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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    Keep Getting Turned Down for CM Jobs

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

    Dear Turned Down for CM Jobs, The reasons you may be getting turned down are lack of experience and that you are currently unemployed. It is easier to get a job when you are employed rather than...
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    Keep Getting Turned Down for CM Jobs

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am 54. I have been a nurse since 2005. Worked in just about every department as a nurse. I now have DJD/arthritis in my spine. I am not disabled but do not need to work at the...
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    Going Nuts Deciding Whether to go to School

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am 33 years old and going nuts debating whether to pursue my BSN degree. I am a motivated and hardworking individual with strong ambition, but I have a complicated life...
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    Going Nuts Deciding Whether to go to School

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

    Dear Going Nuts, Some people with dysautonomic disorders have mild symptoms, some have symptoms that interfere with daily life activities. You say you have regained your physical abilities...
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    Is this despicable behavior?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Dear Nurse Beth, I work on an ortho floor and had the displeasure of working with a CNA that is known for not pulling her weight on the floor and often found sitting on FB, online shopping,...
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    How would you deal with a nurse who is struggling to show up to work on time?

    Nurse Beth replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder what is causing you to sabotage
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    Expected to Manage Ventilated Patients Without Training

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

    Dear Sad and Devastated, Should you have had guidance from a preceptor before being fully responsible for an intubated patient? Yes. Ideally, the nurse's skills and competencies should match the...
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    Expected to Manage Ventilated Patients Without Training

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I'm a nurse with 15 years of experience in a very small, rural hospital. After working med-surg, L&D, OP infusion/chemo, and a short stint as a nurse educator I wanted to...
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    Will I lose my new job because I'm pregnant?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a practicing nurse practitioner for 2 years, and worked as a RN for 3 years prior to that. My NP experience has been in primary care, but I have always wanted to...
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    Help! Having anxiety about job decision

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Beth, I am a newish mom with a 16 month old baby at home. I have 5 years experience as a night shift telemetry/med surg nurse at a community hospital, but recently left due to burn out...
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    Help! Having anxiety about job decision

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

    Dear Scared, I would go for the OR job. You will not look like a job-hopper, you will look like someone who took one job that didn't work out, and is trying to balance your work/life. Every...
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    ADVICE PLEASE For A New Medsurge Nurse (Off Orientation)

    Nurse Beth replied to MedSurgeRN1998's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are not failing, and you are being very hard on yourself. Most people have NO IDEA of the cognitive workload nurses face. Hang in there, it gets better
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    New Grad Loses Job at 3 Months

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

    Very inspiring, thank you. Some people take longer to develop than others, and go on to be
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    School nurse or CICU for 50 yr old nurse?

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

    Dear Need to Choose, I'm going with the school nurse position as a safer bet for long-term planning. But that's only if you are included in your state's teacher's union and your union is...
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    Do I look like a job hopper?

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

    Dear Afraid, What's in your favor is the demand for experienced nurses right now, and the recognition that COVID affected acute care nurses' jobs as never before. Still, as a previous nurse...
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    Do I look like a job hopper?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello Nurse Beth! I am currently working back in case management and I no longer want to. I started Case management in March 2017 and and it was great! Long story short, I ended up leaving in...
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    Wants to start a proofreading and medical content writing business

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse for 17 years. I recently injured myself and cannot return to the bedside, so I decided to open up a medical content and proofreading business. Do you have any...
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    Wants to start a proofreading and medical content writing business

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

    Dear Injured, I'm sorry about your injury, but often good things come out of unexpected circumstances. This could be a good option for you especially since so many of these types of jobs are...
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    I have my MSN, why can't I teach Anatomy and Physiology?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello, I have received my Masters of Science degree in Nursing Education, my question becomes am I allowed to teach other courses? such as anatomy, physiology, biology, etcetera? What does it mean...
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    I have my MSN, why can't I teach Anatomy and Physiology?

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

    Dear MSN, Congrats on earning your MSN!! That's a major accomplishment. It will open so many doors for you. Yours is a great question. Anatomy and physiology (A&P) are taken outside of...
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    Should I get my LVN first?

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

    Dear Should I Bridge? My advice is go straight for your RN. ADN to BSN will get you where you want to be with minimal debt. If you land a job when you graduate with your ADN, there's a good...
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    Should I get my LVN first?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, Should I go the route of LVN (private with 35k loan) and bridge to RN, or just go RN through ADN and take a 2 year to get my BSN, really trying to be able to cut costs and not end...
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    Feel Guilty for Leaving My Co-workers - Traveling

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

    Dear Feels Guilty, You have no reason to feel guilty and guilt is not a good basis for decision-making. Think about what's good for you and what you need. If a colleague came to you with this...
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    Feel Guilty for Leaving My Co-workers - Traveling

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello Nurse Beth, I have been working in the ICU of a local hospital for the past two years, nurse for 4. My hospital, like most hospitals in my state, has the nurses work without CNA, lift team...
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    Previous Nurse Leaves A To-Do List For Me

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I work in a group home. Every day a nurse works a 12-hour shift. Each time I work, the previous nurse has left a list of things for me to do. This person is not my supervisor and...