CardiTeleRN BSN

CardiTeleRN has 6 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Cardiac, Telemetry.

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1. Advice on which job offer to take!

   CardiTeleRN replied to K. Davis's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a nurse for almost 6 years and when I was a new grad, I was offered a job on an adult oncology unit (apparently a substituting manager hired me) and an adult obs/tele unit. I accepted one but 2 months in, the actual hiring manager told me s...

2. RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

   CardiTeleRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   Distracted by training and communicating with doctors at the same time. Still too much. I worked at Vanderbilt and they have tightened ship a lot since that incident and the incident of the surgeons removing the wrong limbs and kidney. They were very...

3. RaDonda Vaught - What is she doing now?

   CardiTeleRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   1) She was staffed to work in the neuro ICU but she DID float to imaging to administer the med. 2) She said she was overwhelmed BECAUSE she was working as a resource nurse, floating around the hospital to other departments to help out with the ...

4. With everything going on..What do you love/like/enjoy about being a nurse?

   CardiTeleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently had several interviews and was asked the cliche "what made you become a nurse?" or "what do you like about nursing?" and I think I shocked them and myself when I simply said the educational aspect of it. I think they were expecting me to s...

5. Should I resign or am I overreacting?

   CardiTeleRN replied to BaybeeNurse20's topic in Career Support

   I would always opt with going with your gut. Just weigh the consequences which are usually just losing your job. You can always get another. I saw someone comment that they will document a discussion made with a manager in regards to an unsafe assign...

6. Should I resign or am I overreacting?

   CardiTeleRN replied to BaybeeNurse20's topic in Career Support

   Oh fair point! Travel agencies are the way to go. Get away from staff. Heads up, traveling has a 50/50 chance of receiving 20xs worse treatment from staff and management and you will get the worse assignment plus more patients but its worth it in the...

7. Albany Medical Center Review?

   CardiTeleRN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, sorry I am just now seeing this. You're definitely right. Many hospitals I've worked with have had overflow all the time. It's a pretty common practice. I recognized that. That night was just horrifying, they didn't have overflow and the support...

8. Should I resign or am I overreacting?

   CardiTeleRN replied to BaybeeNurse20's topic in Career Support

   I just had a similar situation but as a travel nurse but they were flat out trying to assign me to work a unit where additional certifications(chemotherapy) were required and I refused. They tried to convince me to leave without waiting for coverage ...

9. Albany Medical Center Review?

   CardiTeleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, I just wanted to go ahead and post my experience working at Albany Medical Center as a travel nurse. I feel that our experiences should be shared with factual data so anyone that may be considering employment or a travel position...

10. Can we talk about the Travel Nurse Cap?!

    CardiTeleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why are some states considering capping travel nurse pay?? What is the purpose? To help with the nursing shortage? I'm not sure if someone informed the decision makers that nurses left staff jobs due to low pay so lowering the travel pay will only ma...

11. Dear Nurse That wanted to know if pt had a bm... (venting)

    CardiTeleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear nurse who wanted to know if pt had a bm... Before I answer, I'd like to know why the pts haven't been repositioned q2h per order, why the pts are constantly developing new PUs with no treatment/barrier protection? (Just because you discover...

12. How to leave toxic work environment when you're the only RN?

    CardiTeleRN replied to pumpkinqueen's topic in Relations

    Wow I’m so sorry you’ve had to endure this. =( I’m glad you’re getting out of there! my employer is also toxic. My manager asked me if this position is right for me because I asked the for the policy for the job they want me to do following a 1h...

13. Is it legal?

    CardiTeleRN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I've been trying to get a copy of my union contract since I was hired coming up on half a year now. No one wants to provide it for some reason. I have had the convo with management and they're the ones who told me its easy work and I should be fi...

14. How to leave toxic work environment when you're the only RN?

    CardiTeleRN replied to pumpkinqueen's topic in Relations

    I've witnessed this when I worked as a CNA in a LTC. The management were functioning as RNs and DONs and they weren't licensed as RNs, LPNs, or CNAs. Needless to say, the place was ran poorly. The residents were always breaking bones from falls, alwa...

15. Is it legal?

    CardiTeleRN replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Whats the CBA? Should I address the safety aspect? I just feel uncomfortable. Mostly because I don't want to miss preparing a surgical instrument or forget to do a step and cause a delay mid-surgery or worse, cause a lawsuit.