Nunya

I've done it 3 times, once in the military and twice in civil service. All 3 hospital jobs were rotating shifts but I worked more nights than days in all of them, by choice. The hospital shifts were 12 hours, clinics 8. I won't say I'll never do a clinic again but I hope I never have to. Even though I didn't always sleep well on nights (or even days) what I didn't like was working 5 days/week instead of 3. I was used to doing chores during the week when most people were working but that doesn't happen when you work M-F. I felt like I had much more free time on 12s.

Glad I'm not likely to be in Nebraska anytime soon. I wonder if they require flu, MMR and TB testing?

I've been on call in NICUs but only 1-2 shifts every 6-8 weeks. One shift every week is an awful lot imo. Hard to get a 4 day weekend with that requirement. Ask the PP and Nursery staff what their requirements are.

Wow! That's pretty bold of that site! And possibly illegal.

Also, there's no shame in running things past the charge nurse and asking her for suggestions, to talk to doctors etc. I like to keep calling the doctors back if the patient doesn't get better, yeah, they get annoyed but that's why they get the big bucks.

Just my opinion but maybe get a staff nurse job for longer than 4 months before you spend thousands of dollars and hours becoming a NP. We all think we'd like something before we actually DO it....

OK, here are all the things the nurses suggested.... UTI, one gal said she's been negative on labs but still having sxs that went away with abx Sleep deprivation/ benzos to help with sleep/withdrawal of sleep meds MRI to check for tumor B12 deficiency, one nurse said her FIL had this Electrolyte imbalance/ one specifically mentioned ammonia Mini strokes/TIA Isolation) decreased stimulation due to disease process/Covid Carbon monoxide poisoning Covid, one home hx nurse said that's sometimes the only sign that elderly show Parkinson's Dehydration/malnutrition Normal pressure hydrocephalus Low or high pressure CSF Head injury, has she fallen recently? Good luck. I know how it is to be away from your parents when they have health problems, this happened when I was in Texas and my parents in FL. I eventually ended up moving to FL because I couldn't do much from Texas and my Mom kept crying on the phone with me. Feel free to email me if you need to talk/vent. Elaine.

A friend's mom had the same thing happen, they eventually diagnosed her with Lewy Body dementia. I posted her case on the fb page "School Nursing" and got lots of suggestions of things to check. I'll go look now but if this topic gets closed just email me via this page.

That's exactly what they did at a military hospital I worked at. The "preceptor" had LESS than 1 year's experience on the floor, and it was her first assignment as a nurse. But she was bubbly and fun and young. Too bad she really didn't know what she was doing yet.

Oh yeah, this is teetering, and more on the dangerous side than safe side. NICU is an ICU and quite frankly so is L&D. Your hospital is giving a few weeks orientation in a NICU and then someone who's never done it before could go weeks before working in it again? There's no way I'd work for a place like that. I can see if an experienced NICU/L&D nurse wanted to cross training and do other areas because they aren't going to forget things, but a new to the area nurse? Dangerous. Dangerous for the patients and dangerous for the nurse. Who's idiotic idea was this anyway?

Yes, I've been able to pick up 3-7 when a 8 hour person was going home, or work 7p-11p to bridge the gap between a 12 hour day and an 8 hour night nurse, but it's not scheduled, it's all OT.

I don't think any job (edit: any hospital or LTC job) will let you take every Saturday off, even if you work every Sunday. That would be splitting up your weekend which means someone else would have to split up their weekend, and people will scream. Now you can certainly trade with people to get Saturdays off. You might be able to get a certain weekday off every week but not a weekend.

If you think it's really important you can call and tell the nurse when you get home, then you won't be thinking about it.

Yes, I think you'll have the same if not more direct contact with patients as a NP. Have you thought about trying to do something like case mgmt, infection control, research? Edit: or a work from home job?

Florida doesn't really care about educating it's students. Many, many charter and private schools here with no oversight, no minimum requirements, no state or federal testing. And of course the legislature allotted more money to these kinds of "schools" this year. It's a disgrace.