steelerfan502

Latest Activity

1. Calling report to the floor.

   steelerfan502 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   AAAMEN.

2. I hate my job... :(

   steelerfan502 replied to sophie<3's topic in General Nursing

   Sophie, maybe I'm over simplifying, but its not like you're fresh out of nursing school. You've been in it for 5ish years and in that time, only found one area that you were happy with (I know the feeling). I say start applying for openings in the OR...

3. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   steelerfan502 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Amen. SO well put. I said similar things to other nurses about how we could probably help improve the conditions we complain about if we stuck together. Everyone had reasons why they were scared/couldn't risk their jobs. I left the hospital/bedside b...

4. pay

   steelerfan502 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

   Another great reason why every state should have nursing unions.

5. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   steelerfan502 replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   The people who see no issue with not giving verbal report are, of course, mainly the nurses who are sending the pts, not receiving them. (And of course the administrators- many of whom have never been nurses- that are all about keeping everything mov...

6. Inpatients in "Observation" status vs. admitted

   steelerfan502 posted a topic in Case Management

   I have recently gone from floor nursing to Care Mgmt. I track pt's hospitalizations as part of an initiative to try to reduce hospital readmits. I know its medicare related, and r/t how/if hospitals get reimbursed when pts are readmitted for the same...

7. I am so annoyed with my communication skill

   steelerfan502 replied to konp's topic in General Students

   definitely do not give up. you would be very surprised at how many students AND experienced nurses have problems with time management. I am a new nurse, I have problems with time management, and tons of other nurses tell me they had or even still hav...

8. Please help - Costs of nursing school, & debts!

   steelerfan502 replied to bluecloud's topic in General Students

   most good points have been covered here, but PMFB-RN had a GREAT point about looking into PA programs (depending on where you live). Some places dont have as many PA programs as they dont utilize PAs much. But some states really do. Given that you al...

9. Ortho/Trauma RN Advice

   steelerfan502 replied to alissan6's topic in Orthopaedic

   Like the above post mentioned, In my experience (I am a new nurse, but I have had several interviews fairly recently), most interview questions are general, "tell me about a time when..." questions. I worked ancillary positions in a level 1 trauma ho...