Kaylight MSN

Kaylight has 6 years experience as a MSN and specializes in Med-Surg.

Latest Activity

1. FNP-DNP 2nd Practicum rotation seeking help with placement Washington state

   Kaylight replied to MeliblueRN's topic in NP Students

   No. I am an ARNP student as well looking for preceptors in the Tacoma Area. I did find a good website. She has loads of information on there. https://www.melissadecapua.com/your-guide-to-finding-an-NP-preceptor/

2. FNP-DNP 2nd Practicum rotation seeking help with placement Washington state

   Kaylight replied to MeliblueRN's topic in NP Students

   Did you ever find a preceptor near Olympia? Have you tried Tacoma?

3. Cardiac Short Stay Can someone tell me about this unit

   Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in General Nursing

   I was wondering how it compares with Med-Surg. It sounds like it could be fast paced since the patient only stays 24 hours, but they don't have the patient load that Med-Surg has. My med-surg unit can discharge two-three patients, and get back that...

4. Cardiac Short Stay Can someone tell me about this unit

   Kaylight posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just got offered a night position in a cardiac short stay unit. I am currently in a non-tele med-surg unit, and I would like someone to tell me what a short stay unit is like. I am wondering how different it is from what I do currently. Thanks.

5. How to deal with nurses who don't listen during handoff?

   Kaylight replied to guest1068752's topic in General Nursing

   I just had this happen last night. It is usually an older "more experienced" nurse who does this. They want to simply look at the notes and don't care about my experience with the patient. I find this arrogant, but I am not sure what to do about i...

6. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   Kaylight replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in COVID

   I work on a corona unit that is a combination of Med-Surg, PCU, and ICU all in one unit. All of ours are positive except that we did have one guy come in for a heart attack (the unit was previously a coronary unit), and he was tested for Covid. He ...

7. Suggestions for ways an unemployed new grad nurse can volunteer medical services to help out during the Covid-19?

   Kaylight replied to short cake's topic in COVID

   Our governor was begging for nurses to come to Washington State to work not volunteer. I am still helping nurses orient on the floor.

8. Coronavirus-Are we ready to talk about rationing care?

   Kaylight replied to dinah77's topic in COVID

   Governor Inslee indicated that although private companies are gearing up to manufacture PPE, and ventilators, they are also charging exorbitant prices for these items. The governors are trying to get Trump to use his power to lower the prices on the...

9. Acute COVID, What We're Seeing

   Kaylight replied to MunoRN's topic in COVID

   Yes. I agree. We actually have a relatively small ICU, and we will need to train Med-Surg nurses in critical care in order to handle the situation. Nurses need to be trained in handling respiratory distress at least.

10. What is it like in your hospital right now?

    Kaylight replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in COVID

    Our hospital is locking down visitation. One visitor per patient in a 24 hour period. Each visitor has their temperature checked. We have Covid-19 patient in the ICU, and another floor is being designated for Covid patients. The hospital has create...

11. Nurses Eat Their Young

    Kaylight replied to Dairian's topic in Student Assist

    I have been bullied multiple times. One job that I worked at was notorious for bullying. The whole hospital was toxic, and at my new job I have a charge nurse that likes to make my life miserable. It happens. Some hospitals are more toxic than ot...

12. New grad need help

    Kaylight replied to cberry1's topic in Med-Surg

    I am a new grad also working on a med-surg floor, and I hate it. It seems I am overloaded with work, and the charge nurse gives me the difficult patients all the time. If I am drowning she just glares at me and says that I am expected to take 5 pat...

13. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in New Nurse

    You are probably right about this. I did know another nurse who left the state hospital so that he could regain his acute care skills. I am afraid of being pigeon-holed, but I should hang in there a bit more. I can say that one good thing about my...

14. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in New Nurse

    We are on guard. We have census every 15 minutes, and I am well aware that I am working in the most dangerous facility in my state. Yes. The techs have more contact with patients than I do. It does not mean that they get to insult me whenever th...

15. First Job as a Psyche Nurse

    Kaylight replied to Kaylight's topic in New Nurse

    We won't do those. We have a medical team that does this. It would be nice if we did though. The entire hospital is psyche. I would float to another psyche ward, possibly forensic.