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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    Got my MSN but Can't Get a Job

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Becoming frustrated as I have been a nurse for 20 years with both inpatient and ambulatory experience that ranges from front-line nursing to coordination/management/administrative...
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    Exclusive Interview with Las Vegas Nurse who Worked During Shooting

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    Many of us may wonder what it would be like to be faced with a disaster right in our community. Sara D. is an oncology nurse in a large hospital in Vegas and reported to work in the middle of the Las...
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    Waiting for CA License Endorsement

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm an RN with a license in TX. Applied for RN endorsement in CA in 3 months ago. Still waiting to hear from them. Any way to get it expedited. Dear Waiting for CA endorsement,...
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    Old New Grad w/ 4 weeks orientation

    Nurse Beth replied to shakeela1027's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your only choice is to go for under their terms, and it's an opportunity. Best
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    Singled Out at Work

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have a problem at work. A couple of years ago, I cut back on my hours to go back to school full time for a more advanced nursing credential. Shortly after that, I had a serious...
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    Help!! New Grad in SoCal

    Nurse Beth replied to nkesely's topic in Nursing Career

    I live in California and help to interview and hire new grads at my facility. Like many, we onboard 2-3 cohorts a year via our residency program. We are interviewing now for the January cohort. I see...
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    Injured My Back Lifting Patient

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been an ICU RN for the past 5 years and hurt my back helping move an obese patient. I'm presently out on a work comp claim and unable to return to work due to my orthopedic...
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    What Work Experience Do I Put in my Resume?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I've been working as an ICU RN for a little over 1.5 years (first job out of school) and want to start working on my resume. As a fairly new nurse, do you ever include work as a...
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    Help! Asked to Write On Call Policy

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I was asked to write some standard work or policy for our On-Call hours. I work in an OR that has set hours of operation from 0645 to 1515, with on-call hours starting at last case of...
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    Foreign Grad Wants to Take NCLEX in CA

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, My name is Roger, i am 24 years old and i have done the general nursing diploma 3 years. Session (2012-2015) I am a registered male nurse in Pakistan and i want to take the NCLEX-RN...
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    Asking Advice from the Allnurses Readers

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello Nurse Beth, First post here. I'm really struggling to make a decision on my career path and am asking for any insight/wisdom from you and all the nurses here that could help me. I'm 23 years...
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    Choices - Which Job to Choose?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am a new graduate nurse and was offered a med-surg position at a private hospital about a month ago. This position requires a two-year commitment. I have already accepted the offer,...
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    Second Victims - the Nurse that Makes a Mistake

    Nurse Beth replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    It's so important to support second victims. I'll never forget a nurse I worked with who made a Fatal Error. I don't think she ever recovered, and it was all very hush-hush. Thanks for sharing how one...
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    2 months scouting, still not hired

    Nurse Beth replied to dreamsdocometrue15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Landing a job as as an RN with no experience is a challenge, and some markets are more competitive than others. Your resume is not landing you any interviews, and may partially be the culprit. You...
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    Nursing Student Afraid I Have Mental Illness

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, This may be a bit of a read but I have a question about mental health. I am 20 years old and have been in college since I was 17! I am in a nursing program now and realizing I have...
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    The dreaded wait. WWYD?

    Nurse Beth replied to Meaganfn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Everything really looks positive so far. It's anxiety-provoking, but hospitals and "major teaching hospitals" are SLOW moving with a lot of working parts. Wait 7-10 days and then contact the manager...
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    Multiple Job Offers at Once-Help!

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am working on a career change in nursing management. All of a sudden I have 7 different opportunities. I had an onsite interview for one and they are ready to make me an offer. I...
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    Need Some Job Advice...

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, For the last few years starting at a job I was at for 6 yrs, I have been having different issues, mostly with defending myself or the people around me, before the issues started I had...
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    Nurse with Aspberger's Needs Job Fit

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm an RN, BSN with over 15 years of experience in pediatric nursing. This in spite of having Asperger's, which I was diagnosed with at age 36, to my great surprise. I would be...
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    Is my License at Risk?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse for one and a half years now on a mother/baby unit. I recently started a second job as a nurse nanny to make extra money. I am not sure if I am putting my...
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    Embarrassed and Ashamed LPN

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I graduated from LPN school in the fall of 2012, but i never took my nclex, I'm so embarrassed and ashamed of myself but I do know I want to finish what I started, I just don't know...
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    Pediatric Patient IV Infiltration- Is it My Fault?

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

    Thank
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    I don't think they trust me at work

    Nurse Beth replied to Lame's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's a lack of communication problem. I, too, make things up in my head when there's a void. Good for you for taking the initiative and scheduling an appointment with your educator. Best
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    Lots of Experience A Long Time Ago

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth I am 61 years old and have not worked in 16 years. I have been active volunteering at Free Clinics and in Special Procedures at my local hospital, while continuing my education in...
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    Fired By My Patients

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am 58 and a new 2-Yr. RN, I am a soft spoken, rule following, dutiful person & RN. I always inquire about my patients stay in the hospital but tend not to pry beyond that....