gentle_ben_RN ASN

I'm ready for a change! After 20 years of ER and PACU, I'm thinking about applying for a position in Oncology. I want to try something new, and I miss having that nurse/patient relationship that you don't really develop in my current specialties. My ...

Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate your response!

Hey y'all! I've been a nurse for 14 years. My background is med-surg, ED, PACU.. I've been searching for my niche in nursing over the years, but I've never truly felt fulfilled by what I was doing. I have an interview tomorrow with the Hospice Team t...

Thank you! My interview went great! They unofficially offered me the job! Just waiting to hear from HR! I'm so excited!

Hello friends, I have applied for a 10 month School Nurse position. I have been a nurse for 10 years. My back ground is med/surg and ER. I was hoping to get some advise for my upcoming interview. I have been wanting to try school nursing for the last...

I was told poor parent envolvement, high turnover of school staff and the principal was "a joke." But this could be my opportunity to get my foot in the door to future opportunities with school nursing. Just trying to get an idea of what I'm getting ...

Hey guys! I had my interview today. It went well. It's a 10 month position at a K-5 elementary school in my area with EC children. 400 students. I did some research on the school. An acquaintance of mine that is already a school nurse was assigned t...

I really feel like this could be my niche in nursing. Wish me luck and I'll keep you posted. Thank you!

What is FERPA? I'll google it:-)

Thanks for your feedback. In my area, there is a school nurse shortage. The state has recently approved 2 new positions that will be available in mid December. Right now, there is one RN for two K-5 schools. I have a friend who is currently employeed...

I've been offered a job with a pediatric home health agency and I'm just curious if anyone has any experience in this area. Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks.

The surgeon comes into the room and tells your patient that still has their oral airway in that the surgery went great and he will see them in the morning!

Hey guys! I'm a 28 year old male RN with 7 years of nursing experience. I have worked in the same hospital doing med/surg for 2 years, ER for 2 years, and PACU for 3 years. My hospital primarily treats adults. We have a Peds unit that has 6 beds, but...

I have PALS and ENPC from my ER days. Plus I have a 3 year old daughter and a 2 year old son that I am a stay-at-home-Dad to on my days off. (I work 3 12's) I just wasn't sure if that was something I could use as "experience." Afterall, raising child...

We call in our backup at the oncall RN's discretion. If you have more than one case that you would cause you to have more than one patient in the PACU at once, then we call our backup. Usually the OR charge nurse tells us what the case load will be w...

How about when the CRNA brings them out with a nasal cannula stuffed down the ET tube......NO, I am not kidding!

Hey guys! It's me again:) I posted last week about possibly making a career change and going to home health. I'm still on the fence because I'm having trouble seeing "The BIG picture" of Home Health and how it works. I've been reading the forums for ...

I'm an ED RN. At my facility, when there is an EKG with ST elevation and symptomatic patient, we overhead page a "CODE AMI" which alerts the ER MD, charge RN, lab, xray, and sends a page to the cath lab and on call cardiologist so that we can rally t...

Hey Guys! I'm a male RN with 6 years of hospital nursing experience. (3 years med/surg and 3 years emergency room) I'm really getting burned out with my job and have always had an interest in home health due to a great experience with a home health R...

Thanks guys! I put in an application with Bayada last night. Hopefully I'll go for an interview and see where that leads. I'm just so afraid because I've only worked in a hospital and I'm always scared that I'm making the wrong decision for my family...

I just need to vent a little because I'm feeling pretty beat down right now. I love my job in PACU, but some days I feel like every nurse in the hospital absolutely hates me. I try to always be considerate and professional to everyone when giving rep...

Hey home health nurses! I'm interviewing for a PRN job in pediatric home health. I currently work full time in the ER and recently had this home health gig offered to me. I've always wanted to work with peds and I'm getting a little burned out with t...

My hospital started using what we call a "pivot" nurse and it has been very successful. An RN is stationed in the lobby along with a tech and a greeter. The reasoning is that the RN is the first person to lay eyes on every patient that comes through ...

I'm going to start having the Grammy awards in triage! 1. For best performance of a fake seizure in a lobby full of patients who have been waiting for 2 hours......the Grammy goes to.......... BWAAA AH HA HA HA HA!!!!! Can anyone think of some other...