8781RN

8781RN has 7 years experience and specializes in Acute cardiac care, Psych., Med-Surg, CM.

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1. advice on refreshing knowledge

   8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in General Nursing

   Haha! Ok thanks! I did get a job and will be working in med-surg LTAC. I decided to focus on meds, and some of the practical hands on things, and chronic conditions.

2. advice on refreshing knowledge

   8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh great, yea I feel a lot calmer now! I have a BSN and I haven't been out of nursing, just out of the hospital setting. Anyone have any advice?

3. advice on refreshing knowledge

   8781RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello! I have been out of the hospital setting for 3 years. I'm going back and am excited! I've got all kinds of nursing books that I've kept, and even dug up my school notes from 8 years ago to review but I keep getting overwhelmed with what to look...

4. advice on changing jobs

   8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Career Support

   I learned some more about the unit i'm going to. It does truly sound like a med-surg LTAC. It is a specialty hospital, the vents and the critical things will of course be on ICU, then there is a step down. They don't even do Cardiac gtts on the med s...

5. advice on changing jobs

   8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Career Support

   Yes they have aides. Well I didn't go for regular med surg because I always hated starting out with 6 pt.'s, discharging them all, then getting 6 more. I used to do Cardiac Acute care but we had the same discharge admit rate (it wasn't strictly cardi...

6. advice on changing jobs

   8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Career Support

   No I haven't. I do understand they are very complex patients. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6 there. The LTAC hospital has an ICU, a Step-down unit, and a med surg floor. They have a Mon-Fri wound care nurse and a 24 hr. RT.....

7. advice on changing jobs

   8781RN posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello, I need some advice on a decision I need to make. I will try to make this short. First here's my background: I've been a nurse for 8 years. I have been away from the hospital setting for about 3 years. I remember the dread at the start of my sh...

8. help!

   8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Career Support

   Wow that's great advice. I'm going to sit down tonight and evaluate everything and do the Risk Budget! My daughter is almost 4 now. If i'm going to have 4 days off a week, i think working some weekends will be okay. Yes, i've discussed it in length w...

9. help!

   8781RN posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello, I need some advice on a decision I need to make. I will try to make this short. First here's my background: I've been a nurse for 8 years. I have been away from the hospital setting for about 3 years. I remember the dread at the start of my sh...

10. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency

    Oh.... it was LTAC not LTC

11. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency

    Yea, that's exactly why I'm worried and felt the need to post. But I'm not so dumb that I didn't know to go ask someone to go back to their room. If you read the whole post, I know its long....it says there were more pressing issues such as : 1. Pt w...

12. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Hunt

    Excuse me? You don't know our financial situation, that was a totally ignorant comment on your part, aside from being flat out rude. You know absolutely nothing other than that I'm ambivalent about taking a paycut. How do you know if I don't have a s...

13. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Hunt

    I mean its 470 less pretax...

14. dream job vs. paycut

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Job Hunt

    Well....the 281 is what I calulated for take home so it is after tax. Pre tax its 370$ less. Its a state job so in addition to the 20% taken out....and extra 6.4% is taken out. Well, you have good suggestions...we are coming to an end of our phone se...

15. 1st day working agency, advise please!

    8781RN replied to 8781RN's topic in Agency

    I circled my initials and documented pt. Was in dayroom most of the day. All I could think to say...because the three times or so I would go to their room they were in the dayroom with family.