Larry3373 replied to YesYesRN's topic in New Nurse
Suck it up, and find another job. Also get rid of the attitude that your problem is this older nurse. More than likely you contributed to getting fired in some way. Since you can only control your actions, I suggest finding another job and kissing...
Larry3373 replied to FLRN_0713's topic in Emergency
To answer the OP, the PCU I worked for had many ambulatory patients that could take care of their own hygiene for the most part. Some of them were pretty sick as they had recently undergone heart surgery or were awaiting a heart cath. If your PCU g...
The basic idea is when you read to ask yourself how you would apply the information in a given scenario. For each objective you should make yourself some flash cards showing what you as the nurse would do and in which order you would do it. For exa...
My research has revealed that acnp can work in specialty practices like cardio, neuro, etc or surgery. They also can work as hospitalists. I have seen them in the icu as well. ER may be difficult because they would want you to be able to see all a...
I transferred to float pool after almost 4 years bedside including 2 years in the ICU. I'm not sure I would fare well working in every unit of the hospital (excluding L&D and surgery) if I did not have that background. I would say it depends on...
Larry3373 replied to 07courtney1993's topic in New Nurse
I agree that anything is better than nothing. I know a few people that started out that way and were able to find acute care positions later. It looks better than no experience at all, that's for sure. You may be able to get your student loans ext...
Larry3373 replied to StevietheRN's topic in New Nurse
My 2 cents is this. If you stay for a while you will get better and your anxiety level will go down. That being said, there are plenty of other areas in nursing that you would likely enjoy more. The problem is that most of them require a good bit ...
Larry3373 replied to carebear1980's topic in New Nurse
It may have been causing the patient some discomfort, but it might also have caused discomfort if you tried to start an iv and were unsuccessful a few times. Then you would have needed to find someone else, which would require a third attempt. Also ...
I worked just over an hour away for nearly a year. There were days when I struggled to stay awake on the long drive home, but most of the time it was fine. Just take a good nap the first day and go straight to bed each day until you have a day off....
Larry3373 replied to renzobenzo's topic in New York
I can answer number 2. Try becoming a patient care tech and working at a local hospital before you graduate. Then you are more likely to get hired after graduating. The best thing to do after that is to try to get your New York license and start a...
Larry3373 replied to NSC Nursing's topic in NP Students
I'm enrolled in an emergency dual role nurse practitioner program at the university of south Alabama. Basically it's just the family and acute care nurse practitioner certifications all rolled into one. A large part of my clinical rotations will be...