bstullis

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1. Win $100! June 2015 Caption Contest

   bstullis replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   I promise there aren't any Ebola patients this week. Besides, they would have had to burn my cloths at the hospital.

2. New Grads - Where are you now?

   bstullis replied to Ambitious83's topic in LPN/LVN

   I was encouraged to apply for jobs before I graduated, so started applying in October 2009. Graduated from ASU in Dec 2009, licensed April 1st 2010 (had to check 4 times to be sure it wasn't a practical joke), and couldn't find a job in nursing until...

3. RN Shift Report Sheets - New Grad

   bstullis replied to SICURN3's topic in MICU

   Possibly resurrecting a flatlined thread here, but I just started orientation to CICU and am looking for something that gets me organized at a glance for beginning of the shift prior to seeing the paper flow sheet we have (at least until we finally t...

4. Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

   bstullis replied to hkrntobe's topic in Safety

   Call it what you want (ACA or Obama Care), healthcare is in more turmoil than has been seen in 20+ years. With the Supreme Court upholding the "tax" argument, the government (I don't blame this only on Mr.Obama, but Congress as well) has taken steps ...

5. Soooo, I quit

   bstullis replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing

   in response to what you learned. . . 1. Advocacy is real, We are the eyes and ears of the Doc. If something is wrong, fix it and move to the next. Critical thinking is the real advocacy. If one thing doesn't work, think of something that will. There...

6. Wage Deflation In Nursing

   bstullis replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   The problem is those with the money usually outlast those without. It usually goes back to a cost/benefit analysis, can they save more by going on and on with litigation until the bank of the opponent is broken or will a "settlement" get them out wit...

7. Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

   bstullis replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

   Reading and listening to debt control talking heads like Dave Ramsey (I agree with him on nearly everything while in debt) teaches me to keep a small emergency fund ($1000.00 but I prefer more like $1500-2000.00). If your savings is more than $1000 y...

8. Day of Codes

   bstullis replied to libran1984's topic in Emergency

   fantastic state of mind. Thanks for the return to sanity here. I work in a 600+ bed level II trauma hospital and haven't seen that kind of day for a while. Great team work, sounds like things run the way they should. keep the stories coming.

9. Having to tell people there is no nursing shortage

   bstullis replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

   I wish that were so when I graduated. I applied to many hospitals, including 5+ rural hospitals serving a few hundred (3-5 small towns) with ~50 beds, to serving a few thousand with ~150 beds (numbers serving may be off, the county only had ~5000 peo...

10. Advice from someone who hires

    bstullis replied to Patti_RN's topic in Job Hunt

    I like nearly every point made by this article. The one point I feel was glossed over but not actually made apparent was "Be Patient." Not everyone can be patient though. I was working 2 jobs 235mi apart, splitting time between my family and staying ...

11. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    bstullis replied to Isitpossible's topic in Management

    I got tired of applying and calling, applying and calling, applying. . . you get the picture. In the end, I went to the unit I wanted to work for, talked to the hiring manager (unit manager) and let them see me for who I am (6'7" able to move most pa...

12. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    bstullis replied to Isitpossible's topic in Management

    .ASU-BSN. . . 2009 graduate NCLEX. . . 125 questions, April 2010 First nursing job. . . SHMC. . August 2010 Applications from graduation to first hire. . . ~250 between entering nursing school (80 students leaving, 80 students starting) the nursing w...

13. A Matter of Respect and Dignity: Bullying in the Nursing Profession

    bstullis replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Relations

    I am living this situation now. I am a relatively new RN, One of the biggest problems is that the unit manager and this particular ANM are extremely buddy/buddy, my direct ANM supervisor informed the unit manager that she felt like I was being targe...