Grande_latte04

Grande_latte04

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  1. Starting corrections nursing

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in Correctional

    I have been a nurse for a year and a half. I've bounced around a bit from job to job due to moving (unavoidable family situation) and leaving a job that was not working for me. I am currently working...

  2. What's your dream nursing job?

    Grande_latte04 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    work three days a week, good health insurance,

  3. Insulin amount

    Grande_latte04 replied to ElenaVlaeva's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The rule someone taught me was always wait till the patient starts eating to administer short acting because what if they decide not to eat? For every unit of SA insulin it can drop BS by 30pts. So...

  4. ABSN

    Grande_latte04 replied to futnurs__'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Try university of

  5. Blood clot vs urinary retention priority?

    Grande_latte04 replied to Giraffel's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would think blood clot because of potential for

  6. Just lost and need career advice

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I guess I just need advice. I am lost. A little background: I have a year and few months experience in nursing. This is my second career. I use to be a scientist. Decide I had a passion for nursing...

  7. Anyone NEVER been hit/hurt working psych?

    Grande_latte04 replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    That's great. That was not my experience. I think because many of our patients in inpatient child and adolescent psych were very traumatized, had multiple behavioral issues and were in various states...

  8. Anyone NEVER been hit/hurt working psych?

    Grande_latte04 replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Psychiatric

    The memory care/ dementia patients do hit during sundown. Luckily, many of them (not all) are very slow and not strong. There will be an occassional elderly lady with strong fingers for pinching and...

  9. FNP - Their Own Clinic - California

    Grande_latte04 replied to EzraRn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I know this comment is late to the game, but as on Oct 05 2020 NP can practice independently by January 2023 in

  10. Scab nursing?

    Grande_latte04 replied to Emergent's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This is capitalism. The big hospitals that legit take in 100s of millions to billions of dollars a year will not budge for nurse Sally to make an extra 2.25 an hour. Strikes will happen, and they are...

  11. Worst Nursing Scrub Color Worn?

    Grande_latte04 replied to RNliveoak's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    white is def the worst. I think pink looks

  12. FNP PROGRAM United States University

    Grande_latte04 replied to SarahRNs's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am interested in this program. And would like to hear people's experiences with state licensure and securing a

  13. Assistant director of nursing... is this a mistake?

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    So I have an interesting predicament I am hoping someone can provide some insight on. I have been a nurse for about a year. Prior to nursing I had a first career as a researcher and a scientist. I...

  14. NP Student, highly wanting to do med school?

    Grande_latte04 replied to FamNP123's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My most recent job I worked often with two providers: An MD and an FNP. They were equally knowledgable, equally experienced, and honestly I could not tell them apart aside from the fact that the NP...

  15. Assistant director of nursing... is this a mistake?

    Grande_latte04 replied to Grande_latte04's topic in Nurse Management

    I didn't end up getting the position, and it is currently vacant. Who knows what that was about? I agree. Super

  16. Thinking about becoming a NP but also need career advice

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am a relatively new nurse. A little over a year of experience at this point. I am one of those people that needs direction/ needs to work towards a goal. That being said I think I want to become an...

  17. Nursing technology invention - what should I do?!

    Grande_latte04 replied to rubyagnes's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    you need to talk to a patent

  18. New to psych

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I am currently working in outpatient and for many reasons, it is not a good fit. I have recently had the chance to interview at an inpatient psych facility. I am a relatively new nurse. I received...

  19. Anyone HATE nursing school but LOVE being a Nurse?

    Grande_latte04 replied to alex_desiree97's topic in General Students

    I hated a lot about nursing school. I hated putting on the fake smile for the teachers, pretending to care about stuff that I was obviously never going to need to know, getting along with some of the...

  20. Is it normal to hate my job this much?

    Grande_latte04 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the opposite. I love bedside nursing. I hate administrative work. I am in outpatient right now and I am bored

  21. Thinking of NP

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in General Students

    I am thinking about NP school. Specifically, PMHNP. I have been a nurse for a year- I've worked in long term care (rehab and memory care) and am currently working in outpatient pediatrics. I am...

  22. Penn Nursing students seek partial tuition refund due to COVID related virtual clinical training

    Grande_latte04 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    I think they have an extremely valid case. Also 180k for nursing education is ridiculous. We want to encourage people to go into nursing, not dissuade

  23. Quit Orientation: Help With New Job

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have posted about this before. I don't want to come across as the newish nurse that complains constantly about their job, but I guess I need advice/ need to vent/ feel as if I am at a cross roads at...

  24. Quit Orientation: Help With New Job

    Grande_latte04 replied to Grande_latte04's topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN. My job right now is that I am training so that I can work in multiple departments. My preceptor is not my boss, just someone who is training me. He is the head nurse in one of the...

  25. Help with new job

    Grande_latte04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I have been a nurse for a whole 8 months. I know this makes me a newbie to the field. Before I was a nurse, I was a researcher and professor. I got my PhD in biology and taught at various...