Nursing Career Crisis
My background:
Intensive Care Nurse with 7 years of experience. I hold my BSN and my CCRN certification. I’m 28 years old and have zero obligations or commitments. I’m not married and my partner and I don’t plan on...
Excuse my grammar and spelling as I write this in the midst of a migraine storm. I am an experienced critical care nurse, and recently I’ve had a reality check.
I’ve wanted to be a provider since I was a child. Being a physician was originally m...
VaniCCRN replied to CreamCheeseRangoons's topic in General Nursing
Thank you for standing up for your own. Unfortunately there was a disgusting display of nurses against their own in this thread. I’m reminded of how the nursing “profession” is riddled with a high school mentality, and these CEOs are using these weak...
VaniCCRN replied to CreamCheeseRangoons's topic in General Nursing
Just because she’s an adult and it was a contract doesn’t mean it wasn’t predatory. There also needs to be accountability on the employers side of the equation. Honestly y’all suck for putting all the blame on this nurse. You people are the reason nu...
First off, the story is confusing because I believe the OP is mixing up AMs and PMs but it sounds like this was the course of care:
8am - post-op period begins.
10am - patient makes 50 mL of UOP; MD orders 500 mL bolus LR and starts 75 mL/hr ...
VaniCCRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing
Labs:
CBC
BMP
TSH, T3, T4
Liver Function Panel
UA
UDS (Maybe, but afraid I’ll lose patients trust)
Documents:
Need paperwork about her jaw surgery
Need paperwork about colostomy and bleedin...
Don’t lose any sleep over this anymore. This patient isn’t worth it and you did nothing wrong.
Say it with B Y E! Only good things will come from this and you will no longer have to entertain this manipulative patient.
If you were on track to complete a masters degree with a specialization in Adult/Gerontology Acute Care and you wanted to continue your academic career due to wanting to be able to influence policies/research and possibly teach. If you had a strong a...
I thinking of following through with my program and then hoping for the best. I’m not going to limit myself to a provider position. I’ve already told myself I’m open to education/leadership and that I can always be a provider PRN. It’s not the most i...
Good evening,
woukd appreciate recommendations for full-time employment for a BSN-RN-CCRN with 7 years experience in critical care. I am in graduate school. I currently work ICU and truthfully I’m burned out. I’ve tried taking time off and vacat...
As far as NP. I know I can’t be too picky because of regional saturations in the market. I am however willing to move for the right job, even across the state - especially if it means experience. I honestly do not think I want to continue in intensiv...
Unfortunately a large part of the reason I want to leave is my nurse manager. A stressful environment such as the ICU combined with his management style make for a miserable experience. The list of things he does is pointless because I know HR will d...