DeLana_RN

DeLana_RN BSN, RN

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About DeLana_RN

DeLana_RN has 26 years experience as a BSN, RN.


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  1. Fake News: Nursing Shortage Due to Covid

    That's what I thought. At 58, after prolonged unemployment, I was just hired for a great outpatient job for 30% more pay than I made in my last inpatient job (at will state, no union). Yes, it was the 3rd job I applied for and I wasn't offered the ...
  2. Physician Spreads Dis-Information: License Revoked

    Yes (to answer the original question). The quacks who spread these lies are responsible for countless deaths... it's a disgrace.
  3. Interview/shadowing at Infusion Center

    Hi, I have applied at an outpatient chemo infusion center affiliated with a large hospital and have an interview scheduled; I will also be shadowing the nurses for a few hours. What do you expect from candidates who spend time with you? ...
  4. New to Dialysis

    @Eileen Meyers Thanks, hearing from someone who's been there gives me hope; much appreciated.
  5. New to Dialysis

    How hard was it to return to dialysis after a 10-year break? I'm asking because I'm considering returning to it after 13 years. I figure the basic knowledge is still there (I worked 5 years in a clinic and about a year in acutes), but am wondering ...
  6. Simple solution: Don't feed the troll ?
  7. Thoughts from a brand new dialysis nurse

    Like pp said, not all states allow PCTs to give heparin; mine doesn't, however most of the nursing staff at the clinics I used to work in let them do it anyway (I didn't, but that made my job harder). That's the main reason why I won't consider goin...
  8. After 5 years in a clinic I did some PRN work in a hospital until 2008. My next job was in inpatient hospice (7 years), and after that I had wanted to leave the bedside to find an office job (such as RN navigator). Then came COVID19, and now no one...
  9. *HELP* being accused of gross negligence

    Agree with pp. Your manager has no integrity at all, and that may be why they hired her (neither do her managers I suspect). The goal is to save money, which means getting rid of more experienced staff (more seniority usually means more pay). Sadl...
  10. It's sad to see that apparently even preceptors in residencies eat their young. Op, don't give up. 7 patients is a huge load for a new grad. They didn't give you a fair chance. There are much more reasonable employers out there. No one will hold ...
  11. Millennial Nurses Have Issues

    Lol... as one of the youngest boomers (1963) I hear that a lot from my teenage twins. They think it's offensive... I just laugh. They're only 14, so Gen Z (the generation after millenials). I have always enjoyed working with nurses of all generati...
  12. Confused and Depressed about Performance

    Agree with pp, I haven't read anything that concerns me that your job is in jeopardy. Therefore, with a smile, thank your preceptor for the great advice. You don't need any enemies and she will be evaluated for precepting you - maybe she just wants...
  13. What does the floor really think of nursing students?

    It depends. As a new nurse (20 years ago) I loved having students - but back then I was expected to take 8 high-acuity stepdown patients with one PCT. Needless to say, this was an impossible assignment (in a certain for-profit hospital I won't name)...
  14. 12-Hour Shift | Life of a Nurse

    Thank you all for making me realize my decision to get out of clinical is the right one. Too many of these kinds of shifts took their toll. I admire those of you who can (still) do it. Someone has to take care of the patients! P.S. To OP - you're...
  15. New Nurse, Med Error = Lost Job

    Would you believe that I know a nurse with 20 years experience who was fired for a common, routine med error (wrong pt, but the dose was less than the PRN the pt could have received; no harm was done; pt was not allergic, everything was self-reported...