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

    Can I work with a hurt ankle?

    Nurse SMS replied to Deepage's topic in General Nursing

    Your friend will need to talk to her physician and her employer. The short answer is no, she won't be able to work if her physician doesn't release her to do
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    "Best Practice" would be to have more nurses.

    Nurse SMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention patients and families aren't stupid. If we are all saying the exact same phrase shift after shift after shift patients will feel less cared for and less individual. As pointed out...
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    Not enjoying clinical

    Nurse SMS replied to loveflowers's topic in General Students

    Are you bathing your patients? Turning them? Toileting them? Getting them cleaned up when they have soiled themselves? Changing linens? ambulating them if appropriate? Assisting them in ordering food?...
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    Help: What is this area in PeriOps called?

    Nurse SMS replied to 2mint's topic in General Nursing

    You may be unemployed a very long time. New grads are having trouble finding jobs. You probably won't get the luxury of being this picky. You won't have a nursing career at all without experience. The...
  5. Nurse SMS

    Help: What is this area in PeriOps called?

    Nurse SMS replied to 2mint's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. Most want ICU or ER experience. Great jobs. Can be hard to get. Definitely not a great spot for a new
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    Tattoos and Nursing

    Nurse SMS replied to Yadisanchez's topic in General Nursing

    Never met anyone who cares in the last 10 years if they are nonoffensive. I have a 2" Pikachu on my inner forearm. I do not cover it. It is rarely
  7. Nurse SMS

    Obesity; The "Second Hand Smoke" of Modern American Society

    Nurse SMS replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. The vehemence of the GMO grassfed orhanic bandwagon is causing harm due to the overwhelming polarizing message from its followers. It is all good stuff but when a patient is trying to wade...
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    Obesity; The "Second Hand Smoke" of Modern American Society

    Nurse SMS replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    The obese are CODDLED? I'd like to see exactly where! The obese are the last legal discrimination in this country and are openly disdained, insulted and torn down everywhere they go. I am amazed...
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    Obesity; The "Second Hand Smoke" of Modern American Society

    Nurse SMS replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing your very personal story. I work as a bariatric educator for a bariatric surgeon's office. Every patient who has surgery has a liver biopsy done and all who have even mild...
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    Regular hours?

    Nurse SMS replied to maco1's topic in General Nursing

    It is worth noting I am not working bedside, my actual hours vary and my job is partially teaching and assessment in the clinic and partially bedside teaching at surgery centers. I am salaried, very...
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    Regular hours?

    Nurse SMS replied to maco1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't feel like I am always at work actually. I feel like I am getting adequate rest and that the day is always halfway over and close to quitting time. I do lots of things after work now. Gym....
  12. Nurse SMS

    Who loves their job? Any shout outs?

    Nurse SMS replied to KSM-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bariatric nurse educator. Absolutely love my
  13. Nurse SMS

    NP or PA

    Nurse SMS replied to Bteti20's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I work with a couple of PAs and respect them immensely. I was surprised to learn they have to take an exam every nine years to renew their license to practice as a PA. Nurse practitioners do not have...
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    pay for A Run of 13 yrs in Dallas

    Nurse SMS replied to DPnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Nowhere even close to $51/hr but we have no state sales tax and real estate is wayyyyyyyyy less expensive than California, though property values are on the rise due to several large corporations...
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    Regular hours?

    Nurse SMS replied to maco1's topic in General Nursing

    I have. Thought I loved my three 12s and was pretty leery of going 9-5. Turned out to be one of the best moves I have made for my physical, mental and marital
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    Advice please about new office job-surgery office

    Nurse SMS replied to TurannaRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Look for a different job. Never take a medical office job where the spouse of a physician also works. That was the real first red
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    Dfw new nurse...

    Nurse SMS replied to heatherisbetter's topic in Texas Nursing

    This is incorrect for DFW. All the new grad hiring happens before graduation and long before NCLEX. All job offers are contingency offers. If you wait until you take NCLEX you will miss the boat...
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    Do a disproportionate amount of nurses suffer from anxiety?

    Nurse SMS replied to R!XTER's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Update to my situation. I got away from the bedside. I have PTSD dreams about the hospital, but they are rapidly lessening in frequency and my anxiety symptoms outside of sleep have all but...
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    I want to quit nursing.

    Nurse SMS replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Mr. Murse. It sounds like nursing and the intern position leading up to being a nurse were your first experiences with working. I have no idea if that is true but, if it is, this is very...
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    Does this make me a liability?

    Nurse SMS replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

    I am flabbergasted that a stranger would have the nerve to comment about any lumps, bumps or otherwise on your body and then have the gall to suggest you should not be doing your job of choice. This...
  21. Nurse SMS

    Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    Nurse SMS replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    Just left acute care to do patient education with a bariatrics clinic. Best thing I ever did for myself and I feel like more of a nurse now than I did before. Everything I am doing now centers around...
  22. Nurse SMS

    I want to quit job without giving 2 week notice, and I am at probation period.

    Nurse SMS replied to replica2013's topic in Nursing Career

    Please tell me you didn't quit via text
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    Upcoming Graduate Concern

    Nurse SMS replied to addiewaad's topic in General Nursing

    Transferring units is not as easy as it used to be. I worked PCU and found I didn't generate a lot of interest when I tried to get into different specialties, even within my own hospital system, even...
  24. Nurse SMS

    Starting Pay for New Nurses in Texas...need help!!!

    Nurse SMS replied to juleslevesQ86's topic in Texas Nursing

    Supply and demand. When there are a ton of new nurses climbing over one another to get a foot in the door the hospital can do whatever it wants re:
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    Clostridium difficile/ UTI

    Nurse SMS replied to fighter10's topic in General Students

    Yes and yes. With CDiff, poor hygiene may have nothing to do with it though. It is constant and goes everywhere. Getting it thoroughly clean at any given time can be a real