CraigB-RN

CraigB-RN MSN, RN

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  1. Why the Customer Service emphasis?

    CraigB-RN replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there Tait, I think you hit the nail on the head. Especially when some of the most demanding patients are nurses and their families. :) As to other posters, for many if not most of the hospitals...

  2. How do I transfer my license?

    CraigB-RN replied to MovingRN's topic in Colorado Nursing

    http://www.dora.state.co.us/nursing/licensing/RN.htm Print and fill out the paperwork and make sure it's all

  3. TAMC Anyone

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone here from Presque Isle or work at The Aroostook Medical

  4. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    CraigB-RN replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hmm do you have more specifics on the states not recognizing online

  5. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    CraigB-RN replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    All this uncertanty is one of the reasons why I dropped the NP program I'm in. If I didn't have to go back and take all those 20+ year old sciences over I'd go the PA route. Nursing is and probably...

  6. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    CraigB-RN replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    CO, KS, GA all allow, and those are the only states I can vouch for. As to that being your JOB, only if you were specic about that being TX rules. Onther places, other rules. From just soing a spot...

  7. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    CraigB-RN replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    First of all there are just some people who don't have a clue, no matter what their background was. I've given plenty of Zyrtec and both decadon and depo to inpatients. I can't tell were you are...

  8. Is Excelsior BSN accepted in Florida State?

    CraigB-RN replied to baldee's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The cost is under puplications, "how much will my nursing degree cost" Accredidation is right there on the nursing home page. Only the FL BON can tell you for sure what the current status is. I'm not...

  9. Vitamin K IV

    CraigB-RN replied to Sue Damones's topic in Patient Medications

    Exactly why did the patient end up in the ICU? Half my patient population goes to the ICU after I give them some sort of IV Medication. In all this the question that is being missed is if the Vit K...

  10. Vitamin K IV

    CraigB-RN replied to Sue Damones's topic in Patient Medications

    Diluted into a running IV 1mg/min per Davis Drug

  11. Lpn In Ga Going To Excelsior

    CraigB-RN replied to candyLPN2Be's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Make sure you contact the board of nursing. To the best of my knowlege you will have to get your intitial license in another state. Most people do TN, then apply for your GA license by endorsment....

  12. Free CME?

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ANyone know of other companied besides Pri-Med that provide free CME, both at local seminars and

  13. do you check you license for any discipline?

    CraigB-RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've got way to many important things to do than check out my coworks. I'd be the first to scream privacy issues if they were looking me

  14. excelsior questions

    CraigB-RN replied to BethT's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Do your homework very carefully. YOu might just find that getting into an RN program might cost less than doing the LPN/Paramedic thing first and it might even take less time. Keep and hopen mind...

  15. CEN certification questions

    CraigB-RN replied to gs1976's topic in Emergency

    The CEN exam is a knowledge based exam. It takes awhile to get that knowlege, so you can take the exam as soon as you feel you have the knowlege. My advice though it to wait a year or so and learn...

  16. about background checks

    CraigB-RN replied to asil30's topic in General Nursing

    Each state is different. And some do require a background check, with fingerprints and everything. There are a lot of variables so don't depend on anyone to give you information but the BON were you...

  17. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    CraigB-RN replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    YUp, my BA and Med aparently aren't worth the paper they are printed on. But to keep it in perspective. I understand the teaching thing, Not being able to teach without the MSN, even though I don't...

  18. Rural Midlevel Abuse

    CraigB-RN replied to cgfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Soem of the problem is the different definition of rural. It might be better to use the rural vs frontier descripter. In a rural place, you might be ablt to get 100k if that's what your looking for,...

  19. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    CraigB-RN replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Some of the comparisons here have been apples to oranges. I wouldn't want the new graduate paramedic trying to intubate the patient hanging upside down in the car either. But the RN who had years of...

  20. Rural Midlevel Abuse

    CraigB-RN replied to cgfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I spent 6 yeas as a DON at one of those Critical Access Hospitals and my wife was employed as a PA in one. I hate to tell you this, but no one is making any money in a CAH. They are pretty much on a...

  21. Changed My Mind

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well since I can't decide what I want to be when I grow up, I've decided to drop the NP as of now. Going to finish a MSN, which I can get done in less than a year (education & Informatics). Now...

  22. Open Source Software

    CraigB-RN posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Is anyone out there using open source software? I'm in the middle of building a linux package to use as an example in a presentation to a rural health care association. The package at this time...

  23. A list of states that do not except EC

    CraigB-RN replied to starbucksnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Answer yes, but qualified, not unless they are officially here from a BON. There are just to many variables. CA told me that I couldn't get a license being an EC, (well regents) grad, but I actaully...

  24. A list of states that do not except EC

    CraigB-RN replied to starbucksnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    The only people who can answer that question is the CA Board of Nuring. Any information from anyone else is hearsay information. Each person is a little different, and each set of circumstancis is...

  25. A list of states that do not except EC

    CraigB-RN replied to starbucksnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/Licensing/Licensed_Vocational_Nurses.asp