jbeaves BSN, RN

jbeaves has 2 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. Texas CRNA 2021 Application

   jbeaves replied to uscrn12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Congrats!

2. Texas CRNA 2021 Application

   jbeaves replied to uscrn12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   Thank you very much! Hopefully letters are sent to everyone

3. Texas CRNA 2021 Application

   jbeaves replied to uscrn12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   The

4. Texas CRNA 2021 Application

   jbeaves replied to uscrn12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   My application status changed to "Decision Made" and listed my status as

5. Texas CRNA 2021 Application

   jbeaves replied to uscrn12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   If anyone else is as anxious as I was, be sure to keep up with your application status. I found mine had been updated last

6. SHHHHH, dont tell anyone I'm a RN

   jbeaves replied to Barbie8808's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Yes, I believe we are making the same argument though my statement was certainly lacking some eloquence that may have caused the confusion. Scope of practice does not equal job description does not...

7. SHHHHH, dont tell anyone I'm a RN

   jbeaves replied to Barbie8808's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I have to disagree. At least according to the Texas BON there are several rules to delegation including "the nursing task must not require the unlicensed person to exercise professional nursing...

8. SHHHHH, dont tell anyone I'm a RN

   jbeaves replied to Barbie8808's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   dilemma noun a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones. "the people often face the dilemma of feeding themselves or...

9. SHHHHH, dont tell anyone I'm a RN

   jbeaves replied to Barbie8808's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   This is kind of a tricky ethical dilemma. If you are a licensed RN and one of the patients for whom you are working as a tech suddenly require your nursing expertise, you could be required to act as...

10. Cardiac Step Down: 6 week orientation for new grad

    jbeaves replied to ADNRN2016's topic in Cardiac

    I'm working on a cardiac step-down unit in a moderately large city. The orientation on our unit is typically 6 to 12 weeks with 8 being the average. Our unit's educator, who oversees the orientation...

11. How difficult is nursing school?

    jbeaves replied to alittlepatience's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have always considered myself to be relatively good at school and I felt that it was certainly a challenge, but sciences were my Achilles' heel long before college and proved to still be when...

12. How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Monitor

    jbeaves replied to jbeaves's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Both times it looked flat. Our monitor system has a habit of reading asystole occasionally while you can still clearly see a completely normal rhythm (this normally happens with errors in lead...

13. How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Monitor

    jbeaves replied to jbeaves's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My first use of the word "shield" is referring to more subtle tasks he would perform throughout the day either out of boredom or to ensure I did not become overwhelmed. Keeping track of medications...

14. How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Monitor

    jbeaves posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been working on the cardiac ICU step-down for 8 weeks. It's my second day off of orientation and I'm beginning to realize just how much of the job my preceptor shielded me from. Its 8-something...