bearsnurse

thank you will definitely look this up

hi that is what I suggested to do to my manager change friday to one of the week nights from Monday to Tuesday the thing is our department to be considered weekend option is Friday, Saturday and Sunday but I learned from HR it does not always apply so weekends in other departments is saturday and sunday and the one night can be any night from monday - Thurs so this is another option but it really depends in manager's discretion and the need of the unit my manager assured me we will deal with it until I get a positive answer from the college if not my other alternative is I really don't want to do it but I might be forced to go to another unit that can accommodate my schedule. Another factor to consider is that the teaching schedule cannot be changed as I posted it is an evening class for non traditional students so most of the students are working through the week and that is their time to be in class thurs, friday and saturday.

Hi all, I finally had my job interview for the PN teaching position. I hope I did well. There were 3 people who applied but only 2 were granted interview on Thursday I am due to meet with the college president. What are the typical things that a college president may ask? I am getting anxious. My other dillema is if I do get this teaching position I will have a conflict in my work schedule this class is an evening class designed for non traditional adult students it starts Thursday 4pm-9pm, Friday 4pm - 8pm and all day saturday clinicals. I normally work Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights 7pm-7am. I had spoken with my manager and told her my dillema and I was glad that she is open about this. she knew that I really want to teach but I can't afford to lose my regular job as financially just on the teaching salary alone it's not feasible to live on. I can still work Saturday nights and sunday but Friday I really can't do it. I don't want to lose my weekend option nights as it means losing money and it would actually work for me as I will have time for prep for my class during the week. I need suggestions for creative solutions for this. I really don't want to leave my present position as I have been here for 6 years and 16 years nursing experience. I love my job and my area I know there is a lot on my manager's desk right now because just last week 5 nurses left our department and I don't want to add to that. so Help! any suggestions are welcome. BearsNurse

Thank you for the suggestion this will have me somewhere to start with I was actually thinking of a short discussion of the nursing process because as a nurse no matter what area of care you are at the nursing process is always utilized we might not be aware of it but it becomes second nature...I am begining to get anxious and panicky over it... Bearsnurse :)

hello, I need help to prepare a 5 minute presentation for PN students. this is a part of a teaching position job interview. can anybody suggest an appropriate topic? I really don't have a formal teaching experience except for a handful presentations been an OR nurse for 16 years and now working to finish my MSN with a track on nursing education I am trying to get a job teaching. Thanks! Bearsnurse

Thank you for the input I did think about staff development and being an OR educator that would be another venue I could do but I really would like to teach in a nursing school setting...hmmm I may look into spending time in an ICU and medsurg floor setting or geriatrics ... :) bearsnurse

I did get to do some fieldwork experience but I don't think it's enough though in theory I am prepared but it's the practical side of things I am worried about. I do know adjunct doesn't pay a lot and shifting to academia I would be getting a substantial pay cut but I am really interested in teaching. bearsnurse

Hi all, I am as of the moment going through my masters in nursing with the track on nursing education. I have a couple more semesters to go and I will be graduating. I am getting anxious in anticipation of completing my masters because I really don't have any actual teaching experience except for acting as mentor and preceptor at some point in my nursing career but I have no formal teaching experience. I have 15 years of Operating room nursing experience and have been licensed in 3 continents i think i have plenty to share to my future students but I am anxious that when i do finish with my masters and try and apply for a teaching job i will not be hired because of my lack of teaching experience. I have tried to apply for an adjunct instructor position in a local community college just to gain some experience but i have not heard anything since. Now I am questioning myself whether it was right to continue with my masters and now in debt and not being able to get a job teaching...any thoughts on this... Anxiously, bearsnurse:crying2:

My thoughts on this is that check your OR / hospital policy,the labs, H & P's, pre-op check lists etc... When you are charge nurse or have a patient under your care we have the duty and responsibility to give the best care and sometimes in the OR some situation requires our own judgement and discretion too. where is empathy in this situation? i salute those nurses that have this value it's very rare because i know sometimes (i am guilty of this too!) we are too busy to finish our tasks ahead that we don't stop and think about how our patient feel being in that narrow OR bed and cold too. No matter how much warm blankets and comfort measures we offer but just the thought of going under knife ??? hello i wouldn't want to be under too...i think the hospital has been unfair to fire her without looking through the situation unless they have other reasons already lined up and just waiting for opportunity to do it. I sure hope that some of this "paper pushers" policy makers and such ... (as I call them) do not end up becoming patients themselves then maybe they'll know...

Happy Holidays! everyone.... I am just posting to ask if any of you out there has done some traveling. I am seriously thinking about it...my husband and I have been discussing this whenever our finances doesn't improve any this coming year...we have been married for 2 years now and no kids yet that is why we are considering this option...has anyone have any suggestion on where to start? and what to do ? I would very much appreciate it. I have been nursing here in the US for nearly 2 years and a half and been in the OR counting my previous nursing background close to 11 years now and it has always been in surgery. My other concern is my husband if I do get to do travel what will he do job wise I suppose he could do substitute teaching. could someone enlighten me in this matter. share your experiences and all... Have a safe and happy holidays everyone! :)

I have been a surgical nurse for about 11 years now eversince I graduated in 1996 I worked in the OR afterwards... I have lived and worked in the UK for 6 years and then last December 2005 moved here stateside the first 6 months I was here I worked in a hospital in Tennessee and I really had a bad experience there being new I felt so demoralized with everything. anyway I decided it was the end of the rope for me so hubby and I moved to another place now I am working still in the OR as weekend nights option person at first everything was alright I was enjoying it starting over again and I have no problems with the people I am working with now I am in this position for 6 months and it's just begining to hit me that they hired me because the person working this shift is sick and well dying and it is I who has to take over her place the training is good but I feel sooo bad about it because I thought I was going to be working with her but not working towards replacing her... she is very good at what she does and i feel i have got a very big shoes to fill she has been there for 30 + years... i know with proper support I can do it but now I am begining to get anxious and overwhelmed thinking of the role I am going to fill in I am begining to doubt my ability and thinking of changing speciality altogether. I am confused but that I am thinking too of the safety of my patients I feel that I am not ready to be doing such role... I like what I do and I like the hospital I don't really want to leave can't afford to lose my job for financial reasons too... but at the same time I am scared of this responsibility...any advise??

thank you for the responses you have enlightened me maybe because i was so used to the system in england that we don't pay for anything (well we do through our national health insurance) but this is best to keep in mind i understand now. that situation we are in at that time was really rough we didn't have money and we barely lived on one income because the nursing agency screwed me over my pay (sorry but they did) they changed my pay rate my work condition just 3 weeks on my orientation didn't have enough support from them on my transition and orientation instead of helping us they added more insult to injury i was paid $12.00/hour they say because i am on orientation i was considered a student( i already passed my NCLEX-RN exams). well i was naive and scared because they sponsored me coming over they might try and cancel my immigrant visa. they were the ones who housed us and had us on contracts with apartments which we couldn't afford to breach as for penalties etc... it was a $700 apartment rent and i was the only one working on a $12.00/hr pay do the maths. anyway it was a learning experience for me... my husband and i did a lot of research writing letters it paid off because in the end the agency released me on my contract that was a big..big.. relief.. now we have moved and starting over again...

Last year my hubby developed this sudden awful pain in his testicles it was so painful that he could hardly walk anyway I took him to the nearest ER being sooo worried about it. I was scared he has to have surgery for torsion or hernia or something...thinking about worst case scenarios...he had no work at that time and I just started working in a hospital also I was new to this country so we had no insurance i have my own insurance but he wasn't covered under me yet as we could not afford to pay premium as a married a couple at that time this insurance I got from the nursing agency who was my employer anyway, we waited for about 3 hours in this metro hospital facility when the ER doc finally showed up he did a few poking and questions about it did not even ordered any lab tests. the diagnosis was orchiditis he just wrote something for the pain and some home remedies like warm and cold compress and wearing loose undies etc... I was so relieved it wasn't surgical or anything worst than what I thought it would be...now what has annoyed me was the hospital sent us a bill worth $500... wow!:angryfire $275 physician's fee! is this normal? I am just fuming because i don't think it's right to charge that much when he did not really do anything physical assessment yes but nothing extensive just stood there asking questions and making us wait for ages... i mean man... come on ... and the facility is metro owned they are always on the news for having financial problems does this mean they take it out on their patients... poor people who couldn't even afford to have health insurance... of course we will pay them but i am just mad because i think the cost with the service we recieved is not justified by the amount that they have charged us...well, i am just glad to get away from that place now i am working and my husband too in another city,state but what an experience...whew...me.. welcome to america....

all nurses has given me comfort it is reassuring to know that i am not alone. nurses care for other people but who cares for our nurses? this web site has helped me a lot with information and the experiences shared here may it be positive or negative has given me insights of this noble profession that we chose to be. i think it boils down to as nurses we are our worst critics but this is good too for we as a profession find ways to develop and improve on our practices.

In college I applied for a spot in journalism but ended up enrolling in a nursing program but if i would have pursued journalism I would love to be a travel/food journalist imagine globe troting seeing the world and learning about other people's culture i think it's the coolest job ever but i have done the travelling bit through nursing...