RNperdiem

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  1. have any of you left nursing

    RNperdiem replied to StillRN's topic in General Nursing

    I never left nursing completely; I really get a lot out of nursing. I just am hesitant to go back full-time. I have been per diem, picking out my own schedule ever since my son was born. One or two...

  2. Age- looking young

    RNperdiem replied to Newnurse1792's topic in General Nursing

    Luckily "too young" is a temporary problem. Even though I know better, when I looked up the pediatric surgeon who will be doing my son's surgery, my first reaction was: she is younger than me! She...

  3. Day shift and night shift jobs

    RNperdiem replied to JulielynnRn's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have OR training? Most hospitals only hire per diem staff who need a very short (2 days for my unit) orientation. For new hires without OR skills, the orientation lasts months, and a hospital...

  4. Totally Disapointed

    RNperdiem replied to OSUFan1's topic in Rehabilitation

    Life is all about trade-offs. If the predictable routine is getting to you, then a switch to something less routine is good. I met nurses who left what I thought were cushy jobs because they said they...

  5. I want to quit ICU after one week.

    RNperdiem replied to Lady4Scrubs's topic in Critical Care

    Stay another week, and those unresponsive bodies may then become the alert people you help up to the chair. The cords and machinery disappear one by one until one day you help the nurse pack up and...

  6. Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

    RNperdiem replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Trouble is the person issuing the directives is just middle management. Complaining to them does no good; they were given marching orders from someone in a higher position and if the middle manager...

  7. Nursing has a high divorce rate

    RNperdiem replied to Faada's topic in General Nursing

    The trouble with divorce statistics is that they are often outdated. The most recent data I have read about puts actual divorce rate below the much quoted 50% and varies by socioeconomic status with...

  8. Have you met your husband at nursing? Is nursing a good career to meet men?

    RNperdiem replied to Upward_Bound's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school had very few men available so I started hanging around the local university that had more men than women, met an engineering student and got my MRS degree at one school and my ADN at...

  9. Personal Guidance

    RNperdiem replied to anonymous2626's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think your wife would be able to get through school without some exposure to men in all their glory. Nurses and nursing students deal with incontinence care and catheters in the hospital, and...

  10. Rules for Per Diems

    RNperdiem replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Having a new manager changes everything. Whatever unwritten/unspoken agreement you had with your former manager, it sounds like this new person has different ideas. Where I work, there are minimum...

  11. Home care RN looking for new job options that aren't bedside

    RNperdiem replied to NetaSo's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking of procedural nursing. You get to work in departments like interventional radiology, endoscopy and monitor patients, give conscious sedation and other nursing duties. Once the patient...

  12. Former teachers turned nurses?

    RNperdiem replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with some nursing students who were former teachers. Both guys really enjoyed teaching, they told me, but long-term, the finanical deal in nursing was better. Both were married men with...

  13. My preceptor is everything they taught us NOT to be...

    RNperdiem replied to Live..&..Learn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How badly do you want to keep your job? Getting terminated will have lasting consequences for you. If you have one foot out the door already, maybe this job is not salvageable. As a new grad, your...

  14. What are the rules of what we can tell patients?

    RNperdiem replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    If it relates to the medical plan of care, I will have the doctors come and update the family. The docs can tell them what the CT scan found since they are the ones who will be writing orders and...

  15. IV Insertion in School?

    RNperdiem replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    We practiced on a dummy in skills lab. A few of us got a chance to start and IV in clinicals, but it depended on what was

  16. Going back to school at 30 to become a RN -- need advice!

    RNperdiem replied to Jaimer1's topic in General Nursing

    The ADN versus BSN depends somewhat on where you live. In many places the BSN is becoming standard-from what I hear here, California is at the top of the list. Do some looking around at other options...

  17. MD to RN?

    RNperdiem replied to jackshepard's topic in General Nursing

    Before you consider nursing, try again for residency on the next round. Not everyone gets a residency right away; don't be too quick to give

  18. Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    RNperdiem replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I am a visual learner. I get a better sense of the patient if I can see them, their vital signs etc. This works well because I work in ICU with only 1 or 2 patients to get report on, families are not...

  19. 12 hr shift makeup routine

    RNperdiem replied to RN_srs's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt any realistic looking makeup is not going to last 12 hrs. A mid-day touch up with some MAC Blot powder, some lipbalm and some fresh lipstick goes a long way to keeping the makeup going. I...

  20. Feeling apprehensive about my first choice

    RNperdiem replied to Terra Fermata's topic in General Nursing

    The cure to fear of the unknown is to get some facts. Before you commit, do some investigation. Can you visit the unit you will be working on? Talk to some

  21. Profession for some...attempted by many..

    RNperdiem replied to jdruds's topic in General Nursing

    The trade-off nursing made when it moved from an apprenticeship/hospital based system to an academic world is the reality shock of new

  22. Should I take the HUGE paycut to switch from ICU to a clinic?

    RNperdiem replied to nirali.karsaliya's topic in General Nursing

    Why not take the day shift clinic job with the short commute then look for a prn job in ICU and work periodically to make up the budget shortfall? Weekend nights where I work pay around $45/hr. Once...

  23. Need reasons why becoming a nurse first, then becoming a doctor, is a bad idea

    RNperdiem replied to jeaux's topic in General Nursing

    A few things to think about- How are your grades? To have any chance at med school you will need an impressive transcript with challenging classes and top-notch grades. Med school is highly...

  24. Just a regular ole nurse

    RNperdiem replied to NurseMikki's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you. Being an ADN bedside nurse who is happy where she is makes me unusual in my academic medical center. My job is not a stepping stone to something else. Most of my coworkers are in school...

  25. what else can i do with BSN besides nursing?

    RNperdiem replied to irishlynn5's topic in General Nursing

    With experience or without bedside experience? Are you ruling out all forms of nursing, or just bedside inpatient nursing? College degrees are not as rare as they used to be, so having a degree sadly...