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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Verbal warning about sick calls.....please advise

Nurse SMS replied to SaffireWeldon's topic in Canada

The requirements of the job are what they are, regardless of health issues, legitimate or otherwise. Unfortunately if the individual needs more time off than can be reasonably accommodated, the job...
2016 Salary thread

Nurse SMS replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

Texas Four years of experience Clinic nurse doing education for surgical patients, No nights, weekends, holidays or call $70k yearly (salaried) with $10k hiring bonus and yearly profit sharing bonus...
Patient Nurse Ratio

Nurse SMS replied to ambobam's topic in General Nursing

No, but I sat down and worked out what the time requirements were for five patients and mandated hourly rounding. It came out to more hours than were available in a shift and that was without figuring...
Floor nursing to Clinic?

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

I left my floor nursing job a few months ago for a 9-4 M-F clinic type of job. I was hard core in favor of 12 hour shifts. Thought I loved them. Turns out I didn't really. Working just 8 hour days is...
Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

Nurse SMS replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

I was expecting you to say $18-20/hr base pay or something like that. I echo the others, that the pay rates you have been offered are actually exceptionally good for a brand new
Do you stalk anyone here?

Nurse SMS replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

I have my
hiring older nurses

Nurse SMS replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

I am 45 and have had no shortage of job offers. That being said, I was not seen as an "up and comer". I was passed over for opportunities frequently despite being very engaged in my unit, qualified,...
Patient Nurse Ratio

Nurse SMS replied to ambobam's topic in General Nursing

I was a cardiac PCU nurse for four years. When I first started 3:1 was the norm with occasional 4:1. Then it drifted to 4:1 with occasional 5:1. When it got to where 5:1 was the standard, my stress...
I've been suspended

Nurse SMS replied to Sheila2155's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

I guess this just confuses me. If a student said that to me, I would ask what he/she meant by that. I definitely would not just carry on with my day. It was a vague alert, but an unusual one. It would...
When can you start applying?

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

Around here if you wait until you graduate to apply for new grad positions you already missed the boat. In other places hospitals don't want to hear from you until you have a license. Research what is...
I took the plunge...it feels weird

Nurse SMS replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

Congratulations! I too just left the bedside and it feels GREAT out
Would you hire an MUSC grad over anyone else?

Nurse SMS replied to lowkey_44's topic in General Nursing

Never heard of
Is it possible to get the holidays off?

Nurse SMS replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

My secret? I left the bedside and took a M-F 9-4 job with no weekends or
Do you tell family members that their loved ones are nasty and combative

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

Yes, I did talk to family members about the challenges with their loved ones. They need to know WHY Mom hasn't gotten a bath or WHY Dad didn't get pain meds. If there is combativeness, noncompliance,...
Private Grumbling but NO Open Discussion!

Nurse SMS replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

Unfortunately in today's hospital environment speaking up at best gets you ignored and at worst makes you a target. THAT is why people don't speak
Do a disproportionate amount of nurses suffer from anxiety?

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

I am very prone to anxiety. Being a nurse in the last two years has gotten even more anxiety provoking due to the whole patient satisfaction thing and the crazy additions of different types of...
ADN-BSN or ADN-MSN

Nurse SMS replied to Ashleyhunleyrn's topic in General Nursing

WGU just announced that they will be rolling out an FNP program within the next year.
Stick with clinic job or accept hospital job?

Nurse SMS replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

Acute care experience is a prerequisite for most all specialty positions. Take the hospital job. In the current market, being offered it when your only experience so far is in a clinic could be viewed...
ADN-BSN or ADN-MSN

Nurse SMS replied to Ashleyhunleyrn's topic in General Nursing

I go to WGU and am in the RN-MSN program. I just finished the BSN portion this past April. I figured the fewer times I have to make the decision to return to school the better, so took the leap to...
What Can You Say to the Family When Your Patient Dies?

Nurse SMS replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

I tell them I am sorry for their loss. That caring for their loved one was a privilege. That I will never forget
Confused... am I an RN or not??

Nurse SMS replied to cabrig's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

If you paid for quick results and your quick results say you failed, then no. You are not an
What's the difference?? $$

Nurse SMS replied to bmurphy18's topic in Texas Nursing

THR, the company that owns the Presbyterian hospitals, will not hire nurses with two year degrees. Getting in as a new graduate nurse is highly competitive with people who worked there during nursing...
discharging patient "SDC"

Nurse SMS replied to thecode's topic in General Nursing

So darn
To smile or not to smile-from the interviewer

Nurse SMS replied to NursetoMogul34's topic in General Nursing

The only way to know if you are going to get a job offer is a phone call containing a job offer. You can guess at the "vibe" of the interview and often it will be accurate, but just as often it won't...
Nursing is becoming stupid

Nurse SMS replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

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