ChitownRN17

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1. Career opportunities as clinical review/database management RN

   ChitownRN17 replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Quality Improvement

   Hi there! I’ve just started looking more into quality control type jobs and wondering if that is similar to what you do. Based on what you described, it sounds like it could be something that would...

2. New Nurse tips & advice

   ChitownRN17 replied to BriancaNicole RN's topic in Neurological

   Learn as much as you can about the actual anatomy and structure of neurology/everything involved. I work in a neuro clinic but the only real training I got was on how to document and what questions to...

3. transitioning from acute setting to ambulatory

   ChitownRN17 replied to thomas76's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   I agree with the above posters for the most part. I left the ER because I was 26, had been dating my now-husband for a year and was working nights, weekends and holidays. I was missing too much in...

4. Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

   ChitownRN17 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   I work at Northwestern and I think it’s mindboggling people looked because during orientation, they drill it into our heads to not look at anyone’s chart who is not your patient or a patient you...

5. Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

   ChitownRN17 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Very true on the “big brother” comment, truly not sure how people don’t recognize that or think that high profiled charts are going to be monitored. Although, I work at this hospital and it’s...

6. Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

   ChitownRN17 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   I wish! I work at this hospital and it’s actually fairly difficult to find very good nurses. A lot of people want to work at Northwestern because of the prestigious name (as I’m sure it is at...