MiaGirl

@MusicGuy I looked at some of your posts, most pertaining to EP, would it be ok to PM you? I'm an EP nurse as well i'd love to pick your brain about some stuff.

EP is an animal that stands on it own. ICU or ER experience goes hand in hand just because the pts we get are sick, they might have a lot of disease processes and you need to be able to understand what is going on with the pt as a whole and what things can be affected. but its not required. it depends on the hospital. and yes i agree EP will makes you feel as though you are lost but with time things start to piece together and you begin to understand why that person is getting an ablation. closing a PFO, putting a PPM. it might seem as a simple matter because drips are not being managed or pts are not on vents but think about the electricity of your heart its is literally the generator that makes sure things are running. if its not functioning right, there is no way it will have the right conduction to run smoothly. EP is a mix or critical care, Surgical services, Cardiology, just to give you a rough surface overview. and there are specific EP things are are learned on the job. in terms or managing a rapid in your holding area, great you were managing a pt that needed help! its not that EP cant do it. it perhaps occurred in transit once the procedure was done. when ever a pt de-compensates codes are in place to help the pt stabilize good job in helping stabilize those pts or even save them, that is the beauty of being a nurse.

Yes, you have two years of nursing exp, but no EP experience. you can check what the rates are in your area for a nurse with that amt of experience in general normally that would be you base and there is a differential added to that but its not part of your base hourly rate. and that reference to you being in the lab. that can be a better guage. To add EP is a specialty the things you do and learn will be exclusive to the lab. coming in with floor experience is great but not something to level with in terms of wage. It will seem as a lot of things to juggle but keep in mind you are doing this for the duration of the case only not for a full 12 hour shift. cases can range between 1.5 hours to 3 depending if there if its a PPM implant, or an ablation. or even less than that if you are performing a linq implant or removal which all together take less time than getting the patient prepped. and if there is a team of nurses you are not assigned to every case. you are rotated. so might have down time or a different role such as an assist to the room rather than circulating for the procedure.

did HCA come after you? for the balance of the contract?

anything HCA is sure shot to be a nightmare, its a for profit organization. the bottom line is HCAPS and being in the green! Patient satisfaction is the bottom line. the HCA hospital I worked for had new grads that are still completing their residency functioning as preceptors. yes, re-read it again. I don't say this to throw shade, to say they are not good nurses, but there is all together something wrong with that picture.

I just checked, yes its closed. they might have reached their quota or had a deadline that's already passed. Here is the link of their career section. Careers at Baptist Health South Florida bookmark it for their next cycle. they normally have postings for the program in Dec and May for the February & July cohort respectively.

I heard that applications are being accepted till june 8 or until they fulfill the amount of recruits they are looking for and that progressively they will start call backs at that point.

I applied and application says in screening processes. Does anyone have any insight on what timeline they are working on?

I need some sunshine or guidance. I seem to always be stuck on two choices when i get prioritization questions that have "INITIAL ACTION" or "MOST" or "IMMEDIATE" for example question in Uworld asking (and this is an over simplification of the question) Pt is Hyperkalemic (K =7) with an ST Elevation + Peaked T wave what is the IMMEDIATE Action (I'm paraphrasing) Choices I as stuck on were Calcium Gluconate, Insulin IV with Dextrose answer: Calcium Gluconate I understand the rationale: everything can be given to the patient because his potassium is high however calcium gluconate would be most appropriate because of it would address the cardiac issue and "hold" them until you can then admin meds that would reduce the amt of K in him. my issue is that in a question constructed in this manner when it says Immediate, i always get stuck between two answers. Another question in LACharity pt is complaining of chronic pain and Complains to the charge nurse the nurses don't respond to his requests for pain. what is the nurses INITIAL Action Choices I'm stuck on perform complete pain assessment as well pain history have conference with the staff nurses to assess their care answer: have conference What I'm getting at is: DOES ANYONE have a short hand on how to address these once you have been able to narrow it down to two choices. and I don't mean content wise. i mean a strategy to share. pleaseeeeee

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UPDATE @ Jtm_RN I'm sorry, I won't be able to get to the drive until Monday. Send me a pm with your email address, I'll forward it on Monday. If it's not too late for you.

Sure not a problem, I'll send it over tomorrow morning, I have them in a drive that is not currently with me. The email was sent out like a month ago, to the MDC email. aside form instructions for where to get the syllabi, it also mentioned the need to download and print the clinical nursing manual. It's a ginormous file like 95 pages. you can see the doc here School of Nursing | Miami Dade College in the manual section of this link.

Not sure if this addressed to me, but are you in the Accelerated program?

It's for the Accelerated Option (AO). An email was sent out to AO students that they could access course syllabi in a folder on the MDC medical campus server. when I went the folder contained the info I mentioned in my original message. Are you in the Accelerated Option?

Yes, they syllabi, powerpoints, and all forms needed for the first few courses: NUR1025, NUR 1025C, NUR 1142 & NUR 1060C are available on the server at the Medical campus. I realize, this post is from a few days ago, let me know if you need them. Regards, Tania