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  1. New Cardiothoractic ICU job

    offlabel replied to Biology2Nursing's topic in Critical Care

    Just enthusiastic desire is most of the battle. Not just of few folks in those places just punching the clock or stroking their

  2. Crusty Old Bats

    offlabel replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    winner....

  3. Nursing shortages

    offlabel replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Worse thing that happened to nursing was when entry level was made mostly universally BSN and the old, standard hospital based training ended. Now that the whole mid-level ship has come in, the bar to...

  4. Fentanyl Crisis

    offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    The glaring difference between diversion of usp fentanyl and the fentanyl coming up through the southern border and ports of entry is the body count. Not even close. Completely different category of...

  5. On Call Nurses - advice needed

    offlabel replied to Peachpit's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Not a question of right or wrong. They're asking you to expand your hours. Do the math and see if it's fair and/or meets your needs for your situation or is at least tolerable. Tell them what you'll...

  6. Help!! CVOR

    offlabel replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Operating Room

    If you can fog a mirror you can get a job in the CVOR at my

  7. get 'em breathing

    offlabel replied to offlabel's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ha! Indeed. Working with SRNA's, I just try to show them what's possible. And the reality is, they take the lowest common denominator mostly because it's the surest bet for their level of...

  8. Already Burnt out

    offlabel replied to sarena33's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    One

  9. Already Burnt out

    offlabel replied to sarena33's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What happens when the investigators implicate the op in fraud as well and the practice throws him/her under the bus for whatever participation he/she has already had? And allege he/she only blew the...

  10. Georgetown vs Northeastern CRNA Progams

    offlabel replied to YinzerRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    No experience with either but it all comes down to the quality if clinical training. How much clinical experience is split with residents? The less the better. None is best. How many total...

  11. Becoming a Transport RN?

    offlabel replied to WibbilyWobblyTimeyWimey's topic in Emergency

    More of a critical care role than trauma/emergency. I'd focus on

  12. Glove use beyond standard precautions?

    offlabel replied to Vicki_RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Are the gloves to protect the patient, the nurse, both? Are parents wearing gloves to touch/feed their child? How often is the child washing his or her hands (or being bathed)? Add to the list of...

  13. What was she thinking?!

    offlabel replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    The person in charge carrying a cordless handset off of the facility land line is not a big

  14. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA): Job Description, Salary, and How to Become One

    offlabel commented on Kyle Oliver's article in Nursing Career Explorer

    Tuition also varies widely. I'm sure there's a way to find out, but I've wondered recently if there is a correlation between total tuition and overall quality of training, which, I'd think, would...

  15. What was she thinking?!

    offlabel replied to pharmanurse11's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say the bigger question is why a SNF can't answer the

  16. PACU advanced degre

    offlabel replied to Genesis_BSN_RN's topic in PACU

    Agree that straight up NP's would not be a fit for PACU, but CRNA's all over the country manage PACU

  17. Johns Hopkins CTSICU

    offlabel replied to ssh41's topic in Critical Care

    Contrary to the conventional wisdom, and your desire to get into anesthesia aside, choose an ICU job because you want to be an ICU nurse. Become an expert then look to the future. Using a job as a...

  18. Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything...

    offlabel replied to MDdropouttoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    doubt that would happen enough times to actually have a policy about it. not on any admissions committee so pure speculation....prolly more trouble than it's worth accepting an mcat score in lieu of...

  19. Fentanyl Crisis

    offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Waxing philosophical is the luxury of those untouched by the disaster we're facing as a result of this problem. If the US was even half as serious as Canada is with their southern border, the fentanyl...

  20. Fentanyl Crisis

    offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that the loss of control at the southern US border by those responsible for US national security is being exploited by massive cartels in China, South America and...

  21. Fentanyl Crisis

    offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    But he has *everything* to do with day to day, boots on the ground border security as Commander in Chief as that is the fundamental national security

  22. Intravenous Catheter Selection and Why it Matters

    offlabel replied to Courtney Lemanski's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    SMH...cost of the catheter? When the expense of the infusion thru the catheter dwarfs the few dollars that the catheter costs? If it even costs a few dollars? Talk about re-arranging deck chairs on...

  23. Fentanyl Crisis

    offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    I'd say ideologic...from the President on down...with the CA governor is complicit in the deaths of tens of thousands of

  24. Fentanyl Crisis

    offlabel replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News

    Chinese fentanyl is entering South American countries flooding north through the southern US border. This is all just part of the continuing US border

  25. Nurse Practitioner had live sex for online viewing

    offlabel replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'd just be real careful about where my diet coke was when she was in the