HiddencatBSN

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  1. Why do you think it is beneficial to have a second nurse available during a catheterization?

    HiddencatBSN replied to Rainha_portuguesa's topic in General Nursing

    Oh honey, I have a solid 20 years left. IDK about the others. I’ve never polled a non-representative anonymous and unverified sample on the internet for an EBP project before. Much more...

  2. New Grads and Acute Care Hiring

    HiddencatBSN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    No one, including associates prepared nurses, are trained the way they were 70 years

  3. Looking for info on SUNY Upstate Hospital

    HiddencatBSN replied to MajinBulma's topic in General Nursing

    New grad pay is much lower at Upstate but there’s a significant bump after your first year and the pay ends up being competitive, plus you qualify for state pension. I like the hospital a lot and...

  4. New Grads and Acute Care Hiring

    HiddencatBSN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, so is the problem that no one hires new grads or that they hire new grads over experienced nurses sometimes? I got my first job through networking- I joined the professional organization for...

  5. New Grads and Acute Care Hiring

    HiddencatBSN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I mean...people relocate for education and jobs all the time in other fields, that’s not really an uncommon thing to do. My siblings and I all went to non-local colleges and I moved out of state...

  6. New Grads and Acute Care Hiring

    HiddencatBSN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    That really depends on the program. New grads requiring more orientation resources isn’t limited to BSN programs and my ABSN had more clinical hours and better placements than the local community...

  7. Need Advice, No Longer Able To Be A Nurse

    HiddencatBSN replied to Just Peachy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Agreed. Don’t lie on your applications. I transferred multiple times with my first degree and failed an entire semester at one school due to depression-induced “unofficial withdrawal” (basically...

  8. Tell me I'm being too literal

    HiddencatBSN replied to imintrouble's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In NYC it took nurses going to the media to get attention for lack of PPE for any change to happen. I would raise hell with management and administration and if they don’t come up with a solution...

  9. Are LVN/LPN programs a waste of time? BSN ultimate goal.

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurseguysf's topic in General Students

    Hiring practices ate very regional dependent, I worked in PA and never saw an LPN in acute care and work in Central New York now and my hospital uses LPNs in all inpatient units. Regardless of...

  10. Are LVN/LPN programs a waste of time? BSN ultimate goal.

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurseguysf's topic in General Students

    Why? It’s part of their scope of practice in my state and presumably in this one

  11. Need Pediatric Nurse Advice

    HiddencatBSN replied to newbienursie's topic in General Nursing

    The board doesn’t move so fast that you need to repost your question after no response in an hour. Are you in NYC? I know the job market is competitive in good times there so it makes sense...

  12. Post offer physical

    HiddencatBSN replied to KMULL002's topic in General Nursing

    My current job had a pre-employment physical and they asked me about medical problems and also about my hx with back pain. I told them how I manage it and we talked about how it impacts my job...

  13. Are LVN/LPN programs a waste of time? BSN ultimate goal.

    HiddencatBSN replied to Nurseguysf's topic in General Students

    The community college I did my prerequisites had a point system. 9 was the maximum points you could get and 7 was the minimum for acceptance, but because they always had enough people applying who got...

  14. Which MSN would you go for?

    HiddencatBSN replied to shellfrmmo's topic in General Nursing

    Right, but those are very different paths. Deciding which job you want is going to depend on what sort of work you want to

  15. Working full time nights

    HiddencatBSN replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Childcare for small children is a not small part of why I am still married. You will need someone to watch your kid overnight, and without in person school you will need someone to watch them for at...

  16. What's it like in the VIP wing of a hospital?

    HiddencatBSN replied to marienm, RN, CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Security, sure. Privacy restrictions, locked charts, pseudonyms on the bedboard are reasonable for high profile patients. (Although the other folks in the hospital with Pinochet needed protection FROM...

  17. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    Since 9/11 in particular and with our perpetual wars and interventions in general, strong patriotism is a necessity to keep general support of our military policy. You can’t criticize US military...

  18. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    And you can choose to accept it with a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ or you can work to denormalize it. I’ve replied in several of your threads and they stand out as being overly concerned with the...

  19. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    I’m sorry we can’t all be pondering topics of deeper import, like whether nurses should date doctors and the continuing ED habits of our coworkers. Shallow, I know, to be concerned about infection...

  20. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    From what I’ve read they can only refuse assignments that put the president at risk, not themselves. And from the article I posted, it sounds like many of them feel like the president is...

  21. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    Whether SS is being placed at risk and how they feel about that in light of Trump and FLOTUS being positive isn’t on

  22. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    And right now the opinions seem to be “it’s *** of the president to put his staff including secret service at risk by not following basic pandemic precautions” and “eff ‘em, they all...

  23. Exit interview: I want to report a sexually harrasser

    HiddencatBSN replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    Exit interviews are to cya and benefit the employer, not you, not your coworkers. I decline them always. If they truly cared about those issues they would have made the climate and culture one where...

  24. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    Some higher quality than others, to be

  25. President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

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

    You sound like people who said nurses shouldn’t whine about inadequate PPE during this pandemic because we “knew what we signed up for” when we became nurses. Also per the link I shared...