Larry3373

Larry3373 has 2 years experience and specializes in Critical Care; Recovery.

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1. Old nurses eating young

   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...

2. How long did you stay at your first job?

   Larry3373 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

   About 11 months

3. New grad - PCU or ED?

   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...

4. Study tips?

   Larry3373 replied to Sarah196's topic in General Students

   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...

5. Calling all acute NPs

   Larry3373 replied to Rocknurse's topic in NP

   https://allnurses.com/nurse-practitioners-np/acnp-jobs-990136.html

6. Acute Care NP's

   Larry3373 replied to William2's topic in NP

   Oh I'm sorry, I read your post again and it seems like you meant what states are acnp able to find jobs. Not sure about the states you mentioned.

7. Acute Care NP's

   Larry3373 replied to William2's topic in NP

   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...

8. Taking a Position as a Float Nurse as a New Grad

   Larry3373 replied to ColleenT's topic in General Nursing

   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...

9. Is LTC a good option if I can't find a job?

   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...

10. Am I supposed to hate my first nursing job??

    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 ...

11. New Nurse; To start a New IV or not?

    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 ...

12. How to manage life on night shift?

    Larry3373 replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

    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....

13. Hiring situation for new BSN grads, out of state.

    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...

14. No FNP jobs????

    Larry3373 replied to morglan's topic in NP

    Everyone I know in south MS able to find a job with no difficulty

15. NP or PA? My great dilemma...

    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...