L8RRN

L8RRN

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L8RRN has 5 years experience.


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  1. Nursing School and Being a Military Spouse

    I was a military spouse for 18 years and became a nurse a few years before my husband retired. I'm not sure what you can do in Japan that would help. We were stationed in Germany and job opportunities were not great but working or volunteering in t...
  2. Do I like Case Management

    I am a case manager in a large hospital and have a total of about 3 years experience in two separate facilities. To address your post, I work as a discharge planner and rotate holidays with the other case managers. It works out to about one holiday ...
  3. Typical OR shift?

    I worked in a Level 2 OR. Where I was, I only had 9 weeks of orientation and I had never worked in the OR before! I was a float, too, and moved between ortho, general, neuro, vascular, gyn, and even robot. There is a VERY steep learning curve and ...
  4. Where Do I Go From Here

    Are you going to stay where you are located now once his med board is completed? A lot depends on where you want to settle down and if moving will still be an issue later on down the road. You will have to look at requirements for schools in the ar...
  5. I had to give my employer a copy of my BSN degree for my personnel file. This was just last month at a new job, so they will possibly verify it!
  6. Have you ever been to an interview like this?

    I interviewed in the OR and it was similar to your interview. They basically told me they didn't really know what to ask since I had no OR experience and it turned into a more personal conversation with the three interviewers. I walked out hoping t...
  7. 7 months and I can't do this anymore.

    I felt a lot like you do when I worked on a med/surg floor right after graduating from a RN program. It was fast paced and I managed to make it through a year but NEVER enjoyed it (and would never want to do it again). I started my nursing career a...
  8. UALR? UAMS? or Baptist?

    I can't comment specifically on which school has more clinical/hands on experience, but here is some information to consider. What kind of degree are you wanting? All three offer something different on graduation. You can always go on and continue ...
  9. What makes a good nurse case manager?

    I don't have experience as that type of CM. It may be in clinic or may be with an insurance company. Some insurance companies use case managers to help coordinate care for chronic conditions (like those you listed above) to help with compliance and...
  10. What makes a good nurse case manager?

    It really depends on the type case management. I'll just comment with my opinion on the roles I have participated in as a CM: Utilization review: STRONG medical knowledge, knowledge of insurance rules and admission criteria. Discharge planning: S...
  11. I feel like it's the end

    While taking the test, cover the answers with a blank index card while you read the question and see if you can formulate an answer BEFORE moving the index card. If what you thought of is one of the options on the multiple choice, pick that one and ...
  12. RN to BSN in NY

    I did SUNY Delhi for one semester for one class. It went fine. I started a second class the next term and logged on the Wednesday before class officially started to read the syllabus, class info, etc. Nothing major and I waited to log back on the ...
  13. The military is moving my family!

    I went to nursing school while my hubby was active duty. I received some pre-reqs in one state then moved to another and took another class and even took 2 online classes from yet another state. My entire nursing program was all from the same schoo...
  14. Do we have to know everything???

    For meds, learn the endings of the generic names. It will clue you in on what the medication is for...like it may say "nursapril" but you will know it is an ACE by the ending (-pril). Then you can look at answers relating to blood pressure/non-prod...
  15. Accepatnce letter to NS with a catch?!

    We had to take one every semester, but we had to get 100%. First one was more basic type math (and measurement type stuff) and no calculator. Later semesters were more dosage calc and IV drip rates, etc (and we could use a calculator). We got 3 tr...