Deetail

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1. How much more difficult is psych NP school than getting your BSN?

   Deetail posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Sure, the coursework is different/more pharm, but in terms of intensity, how do they compare?

2. Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

   Deetail replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

   I understand why you'd need to demonstrate competency for placing a line, but I don't understand the risk / why some places don't like nurses to use a butterfly for a quick and easy radial blood draw.

3. Are RNs allowed to arterial stick at your hospital?

   Deetail posted a topic in General Nursing

   I find that it's a lot easier to draw blood with an arterial stick on some patients with invisible/rolling veins. I know it's pretty common for nurses to do it in ICUs, but what about in other fields?

4. Is it a bad idea to quit a job before you have another one secured?

   Deetail posted a topic in Career Support

   I am wondering how it looks to employers or if it even matters on an application whether you are currently employed or not (assuming it hasn't been years since you last worked)

5. Moving from ICU to research?

   Deetail replied to Deetail's topic in Research

   Any other tips from the field? Is this a specialty not many people regret getting into?

6. Moving from ICU to research?

   Deetail replied to Deetail's topic in Research

   Thanks!! What is the role of the "team lead?" How is that role different than just a research nurse? Is it a field most people stick with for many, many years vs the fast turnover you see in acute care?

7. Moving from ICU to research?

   Deetail replied to Deetail's topic in Research

   How many nurses do you work with? Is it kind of like an office environment?

8. Moving from ICU to research?

   Deetail posted a topic in Research

   Would this be a big, shocking jump in fields? I can do without the adrenaline side of nursing, this would be a phase I research hospital. Is it generally older RNs that work in research?

9. Is it too early to go the MSN/NP route after just a year?

   Deetail posted a topic in General Nursing

   I see a lot of people going right into NP programs after just a year working bedside. Why do you think this is?

10. Does your hospital ID badge have your first AND last name on it?

    Deetail posted a topic in General Nursing

    seems some people might find that a little invasive when you think about how many people you interact w/ on a personal and impersonal level day in and day out.

11. What is the point of hanging a piggyback with NS?

    Deetail posted a topic in Medications

    I'm a new nurse (clearly) and I'm still figuring out why normal saline is hung alongside a primary line? Is it just to do the initial priming of the tube so you don't waste what's in the primary bag?

12. Is there really a big advantage to being full time vs. PRN?

    Deetail posted a topic in General Nursing

    Assuming you can still get full time hours as PRN... At my facility the pay is about $5 more per hour for PRN. I figure health insurance is roughly $200 a month.. Is full time still a better bet?

13. Advice needed on first RN job

    Deetail replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    So there's nothing wrong with taking it and just resigning after a few weeks? Will future employers look down on not staying at a job for 6 mos - year?

14. Advice needed on first RN job

    Deetail posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been applying nearly everywhere in my state in every field the last three months and callbacks have been few and far between. I finally landed an interview at a psych/ substance abuse center and they decided to offer me a PRN position. Now, I...

15. What's a time you went above and beyond for a patient?

    Deetail posted a topic in General Nursing

    In clinical at a geriatric center, I had one man whose wife was terminally ill in another city 3 hours away. He was clearly distressed and in my three days I spent with him he just seemed to be getting more depressed about it. Finally I asked him, wo...