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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    Are RNs in Ohio allowed to adjust Coumadin based on POCT results?

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

    It is important to note that you cannot prescribe Coumadin or make any changes to its dosage without proper authorization (that would be prescribing). However, you can administer a dose change...
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    Best journal for psych nurses?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I have worked hard core mental health nursing for 10 years at the state. A lot of take downs we followed pro-act principles and had a lot of patients on clozaril. Also worked 7...
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    Best journal for psych nurses?

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

    Dear Loves Psych, Consider joining the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). Membership includes the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (JAPNA). As a psych...
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    FNP School is Overwhelming, Help.

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

    Dear Overwhelmed, I don't think you gave up too easily, I think you got out of an untenable situation. Accelerated programs can be brutal depending on your other life responsibilities....
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    FNP School is Overwhelming, Help.

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I've been a bedside nurse for 11 years and decided to go back to grad school for my FNP. Although I knew it would be hard work it was incredibly overwhelming and was causing me...
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    I graduated cum laude but can't function in nursing jobs. What can I do?

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

    Hello, Not everyone is suited for acute care and other high-stress jobs. Likewise, not everyone is even suited to patient care jobs. The key is to distinguish between what you believe you...
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    I graduated cum laude but can't function in nursing jobs. What can I do?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I stepped away from nursing 10 yrs ago because I was unable to find a nursing job that I could do well. I had graduated nursing school cum laude yet could not function properly...
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    I'm a nurse from Sri Lanka, can I take the NCLEX?

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

    Hello, Congrats on passing your Graduate Diploma in Nursing! The NCLEX is used in Canada, the United States, and Australia. I can speak to the process in the United States in this reply. If...
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    I'm a nurse from Sri Lanka, can I take the NCLEX?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hai Beth. iam graduated GDN it was 1and half year nursing programme in srilanka.. Can't I face NCLEX? Or what have I
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    Wants out of Home Care

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

    Dear Wants Out, Home Health is more stressful than private duty. In addition from going to a new, high-stress environment you have to acquire new skills. Home Health nurses have to be super...
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    Wants out of Home Care

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello Nurse Beth, What is the best way to quit a new job you know is not for you? I've been a nurse for 18 years now, four as an LPN and fourteen as an RN. My first nursing job was in private...
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    How do I shift from marketing career to nursing?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm a 23-year-old recent graduate with a degree in Marketing, but I've realized my passion lies in nursing. It's what had initally wanted to do but switched at the last minute. I I plan to enroll...
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    Can't Break into Case Management

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been doing bedside nursing for 12 years, the past 3 years I have been in a management role. I want to transition to CM or Appeals or UM. I get to the interview process but...
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    Can't Break into Case Management

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

    Dear Wants Case Management, The Certified Case Manager (CCM) credential offered by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMN) is highly respected but eligibility includes a minimum of...
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    Can I get hired at age 68?

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

    Dear Concerned, Age discrimination is real but there are still RNs in the work force in their 60's. Your other challenge will be your gap in employment. The sooner you get back in the work...
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    Can I get hired at age 68?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm almost finished w a RN Refresher Course. I'm concerned due to my age-68- good health- I won't get hired. Although I've had potential employers contact me for RN positions as...
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    CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

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

    I hear your POV, and here's the other POV: Busy RNs juggling a dozen issues that demand immediate attention will assume vitals signs are in the normal range because the policy says abnormal...
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    Nursing Guilt

    Nurse Beth replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

    I think there should be no-fault call outs, meaning no reason given. Attendance problems are managed by the rules in place for
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    How do I shift from marketing career to nursing?

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

    It's great that you have discovered your passion for nursing and are pursuing it. It sounds like you are being true to yourself, and I applaud you. My condolences for your loss. Although...
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    If I leave the bedside, can I go back?

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

    Dear Considering, It's definitely a consideration. Stepping away from the bedside often ends up being a permanent move away from acute care. Being away from the bedside makes it hard to get...
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    If I leave the bedside, can I go back?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am considering taking an insurance appeals RN job and leaving my bedside job of almost 10 years. If I leave bedside care, does that stunt my future career opportunities? Should...
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    Bullying by the DON

    Nurse Beth replied to Lele's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Re: the administrator- talk is cheap. Keep your head down and start looking for another
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    57 Year Old With Multiple Choices

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a RN for one year at a 110 bed acute care hospital on a Med-Surg floor working 3-5 days a week on nights. I will be moving soon and there are many positions available...
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    57 Year Old With Multiple Choices

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

    Dear Moving Soon, Congrats on your accomplishments! You're an inspiration to many who go into nursing later in life and you're a success. You've put in one year in MedSurg, you're...
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    Is Walden a good school for pysch NP?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm trying to pursue my masters in Psychiatric NP, but because my undergrad nursing school GPA was below a 3.0 im not sure if schools in texas would accept me. I've been thinking...