Nursing Q/A for Nurses and Students

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Quit First NP Job Without Notice

Hello. I am a NP that worked for a private hospitalist group. Due to a family emergency (family member critically ill/possibly death, coded, in ICU), I had to...

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Dialysis nurse wants to start a dialysis clinic

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Beth, I am an RN and I got more than 20 years of bedside nursing experience, I worked med surg unit and ICU for several years, currently I am working as a...

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Wants to be a freelance writer

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, After many years as an RN specializing in behavioral and developmental disabilities and hospice end of life care, I am now planning to...

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Having Trouble Returning to The Workforce After an Accident

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, Trouble returning to the work force My last full time job was assisted living in 2018-2019, I did a few agency jobs until 12/21 and then was...

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3 Jobs in 3 Years Help! I'm tired of hating my jobs.

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Hi Nurse Beth, So Ive been a nurse almost 3 years now, and cant figure out what I want to do. I started out in postpartum nursing and hated it after a year,...

Career Support

Anxiety Makes Me Want to Quit

by pucatalia

I have been a nurse for about a year now. I work in a physical rehabilitation hospital where I work with mainly elderly. My work position is the kind where I...

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Can I tell a personal story during an interview?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, Someday, I would like to apply to work in a cardiology clinic as a FNP (currently attending masters program for FNP). I was diagnosed with an...

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Left OR for the ED...and I'm failing. Help!

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Hello Nurse Beth, Thank you so much for taking my question. I have been a nurse in the OR for almost 7 years. I had become burnt out and decided to change...

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New Grad 10 Months Out Needs Help Landing A Job

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, I earned my license in January, but delayed looking for a job because I had been told I would be having major surgery in March/April. I didnt...

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Is this discipline or discrimination for being autistic?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, I have been recently diagnosed as being autistic (the old moniker would have been Aspergers). I have been on the same unit for 10 years....

General Nursing

Why does Nursing have to be a passion?

by Guest1201734

Is it necessary for nursing to be a passion? Why?

Excelsior

Any RN to BSN Excelsior University Nurses Here?

by Kamilah Coney, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

Two years ago I enrolled in Excelsior Colleges dual BSN-MSN in Nursing Education program. I am just 3 weeks away from completing my first 2 BSN component...

Ob/Gyn

Tips for doing newborn screenings?

by Logracia, ADN, RN

Hi, I am new to the post partum unit after having worked Med/Surg for 4 years and Im seriously struggling with doing the heelprick newborn screenings. Night...

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59 Years Young - Give Up My Comfy Job And Travel?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, Been working remote RN position for 6 years. Have history of working ER, OR, Home care, Hospice and of course ICU and med surg. Thinking about...

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I don't know if I can tough out this new Night Team Leader job. Sh…

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, I have been with an inpatient hospice unit since February on night shift. From day one I have had problem with total inorganization. I have...

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Is this charting on unresponsive patients ethical?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Beth, The small company I worked for sold to a publicly traded health care company in July 2021. We switched to an EMR which requires false information be...

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LPN in LTC Overworked But Feels RNs are Praised

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, Instead of increased staffing in LTC all I hear is excuses and being given more skilled residents I as an LPN am not trained to care for and...

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Can this nurse be a traveler?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth: I received my ASN 29 years ago, going into the OR circulating for 20+ years, before & immediately after graduating. After that, I took...

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My License Is At Risk: Who can I report to?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, I confronted a bully after over a year of being bullied by her. She drove another nurse off the floor with her bullying before. Now her...

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Applied For 100 Positions But No Job

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, I am a new nurse BSN graduate, just passed the NCLEX, and a career changer. I am getting lots of interviews but I never seem to be the right...

General Nursing

Accused of Falsifying Vital Signs

by Plumrose15153, LPN

Im a registry nurse and I worked at a facility for 1 day. I never worked there again but 6 months later I received a letter in the mail stating that I was...

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Accepted Job in Radiology But Wants to Renege

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Nurse Beth, Ive accepted a transfer position as a radiology nurse in my current hospital. I already have a transfer date. My question is theres a new position...

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Is it normal to get sick a lot your first year of nursing?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Dear Nurse Beth, Is it normal to or get sick a lot in your first year of nursing? Ive been sick 3 times in 5 months (more than in the last 5 years), and now Im...

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Did I lose my position on the oncology unit?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Hi Nurse Beth, I am a new grad RN. I applied to a medical center in my area and got an interview to onco unit in September 14th. Meanwhile I started my first...

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Could I be accused of Fentanyl diversion?

by Nurse Beth, MSN

Hello there. I read a post on a travel nurse facebook page about someone being accused of drug diversion from missing narcs and it got me thinking about some...