BIGBLOCK472

BIGBLOCK472 has 9 years experience and specializes in Nursing Informatics.

Latest Activity

1. Considering MSN (Informatics) + NP (FNP), please give me opinions/input.

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to iridius's topic in Post Graduate

   In my opinion this is the path to take. My advice is to volunteer to be a Super User or equivalent position for an IT initiative to get your feet wet and go from there. I can't count the number of nurses I've seen working at the bedside who get an ...

2. "Hi Mrs. X, I'm Y and I'm your RN until 7."

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to anonymurse's topic in Men

   I introduce myself as, "Hi, I'm Matt, I'll be your nurse tonight." Since the nursing assistant on my rotation is named Matt as well, I invite them to call me anything they want, as long as it's not Slim, Big'un, or Son. Upon leaving, if the mood in t...

3. Male nurse crying!!!

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men

   I cry at work when I need to... it's nothing to be ashamed of.

4. the bottlenecks of nursing

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to majestix's topic in New Nurse

   Oh no, sorry, I wasn't being sarcastic. Actually, I made my post not considering that not everyone had nurse aide/ward clerk experience like I did going into nursing school. I hadn't considered that some people graduate nursing school without ever h...

5. the bottlenecks of nursing

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to majestix's topic in New Nurse

   Hmm... a changed perspective you have granted me :) I originally said no to working as an aide because all through school I worked as an aide and unit secretary. Had my hospital wanted to continue to pay me as a CNA/unit secretary (at 6.50/hr) after...

6. Nervous Student Nurse

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to su_z1010's topic in General Students

   oh my gosh! that's dr. lansdell's slideshow on therapeutic communication! her lectures were amazing.

7. Dumb question

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

   I'm from the school of thought where the "alligator eats the bigger number" and that's the only way I can keep it straight.

8. How many patients are you assigned?

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopaedic

   I'm a new grad ortho nurse (though I've been working ortho for 2 1/2 years now) and we routinely have 6-8 patients nightly. There's usually me and a CNA, but sometimes I'm coupled with an LPN. Our census is rarely high. Here lately, though, ortho h...

9. the bottlenecks of nursing

   BIGBLOCK472 replied to majestix's topic in New Nurse

   Absolutely not! RN licensure is way too hard to come by to be a nursing assistant...even just for a few months until a job comes open. If a hospital has dozens of jobs posted but won't hire a licensed RN for the position--new or not--then that hosp...

10. Want the real scoop on new grad pay in Mississippi?

    BIGBLOCK472 replied to manna's topic in Mississippi

    I'm a new grad (5/2006 from NEMCC) and I started out at $19.20 per hour plus $2/hr from 7p-11p and $3/hr from 11p-7a at a privately owned hospital near the TN state line.