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  1. Admitting More ICU Patients than Hospital is Licensed To Take

    8-ball replied to J Friday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oops I didn't notice that. The other links I put up are from

  2. Admitting More ICU Patients than Hospital is Licensed To Take

    8-ball replied to J Friday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also ICU Admission, Discharge, and Triage Guidelines: A Framewor... : Critical Care Medicine http://www.learnicu.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/Guidelines-ATA-TeleICU.pdf Critical Care Delivery: The...

  3. Admitting More ICU Patients than Hospital is Licensed To Take

    8-ball replied to J Friday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Some light reading for you...http://www.hp.gov.in/dhsrhp/ICU.pdf From reading this I think you have grounds based on the lack of suction and proper outlets among other

  4. Admitting More ICU Patients than Hospital is Licensed To Take

    8-ball replied to J Friday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I cannot answer the legality of this but I can assure you that you should refuse to take an assignment you feel is unsafe. I have more than once. The first time is the hardest but from there it gets...

  5. Loneliness and other travel stuff...

    8-ball replied to vzcookie's topic in Travel

    I am lucky I get to travel with my wife she quit her job as a teacher and we hit the road. I love it but I also feel you. My parents are getting older and my dad has had 3 heart attacks in 2 years. I...

  6. what if

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    Ok so I am thinking about taking a perm position here in CA where I am now. But it would be PRN/per diem, non benefited. The requirements are 4 shifts a month and 1 has to be a weekend. There is a guy...

  7. what if

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    Thanks that is essentially what I wanted to know. Thankfully TN has no state income tax and Im sure I will pay and arm and a leg in CA tax but oh well. I cant make in TN near what I can in CA. I have...

  8. what if

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    It depends on the facility. A high need place like SF or Oakland will have need every day. In this manner you give them your dates of availability and they call if need. Depending on where you are at...

  9. Have I hurt my chances for traveling?

    8-ball replied to amedRN's topic in Travel

    I agree with Ned, I would switch specialty. Med-surg is hard and not because of the job itself but the patient population. add in 6-7 patients and now your talking severe headache, I have been ICu for...

  10. anyone use a headhunter

    8-ball posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys I am a ICU travel nurse here in the bay area and I am wanting to settle down in the area. I don't want to deal with being the low man on the totem pole again in terms of vacation or other...

  11. anyone use a headhunter

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in General Nursing

    SO now the strike is cancelled maybe that will

  12. How much more should I be making as a per Diem Nurse compared to full time?

    8-ball replied to Laraleah28's topic in Critical Care

    I am dealing with the same issue right now. I am actually a travel nurse at Kaiser north bay area. I want to get a per diem job but there are none right now. However I asked an ICU per diem nurse here...

  13. What is your salary as an NP?

    8-ball replied to niwas209's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    so its an hourly job not salary? So it sounds like guaranteed OT if that's

  14. clinical sites

    8-ball posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Ok I have read that finding a clinical site can be hard, some hospitals only work with certain schools etc. So before I start in NP school I want to find one that helps the students with placement,...

  15. clinical sites

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    That is exactly my point I just want the process to be easier and the less stress I incur with regards to clinical the better. Still hoping to find the right

  16. need advice

    8-ball posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am a ICU nurse and have been for about 7 years. I love the ICU but I also can see that I will not be able to do this forever. I want to go to NP school but my problem is FNP or ACNP. I would love to...

  17. has anyone done a dual program

    8-ball posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So I am looking at a program that has a dual NP FNP/ACNP according to a friend that is just joining the program this year...however I wonder what the benefit is to a dual cert? any thoughts? Also I am...

  18. need advice

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for that

  19. has anyone done a dual program

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So other than an ER is there any benefit to a dual program? should I just go for FNP and work towards a clinic role. If I do FNP...since I have 5-6 years of ICU experience as an nurse would I be able...

  20. do any NPs wish they did something else

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That sounds right up my alley....So do you mind me asking what exactly you are choosing to do? do you have a job offer yet? I am just curious the setting you will be working in. I think I would like...

  21. I give up on IR

    8-ball replied to BexnRN's topic in Radiology

    I have worked places where a senior Tech was the manager but I agree its a bad idea. My eval was completed by another nurse though. I would say this isn't the norm, most places have a NURSE manager...

  22. ACNP

    8-ball posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Can anyone tell me or send a link, as to what the job market is like for ACNP. From the ICU's I have worked in I have only been to one where they are utilized and it seemed (at the time) the...

  23. Torn between travel nursing and where I'm at now

    8-ball replied to FilAmICU's topic in Travel

    Lack of benefits is a major expense for me. my wife and I pay almost $700/month for crappy insurance. Also not to scare you but the new tax law could dramatically effect the tax free compensation....

  24. do any NPs wish they did something else

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually I am seriously considering ACNP but as I stated I have only witnessed a few instances of them being used in the ICU environment and I worry about the job market for them...but I am still in...

  25. do any NPs wish they did something else

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow, thanks for tall the replies everyone. I currently work as an ICU travel nurse (last 2 years) I really was thinking about ACNP but in the last 2 years I haven't seen any ACNP used at the...