tigkaskit BSN

tigkaskit has 18 years experience as a BSN.

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1. From critical care to Mother/Baby Unit?

   tigkaskit replied to MissM_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Many years ago, I transferred from Peds ICU to L&D/MotherBaby/Nursery and have been there ever since. For the most part, the patients are fairly healthy, but having experience in other areas will help you when you do get a pt that is "sicker" tha...

2. withdrawing from job offer

   tigkaskit replied to zbm's topic in Career Support

   I did this as a new grad. The hospital I was working at as a nursing student offered me an RN position. I told them I still had interviews lined up that I was committed to. They gave me a deadline so I accepted because I did enjoy that unit, but back...

3. job working with numbers/spreadsheets?

   tigkaskit posted a topic in Career Support

   I have 15yrs experience at the bedside (mostly OB and PICU) and, like a lot of nurses nowadays, would like to get away from the bedside. I'm interested in statistics, numbers, spreadsheets, things like that. What type of nursing job would this transl...

4. New Grad, New Baby, per diem?

   tigkaskit replied to Mamameema's topic in Career Support

   Even if you can find a job like that, I wouldn't recommend it. Even just starting a new unit as an experienced nurse is difficult in a part-time status. I was a nurse for almost 4 years when I changed specialties. I was required to do 3 months of fu...

5. If you could redo it....would you choose nursing?

   tigkaskit replied to ICURNPA92's topic in General Nursing

   Ehhh. Probably. Because I have no idea what else I would do. I make really good money in a (mostly) cake job. I use limited childcare due to working nights. Working weekends and holidays suck but our per diem rate is SO much less than my current rat...

6. 2017 Nursing Salaries by State, Degree, and License - Highest & Lowest

   tigkaskit replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   I'm assuming these are based on 40hrs/wk? I seem to remember taking this survey and being unsure how to answer as a part-time employee. If you ask me my annual salary, I'd say one thing but it's a far cry from what I could potentially make.

7. 42 Years Old - Is it too late to become a nurse?

   tigkaskit replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   When you consider that retirement age is 20+ years away, 42 is certainly NOT too old to try something new.

8. New Process Admitting Couplets... HELP!!!

   tigkaskit replied to puddles11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'll agree with the others that said that 6 couplets is WAYYYYY too many. I'll admit though, that I've worked on a small PP floor where we routinely had 5 or 6 couplets, and we survived. I'm not sure how, but I think our acuity was really low at that...

9. Switching from ICU to Maternity nursing?

   tigkaskit replied to vzcookie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I transferred from PICU to OB roughly 7 years ago and have never looked back.

10. Switching to LD????

    tigkaskit replied to ssrn13's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think a PRN L&D position for someone who has never done L&D is a recipe for disaster and setting you up for failure. To me, PRN means a couple of shifts (maybe 2 or 3) per month. I believe one really needs the repetitive exposure to everyth...

11. RNC-OB or C-EFM?

    tigkaskit replied to OBwonKnewbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My unit requires C-EFM for all nurses. We had to take and pass it within the first 18months of working. Some RNs do have their RNC-OB as well, but it's not something that's pushed on us, and to be honest, I don't know who has it and who doesn't. The ...

12. Mandated colors

    tigkaskit replied to KRSLPN's topic in Uniform/Gear

    When we opened our new hospital 18 months ago, we went to color coded scrubs for each job. Nurses are navy, techs are olive, pharmacy is black, etc etc. Our OR/L&D scrubs changed from that greenish color to royal. As much as I didn't really want...

13. Bedside handoff report on mother/baby unit

    tigkaskit replied to OBnurseSandy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is totally us as well. I think the switching back and forth between couplet and nursery is a bit odd. Do you force your moms to send the baby to the nursery? If mom IS keeping her baby in the room overnight, I'm assuming then both the PP RN as ...

14. Where do your postpartum Mag patients go?

    tigkaskit replied to lovemyjoblandd's topic in Ob/Gyn

    L&D. And as with a previous poster, baby could board as long as another adult takes responsibility.

15. I can't take it anymore!

    tigkaskit replied to shortsuzy87's topic in General Nursing

    Healthcare is a really tight-knit field. Managers talk between hospitals all the time, and you never know when you're going to cross paths with someone down the road. Burning bridges is NEVER a good thing. In my area, giving notice as an RN has alway...