Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. Nursing as a second career at 30

    Quickbeam replied to 5418ujyyhbewbttberbr's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe only partly relevant...upthread someone mentioned pre-requisites. Oh baby! I came from an arts background and had to take it all before my accelerated program. The one thing I didn't take before...

  2. Nursing as a second career at 30

    Quickbeam replied to 5418ujyyhbewbttberbr's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, original poster (that's some user name you've got)...I just want to make you aware of the presence of accelerated BSN programs. Since you have degrees, it can be the fastest way to get licensed...

  3. Nursing 10 years ago

    Quickbeam replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    Acuity up, length of stay down (rehab). In my area, a complete collapse of psychiatric hospitals. This might have been a regional issue. In 1997 I was internal pool for 4 psych facilities in my area....

  4. Nurse With Need For Help

    Quickbeam replied to BOBCOXRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in community health and could do my job in a wheelchair. They aren't always easy jobs to find. I do have to travel quite a bit. I have a mobility impairment and sought this job realizing I...

  5. Pregnancy Leave/FMLA

    Quickbeam replied to Can't Wait's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it is one year AND at least 1250 hours (not either/or) in order for FMLA top kick in. Nothing stops a hospital or employer from being more generous, though. That's just the required...

  6. NOCS: How to darken a room?

    Quickbeam replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I worked straight nights for many years. I used room darkening blinds (inside the window frame) combined with room darkening drapes which went outside the window frame. It worked very well. I don't...

  7. Ever had an ex-boyfriend, or someone you didn't like as a patient?

    Quickbeam replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

    I realize this isn't the same but in my community health RN role I had to take my next door neighbor's driver's license away. She appealed and I'm the hearing officer (an RN role) for the whole state....

  8. Nurse Practioner field going to dissappear!!!

    Quickbeam replied to bailey2227's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think this is very geography dependent. For 20+ years I've seen friends (a lot of them) get their MSN/NP and end up back doing regular RN work at the bedside when opportunities were not there for...

  9. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    Quickbeam replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    In my 21 years of nursing, I've never worked anywhere that had any limits on visiting. What was most difficult was working nights on a very busy pediatric floor and having streams of visitors coming...

  10. Any Accelerated BSN programs offer aid besides loans??

    Quickbeam replied to Alert&Orientedx0's topic in General Nursing

    I know accelerated programs are expensive but remember to weigh in the opportunity costs of not working. That was the deciding factor for me as I weighed a community college ADN with a BSN. I needed...

  11. What is the worst part about nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    The worst part of hospital nursing for me was always working short due to maternity leaves and sick kid calls. It amazed me that in a profession so dominated by women that no one figured out that...

  12. Cancer clusters

    Quickbeam replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

    All states have a department that monitors claims of cancer clusters. Public Health/Public Safety...that sort of thing. I am a community health nurse and cancer cluster issues surface all the time. I...

  13. Career alternatives to traditional nursing?

    Quickbeam replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Monday through Thursday, full time community health nurse. I work 4 ten hour days, no evenings, weekends or holidays (unless I want to). There are other roles like this out there. Mine required...

  14. BSN to DNP with no nursing experience

    Quickbeam replied to evpsych's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I came to nursing from an academic background. Doing my pre-reqs, I read nursing magazines and bought nursing text books. I sponged up nursing school. But really? I knew nothing about nursing until I...

  15. Nursing Specialties

    Quickbeam replied to elby812's topic in General Nursing

    jjjoy, great point about the pay cut. I took a 25 % paycut going from hospital based nursing to community health. It did come up in the interview as a concern. I've made it all back but it was a...

  16. Nursing Specialties

    Quickbeam replied to elby812's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a DOT nurse (take driver's licenses away for medical reasons) so your second comment about the driver makes me crazy. Yesterday I passed a delivery truck and the guy had made himself a table that...

  17. will lower back problems restrict my ability to be a nurse?

    Quickbeam replied to navyvetRNdreams2b's topic in General Nursing

    Just a tip from one who has been there....Pediatrics isn't always the go to place for those with back injuries. Lots of bending, lifting, odd toddler cribs, ortho equipment as well as the very large,...

  18. HI...my dream

    Quickbeam replied to KMP77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another thing...as a career changer, I strongly recommend that you pull together any transcripts you have (high school, any college classes you have taken) NOW. That will save you an enormous headache...

  19. Baylor Plan--Locating Hospitals

    Quickbeam replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    That's really true. I haven't heard of a true Baylor plan in my area in over a

  20. Nursing (free tuition) vs. OT (many loans)

    Quickbeam replied to tencents's topic in General Nursing

    I want to echo many of the prior posters that OT and nursing are only vaguely similar. My childhood best friend is an OTR, master's prepared. She really is a free-standing professional, doing school...

  21. Please Help Me

    Quickbeam replied to konahi7's topic in General Nursing

    OP means original poster...in this case, you. Best wishes to

  22. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

    Quickbeam replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I know I risk being flamed for saying this but I do think it is possible to be a kindly competent nurse and not spend your own money on patients. Not saying that's the case here. I've seen too many...

  23. changing last name on RN license after marriage

    Quickbeam replied to MiaNJ's topic in General Nursing

    I kept my name. Married 20 years. No regrets. For me, as an orphan, it was a way to keep my heritage and my parents alive. I love my husband but I'm completely not

  24. Heartbroken

    Quickbeam replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    OP: I know in your eyes this has been going on forever but as I read it, not a lot of time has passed. Maybe in the eyes of your DON it hasn't been either. You may want to fill him/her in on your...

  25. shootings and mental health

    Quickbeam replied to snowfreeze's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in college in the 1970's (non-nursing career), I was an RA for 3 years and a Hall Director for one. We got hundreds of hours in training about student mental health, identifying people in...