Merasyph1

Could you reach out to me or how can I reach out to you. I'm very interested in remote work, but have some questions...

Aside from the safety issues and professional boundaries already mentioned, you do not have a provider's order to dress this person's wounds outside of a facility. You would not be covered liability wise. You would have to work for a home health agency and he would need to be a patient of said hha. You need to be careful and think through scenarios which could put your license, liability, and safety at risk.

I always ask to shadow. I'm not "working" or doing it to showcase myself, that is what the interview was for. I shadow because I want to know how the unit runs. Is the manager locked up in an office with high heels on? Is the unit full of cliques? Do I see happy nurses helping each other? Are people welcoming? Shadowing can give alot of insight to a unit.

Learning is not a linear continuously moving process. There are sudden stops, starts, loops, and huge leaps...in a nice chaotic mess of brain synapses. Be gentle with yourself...your brain IS assimilating knowledge, just in the way it can handle. Public speaking sucks, no 2 ways around it. Making it so formal is also nerve-wracking. I've been in a bunch of facilities and I've never had rounds on nightshift. We did a huddle, but that is essentially a 10 minute pep talk, reminder about Press Ganey scores, and seeing your buddies you haven't seen all shift. You ARE critically thinking, just not in the way you're meaning. You will appear task-driven for at least a year, until you are so comfortable with those tasks that you can then move on to other processes. It takes time. Please be gentle with yourself. You seem like you have high standards for yourself and high sense of integrity...which is a good thing. Just don't let them undermine you in this phase of acclimating.

I'm an ADN nurse, 12 yrs. Have never had a hard getting a job. The only issue I foresee is if you really want to be in a magnet facility.

How do you all come up with with figure of $40k to bring on a new nurse? My orientation was 2 weeks long at the hospital I'm currently at, and 12 weeks when I first started nursing. I've never taken medical benefits as my husband's have always been better.

You don't need a private meet with current employees to get a feel for the working environment. Any sleazy manager will set you up with his/her favs anyway. Get to the hospital early...instead of going directly to the unit you're applying for, wander around. Take the elevator. Strike up conversation with people - ask questions and listen. Don't say you're interviewing. When youre walking about, are people smiling when the approach you or in a big hurry? Do they offer assistance? Go to the cafeteria and listen for complainers. When you're being introduced to employees on the unit, be friendly to those being introduced to, but walk slowly and try to pay attention to those who think they aren't being noticed. Are they smiling? Appear stressed out? Do you notice people helping others? Listen for side conversations. Another thought: I used to be on the interview process at one job. If someone asked for a private meet with staff, that would raise a red flag for me as a possible drama raiser.