Journey_On BSN, RN

Journey_On has 15 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Mother Baby & pre-hospital EMS.

Latest Activity

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   Re-thinking this specialty

   Journey_On replied to DoloresC14's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It sounds like you did everything fine, and you know what to do next time. Plus, it was your first shift off orientation! You are not expected to know everything yet. It will come with experience. Plus, if other nurses have had issues with this provi...
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   Nurse Lunch Break Survey

   Journey_On replied to esrun2015's topic in General Nursing

   Area of employment: Staff Nurse in Mother Baby (Postpartum) In the last five shifts at work of more than 5 hours, how many of them did you take a lunch break of 30 minutes, uninterrupted: 5 (but I do occasionally get calls/texts on my work phone...
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   Any nurses who are autistic (2/13/24)

   Journey_On replied to Shasha's topic in Disabilities

   I am. Communication is hard sometimes - sometimes things I want to say don't come out right or I end up sounding like a fool. Also not being able to socialize or talk with other nurses on my unit as "good" as I want to because I am so busy with ...
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   Welcoming New Nurses

   Journey_On replied to MoLo's topic in General Nursing

   I think we have moved to a more welcoming, mentoring attitude. At least on my unit it feels that way. We have a lot of newer, younger nurses, and the general vibe is chill, so I think that has a lot to do with it.
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   Any INFJ nurses in nursery or postpartum?

   Journey_On replied to fluffymochiburr's topic in NICU

   It's been several years since I took the Myers-Briggs test, but upon a quick overview of each of the preferences, I would probably put myself as an ISFJ, which is slightly close to yours. I wanted to answer because I could sort of relate in that...
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   CPI Cert?

   Journey_On replied to mclovin's topic in Agency

   I also am wondering where to get CPI certification because the really expensive options are the only ones I've seen as well. Like the OP, I suspect they have to pay for it because their agency requires it or it is required to pick up jobs in cer...
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   Med Surg to Lactation Consultant Advice

   Journey_On replied to RN1177's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am not a lactation consultant, but I would recommend starting to look for jobs in L&D and postpartum. I personally would recommend postpartum because a lot of what we do is newborn care education, a LOT of which includes bottle and breast feedi...
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   Do you regret becoming a nurse?

   Journey_On replied to jengood's topic in General Nursing

   There was a time in my life I sort of regretted it, but I know it's because I was burned out by working med-surg type places in the hospital, and that's not what I ever wanted to do. Now I work on mother baby in the hospital (the job I wanted si...
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   Women's Health Nurse Practitioners being phased out?

   Journey_On replied to RnStarvingstudent88's topic in NP Students

   You're welcome - and congratulations! Oooh, thank you for the tips. They are validating. I am in no rush to leave bedside myself (enjoying Mother Baby). As far as going for my NP, I go back and forth. I'm satisfied in my jobs, but I often w...
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    Women's Health Nurse Practitioners being phased out?

    Journey_On replied to RnStarvingstudent88's topic in NP Students

    I too, have noticed there are way more FNP programs than WHNP. I personally feel like I would go for WHNP because it matches more with your goals. Perhaps if you feel later you want to widen your scope of practice, you could add on a FNP post-gr...
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    Antepartum new grad

    Journey_On replied to Jordan Anthony's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You're very welcome! Awesome. It will be a great experience.
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    Antepartum new grad

    Journey_On replied to Jordan Anthony's topic in Ob/Gyn

    (I work in mother-baby, but I float to antepartum occasionally.) I feel it would be a great area as a new grad, and yes, esp. if you want to work with women and babies. The babies you will work with there won't be born yet 😉 - however, you will ...
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    Adding Robots to Help Nurses?

    Journey_On replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    We are actually in the process of launching a robot to *assist with* discharge education teaching. I am very excited to see how she works - I hope she saves us time because discharge education on our unit is long.
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    RN Looking into MSN-FNP

    Journey_On replied to kat1822's topic in NP Students

    Hello Katherine, I think you should look into Frontier Nursing University. It is all distance-based with two on-campus visits to Kentucky. I feel like their mission statement aligns with your dream. Best wishes to you! 🙂
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    Is L&D/PP as Stressful and Scary as I've Heard? Need Career Guidance

    Journey_On replied to CMV2254's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can’t speak too much for L&D, as I have only floated there a couple times, but maybe look into a postpartum unit? I do not feel it is super stressful. As for nursing skills, they will come back to you in your orientation - prior to my post...