jab1432 BSN

jab1432 has 6 years experience as a BSN and specializes in CRRN.

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1. Va Hiring Process 2019

   jab1432 replied to futurecrnasla's topic in Government

   I'll give my 2-cents prefaced with that I am myself a veteran who has gone through a few different VAs from a patient's perspective, and I have applied (as a nurse with 5+ years experience) to hundreds of VA positions (and recently just got hired). F...

2. 3rd shift nursing assessments

   jab1432 replied to jab1432's topic in New Nurse

   I ended up leaving the rehab unit because, in part, of too many conflicting unit policies/hospital policies/manager policies... I got tired of dealing with either reasonably grumpy patients or unreasonably grumpy oncoming nurses. I grew tired of bei...

3. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

   jab1432 replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Career Support

   I agree with your assessment neeka8. To add some detail as to why I found rehab to be a high-stress job: In-patient rehab is nowhere near the bottom of the ladder in terms of stress. You typically have more patients and less staff than other units. ...

4. 3rd shift nursing assessments

   jab1432 replied to jab1432's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for your replies. Vital signs are only checked q-shift for the first 3 days the patient is on the unit, afterwards it is just once per day. The policy is where I am confused. I'm told that even though we are in the hospital, we are not pa...

5. 3rd shift nursing assessments

   jab1432 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a new-grad and recently started 3rd shift (2300-0730) on a rehab floor. The patients are all very stable. I have a question about the assessments. I've asked many nurses and all have different opinions... so I thought I would best be served b...