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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    Applied For 100 Positions But No Job

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am a new nurse BSN graduate, just passed the NCLEX, and a career changer. I am getting lots of interviews but I never seem to be the "right fit" for the position. I have...
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    Applied For 100 Positions But No Job

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

    Dear Discouraged, Congrats on passing the NCLEX! Now the next step. Focus on your interviewing skills. As the old saying goes, if you keep doing what you're doing, you will keep getting the...
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    Accepted Job in Radiology But Wants to Renege

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

    Dear Thinking, Sometimes timing is just not in our favor, and sometimes we try to manipulate circumstances that are not working out the way we want. While you probably can apply (it depends...
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    Accepted Job in Radiology But Wants to Renege

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Nurse Beth, I've accepted a transfer position as a radiology nurse in my current hospital. I already have a transfer date. My question is there's a new position that opened that I originally...
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    Is it normal to get sick a lot your first year of nursing?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Is it normal to or get sick a lot in your first year of nursing? I've been sick 3 times in 5 months (more than in the last 5 years), and now I'm really stressed that I could...
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    Is it normal to get sick a lot your first year of nursing?

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

    Dear Sick 3 X, I had the same experience. I began to notice that every time I was floated to Peds, especially, I would get sick about 3 days later. Good news- it does pass. It could be your...
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    Accused of Narcotic Diversion

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Beth, I took a job on a busy med/surg unit almost 8 months ago. I have been on paid admin leave for a month now for suspicion of narcotic diversion that is untrue. The 1st investigation meeting...
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    Accused of Narcotic Diversion

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

    If you have a documented allergy to morphine that would be in your favor. It's best to dispose of syringes, even oral syringes, in the room and not carry them out. And never use an oral syringe...
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    Weird Pay Policies

    Nurse Beth replied to Yazminfarooq's topic in General Nursing

    Making a decision based on the hourly rate is understandable, but short-sighted. The SNF is offering a bonus for a
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    Haunted Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Asylums

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

    Sometimes compartmentalizing is an act of sheer
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    Haunted Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Asylums

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in General Nursing

    Believers say that such spirits remain earthbound, stuck in locations such as demolished hospitals and asylums long after the structures are abandoned because of lingering, intense energies....
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    Illinois Nurses Speak Out for Patient Safety: Hospital Retaliates

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

    Gorgeous! So happy for
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    Haunted Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Asylums

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

    @feelix, RN You're welcome. I have a lot of personal experience with mental illness in my family, and my husband and I had to educate ourselves (shout out to NAMI) as we worked through how to love and...
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    Illinois Nurses Speak Out for Patient Safety: Hospital Retaliates

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

    Doris, congrats on your retirement! And thanks for all you've done for so long to promote better
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    Haunted Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Asylums

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

    @feelix, RN-I should have clarified...I'm not talking about people with mental illness who may exhibit dangerous behavior-I'm talking about people who claim insanity as a legal defense, some of whom...
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    Accused of Falsifying Vital Signs

    Nurse Beth replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    Well, they actually do most places I've worked
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    Signs of Toxic/Unhealthy Workplaces

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

    Yikes! I think I worked with her
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    Accused of Falsifying Vital Signs

    Nurse Beth replied to Plumrose15153's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like there was an investigation. I'd guess that the patients' condition changed (maybe after your shift) and previously documented vital signs did not reflect declining conditions. For...
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    Could I be accused of Fentanyl diversion?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello there. I read a post on a travel nurse facebook page about someone being accused of drug diversion from "missing narcs" and it got me thinking about some things... I'm a travel ICU...
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    Ethical to impose sales quota on nursing staff?

    Nurse Beth replied to Pedslife1234's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you, I'd be really uncomfortable as well, being asked to sell IV hydration drips. The whole business would give me
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    Ethical to impose sales quota on nursing staff?

    Nurse Beth replied to Pedslife1234's topic in General Nursing

    But it is a sales-based business model, right? The water was muddy before they set sales
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    New Grad Straight to Hospice Nursing? Think Again ...

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

    Love this article! Thank
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    New Zealand RN just received NCLEX eligibility from NYSED!!

    Nurse Beth replied to A B's topic in Immigration Advice

    Congratulations and welcome
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    Suicide Risk Assessment

    Nurse Beth replied to explorereb96's topic in General Nursing

    .....and these are the people who run hospitals You're right, it says patients in Behavioral Health or admitted for a behavioral health
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    Did I lose my position on the oncology unit?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I am a new grad RN. I applied to a medical center in my area and got an interview to onco unit in September 14th. Meanwhile I started my first semester at a RN to BSN program...