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Hello, Although I'm going to school for my BSN I was planning on becoming an EMT to work part time during school. I wasn't interested in becoming a CNA because all the information that I found said the pay range was only about $8-11, but I was talkin...

Hey guys, I was looking over the AANA website when I noticed an interesting statistic, 43% of CRNAs are males. I would have expected that number to be much lower since only 8% of RNs are males, so this means a higher percentage of male RNs become CRN...

Hey guys, I have yet to start nursing school for my RN, so I apologize for my newbie question. Just browsing the board it seems RNs are doing a lot of the menial tasks like cleaning up after the patients. I thought this kind of stuff would be reserve...

Another thread peaked my interest on this issue. How fast is the AA profession gaining ground? I thought they were able to practice in only 2 or 3 states last year, but now it sounds like they are able to practice in 16? Will they be able to practice...

I have heard that they increase lifespan. Even if this is true, at what cost? Your thoughts appreciated.

Consdering you do as much as the old guy who stands at the front of the walmart, that's a good wage.

You made a big mistake careerwise HD

I could not stand to be hungry all day either! I do the (relatively) normal exercise/healthy diet routine right now. Maybe one day they'll be saying that extra mass is bad!

I was talking about these diets IN GENERAL as they are touted (not some snickers bar diet)

Well believe it. Some people want to help others without getting arm deep in bodily fluids. My cousin is like that and going for radiologist. I know him and don't think of myself as any better than him for not minding the dirty work.

All you guys saying no... what what you rather have been instead? Most other professions are also having problems nowadays (law, medicine, engineering, IT, any social science and high level teaching job, etc)

I think this is an area where the idealism of nursing theory seperates from real world practice. Healthcare is a business just like any other and has limited resources. In the real world sometimes you just have to "let the bad apples rot" to protect ...

I will never understand how these religious types draw conclusions. Explain to these people that medical opinions are not wild speculation pulled out of the air and that they should listen to them instead of just assuming that some divine interventio...

I've read elsewhere on this board that a nice alternative to agencies is to contact hospitals for agency type work and represent yourself, eliminating the middleman (agency). It has the many benefits: 1. You can ask for a higher hourly rate and still...

Regardless I still think you should seperate your work from your hobbies. Find out how much income you want and work that many hours as a CRNA. Then spend whatever extra time you like doing some charity work (that utilizes your RN skills if you like)...

Indeed it does sound crazy. The practice of anesthesia is the most valuable skill a CRNA has, so spending any significant amount of time doing lesser paid work like regular staff RN duties doesn't make sense financially. You might as well work part t...

Maric is like Devry college, it is not a real college. (Its just a vocational school) The units you take there won't be transferable and you're paying about $30,000 a year in tuition when you could get it much cheaper elsewhere. I'd go to a legitimat...

Ok first of all please don't call me a girl anymore because I'd be the ugliest girl you every saw! Second I don't have kids but some a friend of mine does. I've seen her try to study with her kid around, and she just couldn't do it with the baby in t...

I disagree with the people who disagreed with me. Don't forget your priorities here: you have only one shot at doing well on your finals which could ultimately determine your fate in nursing. However, you have many chances to answer to the whims of a...

You need to step up and take responsibility for your actions (or lack of them). Forget your baby. Forget your bad college. Starting going over all of your notes in a barricaded room where nothing except for a bit of light from a small window can get ...

wow I had no idea epilepsy was so common. Are you guys still allowed to drive?

The most I can possibly make as an ICU new grad with benefits where I live in the Inland Empire is $30 an hour and the average is really more like $28 so ... the base pay is more like $52 to $56K. With night differentials you can get up to about $60K...

To say the least your numbers are a bit slanted. Are you talking about becoming a travel nurse for that $100k/year figure as a regular RN? Because if not, I don't see how you would make only 55-60% of other RN jobs as an ICU nurse. In So Cal. ICU pay...

Hello, Our instructor was telling us that the common limit in hospitals and textbooks for urine output before intervention is at 30 ml/hr. She said that she strongly disagrees with this figure, because at that level the kidney is outputing half of th...

His whole post was just classless which was especially ironic for this thread. I admit I was kind of harsh, but even still I didn't point out everything that I could have. Bottom line is that "class" can be more internally focused, and not just what ...