vanfitnurse BSN

vanfitnurse has 11 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Long Term Care, Medicine, High Acuity, Informatics.

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1. Considering a move to acute care from LTC..but confidence is simply shot

   vanfitnurse replied to RNsteve's topic in Career Support

   I am so sorry it took me this long to respond. I hope you are doing okay. It's exactly been a year since I joined Clinical Informatics, and it has taught me many things (not clinically of course). You get leadership and change management skills, you ...

2. Considering a move to acute care from LTC..but confidence is simply shot

   vanfitnurse replied to RNsteve's topic in Career Support

   One day at a time my friend. Get that Informstics job then decide if you want that career long term, AND THEN figure out if you like to do Masters. I just appreciate not doing shift work anymore, no more night shifts, I have been working fr...

3. Considering a move to acute care from LTC..but confidence is simply shot

   vanfitnurse replied to RNsteve's topic in Career Support

   Hi @Dani_Mila, SO much has changed since then. Thankfully I am still around this site to see your comment and hoping I can help. I did 1.5 years on a Medicine unit, did a specialty on High Acuity, then did 2 years of that. And now I just st...

4. Getting BSN in Philippines as U.S Citizen and come back?

   vanfitnurse replied to RinoDG's topic in International

   As someone who did his BsN in the Philippines, and now working in Canada- I have to say do not do your degree in the Philippines. The education you will receive in the States is far more superior. For instance, in just your first year you would be do...

5. Is it safe to microwave normal saline plastic bottles?

   vanfitnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Most wound care protocols start off with: 1. Irrigate with warm normal saline We have this bottle at work. I'm embarrassed to ask coworkers, so I ask you guys: Do I just pop this whole bottle in the microwave and set it to ~60s?

6. Considering a move to acute care from LTC..but confidence is simply shot

   vanfitnurse replied to RNsteve's topic in Career Support

   Hey, I want to know how you're doing with the change. I'm on the same boat, been with LTC the last 3 years and about to start acute in a couple of weeks. Orientation is next week. How was the adjustment?

7. Are transfer forceps necessary to be used in foley catheterization?

   vanfitnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a kit here from Med-RX, which contains the first transfer forcep once you open the first flap of the kit. Now if I were to use this forcep, how would I use this? I'm assuming it's to open the rest of the flaps, but what else? And then of cours...