Journey_On BSN, RN

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

(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 ...

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.

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! 🙂

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...

For any nurses out there who did not pass the COHN-S exam the first time..... I know info about retesting will be sent to me by the ABOHN, but did you have to wait the full 8-12 weeks until you received anything from them? And how soon afte...

You are very welcome. 🙂 I like it - I had actually wanted to get into OB nursing ever since nursing school; it just took me many years to get there. But it has been everything I thought it would be. I feel like I learn something new every day. I...

Congratulations on your internship! I would look into the AWHONN Compendium of Postpartum Care, 3rd edition. If you have any questions during your internship or afterwards, please feel free to ask. Your unit sounds sort of like mine. I've b...

Also not a fan of bedside report. I understand that it helps keep the patient involved in their care, but it takes up more time. And I am often leaving past my end time most shifts.

As someone who wasn't able to work their preferred specialty until 12 years out of nursing school, I say, go directly for the specialty you want. 😊

I haven't watched Chicago Med yet, but it's on my list to watch because Doctor Mike (on Youtube) ranked it pretty high on his most accurate medical dramas video. 🙂 Nice to hear another recommendation for it!

Thank you for this!! I can't wait for a day (IF there is such a day) when there is a medical tv show where nurses are accurately portrayed. I'm thankful for my husband who listens to me rant while we're watching them. I would be happy to be a nu...

I have a non-hospital nursing position in the hospitality industry and do a little occupational health at the same place. I also have a per diem position at the hospital. It's the best of both worlds - I have a good work-life balance and get to keep ...

I would go for the L&D position. 🙂 It sounds like it’s more what you want. Plus, I think it’s better to go straight into what you want rather than going to something else and transferring later. Best wishes with what you ultimately decide!

Thank you so much, Brenda! 😍

It went very well - no polyps or other abnormalities were found (other than the hemorrhoids, which we were already aware of). Thank you so much for asking, Brenda! 🙂