HiddencatBSN

HiddencatBSN BSN

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  1. New ER Grad Resources - Help Please??

    HiddencatBSN replied to bitter_betsy's topic in General Nursing

    Do you use EPIC? If you do, see if you can access the playground to get more familiar with the system and practice in a slower environment. A 50% success rate for completing orientation and staying on...

  2. Feeling lost in my nursing career

    HiddencatBSN replied to BButterfly1993's topic in General Nursing

    I’m sorry your management hasn’t been more understanding. When I gave notice to take the local/paycut job, my manager was sad to see me go but very understanding that I needed to make the choice...

  3. New ER Grad Resources - Help Please??

    HiddencatBSN replied to bitter_betsy's topic in General Nursing

    I started as a new grad in the ER and it is definitely overwhelming at first. When your preceptor has a full regular assignment it’s often not possible to slow down as much as is comfortable for a...

  4. Feeling lost in my nursing career

    HiddencatBSN replied to BButterfly1993's topic in General Nursing

    Having a newborn is super tough. I went back to work at 7 weeks with both of my kids and luckily at the time I was working a weekend program and only working 2 days a week. After my son I took a...

  5. Forced to Return to the Floor

    HiddencatBSN replied to harumi22's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate that my hospital made reassignments rather than furloughing staff. We had a hotline staffed by nurses for the public to call in to for concerns, to schedule testing, with referrals to...

  6. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Also, I think your idea to have students do assessments on child care center patients is a good one and getting parental permission doesn’t seem like an insurmountable obstacle. Not all parents will...

  7. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I taught 2 semesters (well, 1.5 because of covid) so my first semester was seniors and the second was juniors. We were in the children’s er where I taught and let me tell you a 7-2 clinical is not...

  8. Prepare Nurses to Pass NCLEX, or Prepare Nurses for Real World?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My students were with me for 3 clinical days before they went to another clinical since I was in a specialty area, and due to the unit I was on, we couldn’t plot out assignments in advance. The...

  9. New Grad COVID

    HiddencatBSN replied to Kitkat191's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I’m so confused how they can call it a 3 month orientation when only 1 month is with a preceptor. This sounds awful. When I’ve changed jobs I often get 8-10 weeks orientation as an EXPERIENCED...

  10. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    HiddencatBSN replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    This is true. But the OP’s parents were also abusing them financially. So in the context of being in an abusive situation, which isn’t “normal” it makes sense that their educational expenses...

  11. NEED HELP preparing for PICU job

    HiddencatBSN replied to HannahBSN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Developmental stages and typical norms is always good. Normal vital signs by age. I started in peds as a new grad so reviewed my nursing school lecture slides from peds. (sorry, submitted too soon) I...

  12. New area of Peds, help!

    HiddencatBSN replied to Mickey9700's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I’ve seen people hired in to psych without psych experience at multiple facilities I’ve worked at. When I was a new grad the psych centers were some of the employers who consistently would hire...

  13. Scab nursing?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I mean....this is the point of unions, that when workers band together we have a lot more power than we do as individuals. Unions are The Balance between the workforce and the company. Hospitals (and...

  14. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    HiddencatBSN replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    Also, when I was starting college at 17/18, I got really BAD but well-intentioned advice from multiple adults I trusted. It sounds like OP’s parents didn’t have their best interests at heart and...

  15. 2020 Presidential Candidates on the Issues

    HiddencatBSN replied to Brian S.'s topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Hawkins does support a $15/hr minimum wage, indexed to

  16. Over $300k in student loans - help.

    HiddencatBSN replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

    Have you talked to a bankruptcy lawyer? I know that in general student loans don’t qualify but I was reading recently that it is sometimes possible to have partial forgiveness through bankruptcy....

  17. CNN: Abortion Performed on Wrong Woman

    HiddencatBSN replied to Alex_RN's topic in Nursing News

    This is tragic, but South Korea outperforms the US as well as many other western countries in healthcare outcomes. I don’t think this would be news if it were a common

  18. Suicidal patients food and drink provision

    HiddencatBSN replied to skylark's topic in Emergency

    Why not keep pitchers at the nurses station or somewhere designated outside patient rooms? Do your psych patients have activities/things to do to keep them

  19. Blood pressure in peds patients

    HiddencatBSN replied to Georgia Weasley's topic in Emergency

    Are you able to take palpable blood pressures? They’re faster which means less complaint from a child who doesn’t like the squeezing. Also when using the auto bp make sure it’s set to...

  20. ESI Resource Classification

    HiddencatBSN replied to KCnTexas's topic in Emergency

    I would consider ultrasound and a CT two different resources for triaging

  21. Negative Nancy?

    HiddencatBSN replied to NurCe-45's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the second half, that people who aren’t important in your life shouldn’t carry weight, but being open about mental health and past traumas helps destigmitize them and I greatly...

  22. CNN: Abortion Performed on Wrong Woman

    HiddencatBSN replied to Alex_RN's topic in Nursing News

    It’s different because of anti-Asian bias. It’s the same with the “wet market” panic: you can find fish and butcher markets in the US too. The increase in viral activity at seafood specific...

  23. Graduated 2014, Passed NCLEX 2020,

    HiddencatBSN replied to katrn's topic in General Nursing

    Can you try to arrange your schedule so it matches 2 or 3 of the nurses who like to teach? What are you feeling like you’re lacking

  24. RN vs. EMT

    HiddencatBSN replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    I would just reiterate the assessment, that the patient has had an acute change and is now requiring high flow oxygen to maintain sats, and the doctor has ordered transport to the hospital and then...

  25. RN vs. EMT

    HiddencatBSN replied to TaylorJ's topic in General Nursing

    Just stick to the facts then. I’d refuse to take the oxygen off: they can noodle with the settings on the way in to see if he desats or