Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. nursing homes for the cognitively intact?

    Quickbeam replied to birdgardner's topic in General Nursing

    I can't answer the abuse question. However, your thread title reminded me of when I started working in nursing homes in the 1970's. People often retired to nursing homes, intact mentally and...

  2. A True to Nursing Movie

    Quickbeam replied to skinc1's topic in General Nursing

    I thought Atonement did a beautiful job portraying nursing training and care during WWII. I was deeply impressed and thought they did a lot of research to get it so right. I can't think of any modern...

  3. Health food store giving medical advice

    Quickbeam replied to mom4jesus's topic in General Nursing

    I see this all the time! I oversee drivers licensure for school bus drivers in my state. They are required to have medical forms filled out for chronic conditions (diabetes, CHF,COPD, etc.). You'd be...

  4. Doing away with 12 hour shifts?

    Quickbeam replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, new grad: I don't think you'll have ANY trouble finding 12 hour shifts. I just called 5 hospitals in my 2 neighboring cities and that's about all they offer. For the most part, it's the 8 hour...

  5. Doing away with 12 hour shifts?

    Quickbeam replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting thread. I stopped hospital nursing when the facilties in my area all went TO 12 hour shifts. I only had 8 in me. Working full time, I just couldn't recover enough in the down time to take...

  6. Drastic Move?

    Quickbeam replied to jbjorn2b's topic in General Nursing

    I'ma career change nurse. I did all of my pre-reqs (60 credits worth!...my other degrees weren't very science-y) at night school while I worked full time during the day. It's certainly do-able. I was...

  7. Why get a BSN?

    Quickbeam replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    I'm a career changer and got a BSN only because an accelerated BSN was faster than an ADN program at the time. During all my hospital years, it really made no difference. However, when I could no...

  8. Husband and Wife need advice!

    Quickbeam replied to gospel Rn, BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Really look at how your intended hospital works its benefit package. Do they offer Employee+1 or only Family coverage. Family coverage is usually much more than the cost of 2 separate Employee...

  9. Where are all the happy nurses?

    Quickbeam replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have to know yourself and what you can live with. I have a long commute that would be a deal breaker for a lot of people. It doesn't bother me at all and it leads to a low stress nursing...

  10. Did You Change Careers And Regret It?

    Quickbeam replied to alliestar's topic in General Nursing

    I changed careers at 32 when I left my job as a probation officer (with 2 degrees)and went to nursing school. I've now been a nurse for 21 years. Overall, I have no regrets. However, my probation...

  11. How annual leave decided fairly?

    Quickbeam replied to mipc's topic in General Nursing

    OK, this doesn't affect me any more now that I'm in community health. I take off when I want, to which my non-nurse colleagues say "big deal!". They have no idea! However, I saw every unfair system in...

  12. Accelerated Nursing Programs

    Quickbeam replied to TurtleDove's topic in General Nursing

    When I was hunting for a 2nd degree accelerated program, the only resource worth anything was the NLN publication on BSN programs. It was comprehensive and neutral. That was 22 years ago so I looked...

  13. Vacation 'Denied' due to another nurse's medical leave: Fair or not??

    Quickbeam replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    OP, this is a very unhealthy staffing plan, regardless of your co-worker's leave. I've worked facilities that did this for maternity leave. We couldn't roll over vacation so I ended up getting paid...

  14. Is Nursing for me if I don't want to be a bedside RN?

    Quickbeam replied to sail81's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a community health nurse and I do no hands on care. However, I couldn't do my job without the 15 years of bedside care I had before taking this on. I've also done occ health and case mgt but I'd...

  15. i'm a RN

    Quickbeam replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I never tell anyone I'm an RN. My recent experience indicates I need to keep my trap shut even more. I was getting my knee evaluated with an orthopedic surgeon. He was using practically baby talk:...

  16. New clinical instructor for ob/peds advice

    Quickbeam replied to Smn123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Many students enter their "specialty" rotations with pre-conceived ideas. You may have students who don't think they'd work in Peds in a million years. Remember that anyone of your students could make...

  17. Are 12 hour shifts safe?

    Quickbeam replied to psychnurse1998's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Different opinion. I've been an RN for 21+ years (always full time). I could never tolerate 12 hour shifts. I felt like I had 8 good hours in me. The few times I was forced to work 12, I just felt...

  18. family thinks I'm MD

    Quickbeam replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the only RN in a 5,000 person agency and I am NOT the employee health nurse. People bring me questions the Mayo couldn't answer. I learned early and hard that: "see your health care provider" was...

  19. Fired For Being Pregnant

    Quickbeam replied to KCIN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Employers win a staggering percentage of these cases. Over 90% per the last seminar I went to. It can be difficult to find an atty to take the case because unless the employer has done something...

  20. Work as a MA or start RN program?

    Quickbeam replied to mena24's topic in General Nursing

    Just FYI (from the heartbreak of others I know): a Bachelor's in health care mgt has a fraction of the employability of an RN license. It is in no way a career equivalent. I have a few friends who...

  21. Fired For Being Pregnant

    Quickbeam replied to KCIN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I never worked at any hospitals that offered light duty for pregnancy. If they had, we'd often would have had no one to do care. In my state an employer is not obligated to offer light duty. They can...

  22. WHY are LPN programs so expensive?

    Quickbeam replied to jelly221,RN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, how expensive is it? Education costs have soared all over in almost every category. Entry nurse (LPN or RN) programs are expensive to run since they are so labor intensive. What are you comparing...

  23. How many of you have blackout periods at work?

    Quickbeam replied to kcochrane's topic in General Nursing

    At my former hospital, we were blacked out from Thanksgiving until 1/10. Forever. As someone whose entire family was 1200 miles away, it meant I could never under any circumstances* get away during...

  24. Hospital purges 20 grocery carts of pharmaceutical gifts and donates it to Africa!

    Quickbeam replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I can see that

  25. Hospital purges 20 grocery carts of pharmaceutical gifts and donates it to Africa!

    Quickbeam replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is an excellent move. I have to staff a lot of health fair booths in my community health job. My booths are typically next to pharmaceutical reps. Wow, do I get an earful when "customers"...