buckchaser10

You'll find that in nursing, and probably every workplace, shifts like to talk smack about other shifts. As nurses we are perfectionists so it hits us harder than other shifts. If your management didn't talk to you then I would say not to worry too...

Doesn't matter, it was the nurses fault because they called *big sarcasm here*

Couple things, first love the name! Second agreed, every generation thinks they had it harder while thinking generations younger than them are dumb. Third it is common knowledge that as new generations are made they learn more than previous generati...

These adverse effects are from practitioner orders though. Just because someone annoys you doesn't mean you have to order it. Stop pinning these issues on nurses. Ultimately the practitioner ordered it..

I can't wait for the nurse versus practitioner pee fight that is about to ensue

Uff da, I say that and screw up my sentence. Pretend there is another comma after spelling. I can't find the edit button.

Honestly this was my first error as a nurse... many times. In training I never had to administer blood so I never had the process down before being on my own. I'm still here as a nurse to talk about it today. Consents are important in case of legal ...

I know a guy who has this exact situation with his wife. She works day shift and he works nights. He is a zombie every day because the baby is not on a night shift schedule. It is doable, you just have to get creative with your sleep.

I get the fly fishing comment because honestly I'd only work somewhere I could, well, chase bucks. As someone who has a fairly fresh kid (under 1) hobbies take a hard side step to priorities. This is especially the case when you are supposed to be ...

Is this a typo or did the ACT used to be scored differently? Top score is 36. National average is something like 20. I know plenty of nurses who couldn't even dream of hitting 20 (don't get me wrong they are still great nurses.) Your asbestos und...

Do you know exactly what type of insurance job you are looking for? Insurance companies utilize nurses in all sorts of ways. The majority of these careers you utilize your past nursing experiences to guide you. You could train a monkey to review i...

Big medical systems, think Cleveland Clinic or Mayo

Awesome! Congratulations!

I'm not an agency nurse but I do bring them in to my facility to fill needs. We had to cancel one recently due to the staff not being able to meet our employment requirements. We go through medefis and our contact there said a bunch of contracts ar...

So if your concern is if LPN helps, no not really. Part way through your BSN education you become eligible to take the NCLEX-PN. If your concern is money, the cheaper route is normally tech/community then four year. If you are able to nab a lot of...

Yeah so case management should know the bulk of that info. You should only have to provide pertinent info from your assessment. Their job is literally managing the patient for discharge. Social services and case management should be managing discha...

I know a guy who up and left for a minimum wage job in Europe because he was feeling burnt out. Within months he missed nursing. You might find the same but there truly is only one way to find out.

Big systems around me have triage nurses that are at their home. Normally the job postings read something along the lines of "eligible to work from home with 1+ year of experience." In my travels through the medical field I used to want to do this ...

Who do you have on your rounds? MD's should know their patient either from taking care of them the previous days or through doctor to doctor report. In a normal round setting you would just need to provide anything the night nurse deemed important ...

Honestly, a lot of us have jitters interviewing people too. An interview is about us making a good impression just as much as the interviewee. We expect you to have hesitations. We don't want someone who is robotic. "Tell me about yourself"- Nam...

We often see students put their clinical experiences in their resume, I personally don't read over them that much but that's because our system is kind of a catch-all any clinical experience helps. The biggest issue you will have with this is seeing...

Yeah in my area (midwest) this resume would land you a ton of interviews at the least and I would wager as long as you interviewed halfway decent it'd land you quite a few job offers. As Rose_queen said, I would look at a different area or specialty...

Yeesh harsh words! People always say to get your experience and run but regardless there is always going to be a need for nurses in LTC. What you'll find is often your nurse counterparts are nurses who are winding down their careers and getting read...

I'd have to understand the set up you are talking about but traditionally medications would be piggy-backed into a primary solution. The piggy back eventually won't run any further and primary will take over, leaving you a line that is always primed...

I'd say land a nurse gig and take the 15 weeks. You went to school to be a nurse. I'm not sure what you make in food service but I'm going to assume your earning potential is much higher in nursing. By the way, I don't know where you're located bu...