Nurse SMS MSN, RN

Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development

You did what you knew how to do; when you knew better, you did better. - Maya Angelou

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  1. Nurse SMS

    Non clinical boss wants to sit in on pre-op visit with patients

    Nurse SMS replied to erica2117's topic in General Nursing

    Even in the hospital, if someone, such as a student or vendor rep, wants to observe then there is a form the patient has to sign that states they were made aware of this person's purpose in being...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    Nurse SMS replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there is a trend for this right now. APRN school is becoming almost cliché, with many low quality programs opening up and churning out new grads. CRNA is more difficult, as you need ICU...
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    Unable to Advance my RN Position

    Nurse SMS replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I do not know how old you are or what you make, but these can be factors in whether or not you get moved
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    Nursing is a Small World

    Nurse SMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't extend just to nurses. At one point in time I was a measly little no-degree-having receptionist and then referral coordinator at a multi-surgeon's office. I was treated beyond horribly when...
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    Failure in Med surg

    Nurse SMS replied to Joy4RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The biggest problem I can see here is the colliding of expectation versus reality, which is a well documented and universally observed struggle with adapting to real life nursing as compared to school...
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    Failure in Med surg

    Nurse SMS replied to Joy4RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If confidence and assertiveness are challenges you definitely will not fare better in ICU or
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    Graduating soon, when to apply for jobs?

    Nurse SMS replied to Elizabeth1414's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on hiring practices where you live. Some hospitals do not want to talk to you until you are licensed. Others hire long before graduation with the stipulation that the offer is good as long...
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    Seniority

    Nurse SMS replied to lexyrn71's topic in General Nursing

    I too would like to see the new policy, verbatim. I find it a little incredulous that this peer scorecard would be the ONLY criteria
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    EMR charting

    Nurse SMS replied to liveforfundebbie's topic in General Nursing

    In every facility I have worked at you have 24 hours to chart
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    Graduate RN with BSN

    Nurse SMS replied to yenesicristine's topic in General Nursing

    You keep saying "BSN", which is fantastic and deserves congratulations...but know that there is little to no pay difference for BSN vs ASN degrees throughout the vast majority of the US. Good luck on...
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    Applying for a job at same hospital after resignation

    Nurse SMS replied to misyan's topic in General Nursing

    So call HR and ask them your re-hirability
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    ER vs tele and Dallas vs Austin

    Nurse SMS replied to rnlife365's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Cannot help you, other than to say NEVER take a job based on who you know that lives in the area. That is going to change the vast majority of the time. Good
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    Job Satisfaction for RNs?

    Nurse SMS replied to callicarpa's topic in General Nursing

    I would also consider heavily as you post this that unhappy people tend to be online looking for resources to cope with their struggle. Happy people tend to be just out living their life. What you...
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    Pros and Cons

    Nurse SMS replied to RN44's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends on what kind of a "cardiac floor" it is. Is it Med-tele? That isn't much different from Med-Surg, just with heart monitors involved. Is it CICU? That is a pretty specific specialty. Is it...
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    Rejected from dream job

    Nurse SMS replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same thing happen - shadowed in IR, spent several days with them, all the team members expressed excitement that I would be joining them and told me how perfect I was, including the manager....
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    Applying for a job at same hospital after resignation

    Nurse SMS replied to misyan's topic in General Nursing

    If the manager invited you to reapply then they felt you were moving along and had potential. You are
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    Job Satisfaction for RNs?

    Nurse SMS replied to callicarpa's topic in General Nursing

    There is literally NO way to work a job with high personal meaning that is not also tied hand in hand with stress. If you want a position/career that is personally fulfilling, as Dolly Parton says,...
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    How much does the college you graduate from determine your employment?

    Nurse SMS replied to Kaitlyn.w0908's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, this is absolutely true. There are three very solid community colleges in my immediate area who are keeping well attuned with what the local employers want out of their new grads, and the local...
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

    Nurse SMS replied to Indenial's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It assesses for risky sexual behavior that may indicate a need for STD
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    How much does the college you graduate from determine your employment?

    Nurse SMS replied to Kaitlyn.w0908's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority of the time it matters not at all, with the exception of some very bad for-profit schools. You may also encounter someone who is strongly loyal to their own alma mater, but for the...
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    Nurse-Tech Wars

    Nurse SMS replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    There is absolutely nothing you can do about this. Management would need to address
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    Help! need advice on hospitals being comfortable with TN Visa

    Nurse SMS replied to bahnessa's topic in Immigration Advice

    Sponsorship is nigh to impossible to get these days on the fly. Some hospitals do decide to sponsor and bring nurses in, but often this is a decision made after layers of meetings, evaluation of the...
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    20 applications no response...help

    Nurse SMS replied to GnikKing3's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Your cover letter is very weak. It should be precise and should be tailored to echo the verbiage of the position posted that you are applying for. You want your resume to hit the key words that have...
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    Verbal abuse

    Nurse SMS replied to middleagednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not against the law. Repeated credible threats might be something that would get some attention but no...generally speaking, verbal abusiveness from a patient does not break any
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    Socially needy coworkers

    Nurse SMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing in the original post that anything really can be done about is her peering into charts without a justified cause for doing so. Looking at charts is now on a "need to know" basis and if...