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I did the same this time last year. Life is immensely better now and I got a nice pay raise along with the change. About a month ago I started picking up in the ER on my day off just to get a little extra OT.

Recently I've read a position statement about the military adopting Acute Care NPs. I've seen where Air NG has a specialty code for them but none of the other branches do. Does anyone currently serving know of any plans to utilize AGACNPs or ENPs?

I'm looking at the same. I have 2.5 years ICU and CCRN as well as CFRN. By the time I finish my BSN I will pass my 3 year mark. If I get 50% time credit for my civilian experience would this mean I go in as an O2 instead of an O1?

Congratulations! I actually passed mine on 2/28/18. I used Pass CCRN myself as well as the CCRN review videos by Laura Gasparis. My computer froze 3 times during the test and my reaction the third time probably should have gotten me kicked out of the testing center lol.

Only times I've ever used a filter is when infusing amio, mannitol, or TPN/PPN. There's possibly more but I've always been taught that it is used when there's a high probability that the medication will crystallize once it leaves it's container.

Some people have goals that are personal to them and certification exams can be the difference between getting a job offer and being passed up. Plus, many RN-BSN programs will give you credit for a nursing certification. It'll be much cheaper for me to take my CCRN for $300 versus pay $700 for another nursing elective course.

As a former firefighter and paramedic, I can attest to this first hand.

My last job I was IV, code, RRT nurse most nights while the charge did her thing. I basically told them on my year anniversary to never orient me to charge. Charge nurse is a position of responsibility, but delegation still has a time and place.

We had one at the last place I worked. It was great having that resource available, but the idea behind it rubbed me the wrong way. Basically, it was management's way of having a scapegoat while saying they did something good for us.

I'm 4 classes away from finishing my RN-BSN program and I'll knock it until the day I die. About half the papers I've written in this program were while I was either tipsy or flat out drunk (only way I could maintain sanity while writing on such topics). If I weren't planning on grad school, I would have been just fine with my ADN.

If it becomes a "law" to have a BSN to work at a hospital, I'll be expecting a check for the full amount of tuition, books, and fees plus allotted PTO for class work and studying.

My base pay went up, but I went from nights at my first job to days at my second so technically it was a pay cut. I still pick up PRN at my first job so that helps. They're really hurting for nurses so call-back pay is plentiful

I was a medic for 4 years before nursing school. The bedside isn't bad. Med-surg sucks. It's boring, monotonous, patients and families whine all the time, etc. I much prefer my ICU. It's far more interesting. I've actually found nursing to be far less stressful than EMS.

I'm a former firefighter/medic and currently an ICU nurse. Also worked in corrections in a past life. This is hilarious. Also hits home as I once had to Narcan a girl I graduated high school with. She was, ironically, and honor student 🤣🤣🤣

I'd do it again without question. I started out in a level 1 trauma ICU and loved it. I still work there PRN. I'm now in the PICU at a level 1 teaching facility and love it just as much. My patients are super interesting and I love a fresh, ***** trauma admit.