CaptScrubs13

1. State you work in: MA 2. Years of experience: 10 months 3. Specialty/unit and work setting: LTACH 4. Hourly Pay: 26.50 5. Differentials (if any) 5% weekends 6. Union? Nope

Honestly I feel for you. That is never a good position to be in .. New, inexperienced and on your own. I would for sure have the number of a supervisor/on call manager/don whoever you need to go to if things go wrong. Also i would be voicing my concerns to upper management, letting them know you don't feel ready to take that on yet. Make sure you know where emergency equipment is (aed, crash cart, extra O2, etc).. Try to keep calm if anything does go wrong.. Think it through and seek help from whoever is around.. Are you on night shift and that's why there's only you?

The clog shoppe in south weymouth (right next to south shore hospital) is great. Plus you get a discount (I forget exactly how much maybe 10%?) off full price shoes with a hospital/healthcare ID badge

Thanks very much for the input - the peer tutor position was I suppose similar to work study .. The professor who headed the program recommended me to take part; I could only do it in my second to last semester because of scheduling problems Iv class was actually a course I took for ceus while at my current job.. Just thought it'd be good to include as relevant training.. Just not sure where? Re: format - I should've mentioned in my first post yes some of those items are tabbed over to the right but I just put everything in its own line here I do like how the bolded parts stand out; I will make that correction for sure. The only other minor detail is that my second job I actually perform all of those functions (office and instructor) still to this day.. I worked there in high school (05-07) as an assistant and then came back in college (2010) and continued in all the other duties listed. I also held a cashier retail job in between those years (07-10) but felt it was sort of irrelevant so left it off. Thanks again!

There's so many.. Looks like kindred hospital Boston may be the type of facility I'm looking for (more acute cases... Not sub-acute SNF which is my current facility) ... Esme can you confirm?

I have 6 mos sub-acute under my belt.. just got ACLS certified today, trying to break into acute care. Wondering if my resume is screwing me over .. anyone care to take a look? Contact Info Phone Email Etc. Seeking Position As: Registered Nurse Organized, compassionate and accountable Sub-Acute Staff Registered Nurse has over 6 years of experience in office management and customer service relations. Honed in the areas of patient care and rapport building, amicable Professional easily adapts to the constantly changing needs of patients. Professional Experience SNF 10/2012 - Present Sub-Acute Staff Registered Nurse Administered medications for up to 20 rehabilitative patients per shift. Provided wound treatments and irrigation including wound vacs; maintained the patency of IV lines and infusion therapy of fluids and medication. Delivered nutrition through Gastric tube feedings and cared for Ostomy and PleurX drainage systems. Verified and reconciled medications, performed admission assessments, discharge referrals and delegation and management of nursing staff assignments. Second Non-Nursing Job 09/2005 - 06/2007 and 03/2010 - Present Office Management and Dance Instructor Managed student accounts, processed tuition and payment transactions. Coordinated staff and scheduling for birthday parties and workshops; taught and assisted dance classes, camps and parties for children age 3 and up. Trained and oriented the new employees about the office policies, procedures and equipment; devised training programs and arranged for such sessions to be conducted. My College Nursing Division: 09-12/2011 Peer Tutor and Mentor Met with several sophomore nursing students in their first semester of nursing courses at Curry College to discuss goals, skills and study habits necessary for success. Provided tutoring for coursework related to the program including Fundamentals of Nursing and Health Assessment techniques and co-led larger group study sessions. Evaluated students' progress in order to see where improvements could be made, and evaluated teaching skills to make sure students received enough attention and assistance. Education & Training MY COLLEGE 2008 - 2012 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Magna cum Laude, GPA 3.55 IV Therapy Training from Infusion Support Systems, Jan 2013 Licenses & Certifications Registered Nurse License, State of Massachusetts, Active CPR: Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, Active ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association, Active

Really? The openings I've seen for Franciscan all seem to say experience required

I'm actually wondering about the same thing.. I have 6 months on a sub acute floor.. Not even sure that a new grad program would take me but I'm very interested in LTACH

Well, part of that depends on your career goals.. where do you want to be down the road 5 years from now? I think the hospital job would open up more opportunities for you; go, get at least a year under your belt.. you can go anywhere from there. I think the clinic, while they may have great hours and benefits.. might be limiting you to that type of setting. If I were in your position, I'd take the hospital job and run with it, because (at least in my area) they are so scarce.

$20k after my BSN. My bf went to the same school, different major and has over 85k (and this is after paying off about 15 already). It makes me nauseous to think about it.

32 hours/week .. Sometimes will pick up an extra to do 40.

My sub acute floor ratio is a max of 20 (we split the 40 bed floor so up to 20 each nurse if we're at max capacity). We are responsible for meds and treatments.. So initially 25-30 seems high but if you're only doing assessments and med pass, not that far fetched. Also, which shift? Days are super busy, eves get most of the admissions and nights get a lot of "extra" documentation, chart checks etc.

I Am a new nurse with only 4 mos experience on the job. There are nurses who were working for 15-20 years when I was BORN who are still working now.Their experience is crazy - they've seen so much and yes are able to do wound treatments etc a lot faster than me. Age does not correlate with good nursing practice. There are also nurses with 10+ years experience who don't care, don't follow protocols etc. Just because they have ten years on me doesn't mean they give better care than i do. It goes both ways !

Just don't do every other day! M/w/f just is awful because I feel like my days off are just recovering and then going back. I'd maybe do t/w/th like someone else suggested, or split them 2 in a row then 1 later in the week. My floor has set schedules but if you can find someone to swap a day with you it's never a problem. And if you want to take a day off you just submit your pto request 2+ weeks early .. No issues!