Kristenlaurenw

Kristenlaurenw has 6 years experience and specializes in Nursing Faculty, ER Nurse.

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1. Buttersoft Scrubs

   Kristenlaurenw replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Yes. They are okay but not what I was expecting. I thought they'd be soft and silky like Urbane scrubs but they are just like the plain Cherokee or something if you ask me.

2. How did you get out of bedside nursing?

   Kristenlaurenw replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing

   I went to WGU and completed my MSN in Education in 11 months. I am in my first semester as a full time nurse faculty member in an ADN program and I LOVE it. I always liked orienting new hires and precepting new nurses but in a busy ER, I didn't alway...

3. People who think becoming a nurse is so easy

   Kristenlaurenw replied to Recovering_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I went to nursing school with several "second career" adult students. In fact, I was the youngest graduate at 26. They graduated and successfully went into practice.

4. Staff Development/Nurse Educator

   Kristenlaurenw replied to AmeliasAunt's topic in Educators

   I will say, though, that the actual educator/instructor portion of my job I ADORE. If I could just do that, I'd love my job.

5. Staff Development/Nurse Educator

   Kristenlaurenw replied to AmeliasAunt's topic in Educators

   I am at a SNF as an education coordinator... and employee health nurse and CNA class instructor and infection preventionist and on call for staff nurse shortages and on call to handle scheduling when there are call ins. Make sure you get a clear pict...

6. Is APA taught in Intro English class?

   Kristenlaurenw replied to bookwormom's topic in Educators

   In English classes I was required to use MLA. In journalism/ PR/ advertising classes I was required to use AP (associated press) format. I was never introduced to APA until I became a nursing major.

7. Any educators have...

   Kristenlaurenw replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Educators

   I just finished my MSN Ed capstone with WGU. I had my dept director sign the organizational agreement and we both agreed that an affiliation agreement was not needed because I was not doing anything clinical. The organizational agreement is not the ...

8. Do your educators take call?

   Kristenlaurenw posted a topic in LTC Directors

   I recently accepted a position in LTC as an education coordinator (inservices, new employee orientation, and CNA training program). I am also expected to rotate on the call schedule with the unit supervisors (one mon- thurs call and one fri-sun call ...

9. I'm Quitting nursing to work in coffee shop

   Kristenlaurenw replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

   It's going to be hard to save money on a barista salary when you are used to nursing pay. Good luck!

10. New RN

    Kristenlaurenw replied to Cekb10's topic in General Nursing

    In my first months as a nurse, I hung antibiotics that had to be snapped and mixed without doing the snapping and mixing. Essentially I just infused saline and left the powder in the bottle hanging there. The nurse following me noticed and wrote up a...

11. ER/ Trauma vs Trauma ICU

    Kristenlaurenw replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Emergency

    I work in the ER of a level 1. We don't have dedicated trauma nurses. We go to huddle in the morning and get our assignment (acute pods, fast track, triage, float, critical/trauma) and it changes each shift. Our critical pod gets all of the traumas. ...

12. Psychologist thinking of late in life career change....advice?

    Kristenlaurenw replied to live4ward's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't read all the responses but the ones I did read through were negative and not my experience at all. I finished my ADN at 26 and was the second youngest person to graduate in my entire class. We had plenty of people in their 40s and 50s in ...

13. duties of a radiation therapist? Pros and cons of becoming one?

    Kristenlaurenw replied to briannad's topic in General Nursing

    It's good money, much lower stress than nursing. I did some shadowing in radiation therapy prior to nursing school. Most of the patients came in as outpatients and weren't your sickly terminal patients you'd see in the hospital. The therapists sim...

14. BSN Nurse supervising MSN nurses

    Kristenlaurenw replied to Neats's topic in Management

    My nurse manager has her BSN and we have tons of nurses with MSNs. However, our manager has the experience.

15. Getting into Trauma

    Kristenlaurenw replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Emergency

    I have worked for almost 3 years in a small 14 bed ER. I applied to a position in the ER at a level 1 trauma center at the state's only public academic medical center . The interview was pretty laid back. We talked about similarities and differences ...