2BS Nurse BSN

2BS Nurse has 11 years experience as a BSN.

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   Do I have to get my first nursing job in a hospital?

   2BS Nurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I took my first job in a clinic and have stayed in the outpatient setting ever since. One thing to mull over... when Covid happened, I was unable to take advantage of the lucrative travel contracts available to those with inpatient experience. I beca...
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   Trouble getting job after bachelor degree.

   2BS Nurse replied to Masterja's topic in Career Support

   Hmmm, not sure Canada hires with the same expectations as the U.S. Here in the U.S., BSN nurses are not more expensive (there may be some exceptions). Where I live, completing the BSN does not earn you a pay increase.
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   Phasing Out ADN?

   2BS Nurse replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with Hobe: "What would make better nurses? Other nurse could mold better nurses by giving better training. Hospitals should be advocating for better training". These days, new nurses have to seek out training on their own time. I'm my mo...
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   Phasing Out ADN?

   2BS Nurse replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

   In my area, the major health care companies require new ADN grads to complete the BSN (within 5 years of employment). They also contribute money toward the program. Honestly, the BSN program was pretty much a repeat of ADN program (I went to an excel...
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   Ethical Arguments Against Mandatory Vaccination

   2BS Nurse replied to ldhrn73's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN for your post. I am currently reading Pox: An American History, by Michael Willrich. We humans are a vain race. If Covid-19 had scarred our faces horribly (like smallpox did), we'd be hearing a whole different point-of-v...
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   Ethical Arguments Against Mandatory Vaccination

   2BS Nurse replied to ldhrn73's topic in General Nursing

   "There is epidemiological trend in a dramatic rise of autoimmune disorders. My personal belief is that the overuse of antibiotics and too many vaccines might be behind this". I am reading the words "personal belief" and "might". A belief is not ...
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   Advice about walking outside while recovering from Covid

   2BS Nurse replied to guest1200295's topic in COVID

   Follow the guidance on the CDC website. "Ending Isolation and Precautions for People with COVID-19: Interim Guidance". These guidelines will change over time. Passing by someone outside on a walk is very low risk for transmission. That being said, th...
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   New Grad Orientation Doesn't Feel Safe or Supportive

   2BS Nurse replied to Camillus_Was_a_Murse's topic in General Nursing

   As I was reading through, I was thinking "is this a fake post"? Everything about it seems so wrong. Do NOT stay here! I agree with SnickRN above. "Thousands of hospitals are looking for staff and it sounds like they would treat you better than where ...
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   Decisions decisions

   2BS Nurse replied to Miss_Rose's topic in Operating Room

   "I know the pediatric position wasn't interested in allowing a shadow day". This is a red flag for me. I would ask why. Are you ready and able to interact with distraught parents? Will your 12 hour shifts turn into 16? Living so close to a...
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    Teaching students to write in APA format

    2BS Nurse replied to Sam_Rabbit's topic in Educators

    "Think about those of us who didn't have a computer word programs. We had to retype every version (one typewriter) ...but we were fully engrossed in our study, methodology, results and conclusions" Those days of writing out a nutrition analysis ...
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    Teaching students to write in APA format

    2BS Nurse replied to Sam_Rabbit's topic in Educators

    We were given Purdue Owl as a reference, then sent to a "writing lab" within the school for help. You could set up a time and someone would go over your paper, check for grammatical errors, etc. Later on, when I had to write a paper, I'd watch a very...
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    Why Hospitals Don't Value Nurses: A Nurse's Perspective

    2BS Nurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Love this Nurse Beth! So well written!
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    Leaving Bedside

    2BS Nurse replied to Nora Joyce's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought about trying urgent care? You won't make as much money as working in the ICU, but it's higher paying than most clinic positions. You can also work 12s if that's what you like (4s and 8s too). It's boring at times, but won't exhaust y...
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    Advice For a New Instructor Please!

    2BS Nurse replied to New-Instructor's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we routinely auscultate BPs in the clinic, but the automatic cuff goes on during an emergency and is set to run every x minutes. I have too much to do and there aren't enough of us to take vitals, apply EKG, call 911, start IV, apply O2 and admi...
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    Weird Performance Evaluation

    2BS Nurse replied to ChaosCoordinatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Sleepwalker. A manipulative way to avoid handing out pay increases.