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Its not easy to find reputable work at home nursing jobs. Most would require experience. It may serve you better to find something part time to get your foot in the door. I feel hospital floor nursing is a good way to start as it builds a foundation ...

If you love it...go for it. I dont think you can go wrong to get your RN.

I have never placed one. I do know at my facilty the paramedics have placed them during emergent situations as many of our clients will be very difficult to get IV access on. I personally think its the greatest thing since sliced bread, and where i ...

As far as I know it is relatively common practice for tele nurses to float to ICU. I guess its a matter of how comfortable the float nurse feels with the assigned patients. You are fortunuate to work in a facility where it appears they are aware of...

I can see both sides of this. I worked tele, stepdown but did have to float to ICU occasionally. As stated above, i would also get uncomplicated patients. I do feel we need to be open to new learning experiecnes. No problem in that if we were not ...

Might try myfreece.com. For a fee, i think its close to $36 yearly you can do as many as you want. They are also actually pretty interesting, or you can just take the tests if you are in a hurry.

I too am happy you have this opportunity. The U has always been and continues to be an exception to the norm in Iowa. I currently work for the state in a facility. Would I prefer a more clinical setting? Yes, at times. But if i do it will be p...

I have heard the low Iowa pay may be related to the low medicare/medicade reimbursement rates for Iowa. I feel it is also, as i have stated before, very much related to how nurses are viewed here, blue collar, and the fact that they put up with it....

a couple years ago bridge staffing was suggested to me as we had a few travelers in our hospital from there. one of nurse using them said her rep had been very good to her and they took care of their nurses. that was her experience with them.

Sounds like a great idea. I think you will enjoy it.

I like the way you describe yourself. With a few exceptions, i really enjoyed working with male nurses and as a charge nurse, felt fortunate to have them on my team. It does make us think about the male/female dynamic when it comes to treatment by ...

I took the NCLEX about 2 years ago. It seems to me the med questions I had were fairly generic, or r/t a disease or conditon. A couple med calculations that were very basic and you get a calculator to make sure math is correct. The best advice i c...

Yes, let us pray they are not "yahoos". Just dont plan to leave the ATL area, once you get outside of it, you are looking at another world. Unforetunely having the CDC there has not helped much in the way of progression for the state as a whole.

I guess it depends upon what else is important to you outside of work. Of course we are nurses for everyone. However, one must consider life after and outside of work.

I recently moved back to IA from So FL. I have to say i was disapointed about the pay in Ia. It seems as if the state regards nurses as blue collar workers, which nothing wrong with blue collar, its just that we as nurses are carry a professional l...

Hi to all, I am a native Iowan and have been living in So Florida for 5 years. I recently began working as a new nurse in January. The facility I work in had the EMAR system. Does anyone know if hospitals across Ia are using this system, and if so wh...

My tele unit has a similar policy. We do hang cardizem, but it has to be ordered at a specific rate with specific parameters. If the doc wants it titrated, basically meaning the pt will be very closely monitored and the drip will be adjusted accordin...

No lock on the pca? ours are enclosed in a plastic case that requires a key. cant imagine it any other way.

Here in the Ft. Lauderdale area, and I believe, south fl. in general, there is a high demand for nurses. I have never heard of any RN, and for the most part LPN, having any difficulty finding work. New grads welcome most places, after all they dont h...

Firepup, That is great to hear. I went to ISU and lived in Ames for 10 years. Thinking of coming back to area, although these FL winters will be hard to leave behind. How long did you work there and what was your experience like at MGMC? How about o...

Thanks for the replies regarding emar. In my hopsital the only time we enter and order is if it is a stat order and the pharmacy isnt open. I can go to the accudose, or pixis, get out the med, scan it and go thru the process of entering it. For all ...

You may also want to consider if it is actually the shift report that is the problem. Speaking as a newer nurse, I dont always get every little thing done simply because there is still much I dont know. I try to ask, and to get assistance for the i...

Fire her? Drastic measure, but whatever. Report her to the board of nursing? Ridiculous!!!!! I guess this is just another one of the many reasons many good, caring, intelligent and fully competent nurses leave the profession. A very sad and scary c...

I also work on a floor where we have a very elderly population with fragile veins who often require transfusions. Rarely do we insert an 18G into these folks. 22-24, usually not a problem. Sometimes the pump is what inhibits the flow. I have found t...

NRSKaren, Thanks for this post. I learned a lot looking at these links. I respect the fact that you took the time to give us and the OP some useful, well thought out info instead of simply jumping to a conclusion, and with no further explaination de...