The Incredible Nurse

The Incredible Nurse ASN, BSN

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  1. Question about Cigarettes and Drug Tests

    The Incredible Nurse replied to nicky1234's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen Nicotine testing as part of health employment screening. But I doubt it has the same staying power of Marijuana. It should be out of your system by

  2. Am I too old to start?

    The Incredible Nurse replied to chelzw's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are still a spring chicken. I graduated from nursing school at 27 but many of my classmates were in their late 30's to mid 40's. You are never too

  3. 9 mo of experience

    The Incredible Nurse replied to hnwarden's topic in General Nursing

    Its not the most terrible thing ever. I would start looking for positions in your new location since right now. That way yo may have bigger chances of finding a job. Just be upfront about the reasons...

  4. What's your patient-nurse ratio at your hospitals?

    The Incredible Nurse replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    Green Tea, That was actually a very smart idea. I choose to transfer to a procedural area in my hospital, and the difference is night and day. I am so much more happy now, I can provide better patient...

  5. What's your patient-nurse ratio at your hospitals?

    The Incredible Nurse replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing

    Our Med-Surg unit has a 1:5 ratio in AM sift and 1:6 in the PM shift. There are rumblings that the organization may bring it back to 1:4 for AM and 1:5 for PM because of the huge increase in the...

  6. Planning move to California

    The Incredible Nurse replied to jnurse121's topic in California Nursing

    Make sure you have a job before moving to California. if you try to job hunt while in there you will use of a lot of

  7. First day in OR

    The Incredible Nurse replied to StatBlues's topic in Nursing Humor

    You got pranked, laugh it off and get back there and keep on learning. Having a sense of humor will get you far in any profession, specially nursing. Next time find a witty response to get back at...

  8. Suicide screening for all is not needed

    The Incredible Nurse replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I believe this screening is important, even if it gets to be a bit repetitive to ask the same questions. It takes 10 seconds out of our time and could end up catching someone with suicidal ideations....

  9. New Grad NP - How I Got Multiple Job Offers

    The Incredible Nurse replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for sharing your experience. I plan to reference back to your post once I am done with NP

  10. Why your avatar?

    The Incredible Nurse replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

    I had an artistically gifted friend of mine create an avatar for me to use in the Interwebs. He got a little bit richer financially and now I am the proud owner of my own personalized avatar. It is...

  11. Are NPs expected to be happy and cheerful?

    The Incredible Nurse replied to Soliloquy's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Allowing everyone's families in the PACU so soon after surgery is a recipe for disaster. I suppose it depends what kind of surgical center we are talking about, but my managers, coworkers and I, would...

  12. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

    The Incredible Nurse replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    klone, Relocating is very important when trying to secure that first RN job, or when looking for better cost of living for seasoned nurses. However, in order for any organization to be able to attract...