Huachuca

Hello!, I am currently working in a Cardiac Cath Lab that also does Interventional Radiology Special Procedures. We also have Radiology nurses in a different department. I have worked as an Emergency RN, Flight RN, and Rapid response nurse. I thin...

Get your certification in the field you are in now. I am not sure what it is called, but I know there is a certified NICU RN. And since you are studying, and have the EMT already, get your CFRN. It is mostly CCRN with CEN stuff and a little prehos...

Ask yourself if you really want to be in a profession that cares for other people. If you do, then nursing is great. There are plenty of negatives in nursing. We are overworked, underpaid, stressed, eat our own.....you name it. However, in as litt...

I am a flight nurse that came from an ED background. All of my co-workers that came from ED only wish they had more ICU experience. On the flip side, all the ones that came from the ICU are usually missing maternal/pediatric/L&D. I think your...

I tried to send you a PM, but you box it too full!

If you don't mind relocating, I would reccommend signing onto the medical transport websites and look at job opportunites. Airmethods, PHI, Medtrans, are some of the largest. I work in the southwest, and there are always openings for flight nurses....

I work in the southwest and drive 120 miles to my base. We have 24 hour shifts. The schedule is 24 hours on/24 hours off/24 hours on....then 5 days off. We have crew quarters to stay in. If you really want to be a flight nurse and don't mind relo...

All of our hospitals are having similar issues with exceeding maximum capacity on a regular...and this can be daily basis. My hospital has instituted a hospital wide approach, called Code Purple. When we are holding more than 5 admitted patients (o...

I would advise you to take the TNCC. It is a great class to nail down head to toe assessments, regardless of your specialty. Will it open doors for you? Probably not, except that it will show your willingness to continue your education. I precept ...

I want to address all the issues that you have brought up (ie the 22 gauge, the change of pressor, the blood gases, the tests, etc) Here is what happens. I am in a room with 5 other patients, no tech, and one other nurse. I get a report that we ha...

We just had our Joint Commission review and they would have had a fit if they saw contaminated items (ie, specimens) in with meds. I would check their web site.

Times change, areas of the country are different. If someone wants to display their first and last name, that is their option. For myself, I prefer first name only with title (RN, BSN, etc). I am in the southwest, where identify fraud is extremely...

I am a nurse working in an emergency department. I had a patient last week that came in with a dialysis cath in her left chest wall. First of all let me say that I know to NEVER touch them. But here is the problem, the patient was most likely se...

I graduated 1 1/2 years ago from an ADN program, I am 45 years old now, working in the ER. It is great. Nursing school was in most ways easier for me then for my younger classmates, because I had life experience. I have three kids, and had to mak...

I went to the TMC recruitment day, they splash out lots of money...treated all of us to a night at the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch...very nice. They had a "Meet the Managers" reception prior to that. I was looking into going into the ER. The ER rep w...

Thanks for those words of advise. I think I will go to my nurse educator with this because it would be great to be educated about it BEFORE you have to figure it out the hard way. Huachuca

I know a few PCTs that are going throught the program now. The way that it works, the first two semesters they took classes that were taught by staff from Carondelet using Pima College materials. I am pretty sure that they even took the same tests...

I work for Carondelet. The PCT to RN program is through Pima Community College. We also have a program for ASN to BSN and BSN to Master that is through Grand Canyon University. I have not heard of a shortage of funds for the any of the programs, ...

Here is some advise from a new grad, in an ED(total of 8 months now), who has been on my own for 3 months now. My hospital has a great education/orientation program. We are put through EKG, Critical Care Classes, ED classes, ACLS, PALS, etc. This pro...

I am not exactly sure, but I do know that to get into the U of A you have to have the Nutrition class with a lab, College Algebra, Writing, a language class, and something in the arts catagory. I know it sounds like a lot, but it is worth it. Every...

I have not decided yet, but I am leaning toward NAU. The place I work has an onsite RN to BSN program thru Grand Canyon, but that will mean signing another contract. I love where I work, but I think it might feel better doing it on my own. My plan...

Another way to do the pre-req's....you need A&P 201 and 202, and Micro...you can take them accelerated in one semester. For 5 weeks you go all day Saturday and Sunday for 201, the next 5 weeks all day Sat and Sunday for 202, and the last 5 wee...

I did the same thing...started out, then got worse on the practice tests.....You are ready to take the exam. I found out what helped me the most was just reviewing...If you can get a hold of the HESI review book, that was excellent....Things were ou...

Yeah, but does that mean that she won't be the one teaching anymore? That would be a shame, I am pretty good with ABG's because of her....

I heard that MB stepped down and Marty is taking over.....