BlearnRN

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1. Changed jobs-Grass not Greener

   BlearnRN posted a topic in Career Support

   So, I took a weekender job at hospital B but still work at hospital A per diem. Hospital A had a weekender job but did not offer it to me/ did not exist until I took hospital B job. B is great but now is becoming somewhat dangerous and is in a state ...

2. It is hard to ask for help.

   BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   "I should be able to do this. "- I have been telling myself this the last few days on the floor. I realize I am new to the floor, but shouldn't I be picking this up fast. The floor is in the same area that I have been working in, so why am I having t...

3. seizure questions...help!

   BlearnRN replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

   So I have worked with a lot of epilepsy patients. Unfortunately there is no common time for an episode or how long the person is postictal. I think you should ask the doctor what you should do if the person has a seizure. Usually they tell patient if...

4. new job and problem with powerchart

   BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I took on a new job. The biggest thing that I am having a problem with is powerchart. It seems like the system is not as friendly as epic. I have been struggling for the past 3 days with powerchart while working on the floor with a preceptor. The ...

5. leave or consider staying?

   BlearnRN replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks all for replying -So my manager sat me down the other day and asked if i would stay if she offered me a position. - I said I would have to see something in writing - she said that she would have the paperwork on monday and asked if i would rec...

6. HELP ME PLEASE!!! How not to send negative about a past employer?

   BlearnRN replied to sunshineyday's topic in Career Support

   Tell them you were hired on as an cardiac ICU nurse and was excited to get an ICU job but however upon arrival for training you realized that it was not a ICU anymore but a tele unit and they were no longer doing cardiac surgeries at the moment becau...

7. leave or consider staying?

   BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been an RN for about 2 years. I left my last job because I could not do overnights. My current job, which I really like and have been there a year, decided that they would not work with me with getting set hours. the reason why I wanted set ho...

8. Supervisors that gossip!!!

   BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ooooo I am sooo mad! I am on FMLA and I had to take some extra time because I got sick. The diagnosis I am going to keep to myself. However, I told my supervisors that needed extra time off and the reason is because of this certain diagnosis. Come to...

9. What do you think about foleys and infection?

   BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   There is this doctor at my hospital that is anti-foley. A person will only have it two to three days. That would be okay if it were a person who could actually get out of bed to the BR or ask to go to the bathroom. But, he will even dc it on a person...

10. I made med error, what now?

    BlearnRN replied to thomask's topic in General Nursing

    That is so annoying. I hate that. It just goes to show that you need to start checking up on the docs and ask them why the pt is getting the med. It sounds like the doc/pharmacist put the order in for the wrong pt. Plus the chart is not always reliab...

11. Called Off for Low Census!!!

    BlearnRN replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    correction 38 weeks about 9 months - no not on maternity leave yet. working up to the last minute, we do not get paid maternity leave.

12. Called Off for Low Census!!!

    BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    For the last couple of weeks our pt census on our floor has been low. It sucks, not much to do, low acuity. I did in the beginning welcome the extra day at home and the longer bouts of down time. But now, I am 19 hours short on my next paycheck!!!. I...

13. Do I need a Bachelors in Nursing?

    BlearnRN replied to justconsideringit...'s topic in General Nursing

    A lot of hospitals will pay a certain amount toward your continuing education. Some hospitals that are connected to a University usually will pay all. But you have to work a certain amount of hours, have been there for at least a yr, and at least car...

14. Do I need a Bachelors in Nursing?

    BlearnRN replied to justconsideringit...'s topic in General Nursing

    I already have a BS. I don't have a BSN but an ADN. My thought was I would get a ADN, get a job at a hospital, then when and if I wanted my BSN the hospital I was working at would pay for it - not me. ---4 yr schools are a lot more expensive than com...

15. Hospital Requiring BSN or your pay will be Capped?

    BlearnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is any other hospital out there doing this? We have just been told that if you do not have a BSN, your pay will be capped and you cannot be promoted past a certain point. Oh and also the nurses that have been there a million year--they are making th...