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1. Advice please! EHR Clinical Coordinator RN vs. Case Management

   JLA replied to JLA's topic in Informatics

   Thank you so much for the feedback. It's greatly appreciated! I'm leaning towards the EHR clinical coordinator position. Sparked my interest and the manager seemed great. Plus it's close to home. Fingers crossed! ?

2. Advice please! EHR Clinical Coordinator RN vs. Case Management

   JLA posted a topic in Informatics

   Hi Guys- I've been wanting to make a change from onc/med surg for a while. I've been on the same floor for almost 6 years. While I have a great crew at work I no longer love what I'm doing. This past year I hurt my back at work. That has mad...

3. Advice Please! EHR Coordinator vs Case Management

   JLA posted a topic in Case Management

   Hi Guys- I've been wanting to make a change from onc/med surg for a while. I've been on the same floor for almost 6 years. While I have a great crew at work I no longer love what I'm doing. This past year I hurt my back at work. That has mad...

4. Do you ever miss bedside?

   JLA replied to JLA's topic in School

   Thank you everyone for the feedback!! ?

5. Do you ever miss bedside?

   JLA posted a topic in School

   Hi Everyone, I'm thinking of making a change from bedside/oncology med surg, to being a nurse for the county office of education (special Ed). It would be more of a management role and not a traditional school nurse. I'd be working five days a week...

6. Fellow Nurses, Help Please

   JLA posted a topic in Stress 101

   Hello Fellow Nurses, I have been a nurse for over 4 years...I worked oncology med surg for the past 3.5 years. I just recently transferred closer to home to a smaller hospital med surg tele dept. I had panic attacks/anxiety 20 years ago (before I w...

7. Help Please! Oncology Infusion or School Nurse?

   JLA replied to JLA's topic in Oncology

   The school nurse job with over a $30,000 pay cut plus having to pay about $1000 a month for benefits wasn't going to work for my family. My company now pays my familys benefits which is huge! I ended up transferring within my company to one of our s...

8. Help Please!

   JLA replied to JLA's topic in School

   Thank you everyone for your honest feedback. This helps a lot. I think the suggestion of talking to a nurse in the district is a great idea. From what I understand it is a position that travels between schools in the district, not based at just on...

9. Help Please!

   JLA replied to JLA's topic in School

   Yes! My son is a sophomore and daughter is an 8th grader. They'll be in college before I know it. I'm realizing how fast its all going and I know I cant get this time back.

10. Help Please!

    JLA replied to JLA's topic in School

    So true. Thank you. :)

11. Help Please! Oncology Infusion or School Nurse?

    JLA posted a topic in Oncology

    Hello Everyone, I need some advice from fellow nurses. I have been a nurse for 4 years. I was on a med surg/onc floor for 3.5 years. I just recently transferred within my hospital organization to a med surg tele floor at one of our sister hospitals...

12. Help Please!

    JLA posted a topic in School

    Hello Everyone, I need some advice from fellow nurses. I have been a nurse for 4 years. I was on a med surg/onc floor for 3.5 years. I just recently transferred within my hospital organization to a med surg tele floor at one of our sister hospitals...

13. ONC vs. Med/Surg…I dream of outpatient ONC

    JLA posted a topic in Oncology

    Hi there- I am a newer nurse…recently just hit the one year mark on an Onc/Med Surg floor. I like the people I work with and the floor…however working nights combined with an over an hour commute is getting to me. I've almost fallen asleep driv...

14. Precepting Questions

    JLA replied to JLA's topic in Student Assist

    Thank you for all the great feedback! I put Oncology as my numer one, second I put ortho (i liked that floor), 3rd I put surgical floor (thought this would give me a good variety). Will find out in two weeks which one I get... thanks again!

15. Precepting Questions

    JLA replied to JLA's topic in Student Assist

    Thank you both for your responses! :) SwansonRN-to answer your question Peds scares me a bit, lol. I think of how you have to really think about how you say things to kids, and then doing things that hurt (for example an IV), and seeing the sad lit...