Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. HELP! I may need to drop out of nursing school!

    Quickbeam replied to floridagrl2000's topic in General Nursing

    Just from my experience...please do not put off working after graduation. I know too many people to count that got their license, had kids or took time off and 10 years later found themselves never...

  2. Just one persons opinion

    Quickbeam replied to dauschundlover's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit, I'm always wary about the nursing newspapers/circulars etc. that flood my mailbox and the articles in them. One local one has a column written by a nurse I know. She always lists her...

  3. Asking pay rate before interview

    Quickbeam replied to zoo*moon's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a lot of nursing jobs (oh boy) but never once did I go to an interview without some idea of what the pay range would be. Now, you never really know what they are going to offer YOU but some...

  4. Need new job - NO MORE HOSPITAL!

    Quickbeam replied to shortstuph0's topic in General Nursing

    I sent you a

  5. Need new job - NO MORE HOSPITAL!

    Quickbeam replied to shortstuph0's topic in General Nursing

    That's my schedule. I'm a community health nurse, 10 years now. That's 520 three day weekends. It took me quite a while but I applied for every state nursing job I was even remotely qualified for....

  6. What type of nurse works with babies?

    Quickbeam replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm wrong but you seem to be painting yourself into a tiny nursing box here. I don't know anyone in nursing who has gotten to work with their chosen population for a career and never had to go...

  7. What type of nurse works with babies?

    Quickbeam replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

    When I went into Pediatrics, I assumed (ah!) that it would be all older, school aged children. I spent at least half my clinical career taking care of babies under 6 months old. Peds can be very...

  8. January entry for accelerated programs

    Quickbeam replied to 422jdb's topic in General Nursing

    If it was me, I'd call Creighton and see if they can be flexible....for my class they were taking people right up to the start date. It can't hurt to

  9. January entry for accelerated programs

    Quickbeam replied to 422jdb's topic in General Nursing

    I can't answer your question but I do know that Creighton University has a January entry program. You may end up having to sift through lists of accelerated programs to

  10. holiday schedules

    Quickbeam replied to karenmv51's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very important point! Since most facilities also have vacation blackouts over the holidays, this type of schedule can make some semblance of family holidays possible. I worked at one...

  11. Rehabilitation Nurse

    Quickbeam replied to twinner05's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anyone in cardiac rehab, sorry. That tends to fall outside of most of the physical/brain injury rehab programs I've worked

  12. Rehabilitation Nurse

    Quickbeam replied to twinner05's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a certified rehab nurse (CRRN) for 17 years. I love rehab nursing but it is definitely not physical therapy. If you love the field of PT, go for it. Rehab nursing is the assessment and...

  13. I'm starting to get concerned about salary...

    Quickbeam replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been a new grad since the earth cooled so no help there.... but I will tell you the absolute worst benefit packages I've ever gotten have been in my hospital nursing years. My friends in...

  14. New admits at shift change

    Quickbeam replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, wouldn't you then give the incoming admit to another nurse? Geez. That's what I'd have done as charge. That's

  15. male dominated areas of nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    OP, the 5 men in my program all went into OR nursing. I do want to say that my former career was almost all male. Transitioning into nursing (which is still at least 90% women) was odd. I found the...

  16. New admits at shift change

    Quickbeam replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is really important for every floor to have a policy so that this situation is not so stress-inducing. I worked 3rd shift peds for many years. We got more admits from ER than any other...

  17. Becoming a Community Health Nurse

    Quickbeam replied to JaneanneRN's topic in Public, Community Health

    Note that the specialty threads here are combined! And yet the fields are so different. I'm a community health nurse. My state requires a BSN minimum for both CH and PH. I'm now grandmothered in with...

  18. How does forking over $179 for ANA membership benefit me?

    Quickbeam replied to Kiringat's topic in General Nursing

    In my state the ANA isn't the nursing union. It's just the state nursing assn, without the labor connection. I've never noted them to do much of anything in my state except support political positions...

  19. OT vs RN

    Quickbeam replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I recognize your screen name as someone who has posted here many times with similar questions. I hope you can find your answers. I don't think the OT/BSN question is as simple as your equation. My...

  20. study in Chicago for ADN

    Quickbeam replied to olne's topic in General Nursing

    I got this: http://www.jobsinchicago.com/chicago_nursing_degrees.cfm ...and about 190,000 other replies when I Googled "ADN program Chicago". But this looked like a good place to

  21. Career change/why so neg on nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to dragonflycafe's topic in General Nursing

    Remember, this is a nursing board so it is pretty natural for nurses to come here to vent. Other nurses are the most likely people to understand the problems. There are many career change nurses here...

  22. Career Change to Nursing

    Quickbeam replied to sweetpea23's topic in General Nursing

    It might help you to search this site for threads on "career change RNs"/"Accelerated programs". It is a very common topic here. I'm a career changer/accelerated grad with 22 years in as an RN. I have...

  23. How can an adult leave a child in a hot car?

    Quickbeam replied to Patrick57's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion? Too many news items on this topic end with: "there will be no charges pressed; it was determined that the parents have suffered enough". I think it is time they start prosecuting these...

  24. brand new, solid college graduate - massively confused as to nursing field

    Quickbeam replied to oceansouljewels's topic in California Nursing

    jjjoy makes some really terrific points. Let me give you an example. I'm in my 50's and I work as a community health RN. I have a wonderful schedule, my own office, take vacation when I want (even at...

  25. brand new, solid college graduate - massively confused as to nursing field

    Quickbeam replied to oceansouljewels's topic in California Nursing

    OP, I'm not in your region so I can't help with the local stuff. You'll find a lot of 2nd/3rd career RNs here on this board. Many of us have had very similar work/academic stories. I'm an accelerated...