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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    Fired for letting CNA give meds in pudding

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I work through an agency, one of the nursing homes I work for just let me go for mixing medications in pudding and letting a nursing assistant give the medication. This was my error....
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    Should I go straight to Peds? Or MedSurg first?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am sorry for my English, I speak French but I can't find good resources in my language... and I love your website. My question is: I would like to work in pediatrics. Currently, I...
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    Do you scrub the hub of a PICC between each medication?

    Nurse Beth replied to Kara Hoffman's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice 2016 is considered the gold standard by Lippincott (Wolters Kluwer) and is the basis for their evidence-based...
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    Am I Limiting my Chances as an FNP?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am currently an ED nurse in a busy Urban hospital in addition to being in FNP school. I currently have ~2 years ED experience at a different facility where I did my fellowship and 4...
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    Do you scrub the hub of a PICC between each medication?

    Nurse Beth replied to Kara Hoffman's topic in General Nursing

    The Infusion Nurses Society Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice 2016 says that "multiple accesses of the VAD may be required to administer a medication... and require additional disinfection before...
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    Inconsistent Central Line Practice Concern

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Our information in central line maintenance is outdated and staff are performing it in inconsistent ways. Can you help? Looking for the most recent information/suggestions/policies....
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    Manager wants me to force prn pain meds

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Are we complicit in the opiate crisis? I am 61 years old and decided to take on nursing as a second career after 30 years in an engineering field where I did food production equipment...
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    On a Performance Improvement Plan and Scared

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I have recently completed my first year of nursing on a pediatric oncology unit. I have also been recently placed on a PIP due to an accumulation of errors from the past year. I am...
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    Background Check Reveals Arrest. Application to Sit Boards Denied

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have recently graduated from school as an LPN. I just received a letter from state board of nursing saying my background reveals prior arrests, It states that they need a statement...
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    Manager wants me to force prn pain meds

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

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    Disciplined for med error, but I did nothing wrong

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Hello, I have written to you in the past and have been enlightened and have also been able to enlighten my managers. Scenario I'm working in a nursing home. There is a resident on...
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    Should RN Take an LVN Job?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I was a LVN for 3 years and got my RN license in May 2019. I moved to Northern CA. in August but have been job searching here since I got my license. Both of my LVN jobs were at...
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    LPN Refused Assignment as a CNA

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm an LPN for 10 yrs. Work at nursing home, same assignment for 2yrs. Recently went to work and saw my name under CNA assignment. Was told that they were short down one CNA. Nobody...
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    Is this really a cushy job?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I graduated two months ago and landed a cushy, peds home health job -- it's easy and it pays well. I really want to become a psych and critical care nurse. Should I grab any...
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    Doing Everything Right

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I recently had my nursing annual review. I told management that I would like to start being more active in a leadership role. I already am a part of two shared governance councils and...
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    Feel Guilty About Giving my Patient Ativan

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Hello! I’m a new nurse about 3 months of practice. And a few nights ago I gave a PRN Ativan 0.5mg to one of my long term care patients. He is mentally ill but stable enough to...
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    I Was Fired...for Being Abrasive and Having Attitude

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear No Filter, I'm so sorry this was your first experience. The fact that they did not give you any specific examples and moved to judgement so quickly could be signs that the management is...
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    Required By Work to Get BSN - Don't Want to Write Endless Papers

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I need to get my BSN per hospital policy. Nineteen years ago I had accumulated almost 1/2 the credits necessary. I imagine they've expired & I'd have to start from scratch....
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    Nurse Practitioners Fired for Negligence/Opioid Abuse

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    In addition to publicly calling out 64 physicians for overprescribing dangerous drugs, California's Death Certificate Project has now threatened the licenses of four nurse practitioners (NPs) for...
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    First RN Job and Anxious About Speaking English

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Hi . I just got a new job at RCU floor. Is there any advice? It will be my first job as an RN and I'm very nervous. I have English as my second language, shy person and I'm so...
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    Likes medical over patient care

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am a Certified Nursing Assistant and a Certified Medical Assistant in the next two months, is there anything special career wise I could do. I like both jobs lining more towards...
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    Help! I Want a Management Position

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I have been an RN for 11 years. 8 have been in the Emergency Department and 5 of that has been as charge FT or relief. I have my CEN and great reviews from my current employer. I want...
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    Rejected by Patient

    Nurse Beth replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Rejection is always hurtful, and you were also blindsided by it. It's hard not to take it personally, but this, too, shall pass. Consider getting a penlight. If you have to turn on a light, choose the...
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    Feeling Defeated With Only Corrections Experience

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse for 7 years, 3 as LPN and 4 as an RN. After completing RN. I started working corrections. I am ready to make a change to hospital nursing. I have applied for...
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    Should I Do the LVN to RN 30 Unit Option?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I have a dilemma on where I want to take my career. I am a LVN in California, I received my masters degree in health care administration and I work as a project manager, however...