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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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    Nurse Beth replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It's sad and ridiculous. I'm pretty sure it didn't help any
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    Are Nurses Superstitious?

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

    That sounds like so much fun
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    Are Nurses Superstitious?

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

    Waffles with whipped
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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    Nurse Beth replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    LOL My ability to tolerate nonsense is gone and I can't find
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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    Nurse Beth replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    There definitely comes a time! Best wishes
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    Crushing Burden of Regulatory Compliance on Healthcare

    Nurse Beth replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. It's so litigious and
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    New Nurse Struggling With Doctor Calls

    Nurse Beth replied to nursem8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Exactly! You lose credibility if you don't exercise independent
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    New Nurse Struggling With Doctor Calls

    Nurse Beth replied to nursem8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If there's a hospitalist on duty, that's appropriate. The challenging part for a new nurse is to differentiate when a patient needs to be seen by an MD and when it can safely be managed by
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    Unhappy with CCU job after one week

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I have been a nurse almost 20 years and have mostly done med/surg and step down ICU. Have floated to CCU during Covid. So I moved recently and took a CCU position at this new...
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    New Nurse Struggling With Doctor Calls

    Nurse Beth replied to nursem8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good advice "you need to clearly ask for what you want" and I think for a new nurse the challenge is knowing what's needed so the nurse and doctor can work together on the same page. It's hard...
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    How do I become a nurse esthetician?

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Aesthetics

    Hi Chris, from what I've seen, the training is the same (on the job and speciality vendor based)- but I hope someone chimes in who may know of something
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    New Nurse Struggling With Doctor Calls

    Nurse Beth replied to nursem8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When calling doctors it's really important to know what is needed-so you'll know when you don't get it ? So essentially you point the doctor to the diagnosis and solution by reporting pertinent...
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    How do I become a nurse esthetician?

    Nurse Beth replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Aesthetics

    That's so crazy because a nurse who has done injections for years is way more skilled than a doctor. I think it was the Florida BON and not Florida law that made that decision. Probably something...
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    Texting with Flo

    Nurse Beth replied to nikkulele77's topic in General Nursing

    I love this
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    What advanced degree path to take after BSN

    Nurse Beth replied to 2shotsof_ATP_inmycoffeeplz's topic in Nursing Career

    People that are worried about being shallow typically aren't shallow :). But if you do transfer to ICU, there's no need to share right away that your goal is to be a CRNA. If you like hemodynamic...
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    Should I switch to a totally different kind of RN position?

    Nurse Beth replied to Spinnurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Could I make myself love wound care? I'm totally fine with it but wouldn't say I love it, do I need to love it to do it? It's gratifying to help wounds heal and see the results of your efforts....
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    New Nurse Making Mistakes

    Nurse Beth replied to NewNurse_20's topic in Emergency

    What great advice you got from JKL33. I'm so glad you gained some perspective! We are here for you at allnurses
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    Unhappy with CCU job after one week

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

    Dear Uncomfortable, You need to make a plan. So while making your plan, stay put. You don't want to jump from the frying pan into the fire, because, as you say, you have no clue what you'd be...
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    Loves Critical Care But Has Spinal Condition

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

    Dear Loves Critical Care, I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and it will change what you're able to do, but there are many options in nursing. There are absolutely jobs you can do from...
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    My License Lapsed and I Want to Practice Nursing Again

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth. I have been an RN since 1982 and was an aide since age 16. I have had lyme and autoimmune illness for decades but kept working finally became so sick went on social security...
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    New Grad RN: Should I hang in there or leave?

    Nurse Beth replied to Smnthvolger's topic in General Nursing

    Great advice from all. You are not being given actionable constructive feedback. Ask for specifics. For example, if your educator or manager says your problem is time management, ask "What...
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    Nursing Intuition- What Is It, and Do You Have It?

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

    Wow! Being competent in a code is one thing, preventing codes is
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    Should I join LinkedIn?

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

    Dear Nursing Student, Congrats on starting nursing school! I'm not sure if Academia.ED will be super helpful to you as a nursing student, but you could always try it out. It is a commercial...
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    Should I join LinkedIn?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    I am starting nursing school in a month and I have no online presence. Should I create a LinkedIn or an Academia.edu profile? My nursing school has a strong focus on research, and I plan to take my...
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    Nursing Intuition- What Is It, and Do You Have It?

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

    That's so true. I would always wait a bit to get an H&H after a transfusion bc the value would be higher after an hour than right away. I also would be concerned about a drop in temperature...