Journey_On BSN, RN

Journey_On has 15 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Mother Baby & pre-hospital EMS.

Latest Activity

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   Nurse Lunch Break Survey

   Journey_On replied to esrun2015's topic in General Nursing

   Area of employment: Staff Nurse in Mother Baby (Postpartum) In the last five shifts at work of more than 5 hours, how many of them did you take a lunch break of 30 minutes, uninterrupted: 5 (but I do occasionally get calls/texts on my work phone...
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   Any nurses who are autistic (2/13/24)

   Journey_On replied to Shasha's topic in Disabilities

   I am. Communication is hard sometimes - sometimes things I want to say don't come out right or I end up sounding like a fool. Also not being able to socialize or talk with other nurses on my unit as "good" as I want to because I am so busy with ...
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   Welcoming New Nurses

   Journey_On replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

   I think we have moved to a more welcoming, mentoring attitude. At least on my unit it feels that way. We have a lot of newer, younger nurses, and the general vibe is chill, so I think that has a lot to do with it.
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   Any INFJ nurses in nursery or postpartum?

   Journey_On replied to fluffymochiburr's topic in NICU

   It's been several years since I took the Myers-Briggs test, but upon a quick overview of each of the preferences, I would probably put myself as an ISFJ, which is slightly close to yours. I wanted to answer because I could sort of relate in that...
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   CPI Cert?

   Journey_On replied to mclovin's topic in Agency

   I also am wondering where to get CPI certification because the really expensive options are the only ones I've seen as well. Like the OP, I suspect they have to pay for it because their agency requires it or it is required to pick up jobs in cer...
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   Med Surg to Lactation Consultant Advice

   Journey_On replied to RN1177's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am not a lactation consultant, but I would recommend starting to look for jobs in L&D and postpartum. I personally would recommend postpartum because a lot of what we do is newborn care education, a LOT of which includes bottle and breast feedi...
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   Do you regret becoming a nurse?

   Journey_On replied to jengood's topic in General Nursing

   There was a time in my life I sort of regretted it, but I know it's because I was burned out by working med-surg type places in the hospital, and that's not what I ever wanted to do. Now I work on mother baby in the hospital (the job I wanted si...
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   Women's Health Nurse Practitioners being phased out?

   Journey_On replied to RnStarvingstudent88's topic in NP Students

   You're welcome - and congratulations! Oooh, thank you for the tips. They are validating. I am in no rush to leave bedside myself (enjoying Mother Baby). As far as going for my NP, I go back and forth. I'm satisfied in my jobs, but I often w...
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   Women's Health Nurse Practitioners being phased out?

   Journey_On replied to RnStarvingstudent88's topic in NP Students

   I too, have noticed there are way more FNP programs than WHNP. I personally feel like I would go for WHNP because it matches more with your goals. Perhaps if you feel later you want to widen your scope of practice, you could add on a FNP post-gr...
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    Antepartum new grad

    Journey_On replied to Jordan Anthony's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're very welcome! Awesome. It will be a great experience.
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    Antepartum new grad

    Journey_On replied to Jordan Anthony's topic in Ob/Gyn

    (I work in mother-baby, but I float to antepartum occasionally.) I feel it would be a great area as a new grad, and yes, esp. if you want to work with women and babies. The babies you will work with there won't be born yet 😉 - however, you will ...
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    Adding Robots to Help Nurses?

    Journey_On replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    We are actually in the process of launching a robot to *assist with* discharge education teaching. I am very excited to see how she works - I hope she saves us time because discharge education on our unit is long.
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    RN Looking into MSN-FNP

    Journey_On replied to kat1822's topic in NP Students

    Hello Katherine, I think you should look into Frontier Nursing University. It is all distance-based with two on-campus visits to Kentucky. I feel like their mission statement aligns with your dream. Best wishes to you! 🙂
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    Is L&D/PP as Stressful and Scary as I've Heard? Need Career Guidance

    Journey_On replied to CMV2254's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can’t speak too much for L&D, as I have only floated there a couple times, but maybe look into a postpartum unit? I do not feel it is super stressful. As for nursing skills, they will come back to you in your orientation - prior to my post...
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    Did not pass COHN-S

    Journey_On posted a topic in Occupational

    For any nurses out there who did not pass the COHN-S exam the first time..... I know info about retesting will be sent to me by the ABOHN, but did you have to wait the full 8-12 weeks until you received anything from them? And how soon afte...