Name9335 BSN, RN

Hello All, Just wanted to update after my posts a little over a year ago (check them out for backstory). Just want to say that I am still working as a nurse and have FINALLY found my niche in nursing! I now work as an MDS Coordinator. Is it...

Yes, it really is a whole different animal. HUGE learning curve. My only frustration/regret? is that I started in this position about a week before COVID exploded back in March. It hasn't been the most fun trying to learn this position on t...

Hello All! Sorry for the long read Currently, just beginning to explore the possibility of ICU nursing (among many other options....). I am NOT convinced that ICU is going to be a good fit for me, even though ICU nursing has always been my dream. Ple...

Thank you for your comments. This helps a lot, but unfortunatly too many people, including my parents, and others have recommended that I no longer go back to bedside nursing. I am a believer in Jesus (yes, I understand that many are not and wouldn't...

I have some people in mind that i am trying to get ahold of... Some of the nurses/NP's/retired nurses from my church as well as a family friend that is a nurse, but none of them have worked with me or know me super super well..... I also have my coun...

I guess if this IS the case.... (not saying it is or not.....) If I am not aware of what I am doing wrong/can't wrap my mind around it..... How can I fix it? I am truely asking! Or is it just a matter of how my brain is wired and there is no "fixing"...

Thank you for your comments. I am quite introverted, but I wouldn't necessarily say that i have poor communication skills or don't fit socially. I do fine in a retail setting, but financially and career goal wise, I don't see myself doing something l...

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That is what I am currently trying to do. I don't know what my career goals are now. I am honestly lost as the only thing I have EVER wanted to do (bedside nursing) apparently is not a safe option for me to continue in. I am lost. I know there are so...

Thank you for your comments. I am taking everything into consideration

Alright everyone. Thank you for all your comments... As I said before, I was not really convinced that ICU was going to be the answer (although I was secretly hoping). I went to bed shortly after I wrote this last night, so I am going to try to answe...

I don't even want to pursue it if it is not going to come close to fitting my strengths.

Hello All! I have posted some of my story on here, but long story short, it is looking like I will need to leave bedside nursing. As much as I hate the idea, by brain just isn't wired for the critical thinking/judgement that on the fly/floor nursing ...

Thanks, yes, that is an issue with a lot of the office jobs. Doesn’t quite look that way with MDS. The problem is I literally can’t get more bedside experience. I have tried three places now and all of them have essentially said I don’t have the crit...

Just exploring options at this time..... Hope this question makes sense. Has anyone heard of someone that has become an RN and has an active license go back to school to become licensed/certified in another allied health career (phlebotomy, sonograph...

Or health information management

ohhh just checked out the newest video.... i don't get it... there is no information....

Ummmm... who said she died? She is still posting videos. I don't have chronic illness, and I don't really know anyone that has chronic illness, so unless we actually know these people, I don't think it is right to judge them and say that they have mu...

Hello All, I have posted on here several times before, but in short, I am a relative new grad. Only a little over a year out of school. I have failed out of two med-surg orientations. I am currently working at a nursing home and it was going fairly w...

Imma stick with my days:) I do pick up pms occasionally but it's different!

I had my first one on one with my one supervisor. I think they have a really good plan to help support and grow me

Thanks everyone for your support and encouragement. I am feeling hopeful again, I know that I have a long way to go. Today I had the first of I believe several one on one meetings with one of my managers. They seem to have a really good plan to suppo...

You hit the nail on the head for black and white.... it's causing a lot of problems for my "critical thinking skills" which is a problem theme among my previous and current employers....

Thanks. Currently LTC. But I don't want to stay here. I want to go back to the hospital or perhaps something like an outpatient infusion center...... just nervous it's going to be the same thing over and over. Two hospitals and now even my LTC are qu...

I'm not necessarily saying I want to get into those areas. I love the bedside, but everywhere I turn, I'm being told that I'm not competent/cut out for it. My mom was just starting to recommend that I look at branching out, that maybe bedside isn't w...