Nurse Beth MSN

Tele, ICU, Staff Development

Hi! Nice to meet you! I especially love helping new nurses. I am currently a nurse writer with a background in Staff Development, Telemetry and ICU.

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    Terminated Unfairly and Wants to Write a Rebuttal

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I would like to ask for your advice. I received an oral warning in February and a written warning in March regarding basically the same incidents but different patients. I am wanting...
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    Lost, tired and need a change

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse 14 years worked in ortho/neuro/tele and psych (two different jobs). I have an associate degree. I am feeling like I don't want to do bedside nursing anymore...
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    Floating to Med-Surg Floors due to COVID 19?

    Nurse Beth replied to Monalisa9's topic in Operating Room

    Our hospital is orienting some of our OR nurses to the floor and some to ICU, depending on their prior experience. We're documenting competencies the same as we do for new hires to make sure they're...
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    HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

    Nurse Beth replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

    CONGRATS Davey
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    Telehealth nurse not allowed to work from home

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am currently working in telehealth in a large call center with 100s of nurses. We will soon be the only health care for the majority of our community as COVID-19 makes it unsafe to...
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    Would you refuse to care for a COVID-19 patient?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    There has been a lot in the news about nurses having to work with Covid-19 patients without having the proper PPE. What are your thoughts on this? Would you care for a patient if you didn't have the...
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    What can I do if hospital does not allow protection against COVID-19?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Sister Beth, I am a nurse. Kindly inform WHO recent recommendations for wearing masks in hospital settings. In this pandemic outbreak of covid-19 and while caring a patient having respiratory...
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    Applied for 150 jobs and can't get hired

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, How to become marketable to obtain a nursing position in Illinois? I am a May 2019 graduate and have applied for about 150 jobs at least and had only a few call backs for interviews...
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    Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Nurse Beth replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    By proper protection, do you mean an N95 respirator or a surgical
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    Will ECMO hurt or help my chances of CRNA school?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have the unforeseeable dilemma of which job do I pursue? I have a travel nursing recruiter that I had contacted a couple months ago about possibly taking a travel assignment over...
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    Exhausted and depressed on nights

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have currently worked as a nurse on a medsurg unit for 8 months. I have been on nights and am depressed, exhausted, and feel like I don’t have any type of life outside of work....
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    LVN Wants Weekends Off Job

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am job hunting and I'm always indecisive, how do I turn down a job offer after I just agreed with it ? How do I negotiate my desired salary ? I am looking towards not working...
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    Afraid my manger is going to retaliate against me

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am an ICU RN. I have ER and flight experience. I’m 44 years old and trauma is my passion. I work in a level ll and have expressed my desires to be a core trauma ICU RN, had the...
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    Dilemma- my job or my boyfriend?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm seeking some career advice. I recently (January 2020) transferred from working on the medical unit for 2 years to now currently in our ICU. I transferred because the medical unit...
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    Arrested for DUI- should I put it on my nursing school application?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I hope your day is going well. My dilemma is as follows: I am to apply to a nursing program in the state of Georgia on May 1st of this year. I was arrested on January 8th of this year...
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    New grad does not want bedside work or shift work as it's not enjoyable Can't land job

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am 57 years old and considered a new RN. I graduated last year and I'm currently working as a school substitute nurse, which is not very often. The reason I got this substitute RN...
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    Starting new job Monday but got a better offer

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I recently accepted a position with a clinic as a LVN. I start orientation this coming Monday but last Friday I got a call from another employer who wanted to give me an interview and...
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    New grad asks "Am I Crazy?"

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm a new nurse and after over 6 months of searching, I've recently found a hospital job in another state and I have to say I'm semi-miserable. The things that have made me feel this...
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    I hate what I'm doing, help

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am coming up on year 2 of my nursing career. Currently, I am doing bedside (med/surg) nursing. While in nursing school, I knew that I did not want to be a bedside nurse. I chose...
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    Can LPN Pronounce Death?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Can an LPN in Florida pronounce a death? Dear LPN, Statutes around pronouncing death vary greatly from state to state. Twenty or so states permit RNs to pronounce death, and all under...
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    License Revoked for Ethical Reason

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have a question. 7 years ago my nursing license was revoked because of an ethical issue. I took over house payments from a longtime family friend whom happened to be my patient....
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    I Was Fired...for Being Abrasive and Having Attitude

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, So my passion all throughout nursing school was to become an ED nurse. I had my preceptorship in the ED and actually ended up becoming good friends with my preceptor. I landed a...
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    Let my license go, now what?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I worked as an LPN for 15 years, then received my RN and did phone triage/Urgent Care, mostly inpatient care for 7 years. I moved from that to School Nursing, which I absolutely...
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    Help, my priorities are a mess

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, So, I have 7 years nursing experience. I have been a CNA, LVN, RN since 2006 now, in 2012 I passed the NCLEX-RN. I have done Med Surg Tele, home health, inpatient psych, correctional...
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    Can't do CPR-is my career over?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I was injured at work, requiring two shoulder surgeries within 10 months. I re-injured the same shoulder and now have permanent restrictions (sedentary duty, nothing greater than 10...