acmt27 BSN, RN

acmt27 has 6 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU and interventional pain.

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1. 2nd time NCLEX test taker

   acmt27 replied to FOZFOZ's topic in NCLEX

   Have you found out yet?? It's my understanding that it's rare to fail at 75 questions. Since it's looking for you to hold at a minimum competency level, most who are below the level get more than 75 to determine whether they can hit the level.

2. Potential New Job Option

   acmt27 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   Completely agree. As long as you're able to get by on the pay cut, your parents should support your mental health above all else.

3. Remote jobs/masters programs towards this

   acmt27 replied to ISTJ nurse's topic in Career Support

   I joined a big nursing informatics group on facebook (private group called 'Nursing Informatics') with over 8000 members. The discussions there have been super helpful. From what I've gathered, experience is more likely to get you a job in informatic...

4. Did something unwise, but was it a HIPAA violation?

   acmt27 replied to guest1200295's topic in HIPAA

   No problem. I have even worked at hospitals that publicly announced how many COVID patients were admitted daily.

5. Did something unwise, but was it a HIPAA violation?

   acmt27 replied to guest1200295's topic in HIPAA

   Nothing confidential about your response. No specific patients were mentioned. No HIPPA violation there.

6. Career/job Options for MSN Informatics.

   acmt27 replied to Mpompo838's topic in Informatics

   Interesting information, I have considered trying to get my foot in the door of the informatics/analyst world. Do you think the current pay cuts/hiring freezes in the field are concerning for the future of nursing informatics?

7. Remote jobs/masters programs towards this

   acmt27 replied to ISTJ nurse's topic in Career Support

   I have been looking into nursing informatics as a career. I'm currently in an outpatient clinic after working 4 years bedside on various floors. If I have learned anything since switching, it's that I want to be even farther removed from patient care...

8. Getting my foot in the door

   acmt27 replied to acmt27's topic in Informatics

   Thanks for the advice! I appreciate the insight into the candidates. I guess my only concern is that I have only been at my current job ~7 months. I did 4 years on the floor, between med surg, tele, PCU, and ICU. I had to get away from the bedside du...

9. Getting my foot in the door

   acmt27 posted a topic in Informatics

   I have been considering getting into nursing informatics. I'm thinking along the path of a masters in nursing informatics. My question is, would the best path be to jump right into a masters program while working my current ambulatory clinic job, and...

10. Archer and UWorld Scores

    acmt27 replied to amy Triptyline's topic in NCLEX

    I did UWorld back when I was preparing for the NCLEX. I remember getting average UWorld scores, that gave me somewhere in the mid chance passing range (don't remember exactly but I don't think I did as well as you). I was so nervous and didn't even f...

11. NCLEX preparation using UWorld

    acmt27 replied to xlightx's topic in NCLEX

    I used UWorld and passed first try in 75 questions. It's been a couple years so it's hard to remember but I think I was getting average scores on the UWorld questions. Average enough to be very nervous that I should have been doing better on the ques...

12. Want to transition to MICU/SICU

    acmt27 replied to Guest995304's topic in MICU

    My situation a year ago was almost exactly like yours- a year and a half on a tele unit, working nights. I absolutely hated nights but day nurses on tele were always swamped so I put up with the disruption to my circadian rhythm. I've always wanted t...

13. Not Many Vented Patients - How Acute if Your ICU?

    acmt27 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Critical

    I float around the ICUs at my hospital, but mostly stick to our SICU and MICU. We are a level I trauma center in a large urban area. We also have a CCU and PCU, 10 beds for each unit. We are a very trauma heavy hospital so even when I'm in the MICU I...

14. Between a rock and a hard place (or Sedated patient deemed me uncompassionate)

    acmt27 replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, they use pain parameters for IV pain meds (ex: fentanyl 50mcg q1h PRN for pain 7-10). If I rated the pt's pain as a 3 and gave that med, I'd be flagged by pharmacy. That's crazy that they expect you to give IV for a pain of 3.

15. Should I quit now?

    acmt27 posted a topic in Career Support

    Long post but skip to the last paragraph for the main jist of my issues. I have been considering quitting my current position for a while now (like, since before COVID was a thing in every hospital). I work in telemetry, where we are chronically unde...