motherofcats

motherofcats ADN

sub-acute/rehab; acute psych

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About motherofcats

motherofcats has 5 years experience as a ADN and specializes in sub-acute/rehab; acute psych.


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  1. RN lacking confidence and assertiveness

    This! For me I try to predict what they will ask and have the answers ready.
  2. What would you do?

    Yes PCU will help you. Why would you think it wouldn't? I admire your ambition, but don't set yourself up for failure if you didn't cut it in PEDS. The PCU I worked in briefly was basically an extension of the ICU at times (minus the vents).. you'll ...
  3. Renewing CA license 1st time/CEUs

    I just renewed in CA, my first time. You are exempt from the CEU requirement because you took the NCLEX. $190 is all you pay and youre good.
  4. Congrats! And welcome to the jungle. You will truly get SO much experience, in prioritization, being flexible, delegating, all that! I am/was a new grad and my first job was post-acute/rehab/SNF (LOL). I was charge nurse for sometimes up to 40 patien...
  5. New nurse questioning it all

    Psych! It is a little stressful yes, but a different kind. In my facility, everyone is medically cleared before coming, so its managing symptoms and behaviors mostly or stable medical conditions. I'm not (as) fearful of med errors, a crashing patient...
  6. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    LOL perhaps I should have used proper terminology, mechanical pleurodesis. Thank you and stay safe too ?
  7. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

    I did. I left before the "wave" hit. I am a new grad, was 2 weeks into orientation on a stepdown unit, so this decision was PAINFUL. However, my history is that 4 or so years ago my lung collapsed out of the blue requiring surgery to basically reatta...
  8. Am I a coward for going on FMLA due to COVID?

    Someone shared a piece of wisdom with me and it might apply to your situation. What other people think of you is none of your business. If you are satisfied with your decision and feel confident you are doing the best to protect your LIFE, then you a...
  9. AT A LOSS - COVID High Risk Nurse

    Thanks everyone for your feedback. After many tears and hours of deliberation I made the decision not to return to orientation. One, because the facility was already a couple hours from my home and my plan to stay in hotels was not a feasible one wit...
  10. AT A LOSS - COVID High Risk Nurse

    Unfortunately they can't hold my position because I'm so new, still on orientation and probation.
  11. COVID-19, If a nurse needs quarantined...

    same at my hospital. they did not want us to call off until a +COVID test. crazy.
  12. Logical Choices

    I recently made the decision not to continue orientation on a high acuity unit, due to the obligation I have to myself, to protect myself. I am high risk, and choose not to take the risk. I wish all of you the best in this fight.
  13. Afraid of dying

    I'm sorry you're feeling so anxious. It seems most people are. Something that can help with future thinking, is to come back to present. Find and focus on 5 things around you, that are tangible and real. Smells, sounds, colors.. things like that. I h...
  14. Abandoning Ship

    I am going through a similar situation. Just started an acute care job, on orientation still, but am concerned about my health hx and the impending COVID patients to my unit. The family is pleading for me to back out and start fresh when things are s...
  15. AT A LOSS - COVID High Risk Nurse

    Friends. I just recently started an acute care job on a high acuity floor. I am on week 2-ish of orientation. This is my first acute care job as an RN. I worked at a SNF right out of nursing school and was ecstatic to be moving on to the hospital aft...