Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. Transitioning from adults to pediatrics

    Quickbeam replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    I was a Pediatric nurse for 10 years before I transitioned to adult care. I found it very easy to make that change. Everything in Pediatrics is carefully titrated to weight, tiny amounts of everything...

  2. Thinking about getting ADN...

    Quickbeam replied to prenursinggal's topic in General Nursing

    You should get a lot of responses as you raise some issues upon which there is a lot of opinion here! I'm a second career RN who went the accelerated BSN route. It worked for me since I needed to be...

  3. Leave during orientation.

    Quickbeam replied to one's topic in General Nursing

    Hey there, one. Most of us have been there. I had a career with one job for ten years before I became a nurse. Since I got my BSN, there are years I've had so many tax forms to file, I couldn't...

  4. Is it the right time for Nursing School

    Quickbeam replied to 2ndGoRound's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a second degree RN. I left a very nice career that was more or less dead end but with great hours. Nursing has opened up a world of opportunities for me wherever I've lived which would not have...

  5. In A Quandry - What To Say

    Quickbeam replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is just a tiny piece of the question but I wanted to respond. People turn down management roles for a million reasons. I've been a line manager and an upper manager. Afer years of that I...

  6. So where do you see yourself in 10 years? This question leaves me to ponder.....

    Quickbeam replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'll be a year from retirement from my community health job. OP, don't beat yourself up about graduate school. At my school, we were told if we didn't each pursue our MSN we were letting down...

  7. Leaving Med/Surg

    Quickbeam replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    No clue if this is helpful or not but I'll toss it out anyway. When I was ready to leave hospital based nursing, but still pay the mortgage, I answered an ad for a maternity leave fill-in RN at an...

  8. Can I be denied employment due to claustrophobia???

    Quickbeam replied to soontobenurse2's topic in General Nursing

    I did fit testing for many years and most people can overcome the claustrophobia. What helped many was the thought that this thing could save your life. The masks also aren't worn all that often. If...

  9. How far do you commute to work?

    Quickbeam replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I drive 50 miles one way. It's for a job I love in a hard to find specialty. I also get fabulous benefits and a Monday through Thursday, 10 hour day schedule. We like our house and it is almost paid...

  10. Dwarves/Little People in LTCFs

    Quickbeam replied to amanda1229's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to work on a pediatric floor that also had a specialty clinic for dwarfism (all ages). The admits we saw were mostly for respiratory and ortho. There are many different forms of dwarfism so the...

  11. Am I Just Bein a Baby or should i quit ???

    Quickbeam replied to traumajunkiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I think the on call aspect is sloppy and poorly thought out. It probably grew out of an informal system and now is "the way it is". I wouldn't be able to accept that. It isn't professional or safe....

  12. is childrens hospital LA worth the low salary?

    Quickbeam replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I had that exact same experience at a large Children's Hospital in the midwest. Fascinating. I've accepted lower than average pay for a job I really wanted that was in a hard to find specialty....

  13. New York to Wisconsin

    Quickbeam replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a New Jerseyan, now living in WI for 18 years. I expect you will get a wide variety of responses. I often joke that you shouldn't be allowed to move here without a passport. I'm only half...

  14. Are You Satisfied With Your Income?

    Quickbeam replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a 20+ year RN/BSN and I currently have worked for the past 9 years in community health, full time. I'm the only nurse at my agency, where they consider me a "highly compensated employee". :) I...

  15. gift idea for child in PICU

    Quickbeam replied to feebebe23's topic in General Nursing

    Can I make a suggestion? If you do get electronics for either child, it would pay to have them engraved in some permanent way. I worked in pediatrics for over 10 years and stuff walks despite...

  16. Turning The Clock Back Nursing ?

    Quickbeam replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA throughout the 70's and an RN since the 80's. The biggest things I've seen in 37 years: 1. People who would have been dead in the 70's and 80's are living now with high acuity. Care...

  17. Has anyone here wore a dress as a uniform?

    Quickbeam replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I take it from your post you are a student...make sure you check with your school before you buy anything. Some schools are unholy picky about uniforms and may have specific standards for dresses....

  18. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    Quickbeam replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Prostate/Prostrate! I must hear that

  19. Should I leave nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to CRNAorBust's topic in General Nursing

    What about case management? It does require critical thinking but in a far less stressful environment, without the crisis component. You'd be amazed at how sharp you really are away from the chaos....

  20. Just curious...Do nurses hate Birth Plans?

    Quickbeam replied to chnc1024's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Non-parent here but have a story to share. My sister-in-law had an extensive birth plan which included pages about how no one was to mention breastfeeding. In any context..no teaching, no advocacy,...

  21. Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

    Quickbeam replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a community health/occupational health hybrid nurse. I work in an office although I'm on the road once a week giving lectures. I oversee older and health impaired driver issues for my state....

  22. ?? for long-haired female nurses/student! How do you wear your hair at the hospital?

    Quickbeam replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

    I have long hair, no bangs. Nurse for 20+ years. I wear it up in clinical settings. A pinned up braid or a hair clip. Remember, you are often bending over patients and dealing with body fluids and...

  23. You know it's a bad night when......

    Quickbeam replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    (It's been a while but I still remember.).... you walk onto the floor and 4 people yell: "she's here!"....and you find out that the other three night nurses on your unit have called in sick. Followed...

  24. Any Experienced Nurses Love Their Job?

    Quickbeam replied to belle005's topic in General Nursing

    This is really really good advice. The nurses that I know who are happy in their careers (and I count myself in that group) were people who didn't allow the career to consume them. I loved hospital...

  25. High tuition cost for Accelerated BSN program worth it?

    Quickbeam replied to cajjj's topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated from a 12 month accelerated BSN program 20+ years ago. I've had not one regret. For me, the opportunity cost of not working was my prime mover. Tuition was high (but nothing like today!...