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  1. Back to the Hospital?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to AshleyM RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker who left the hospital, came to my outpatient clinic. Got irritated with it, so went back to the hospital… and then came back to the clinic again! There’s a real “grass is...

  2. Life With Kathy Is Never Boring

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Psychiatric

    I am so so opposed to TeleHealth! And I know, I know the arguments about improving access and everything and I’m sure they’re valid. But I see situations like this every day at my work— a...

  3. Anesthesiologist Group Says Hospitals Can Prevent Fatal Errors Like Vanderbilt's

    CommunityRNBSN replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    YES YES shout this from the rooftops. I work outpatient. There are no medications on the premises that could possibly do serious harm. And yet, Every Single Task I perform using our eMR gives me a...

  4. Patient Died in ER lobby

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    A coworker of mine— a competent, kind, sweet nurse— recently spent many hours in the lobby of an ER. She’s 8 months pregnant, and none of her family members were allowed to be with her. She had...

  5. Can you search anyone in the controlled substance monitoring database?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Nveez's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    To the poster (whom I don’t think even works in medicine or nursing): In any situation of accessing someone’s medical info, there’s a standard of whether you need to know. I’m a school nurse,...

  6. No Ethnic DIversity

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Nonie76's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the small places in my area even advertise by nationality — “Good Polish companions and housekeepers!” It gives me a chuckle but we have a large population of neighbors who probably see...

  7. Truth vs. myths

    CommunityRNBSN replied to nurseinthemaking24's topic in General Nursing

    The insurance is so inexpensive, there’s probably no reason not to have it. A while back, when this question came up, somebody put out a call— “Has anyone ever actually used it?”...

  8. Leaving job after 7 months

    CommunityRNBSN replied to typicaltuesdaynight's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. "Oh, I just decided to move on. I'll miss you all though!" You don't need to get into long-winded

  9. Stressed as a nurse. Experience needed to be a Nurse Educator?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Jennifer George's topic in Nursing Career

    I have a BSN. My first career was as an elementary school teacher, so I do have a background in education. I recently looked into teaching at one of the community colleges (and local small...

  10. Nursing School Fail out

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Timothy Andrews's topic in General Students

    Move on. Find a new school or, frankly, a new line of work. There are more red flags here (about you, not about the school) than a Chinese

  11. I hate being a nurse…

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Sav789's topic in Health, Stress Management

    That’s a great

  12. I hate being a nurse…

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Sav789's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This is the exact reason I work outpatient. I am an intelligent, careful, detail-oriented person; however, when I actually have to provide serious care, I have no confidence in my ability to do it...

  13. How soon to start my first job after graduation?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to birthworker's topic in General Nursing

    The vacation I took after graduation was the best I’ve ever had. The absolute relief of knowing I DID IT was amazing. That being said, not everyone has the good fortune, and you’ll survive either...

  14. New Nurse

    CommunityRNBSN replied to WickedSmahtRN's topic in School

    My district is hard up for school nurses, as are most! I substitute there (they've asked me to be FT but I can't at the moment). I asked whether they'd consider a new grad, as I have some friends...

  15. Failed out of RN program completely, what now?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Lynker's topic in Nursing Career

    I loved this story! Also, she must be so proud that her daughter wanted to follow in her footsteps and be a

  16. Failed out of RN program completely, what now?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to Lynker's topic in Nursing Career

    Maybe this is true, maybe it's just your perception-- but either way, definitely don't allow that to be the "explanation" in your mind. I hope my tone doesn't come across like I'm being harsh but,...

  17. District School Nurse

    CommunityRNBSN replied to carebear01's topic in School

    This is what "district nurse" means in my district, although I definitely think that title could mean a lot of different things! I am a substitute nurse, which means I get paid as a per diem. We...

  18. Patient Abandonment

    CommunityRNBSN replied to BaybeeNurse20's topic in General Nursing

    You do you, I

  19. Fresh RN

    CommunityRNBSN replied to MrsMiller0619's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LTC is vitally important; it's also hard. If you're feeling overwhelmed and burnt out, it could be that you just need to try a different field. I know you're in a new position, so you may not want to...

  20. Patient Abandonment

    CommunityRNBSN replied to BaybeeNurse20's topic in General Nursing

    What's with the weird phrasing about "a certain communicable disease"? Why not just say Covid

  21. Not Sure About Nursing

    CommunityRNBSN replied to HadNar323's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My husband is an attorney. He does corporate litigation for a nationally-known firm. I have a few thoughts: 1) He has been incredibly lucky to land here. He went to a top-10 law school, and...

  22. Regret becoming a nurse

    CommunityRNBSN replied to NURSE998's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Haha, that's not a dumb question. It's a federally-qualified health center. That's an official term that basically means a clinic for low-income clients. So we mostly do primary care, but we also...

  23. Regret becoming a nurse

    CommunityRNBSN replied to NURSE998's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you’re that miserable— leave. The job market is great right now; you will get another job even without experience. (Don’t quit your current job until you have one though!) There is no advice...

  24. Did I go the wrong route?

    CommunityRNBSN replied to McKMM's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds like you’ve had an impressive and diverse career. I can’t imagine why you would think that was a bad thing. I mean, I guess if you really want to get into med-surge now, it might be hard...

  25. APRN in scrubs?

    CommunityRNBSN posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    Okay so I have a silly question for this Saturday morning. I’m an RN and I wear scrubs to work (even though I work in a field where there’s basically no possibility of getting my clothes...