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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    Where should I go from here?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I graduated in 2017 with my BSN and worked Maternal/Child until I obtained a position as a Regional Care Coordinator for a state program in WV called Right From the Start. I also was...
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    Please Help!!

    Nurse Beth replied to gravy94's topic in General Nursing

    You are used to being in nursing school M-Fri and now you're working 12 hour shifts. It's a change, and it takes time. As a new grad, it is not recommended to take on a 2nd job. Relax on your days...
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    Employer asked my last menstrual period

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am pregnant . I applied for a staffing agency job and they ask on the physical exam form “ LMP” last menstrual period . Clearly I don’t want them to not hire me because I am...
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    Failed NCLEX but have BSN

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I graduated from a BSN program January 2017. I have taken the NCLEX exam twice and unfortunately did not pass either time. I decided then to take a break from examine to study more,...
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    Has this happened to you?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone ever experienced inattentional blindness? It's when you miss something right in front of your eyes. I'm thinking about writing an article on the many different ways we make mistakes. I...
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    Concealed Information on Job Application

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, How would I go about bringing up a new STID in a job interview. The incident was from over 2 years ago but the NCQAC are just now giving me the papers and the stipulations. I received...
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    Has this happened to you?

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

    Exactly our brains just can't process them all as
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    Don't Want to Burn Bridges

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, A little background about me: I spent over ten years in the military service and then chose nursing as a second career. After nursing school, spent less than a year (approx 8 months)...
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    Fired as NP, Should I Go Back to an RN Job?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I graduated as a women's health nurse practitioner in 2011. I worked for 6 years with one company as an NP, then went to another and got fired after 2 months. I am considering going...
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    What to Say When Your Patient Dies

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    Before Ashley could begin to regroup, she glanced down the hallway towards the elevators. Stepping off the elevator was George's elderly wife, Elaine. George and Elaine had been married 46 years....
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    Has this happened to you?

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

    Thank goodness nothing happened. No one (nurses included) ever gets up with the intention of making a mistake. Do you think it made you more compassionate to others who make
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    Has this happened to you?

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

    Maybe that's visual overload stimuli and you're a highly sensitive person
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    Has this happened to you?

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

    That is crazy, but I've looked for a mascara in my makeup drawer and had the same thing
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    Bold and Brassy or Smart and Strategic?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Do you have any suggestions for how to obtain an acute care position or acute care experience when you are no longer considered a new grad? Last April, my family and I relocated to...
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    Should I get my MSN or BSN ?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have a Bachelor's in Social Work degree and worked in child welfare case management for about 10 years. In 2017 I was planning to enter a MSW program, but decided I was really more...
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    Did my Interview go well? Or don’t count on a call?

    Nurse Beth replied to Adri1992's topic in General Nursing

    Best wishes to you. Definitely sounds like you have a shot. Rooting for you!
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    60 Year Old Unemployed Male Nurse

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am a 60 year old male nurse. I graduated with a BSN in 2017. Since then I have had two jobs already. The first was at a maximum security prison that I left after two months. The...
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    My Boss is a Bully

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm being bullied by my charge nurse. I've applied for jobs and do well in the interview but my current charge nurse will say I'm excellent etc but I don't take feedback well. This...
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    Heartbroken and Depressed- Failed Again

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, In need of advice. I failed third semester twice. I am so heart broken and depressed because I studied so much and I invested so much time in nursing school just to end up failing. I...
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    How to best handle this situation with my instructor?

    Nurse Beth replied to snowlion_m's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Luckily, as others said, your instructor did not discipline you. You have an opportunity for damage control. Avoid making so many excuses for yourself, because that ultimately backfires. I hope you...
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    Fumbled During Interview and Lost the Job

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nervous, Thank you for the kind words about my book Your Last Nursing Class...How to Land Your First Nursing Job and your next! It's fine to buy time and give a thoughtful response, but...
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    Credits not transferring during last semester

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Why nursing credit hours and nursing classes are not transferring?, for example, I had to change my school, I spend time, hard work and money, Is not right, I had only 4 weeks to...
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    Best Nursing Careers for Book Smart/Intellectual People?

    Nurse Beth replied to guest833402's topic in Nursing Career

    Corporate reductions in work force cause so much insecurity. You were one of the few people selected for the internship. Your are doing well (according to your preceptor). You can only control...
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    Another Tragedy at Vanderbilt

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

    Here's a link to one of the articles
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    Fumbled During Interview and Lost the Job

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

    Thank you,