indynurse#2

indynurse#2 has 3 years experience and specializes in Surgical, Peds, UM.

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1. Utilization/Precert Nurses

   indynurse#2 replied to indynurse#2's topic in Case Management

   I would definitely encourage you to hang in there! I too had a long orientation, spent the first week just reading hand books and several weeks after that with a preceptor. I enjoyed it much more once I got to be at my own desk, doing things my own w...

2. Utilization/Precert Nurses

   indynurse#2 posted a topic in Case Management

   any utilization review/pre-certification nurses out there? i have been doing this for about a year for a major insurance company and just wondered what others thought about this job. i don't think there's too many of us out there :)

3. Need Advice On Job Opportunity

   indynurse#2 replied to Thepreacherswife's topic in Career Support

   This is certainly just my opinion :) But, a CNA job on a med/surg floor is not necessarily going to be enjoyable to most people, and while it will get you used to being on the floor and around patients, you will be doing very little that you will be ...

4. What nursing field would you recommend?

   indynurse#2 replied to kmommy876's topic in Career Support

   I agree that this question could be answered a million different ways depending on who you ask! The great thing about nursing is that you have literally hundreds of options. You will get a feel during school of areas you like and areas you know right...

5. How To Find A Office Position As A Rn

   indynurse#2 replied to csiln's topic in Ambulatory

   I found my previous job as a RN at a Peds office online at careerbuilder.com - also look in your local newspaper, especially on Sundays for job listings. And as already mentioned, go to your local hospital websites and do a job search.

6. Slow Clinical Days

   indynurse#2 replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Educators

   Hello - I graduated 3 years ago, so those many days spent in clinicals are still somewhat fresh in my mind :) It sounds like you are a little short on resources - but a few ideas - If anything interesting does happen, make sure everyone gets to see i...

7. Need Grad School Advice...

   indynurse#2 replied to indynurse#2's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much for the advice - I hadn't thought about being able to do a post-MSN certificate down the road but that definitely helps solidify my decision. Thanks!

8. Need Grad School Advice...

   indynurse#2 posted a topic in General Nursing

   i'm getting ready to apply to start grad school next semester and i have several options - i need advice from someone who has already done it! one is a msn - nursing administration degree that is all online. has anyone done an entire degree online? -...

9. A question for all Nurses.

   indynurse#2 replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in General Nursing

   We did frogs, pigs and cats...but never people bodies.

10. The time is drawing near...Help

    indynurse#2 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I graduated 3 years ago and remember very well the end of orientation, moving to nights for a few weeks of ori then being on my own and just as you described, being scared to death!!! As already mentioned, don't be afraid to ask a lot of questions - ...

11. I need advice, STAT! Very discouraged : (

    indynurse#2 replied to Nursygirl76's topic in Career Support

    I too hate to sound harsh, but 'several medication errors' in one year would often get you fired on the spot - you were lucky to be given the opportunity to follow a preceptor and keep working at that hospital! Is there anyway they would allow you to...

12. Oops, sorry! Son got wrong vaccination

    indynurse#2 replied to hotshot05's topic in General Nursing

    I think we all agree that something wrong happened here - the 'nurse' was rude and did not follow basic standards of practice in medication administration - she should be reprimanded about her attitude and given remedial teaching about med administra...

13. Can't stay in Med-Surg, Need Help!

    indynurse#2 replied to shewalke's topic in General Nursing

    My advise - there are too many opportunities in nursing to stay in something you hate!!! I too started out on a specialty med/surg floor from the advice of my teachers, even though I hated it even in school. I stayed 1 1/2 years, then realized the ad...

14. 2nd thoughts about being a nurse

    indynurse#2 replied to smileysenior's topic in New Nurse

    I know a lot of people have already said this, but what you're going through is very common! I graduated 3 years ago and started out working on a high acuity surgical floor fresh out of school - much of what you've written could have been written by ...

15. New RN in outpatient clinic

    indynurse#2 replied to apple3004's topic in Ambulatory

    Hello! I too am a fairly new (3 years ago) RN/BSN grad that hated Med/Surg nursing in school, but as you have probably heard a million times - I was encouraged to do at least a year in the hospital. So, after graduating I worked nights on a med/surg ...