AnneS

I just wish I could start an IV with confidence. Lately, I haven't been able to stick anything. I am a fairly new nurse and always try, but I am thinking I will never get it.

I got my first RN job at 50 and work on a busy med surg floor. I love it and I would say I am in better shape then 50% of the nurses here already (knock on wood). Take care of yourself, stay strong with exercise and eating right. From day 1 I felt...

I would suggest volunteering at your local hospitals. This will put your face out there and hopefully get you in contact with the people that make the decisions or can give you recommendations. Good luck.

Changed careers after 20+ years as a CPA. I absolutely love being an RN. I loved being a CPA too, but after so many years I think everyone gets a bit bored. Anyways, I had always wanted to be a nurse, so went back to school part time at the commun...

We loop and do not cap saline locks. When we loop, we swab the port with alcohol and connect, and when we connect to the patient, we swab the patients iv port with alcohol and connect. My hospital doesn't even carry these red caps, although that so...

I'm a fairly new RN and I have found that its helpful for me to make a task sidebar on my brain for each patient. For example, i need to assess, i need to make a care plan, document education...etc.. Through out my shift i will try and knock off on...

I'm a CPA with a bachelors degree and an ADN RN. My advice is get your bachelors degree. If you want that to be in business administration, go for it. Not sure you can get one in accounting, I know mine was a minor in accounting, major in business ...

Seems this has gotten off track. Its not about a nurse that becomes pregnant after being hired. Its about a woman that is already, what, in her 7th month of pregnancy and she is not sure if the person that hired her is aware she is pregnant? You g...

carolmaccas66 is a bit melodramatic and suffers from the 'grass is greener' disease. Any career you choose is what you make it, and although there seems to be a lot of RN's like carol with pisspoor attitudes and long held grudges, I believe you wo...

I read it somewhere here I believe, and its probably the best advice I have seen. In short it was, " Just keep showing up". I am 50, nursing is a second career and I too just started in July. A few weeks on in class lecture, then on the floor with ...

Congratulations! Sounds like a dream job too! Good luck.

I was in your shoes last June when I applied for a Versant program. Best of luck.

I am a CPA and an RN. My first career was accounting and I loved it, but after 20 or so years I decided I wanted to try something different that was more rewarding so I went into nursing. Yes, nursing is way more physical and a way less professiona...

I am currently at the end of a versant program. I applied after I graduated from nursing school. It was highly competitive. Once in, you are an employee of the hospital. You get paid a fair salary, you get benefits, you earn time off. You receive...

I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have heard another nurse tell me in training "you need to cover your ass, your license is at stake". What a load of crap. I need to do my job and I need to have someone back me up so mistakes aren't...

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Confident in your postpartum skills because you did your school preceptorship there? Really? I did my school preceptorship in med surg and everyday I learn about 10 new things I didn't even know I didn't know. Advice #1. Do not get overconfident...

For what its worth, I remember waiting to hear if I would be hired on the day they said they would let everyone know. It was a Friday too. They didn't call until the following Tuesday.

I know how stressed out you are about this right now. I failed a couple of my competencies the first try. I was devastated as well, but they give you more than one try. Its a good learning opportunity. You now know what you did wrong. Its very ea...

I keep hearing IV's beeping long after I've left the hospital. How can I stop this? lol

This is my second career after a long career as a CPA. I will tell you this...in my first career, I did not encounter any of this constant 'writing up' as I do with the nurses. Its almost like a competition on how many times they can catch another ...

eyeball, I am 50 and just started working as a new grad in med surg. Frankly, I don't feel its any different for someone older vs someone younger. Maybe remind people that you are a new grad too as some assume you aren't. Its tough learning everyt...

Yes, you are probably correct. But its curious why there isn't the other option.

Yes it does. They take care of their own first. As it should be, in my opinion.