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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    When You Receive a Warning at Work

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sheila, the unit nursing manager approached Ashley on the floor. "Ashley, I need to see you today in my office. Can you let your preceptor know you'll be off the floor from two until two thirty?"...
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    How can I ensure a job with good preceptors? Quit Job Due To Hostile Preceptors

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, How to find good mentoring/precepting? I'm a new-ish RN with 1 year of moderate sedation for procedures work behind me. I moved, and landed a new job in an inpatient specialty...
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    What is Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    In 1956, Mayo Clinic physicians Frederick Moersch and Henry Woltman observed 14 patients with varying levels of muscular rigidity in their torsos, abdomens, and thighs. It must have been a baffling...
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    What is Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)?

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

    Just curious- what specialty did you
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    What is Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)?

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

    Right...and my hat goes off to providers who are constrained by 15 minute visits yet expected to get at the root cause of the
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    What is Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)?

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

    Hopefully providers who have never seen it will consider it in a differential
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    How Do You Politely Communicate With Employees That You Aren't Available?

    Nurse Beth replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Reflect on your leadership style to see if you are a mommy
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    A Day in the Life of a Nurse Working Christmas

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

    I know, right?! A sweet
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    What is Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)?

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

    It's so tragic for Celine Dion, but maybe the increased attention will help to find a
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    Game of Groans

    Nurse Beth replied to GrumpyRN's topic in Coffee Lounge's Lounge

    These are great, thank you
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    How can I ensure a job with good preceptors? Quit Job Due To Hostile Preceptors

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

    Thank you kindly, @Emergent,RN
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    How can I ensure a job with good preceptors? Quit Job Due To Hostile Preceptors

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

    Dear Playing Roulette, That's a great question. There's no way to really know what the quality of your orientation experience will be beforehand. That's because you really can't know the...
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    Having Trouble Returning to The Workforce After an Accident

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Trouble returning to the work force My last full time job was assisted living in 2018-2019, I did a few agency jobs until 12/21 and then was hit by a truck in 1/06/22 -...
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    Nurses Fired For Viral TikTok Video

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

    But it wasn't just "venting". It was mocking patients entrusted to their care when they were
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    3 Jobs in 3 Years Help! I'm tired of hating my jobs.

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, So I've been a nurse almost 3 years now, and can't figure out what I want to do. I started out in postpartum nursing and hated it after a year, then I moved to OR nursing and...
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    3 Jobs in 3 Years Help! I'm tired of hating my jobs.

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

    Dear Stressed & Depressed, The newborn admission nurse position meets your preference of working with healthy newborns, but I'm concerned that without deeper reflection and self-examination,...
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    Is this discipline or discrimination for being autistic?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been recently diagnosed as being autistic (the old moniker would have been Aspergers). I have been on the same unit for 10 years. Recently, there have been issues where my...
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    Signs of Toxic/Unhealthy Workplaces

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

    Great points, thank
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    School Nurse Looking for Help

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

    Great! I am not an expert in that area, but please check out the School Nursing Forum Best wishes, Nurse
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    School Nurse Looking for Help

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm a school nurse and looking for resources and course that can help me during my journey as a school
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    School Nurse Looking for Help

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

    Are you an RN currently working as a school
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    School Nurse Looking for Help

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

    Dear School Nurse, You've come to the right place! Or close to it :). Allnurses has a very active and supportive School Nurses forum. I'm sure if you post there (click the link), you'll find...
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    Nurses Fired For Viral TikTok Video

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

    And wouldn't you always wonder that, moving forward? "Is this nurse/doctor/NP going to ridicule me as soon as they get out of the
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    A Day in the Life of a Nurse Working Christmas

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

    I agree! I also count Thanksgiving as my anchor holiday get together with my family. Once your kids are grown, they can be pulled to the in-laws or maybe just want to have Christmas at home with their...
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    A Day in the Life of a Nurse Working Christmas

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

    So true. It may sound strange, but I always ended up finding something special about working Christmas. Not that I ever volunteered for it-but once I was there, it was kind of like a hospital church...