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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    Fired for Being Aggressive

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Aggressive or seeking collaboration? Our executive leadership was going to change the hours of all the assistant managers in the hospital to afternoons; this was a directive....
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    Meltdown at Work and Feel like a Failure

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

    Dear Meltdown, You need to talk this out with someone to gain perspective on what happened. A counselor could help you tremendously. At 2 months post-event, you should be fairly well...
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    10th grader forced into nursing by family

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

    Several good key points. Great advice, thank
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    Lead Clinical Nurse is Dealing with a Negative Nelly, HELP!

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

    My goodness. So this nurse has been keeping documentation on you and meeting with HR behind your back? Unbelievable. It's clear HR has a plan to deal with this employee. HR is...
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    Why are Unlicensed Staff Allowed to Call Themselves Nurses and Perform Illegal Clinical Duties?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Why aren't State Nursing Boards protecting nursing positions in healthcare? More and more businesses are utilizing unlicensed/uncertified staff to perform a multitude of...
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    Can I survive ED with anxiety and social awkwardness?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, When I am around people I get lots of anxiety. When I’m anxious I am socially awkward. Before RN school, I worked for 5 years as a Methadone dispensing LPN. There, it was...
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    10th grader forced into nursing by family

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

    Thanks for another perspective
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    CNA training during COVID

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I actually am not a student yet. I want to get into nursing and work at a hospital. I was thinking I would possibly start as nursing assistant and then start nursing school as soon as...
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    Pt chokes and turns blue, nurse ignores and calls 911

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

    It's hard to imagine, but even if the culture of the facility is such that they "thought nothing of it" and tacitly condone this behavior, surely a manager would never say that. I'm thinking if the OP...
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    Should I attend a non-accredited nursing program?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, Would it be a waste of time to go to a non accredited nursing program? Or does it not make much of a difference. My plan is to get my ADN at a non accredited school because...
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    How to get a Compact License

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I would like to know what would be the best course for me in getting my Compact license. I was initially licensed in Alabama as RN but could not find a job there. I ended up...
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    Betrayed by Management

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hello Nurse Beth, I am in need of your support and expert opinion. For the past two years I have been a staff nurse on a very busy med/surg unit. This past May I graduated with my BSN. We...
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    Wants "easy" MSN program

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, Please don't judge me. I am 55 I have been a nurse since 1986 10 years LPN, 24 RN. I recently earned my BSN May 2020. I am considering retirement in the next 7 years...
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    Exposed to COVID at work, what is my employer's responsibility?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, In the hospital if a patient I cared for tests positive for TB, I am supposed to be promptly notified and tested for it. This is done not just for my own protection but for...
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    Very new RN.. hate bedside nursing... thinking about leaving

    Nurse Beth replied to brunetteRN06's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First, see your provider for your extreme panic attacks and your through the roof anxiety. Ask your manager for a couple of weeks extension to your orientation. Give yourself a little more time...
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    How to Increase My Chances at Becoming Unit Educator

    Nurse Beth replied to violet87's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Agree with my fellow educators here Get your MSN. As a Nursing Professional Development Specialist you need to role model higher education. edit- oops just read that you want to be a CRNA....
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    Should I Report my Sealed Arrest?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I was just accepted into nursing school in Oregon. A background check is required. Transparency regarding all past criminal activity is encouraged for enrollment as well as...
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    Can a traveler have a taxable hourly rate of $15.00 ?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Beth, I’m thinking about accepting a travel assignment. The total gross weekly pay is $1618.00. The average taxable hourly rate is $15.00. It is 48 hours. Does that mean I’m taking a major...
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    New grad ED woes.. advice appreciated

    Nurse Beth replied to NewGradEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just know that you should have been given constructive feedback all along. It's one thing to say "time mgmnt is a problem" but quite another to say "discharge or transfer your patients within 30"...
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    Why do you think it is beneficial to have a second nurse available during a catheterization?

    Nurse Beth replied to Rainha_portuguesa's topic in General Nursing

    We're just now implementing 2 RNs for foley insertion. Lippincott procedures now includes 2 people to assist with insertion. In a small unit there may not be another RN readily available, and a...
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    Used to Be a Cam Model - Will it Show up on a Background Check?

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I used to be a cam model and I am worried that it will show up in a background check and prevent me from getting a nursing job once I finish my RN license. Will it show up on...
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    Passed NCLEX after 7 years and 6 tries

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

    Dear Unsure, Congratulations on passing.It must feel wonderful to finally have that behind you after so many tries. Find a nursing refresher course and enroll. When you are in the course,...
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    Nerve wracking to ask my manager for a reference

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth Help! My dream job vs. staying stuck and miserable. Nurse Beth, I hope you can give me some advice. I am a fresh new grad nurse and I am still waiting to take my NCLEX. I...
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    Help- DON lies and cuts staffing

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Dear Nurse Beth, I am an RN at a long term care facility. At the facility we have been experiencing deliberate understaffing. I learned that the ADON has been talking constantly to the...
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    Torn because of COVID

    Nurse Beth posted a topic in Career Advice Column

    Hi Nurse Beth, I feel torn. I’m currently employed as a stroke coordinator, MSN at a joint commission primary stroke center. I have applied for and have an offer for a staff nurse position...