Party_of_five BSN

Party_of_five has 2 years experience as a BSN and specializes in ED.

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1. 2 years med/surg means nothing in job hunt

   Party_of_five replied to stren003's topic in General Nursing

   Definitely reach out to the nurse managers on the units you are interested in. Use your hospitals website to figure out their names and then contact them through your work email and express interest in transferring to their unit. I guarantee you you ...

2. How to effectively delegate in nursing on a unit

   Party_of_five replied to starlitex1280's topic in General Nursing

   Delegation is hard when EVERYONE is busy. Nursing is a team sport. My advice would be to just do the best you can. Don't go hunt down a CNA to ask them to get water or ice or whatever just do it yourself. If it is their job to do VS then they should ...

3. Does the level of trauma center matter?

   Party_of_five replied to SR8811's topic in Emergency

   Any job is better than no job. Apply for both and take the one that makes an offer! Trauma centers are rated as #1 being the highest level of care and go down. A level 4 would most likely mean you stabilize and transfer to a higher level of care.

4. Talk me through this...ER to NICU just for NNP opportunity?

   Party_of_five replied to Party_of_five's topic in NICU

   Update: Turns out NICU wasn’t currently hiring but L&D was and they really liked my ER experience. I did a shadow day and loved it! This might be the best of both worlds for me. Fast paced, anything can happen environment plus babies and NRP. Th...

5. ICU to ED RN

   Party_of_five replied to otterpop1989's topic in Emergency

   Some ICU peeps can hang, some can't. It depends on your personality and your level of OCD-ness LOL. The ER is all about controlled chaos. I'm not sure they would hire you on a PRN basis. There is a lot of training involved. I guess it would depend on...

6. Talk me through this...ER to NICU just for NNP opportunity?

   Party_of_five replied to Party_of_five's topic in NICU

   OP here. I finally reached out to HR and have a phone interview for a NICU position. I told them I prefer days and they have open day positions listed online so fingers crossed!

7. how often do you chart a note and PRIORITIZATION

   Party_of_five replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

   We do that because often pts are taken care of by several different nurses. Our reports to each other are very brief and/or nonexistent. The lab part is helpful when you see that labs were sent 30min ago but do not show in process. So then you could ...

8. Do you have to work as a CNA before going to nursing school?

   Party_of_five replied to Marie_30's topic in General Nursing

   No, its not needed (at least in my area).

9. Should I have accessed her port?

   Party_of_five replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

   As an ER nurse here is my view: she already has a working line, she's already getting treatment. I'm not messing with the port unless I need to. If she would have come to my room without a line then I would have used the port. She can go to the floor...

10. Question about manual irrigation for 3 way foley!!

    Party_of_five replied to Race881's topic in General Nursing

    When we hand irrigate we use the irrigation port and then it would drain into the foley bag. Just make sure you are getting what you put in back out. You can use the push-pull method and/or a more forceful flush if there is some slight resistance but...

11. My IV Skills are Terrible!!!

    Party_of_five replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    There is a really informative and helpful Instagram account called IntravenousQueen. Look her up. She also lots of tips, tricks and videos.

12. Talk me through this...ER to NICU just for NNP opportunity?

    Party_of_five posted a topic in NICU

    I'm currently on ER nurse on dayshift. I work at a level 1 trauma center and we see all kinds of stuff. I love the pace most days. I like seeing new and interesting things. I like learning. I love my coworkers, our team. I don't like being bored. I l...

13. Any facilities actually using an AccuVein? Any thoughts?

    Party_of_five replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    They are terrible. It only works on light skin with no hair and no fatty tissue. Otherwise it picks up hair "shadows" and fat. Try double tourniquets and a warm compress instead.

14. As a PA, how can I be better for the nurses in the ER?

    Party_of_five replied to Warningsign's topic in Emergency

    I'd like to encourage you to talk to the nurses (and other staff members). Its nice to have that type of relationship and builds trust. It also makes you more approachable.

15. Roane State vs. TN Wesleyan

    Party_of_five replied to TNmurse's topic in Tennessee

    I went to RSCC and am about to finish TN Wesleyan's RN-BSN program. I loved RSCC! You can't beat the price and the education was spot on. I think our whole class passed the NCLEX the first try. TWU's online RN-BSN program is really affordable (~8k) a...