SurvivorRN

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1. Interview Advice

   SurvivorRN replied to caligirl12's topic in Case Management

   Hi Cali, It think itdepends on the setting. (Hospital or Insurance companies ) I can tell you that I recently accepted a Case manager Job at the hospital I worked as a staff nurse , and she pretty much asked me what I knew about case management. Fo...

2. Training for Hospital Case Manager - Pls Help

   SurvivorRN posted a topic in Case Management

   I recently interviewed for two case management positions and got two job offers. I have no experience in Case Management but I am an experienced clinical and charge RN. One offer was with my current organization and they hired me for a part time pos...

3. Leaving ICU to Where?????

   SurvivorRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   For the nurses who leave the ICU...what areas do u go into.. Most nurses I know go to the PACU. Any other areas?

4. jumping from med-surg to jail nursing

   SurvivorRN replied to GraceNotes's topic in New Nurse

   I say stay at the hospital for a year...it looks good on ur resume for the future, but if u truly hate it ..then leave

5. MSN - Ambulatory Care - what can you do with this?

   SurvivorRN replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

   Beauty Clinic???

6. Shaking in my shoes

   SurvivorRN replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

   Dont give up....Dont limit yourself to the hospital..try nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other places. Hand deliver ur resume to the nurse recruiter after submitting online. Let someone review ur resume.. I believe persistence works. C...

7. Did you always want to be a nurse?

   SurvivorRN replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

   Id love to say Yes! Ive always loved to be a nurse..but that would be a fat lie. No!! I never wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to be a journalist and i was working on it but nursing just fell into my life and my family encouraged it ( I am appreciati...

8. Ethical Issue- Is this child abuse? Do I need to report this?

   SurvivorRN replied to Daria5363's topic in General Nursing

   Im still trying to trying to see how it could be child abuse ...but nothing is coming up. Like someone mentioned..its a marital issue and they need to work on themselves..so far u did not notice any form of child neglect or abuse ..either reported o...

9. Another nurse got fired because of me.

   SurvivorRN replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

   I would have notified the supervisor and filled an incident report. Then leave it to management to do what they need to do. I personally would not have called the family member myself..but that is just me..

10. How many different jobs have u had since u became a nurse?

    SurvivorRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    People talk about how nursing is so diverse and u can always switch specialty areas ..e.g ED to ICU, Tele to L&D..etc or changed hospitals completely. I just wonder how often people actually do that and what impact it has had in looking for other...

11. Let me be clear there is NO nursing shortage!!!!!!!!! and now THIS????

    SurvivorRN replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hugss ...Just be patient..Its the economy ..but things willl start picking up soon..Keep applying and dont be too picky.. sometimes its better to actually go in person to drop off your resume as soon as u apply for the job online..dont give up!!!

12. Being a preceptor blows

    SurvivorRN replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    That is concerning for someone who has been an ICU nurse for a year. Some of the things u mentioned are just basic knowledge any nurse should know. I think you both need to have a long discussion and I guess if things dont start changing soon..then t...

13. Trying to get information about GBMC in Baltimore

    SurvivorRN posted a topic in Maryland

    Im trying to get some info about GBMC in baltimore. Has anyone worked there?

14. Nurse Anesthesia or Dentistry? Which career choice would you choose?

    SurvivorRN replied to Canadian eh?'s topic in General Nursing

    Its going to be hard to get a good and fair response because u are asking a bunch of people in the nursing field ( Who know a whole lot more about nursing than dentistry) to choose betweeen dentistry or nursing ( A field that they are familiar with...

15. FROM ICU TO TELEMETRY..Now What?

    SurvivorRN replied to BSNetall's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the last post..widening ur horizons is a good way to put it.