Otessa BSN, RN

Do any of your hospitals ban staff from chewing gum? I have been places where they look like they should be in the Grease movies or are auditioning to be a cow. Looks very unprofessional, IMO.

You take over pt care it is your pt & your license. Don't like the other nurse's attitude to be honest-wouldn't want to work with her or care for my loved one.

Hi! Those of you that work on Telemetry/Cardiac Units, what kind of speciality training does your Telemetry/Monitor Techs get in orientation and annual training? Thank you for your reply! Otessa

A balanced diet and getting some exercise may help - other than that- checkup with your MD?

Don't listen to your snarky extrovert instructor. There are 'some' extroverts that think introverts can't 'make it' in any line of work or aren't quite as smart because we think and react in a different way. They quickly realize that while we shy, q...

Have these people ever heard of eating breakfast at home BEFORE work?? A mid-morning break-sometime after 9 or 10, yes, before assessing patients?? um, no.....

Personally I think it would b easier to be pregnant toward the end of your program than caring for your newborn at the beginning. That means you could start trying halfway through your program-good compromise in my book.

The previous employers or co-workers never told you why you were fired "from almost every job" you have had?? That seems a bit odd.

Flood this Spring plus oil boom makes housing a challenge and/or expensive.

Do you know anyone still working at the place you both worked for 3 years? That may give you a LOT of insight....... maybe he was fired or quit when asked to leave, etc. Oh, always send a thank you note/card. Have been part of the hiring process and...

https://www.healthcaresource.com/trinity/index.cfm?&template=dsp_job_list.cfm&ijobrowset=1&fuseaction=search.jobList&ifacilityid=10000&cjobattr1=All&ijobcatid=106 There are 107 nursing (LPN/RN) job openings in the Minot, Willi...

If anyone does get a job there you may want to work it in your deal for a place to live. The flood from this past year has any type of rental, including rooms hard to come by as well as the oil boom-hole in the walls rent for $$$.

Live in Wisconsin and there are SEVERAL job openings where I live (not in the middle of nowhere) we hire new grads at times too.

They come in different widths. I could see them coming off if you have narrow feet and don't get the narrow width. Only the heal is free, not the entire foot. They are used pretty standardly in the service industry. Never came off my feet for cod...

Been wearing the Dansko clogs for years-no achey legs or fatigue like when I wore running shoes. They aren't for everyone and you do need to get used to them. Worth every penny!!

I loathe math but knew it was important to get through college and work effectively and safely as a nurse. Got a tutor and began to understand math instead of running away from it. Best decision ever! That way you don't limit yourself.

There is something to be said about work/life balance. Pursue the PCCN, offer to teach a class or 2 for your unit-keeping you engaged and challenged or wrok on a project workgroup. Good luck!

Staying home with my kids and having some sort of home business that DOESN'T require me hitting up all my friends and relatives. Obviously I will stay with my day job...

Debt is not easy to deal with, especially when jobs are difficult to obtain. Living with parents, working part-time, cutting expenses every chance you can, loans at the lowest amount so the burden is less when you are done. Graduated in '92 without ...

I have never signed a consent for the immunizations of my children. Do parents sign a consent for every single medication they receive while in the hospital? Not a Pedi. nurse so not sure.

You would need to sign with an AHA Training Center (reputable) that offers the online portion, will send you a key code to do the online portion and then you would need to come in for the in-person skills check. Don't know of any AHA-endorsed CPR co...

Sorry, just read the other posts that you DID renew online but there is a lag time.

At your current job-would they have bumped you up to .9 or 1.0 prior to hiring these new people? That would have been the ideal-probably better benefits too! Talk with your manager about your desire for more hours or changed from part-time to full-...

Have a great friend who did not have total ovarian failure(did tests on eggs and sperm and found nothing wrong) but had many IUIs, miscarriages, 2 rounds of IVF, surgeries and perplexed infertility doctor. MD suggested egg donor-they were on an adopt...

That is the policy at my facility.