must be a boring
  24. Can I be an ICU nurse if I came from an ortho floor?

    I started ICU as a new grad. I am inclined to say med/surg might be more beneficial clinically, as those skills will be utilized more often in ICU, but maybe not. The ortho nurses I mentioned did just...