Reds5588 BSN

Reds5588 has 9 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Medical-Surgical.

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1. Is it wrong to stay in med-surg?

   Reds5588 replied to Reds5588's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for the good advice and words of wisdom. You’ve confirmed my beliefs that I am where I belong. The only reason I was contemplating even leaving because I didn’t want to be “selling myself short” or missing learning opportunities....

2. Is it wrong to stay in med-surg?

   Reds5588 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So, I have been an RN, BSN for 5 years. I did one year at a subacute rehab before transferring to a med-surg floor in the same health system. I really loved my floor, it was a small inter-City hospital that was kind of rough but I really enjoyed it...

3. Changing jobs in the pandemic?

   Reds5588 replied to macaroni's topic in COVID

   I faced a similar situation a few months ago. I liked my job/co-workers, but after moving to a new state I was then commuting an hour each way. I applied in March to a new hospital (with better pay/benefits) 10 minutes from my new house. Literally, ...

4. How will COVID-19 affect the hiring process?

   Reds5588 replied to Reds5588's topic in COVID

   Good point... that would be terrible. I guess The only positive in that situation would be that no Clinicals would mean no urgency to stress about switching jobs this month though.

5. How will COVID-19 affect the hiring process?

   Reds5588 replied to Reds5588's topic in COVID

   I should also add: some people may say “you should have done this months ago.” Which obviously crossed our minds, but my husband really wanted that full time ER position to help with his gaining more knowledge and experience for school, and he was ab...

6. How will COVID-19 affect the hiring process?

   Reds5588 posted a topic in COVID

   So, for the past year my family has been prepping for big changes to our employment status. My husband and I are both RN,BSN. My husband is about to start his final year of FNP school. I have been a medical surgical nurse for 4 years, part-time for ...

7. My Story: Trying to move to the hospital

   Reds5588 replied to Reds5588's topic in Career Support

   We already work for the same health system, as we have for several years now. He works on the ICU and I applied for the ED, the unit managers cover for each other sometimes, which is how she knows my husband. In the interview the unit manager said ...

8. My Story: Trying to move to the hospital

   Reds5588 posted a topic in Career Support

   Background: I've worked for a hospital affiliated short stay rehabilitation unit (located in SNF, down the street from actual hospital) for two years now. I have received nothing but great reviews since starting. I accepted the position as a new gra...

9. HELP! Masking the smell of feces!

   Reds5588 replied to WhitneyRene's topic in General Students

   I was a CNA for ten years before becoming a nurse, and I learned to master mouth breathing. As the years go on it won't even bother you as much. And to the previous poster who said its the "CNAS problem," I hate to break the news to you, but you are...

10. single mom with 3 kids

    Reds5588 replied to sarasiraj's topic in Arizona

    Its hard work, but you have to stay focused. I was widowed two years ago very suddenly during my 2nd year of nursing school. I was left a single mother to two young children. I had a few key support people and I also sacrificed a lot of sleep. I ne...

11. Reasons to lose nursing license?

    Reds5588 replied to Srobbins2310's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure you've heard about the nurse in the news recently who lost her license for taking a picture of her patient's penis... So yeah, that'll do it...

12. New Grad FNP job hunting

    Reds5588 replied to EDNURSE4LIFE's topic in NP

    Service attendants??? Wow...

13. Fight or Flight ? Advice needed.

    Reds5588 replied to SuperNurse19's topic in General Students

    I agree that its common in nursing school to see students get treated differently. When I was in med surg 2 (8 months pregnant with many complications during finals too), I bombed my final and missed the passing cut off by 0.87 percent. Two other s...

14. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Reds5588 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I have a weird phobia about fingernails. After a bad experience involving cleaning feces from under a patients fingernails (very tricky task), I always get grossed out when I see dirty fingernails. Really long fingernails creep me out too.

15. What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    Reds5588 replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    My school had a representative from a review course come and talk to my class about a month before graduation. They like gave this whole presentation that basically convinced us we would fail if we did not take their course. They even had like free...