PricelessRN

Exactly. I will just inquire more about the specific unit. I just don't want end up taking an assignment that I have little experience in. Thanks for your help!

Thank you. Makes sense.

Okay, so that's what I don't want because I have no PCU experience, however, I have tele experience from working on a Med/Surg unit with continuous cardiac monitoring. So if a unit is described as "Tele" should I assume its a PCU? Yes, so I wonder since I have MedSurg experience with telemetry monitoring, would I be able to work on a unit described only as "Tele"?

Hey nurses! I need clarification. So I have worked on a Med/Surg unit with telemetry with remote monitoring and with rhythms showing at the nurse's station. So my question is if a job or assignment is posted as a "Tele Unit", am I qualified to work it. I am looking into travel assignments that are listed as "Tele" and I was wondering if my Med/Surg Tele unit was the same thing? Basically, are Medsurg and Tele the same? Thanks so much!

LPN-4years /RN-2 years

Thanks so much for the encouragement! Makes me feel a lot better.

I think a well groomed beard is okay. I rock a low beard also. I remember having to be clean shaven in nursing school, though.

Hey ALL! So, I've been in LTC for over 11 years (since I was 18 yo). Never worked anywhere else as a nurse. I have went from CNA-LPN-RN-BSN. I want to be a well rounded nurse. I have never worked in a hospital because I thought LTC was what I wanted to do for the long haul. But I have changed my mind. I am ready to work at a hospital, but I must admit. I SCARED AS S***! Any advice for a nurse going from LTC to Hospital? How is it different? Will my background in LTC help me any? Any areas that I should try first? Thanks!

You Go Girl!!

Try not to take it personal, I'm guessing you are a fairly new aide and will encounter this situation more often than not. Good Luck to you. For now, ALWAYS have someone with you! Speak with the charge nurse about possibly rotating assignments. Good news is this won't last forever.

My facility tried that.....didn't work of course.

I say get rid of them. Nursing is always changing, (new drugs, new procedures, and EBP)...it will be outdated in a few years anyway. As an LPN, when I went back to RN school I was SHOOKED when they said we don't aspirate IM injections anymore!

No honey, chill out please.

How did it go? Did you finish? How long did it take you? I'm starting August 1, 2017 and have to take Biochem and Statistics as well.

I spoke with an enrollment officer at WGU, she told me that I could "test out" of some classes. For example, Care of an Older Adult, I've been in Geriatrics for 10+ years and she said I told possibly NOT have to take that class. Have you tested out of any and how does that work?