Whew! That is QUITE a list!!!!! I've heard CM can be very stressful, just as stressful as being a floor nurse, but in a completely different way. I'm hoping to transition into CM soon though..... will post if/when that happens!!
I've been thinking about applying to case management were I work, and I'm wondering if the pay will be the same as I get now, if I work for the same company? Currently I'm an acute care clinical RN on medsurg-tele. Obviously I'll lose my night shift ...
Oh man! When the nurse said she wasn't going to let me miss out on Halloween, I thought she meant she would bring me apples to bob and a bucket of candy!
Two visiting physicians from Pumpkintown came to assess the patient, while the nurse tries to stop several large Gremlins dressed as therapy dogs (not pictured) from interrupting.
I'm looking for a place on the web to find an article about the story of how, at least in California, computer on wheels are not called COWS but instead are called WOWs due to a woman successfully suing a hospital after she thought staff were calling...
Thank you all for your input. I just bought a house and have been getting to know my neighbors, many who say they are "glad there is a nurse" in the neighborhood, just in case.... eek! I just worry if someone would need help, if they wouldn't be happ...
Food, food, food, and more FOOD! Plus, more food on top of that! Cupcakes, brownies, cake, pizza, nachos, fruit bowls, parfaits, apples, oranges, bananas, virgin mimosas, strawberries, plus a ton of other stuff that individual people brought each day...
What is a DNR? Is it simply NO chest compressions? I always thought that it ALSO meant NO ACLS medications to resuscitate, and NO intubation. If the patient would allow or want either meds to resuscitate or intubation, then it would be considered a "...
So I had a dream last night that I was an MD, very strange as it had one of my patients I had the other night, with a condition I saw a few weeks ago. Anyway, it got me thinking if I might like to do that for a living rather than be an RN. I'm enjoyi...
I had thought about doing that, but instead I just waited and it finally did come in. I got my first RN license in February 2014 in Tennessee. I submitted to get my CA license that same day in February. I actually flew out to San Diego (where I now l...
I just twisted my knee this afternoon, I've got in on ice and elevated. I'm a little worried if I can't walk well by Thursday my next shift. I think I got short-term disability but not 100% sure if it was added with my health ins. I had a two month b...
I was able to get a travel nursing job after only 11 months experience. I felt ready and did just fine. I came from a PCU and took a travel med-surg job....