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Hi all the nurses out there, I am about to hit a 1-year mark on a very busy med/surgical floor, which I am tired about being a bedside nurse (floated frequently since 2-3 months on my own including 2 months of taking care of COVID patients). Ho...

Thank you all for your replies. I do know that there are not that many options available for my limited experience. I am just thinking what non-bedside nursing jobs I can do and I am willing to go back to school for it. Thank you all for your time.

Hi, How many years of experience does it require? thank you.

True. I will look into it. Thanks. ?

Hi everyone, I am wondering when is the "good amount" of time for you to leave your current job and work for another hospital? The current one I am working for is too far and would like to look for something closer (paying for 2 places and driving b...

Hi FolksBtrippin, thanks for your reply. Should I starting applying now or wait until I reach 1 year? Is applying now too early?

I thought one year is the minimum but I heard other people saying 2 years so I got confused. Thank you for your time!

Could I ask if you go from med/surg to another med/surg or to a different unit with 11 months of experience? thank you.

I am in NJ now, I just want to get a job closer to where I live so I don't need to travel so often.

Hi all nurses and future nurses, I am a new nurse on the floor for about a month on my own. I had a patient who I was told that he used walker to ambulated, but later I realized he was too weak to walk (bedbound most likely). But I forgot to change m...

Hi Faculty RN, MSN, RN, Thank you for your input. When I first admitted the pt, he told me he uses a walker at the facility. But later the shift, I observed that he might be too weak to walk and I read about his admission note later the shift and h...

Hi Daisy, I only had that pt for his admission, and I did not have him since then. I have been taking care other patients. He was always in my mind, so I remember that I forgot to update his assessment before I left my shift when I had him. I will c...

Hi Daisy, When I return to work (4/10), and I will ask my charge nurse to make sure what is the proper way to deal with this situation. I asked an experienced nurse last night about it, and she said just change the original charting (make sure put c...

Hi Daisy, I went back to my original charting and changed it with a comment "uses walker per pt, but RN realized that pt is too weak to walk" in the braden scale part. How should I do a late entry properly although Epic does show date and time I edi...

Thank you Daisy for your input. The patient told me that he uses a walker before admission (pt is axo x2 and psy history). I worked night shift, so many patients do not get out of bed as frequent as day time. We are using Epic, so when I changed it, ...

Got 2 calls by now about two former patients (not covid r/o, or positive for coivd) got confirmed later. I have been having non-productive coughing, running nose, feeling fatigue. Yet, occasional health told me that I am at low-risk, and can continue...

I am a new grad nurse and new to my department for about a month now. Today, I received a call from occasional health of my hospital saying a patient I took care of back on Tuesday (3/24) has been tested positive for COVID-19. Back then, we were not ...

Hi all nurses out there. :D, My situation is that now I am debating between 2 jobs. I am a new grad just moved to a new state, so I dont know a lot about the hospitals here but I am very fortunate to have two offers. Hospital 1: I accepted the job ...

Hi and thank you again. The recruiter said they strike for 5 pts but I think they "might be" working on that still? I was told that the unit is fast-paced and always packed. So I am sure that there will not be days to have 4 pts.

Hi all nurses out there. :D, My situation is that now I am debating between 2 jobs. I am a new grad just moved to a new state, so I dont know a lot about the hospitals here but I am very fortunate to have two offers. Hospital 1: I accepted the job ...

Hi, I think i forgot to mention this in my reply. They called me last week and it went to voicemail since I was driving. The recruiter was saying they are very interested to offer me the full time position. Is there a difference between "interested t...

Thank you all for your wonderful inputs. Here are a bit more information. -The distance for #1 would be about 120 miles for a day. -#2 has $7/hr than #1, and I believe #2 has a better benefits and it has other programs for employees to increase thei...

That sounds a lot, and I have been searching online if 6 is doable. Many people are saying it wont give you 6 right away but maybe they will start with 1->2-----6 eventually by the end of 14 weeks of training. but still!!!

Thank you for the detailed input. I am looking for suggestions from everyone especially those who are nurses. Maybe they have insights that I have never thought of. Everything about #2 is good but just the thing I have 6 patients and they are high ac...

Thank you for your time. #1 is 61 miles one way so about 122 miles round trip from my place to the hospital. The work schedule is like two 12 hours shifts (Mon-Tuesday) and 2 eight hours (Thursday-friday), no weekends and holidays. Since we just move...