Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. Chronic Tardiness

    Quickbeam replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What bugs me about this issue from the point of view of a former manager is that it is the easiest one in the world to document and get someone fired. I've had to fire a lot of people over the years;...

  2. where are the nursing shortages?

    Quickbeam replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true. Well

  3. Turning your patients

    Quickbeam replied to redwinggirlie's topic in General Nursing

    I never worked anywhere we had LPNs or aides so yes, I always turned my patients or made sure they were moving themselves. I worked pediatrics/nights most of my career. At one hospital, we had open...

  4. Vacation denied

    Quickbeam replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    The scary thing to me is that if you add up all the time people expect special breaks...spring break, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Summer, NYE, Birthday, Arbor Day, the kids' school plays, ad...

  5. Sigma Theta Tau

    Quickbeam replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I'm a member of STTI. Here are my issues: 1. It's great if you live right near the school you graduated from. Otherwise, you end up joining a chapter that is only interested in recruiting members from...

  6. Nursing student just got a DUI

    Quickbeam replied to joecalifa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse for a state DOT. I deal with the health/substance impaired driving question for a living. First off, it is critical that you find out what the laws are in YOUR state. They vary...

  7. Nurses thanked at Oscars!

    Quickbeam replied to galenight's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, thought that was lovely. Remember how Letterman was so effusive of his care after his heart surgery? I've always wanted Bonnie Hunt to win something big so she could talk about being an

  8. Accelerated degree programs

    Quickbeam replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a career changer who went to a one year accelerated BSN program almost 20 years ago. Back when there were only 5 programs in the US! I loved it and it worked well for me. I was a self supporting...

  9. Nurses Will Eat Anything

    Quickbeam replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was always amazed at what my fellow night shift RNs would eat....left over from the 2 prior shifts. I guess I'm food fussy. Sort of OT, but ruefully funny...at one hospital I worked at, days and...

  10. where are the nursing shortages?

    Quickbeam replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    I've lived in WI for 18 years but I am not a native (I'm from NJ). I can pass along what every hospital recruiter has told me..... People who are from WI love it and no matter where they go, want to...

  11. Getting residents up for the day

    Quickbeam replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was night charge (and only RN) on a freestanding rehab unit of 10 years. This issue was huge for us! We'd come in and the day primary would have written that everyone was to be up, bathed, dressed...

  12. where are the nursing shortages?

    Quickbeam replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Working weekends never bothered me but just try and find a hospital job with 8 hour shifts....for some of us, that's all we can do and give good care. Moving to 12 hour shifts has bumped a lot of my...

  13. State Surveyors....

    Quickbeam replied to bucksandra's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a state employee RN and the nurses one grade below what I do are the state surveyors. My state employs scads of them. They make not terribly good cash (start at 22$ an hour in the midwestern US)...

  14. What is a "sitter"?

    Quickbeam replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    For many years (until the facility closed) I worked on call shifts as an RN sitter at a psych hospital. I'd 1:1 at risk patients on nights. I had a regular nursing job elsewhere but I did this as an...

  15. 5 things a new RN must have...

    Quickbeam replied to SpecFuz's topic in General Nursing

    A

  16. marinol

    Quickbeam replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm seeing marinol prescribed for those with anorexia. I'm not seeing it written for those with dementia. (In my job I see medical records on tens of thousands of people a year, hence the odd patient...

  17. what areas of nursing do you recommend??

    Quickbeam replied to maxcat's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely beware of anyone offering you a one-size-fits-all prescription to the perfect nursing job! I'm a community health nurse but before that I oversaw RN case management services at a major...

  18. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

    Quickbeam replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a community health nurse...sort of an Occ Health hybrid. As much as I love this job, I have to warn those interested: I make a whole lot less money in it than I did as a hospital nurse or a case...

  19. How do you stay awake?

    Quickbeam replied to Compton's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 8 hour night shifts for over 10 years. I do not use caffeine. I did not nap/sleep at work. What I did do was make sure I got a full 8 hour sleep in before coming to work. Caffeine is no...

  20. Challenge LPN exam?

    Quickbeam replied to summerdaze's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a CNA in New Jersey in the 1970's, I worked with one LPN who was an "LPN by waiver". I had a 4 year degree that was getting me no jobs so I looked into what it took to become an RN/LPN (I'm...

  21. Changing jobs before 1 year's stay:Anyone else done it?

    Quickbeam replied to JacelRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think shift rotation is a joy killer. I can't imagine how you could like any nursing job doing all three

  22. How much does information change over the years?

    Quickbeam replied to mishayla96's topic in General Nursing

    My basic text from nursing school in 1986 did not have HIV in it! ... When I was a CNA in the mid-1970's, an RN showed me a patient and said that she had a very rare condition called Alzheimer's...

  23. When they call you in to work extra shifts...

    Quickbeam replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 10 years straight nights. We were always short and I'd get called constantly, all day. Got CallerID and turned the ringer off, however like another poster, my hospitals always showed up as...

  24. Do I Have To Be A Brainiac To Get Thru Crna School?

    Quickbeam replied to SKYSTHELIMIT's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It is just a whole lot easier to read posts that don't have unique capitalization patterns.

  25. old skills that we do not use anymore

    Quickbeam replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    Jamesdotter said: I am the nurse for a state DOT and oversee medical issues for drivers. We monitor thousands of people with diabetes who have had problems behind the wheel r/t their disease. We ask...