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.

Career Columnist / Author

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    Restraints

    Nurse Beth replied to emm1256's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So true, it's a huge liability. Restraining a patient without an order puts your facility at risk from the state, TJC, CMS...any regulatory agency with hospital oversight. What you can do is...
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    Intro/Jumping into the blogging world

    Nurse Beth replied to kittykat4528's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I have! It's nursecode.com
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    How Long Would You Wait for the Best Offer?

    Nurse Beth replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    One piece of the puzzle here could be your interviewing skills, as you did land interviews, which says your resume was effective. It's so important to prepare behavioral and situational questions....
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    How I Wrote a Book and Became a Nurse Author

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    My Book inspirationAt my job, working closely with our nurse residency program, and before that as a nurse manager, it saddened me that many wonderful nurses fail to land the job they want solely...
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    How I Wrote a Book and Became a Nurse Author

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

    I think wisdom is not new, it is old
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    Can u keep license active w/ur own business?

    Nurse Beth replied to pingpong101's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    As far as renewing your license, check with your BON for renewal requirements. You can call them or email, the contact information should be on their site. Will your clients be private
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    New to being an RN Supervisor

    Nurse Beth replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Nurse Management

    I'm an educator as well, and here's some ideas: Peruse some CE provider websites to get ideas for topics. Ask your CNAs what topics they'd like to learn about. Incorporate small group activities....
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    Just started Corrections as LPN

    Nurse Beth replied to hjoanne's topic in Correctional

    I'm thinking it would take a lot of subterfuge to apply, get hired, work at and hide my place of employment from my husband. The main problem is not revealing to your husband where you work, it's a...
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    RN license Renewal period in CA

    Nurse Beth replied to poseina's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I'm a fellow CA RN, and I help administer our CE provider program at my facility :) You've got it right. So when you renew next time, you will submit CEs obtained between 8/1/2016 and...
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    Is being a CNA a really hard job?

    Nurse Beth replied to Veronicax's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In even the best run facilities that use lifts and mobility teams...you are always at risk for having to assist a patient in an unplanned transfer or turn. Also know that many facilities will require...
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    Long... Turmultuous Nursing Career

    Nurse Beth replied to thegreenmile's topic in General Nursing

    I'll just share my thoughts as someone in your age group who is also balancing work and life. Calm and peace are priceless and time on earth is short. At the same time, the retirement benefit is...
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    Hourly pay/commission

    Nurse Beth replied to JQRN's topic in Aesthetics

    It's hard to answer that in dollar amounts without a baseline reference figure- meaning what are they offering you? You can negotiate from there. Negotiation is always possible and depends on: How...
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    Not a Near Death Experience: A Shared Death Experience

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

    Thank you so much, you are so
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    How I Wrote a Book and Became a Nurse Author

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

    Yay!!
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    How I Wrote a Book and Became a Nurse Author

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

    Soul sister- thank you
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    Overwhelmed New Nursing Home Nurse

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have currently started my orientation at a nursing home. I applied at a nursing home because I don't have any experience working as a nurse here in the US. I'm a foreign graduate...
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    Military Spouse - Confused about what path to take to become RN

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am 24, a military spouse, and I am starting school late. I am interested in becoming an RN, specifically in women's health and my dream job is to work at a fertility clinic, as it...
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    New Grad! HELP!

    Nurse Beth replied to bex3's topic in Arizona Nursing

    That's such a great question. Here's how I answered in my book "Your Last Nursing Class: How to Land Your First Nursing Job...and Your Next!" Question: Is it ever Ok to walk in to a Nurse Manager's...
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    "may we contact your previous employer" what is the correct answer?

    Nurse Beth replied to EternalFeather's topic in Nursing Career

    It's perfectly acceptable to answer "no" to "May we contact your current employer?" because most people do not want their employer to know they are job-searching. It can raise a red flag to answer...
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    Heartbroken (long winded-sorry!)

    Nurse Beth replied to Fatsacktommy's topic in General Nursing

    It's understandable this was devastating for you, but what happens in crisis is you can develop overly-negative and even paranoid self-talk. Self-talk that is not true. From a manager's point of...
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    CHOP New Grad RN

    Nurse Beth replied to beccakkim's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Congrats on landing an interview! Yes, I have advice for your interview! There are several questions you can pretty much expect. Here's an example: Tell us about yourself* Variation of interview...
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    Anxiety, depression, new grad

    Nurse Beth replied to YANA67's topic in Health, Stress Management

    When you have anxiety and depression, drastically changing your sleep patterns (days to nights), and an increase in stress can cause a relapse in symptoms. Can you change your primary? Have a frank...
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    Resume advice, i badly need your help

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

    Each facility sets its own criteria for residency program eligibility. Because you recently passed your NCLEX and have not worked as an RN, you may qualify, again, depending. You must apply to several...
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    Feeling stuck

    Nurse Beth replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in General Nursing

    Was there a reason you left LTC? Rehab or LTAC sounds like a possibility for you. Maybe Home Health once you gain more experience. There are dissatisfactions with every role but maybe if your core...
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    Stubborn CNA in ICU

    Nurse Beth replied to AnnoyedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    So many changes are happening in practice, and we all have to re-think what we learned. Coincidence- I am right now working on some education modules on pressure injuries (new term- "ulcer" is out :)...