grobertson10

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1. Want to quit and be a SAHM

   grobertson10 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi there, I’m thinking of quitting and becoming a SAHM. I’m currently PRN but I’m still losing my skills and quite honestly I just want to let it go entirely. I live in Texas. My question is, as long as I get my CEU and pay my renewal fee, I can...

2. CEU help

   grobertson10 posted a topic in NICU

   Hi there, on texas BON website, they say the CEU’s need to be “in the nurse’s area of practice”. I’m a NICU nurse, does this mean all my CEU’s have to be neonatal specific? Also, I have my BLS and ACLS- does having the certificates alone count as C...

3. Question about CEU’s

   grobertson10 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi there, on texas BON website, they say the CEU’s need to be “in the nurse’s area of practice”. I’m a NICU nurse, does this mean all my CEU’s have to be neonatal specific? Also, I have my BLS and ACLS- does having the certificates alone count as CEU...

4. NICU RN to day surgery?

   grobertson10 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I’m currently a NICU RN of 2 years, prior to that, I was a Neuro (adult) ICU RN for 1.5 years. I am now part time at my current gig but want to pick up a PRN position elsewhere. Of course, I’m considering other hospitals and the same speciali...

5. Advice about my career

   grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in NICU

   Thank you for the advice! Unfortunately me, and all of the nurses I was hired on with, including the nurses who started after me, have all had the SAME discussion with our supervisors and managers. We tell them we need more consistency with high acui...

6. Maintaining BLS while not currently working

   grobertson10 replied to hookemhorns012's topic in General Nursing

   I wish I was you ?

7. Advice about my career

   grobertson10 posted a topic in NICU

   Hi all:) I couldn’t find a NICU specific section, but this post might make sense to NICU nurses more! But I accept advice from all! So I have been a nurse for 3+ years now. I started in Adult ICU for 1.5 years- I was good at my job, excelled quickly,...

8. Severe Depression/Anxiety

   grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for being so kind and caring, you all have helped a lot. I've scheduled a physical with my doctor to make sure it isn't something physical that can be helped with supplements, etc. I've also spoken with my therapist and we are going to ...

9. Severe Depression/Anxiety

   grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in General Nursing

   There is a possibility of me transferring to a smaller NICU within the system, or to another unit. However I've only been at this system for 8 months. And my managers are terrible. Maybe I can talk to HR and see what the details are. Thank you for yo...

10. Severe Depression/Anxiety

    grobertson10 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, I was looking for some advice from someone who may have gone through a similar situation as me. I am 24 years old, have been an RN for just over 2 years now. I started off my job with severe anxiety, but chalked it up to being new and tha...

11. Too young to do school nursing?

    grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in School

    And I will have a preceptor for 2 years at this school

12. Too young to do school nursing?

    grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in School

    I never meant to hurt anyone's feelings when I said "bored". I read a bunch of posts on school nursing and a lot of people said that would be an issue. That's the only reason I said that.

13. Too young to do school nursing?

    grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in School

    I'm legitimately wondering... to see if anyone can lay out the differences..

14. Too young to do school nursing?

    grobertson10 replied to grobertson10's topic in School

    Just wondering...have any of y'all worked in a hospital?

15. Too young to do school nursing?

    grobertson10 posted a topic in School

    Hello, i am 22 years old and have been working in the Neuro ICU for 1 year now. I do not like my job- for many reasons. 12 hours are hard, I now have back pain, hospital politics, only 30 min break, psycho patients who yell, hit, and bite, code blues...