Becca_Anne

Becca_Anne

Member
  • Content

    49
  • Visitors

    2,241
  • Followers

    0

About Becca_Anne

Becca_Anne has 5 years experience.


Latest Activity

  1. 10 Survival Tips for the Highly Sensitive Nurse

    I'm definitely an HSP, but I believe it makes me uniquely sensitive and empathetic to my patient's needs. I work in a clinic, a lower noxious stress environment and have a job that lets me work one on one with people. I have more control over my envi...
  2. Blood glucose and infant measurements

    We use a scale for weight and measure on the exam table just marking on the paper and using a measuring tape. Our glucometers are just cheapy true tracks. They work fine.
  3. Attn Clinic/Doctors office nurses!

    I just corrected one of our medical providers today (she is very new to our practice) when she referred to the MA's as the nurses. I gently asked her if she could remember to call them Medical Assistants as I had worked very hard for my title and fel...
  4. Lead Nurse Responbilities

    I'm the lead RN at our clinic which is part of a larger organization with multiple clinics. I am the only floor RN at that site, we also have a RN case manager who manages our more complex patients. I am responsible for training MA's and checking the...
  5. Personal Experience after Many Years as a Nurse

    I am so very sorry for your loss. Know you did the best you can and I am sure that your son would be proud that you made the choice to donate his organs as he wished. Sending hugs and prayers for you and your family!
  6. New RN, Ok to do ambulatory/clinic?

    I am 9 months into my first nursing job at a women's clinic. It has been a perfect fit for me. I think as long as the RN has good critical thinking skills and common sense it is fine to start out in a clinic. I don't think it would be easy to transit...
  7. Walk-Ins with Chest Pain

    We have this happen from time to time. We get more phone calls than walk ins though, and then sometimes they will leave a message!! I dread getting a message from a pt stating they have chest pain. I have even had people leave a message stating they ...
  8. Late nights at doctor's office

    I work 4 10 hr shifts 8-6:30, and these do run over. The latest I ever worked was 10pm but all of our clinics had been closed the day before and we had a huge backlog of labs and phone calls to wade through. Most nights I am heading home by 7pm. I lo...
  9. Passed The NCLEX-RN With 75 Questions!

    Congratulations!!
  10. Applied for jobs for 3 months!!

    It took me 11 mo to get my job and I was just hired. I only had 3 interviews in that entire time span and I applied to 100's of jobs all over the country. The job I got was 15 min from my house at a clinic. I knew a friend of a friend who worked ther...
  11. Advice for new RN

    Nurse residencies offer additional training in the hospital with classes and a preceptor. Here's a great thread with info https://allnurses.com/nursing-career-advice/all-nurse-residency-419156.html
  12. Not having answers to interview questions

    Don't lose hope! I finally got a job in a clinic just this last friday and it took me 11 months! I only had 3 interviews during all that time. Just be open to possibilities other than hospital nursing and use your network. A friend of a friend worked...
  13. Not having answers to interview questions

    Sounds like you need to think about how you would handle those situations if they had occurred. Just say "I never had that happen, but if it did this is how I would handle it" They'll just move on to the next question. I read a lot of books on interv...
  14. I've been looking for a job since April 2011. I graduated in June, passed NCLEX July 2011, just got hired! I applied at so many places, every hospital residency I could find. I ended up in a great local clinic where I think I will be very happy. Not ...
  15. no hope for nurses without experience??

    I had just about given up after 11 months looking without success. I applied to a clinic where a friend of a friend worked and finally got in. I only have volunteer experience on my resume I haven't worked in 20 yrs so if I can get hired you can too....