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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Old Grad, No Experience! Odds of Landing a job in NYC?

Nurse SMS replied to NurseGDJ's topic in General Nursing

Covid has increased demand for experienced nurses. You are what we call an "old new grad", meaning you graduated a long long time ago (almost 10 years!) but have never used your RN education. You...
Woe is me

Nurse SMS replied to WonderousIvy's topic in General Nursing

These are understandable disappointments when you have achieved something this momentous and the rug gets pulled out from under the celebration part of it after you make it through. I am sorry you...
Old Grad, No Experience! Odds of Landing a job in NYC?

Nurse SMS replied to NurseGDJ's topic in General Nursing

Your odds both in southern Cal and in NYC are slim to none. COVID is partially to blame, but those were very tough markets before Covid struck. You will need to look at positions hungry for help....
How Does This End?

Nurse SMS replied to MeganMN's topic in Disaster Preparation

And gaslight people saying we aren't seeing what we are seeing, we aren't hearing what we are hearing, that people aren't really
Forced PPL

Nurse SMS replied to guest1135744's topic in Disaster Preparation

Yep. All but a few key departments were required to use one day of PTO per pay period. However, they WERE allowed to go into negative PTO up to a certain number of hours. Then the surge hit and that...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

You will have to practice. Off line. Face to face with real, live people. Preferably ones who will both give you honest feedback and yet be kind. You may also want to seek counseling from someone who...
Texas Hospital making nurses resign or take care of COVID patients

Nurse SMS replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in Disaster Preparation

Nope. Apparently we are going to fight ‘em for it.
Need advice about asking for higher pay as a resident

Nurse SMS replied to Accordiantoyou's topic in Nursing Career

Unfortunately none of this is accurate at the RN
Need advice about asking for higher pay as a resident

Nurse SMS replied to Accordiantoyou's topic in Nursing Career

Proceed with extreme caution. In general, nurse residency salaries are fixed. What you have done as a PCT isn't seen as "experience". You do know the hospital system/culture, but you still have to...
New grad RN moving to Austin

Nurse SMS replied to nursecm21's topic in Texas Nursing

Austin is hard to find a job even with experience. There are multiple nursing schools in the area churning out new grads every few months. Austin is on a hot spot of places to live and is one of the...
How long is a 3 person waitlist for day shift?

Nurse SMS replied to NewGradNurse3's topic in General Nursing

Could be weeks, could be
Hospital requiring personal cell phones for patient care

Nurse SMS replied to krekear's topic in General Nursing

Nope nope nope. Not only is it not HIPAA compliant and all the risk that goes with that, not only do they have to reimburse you for the cost of your phone if they do this. If you have work stuff on...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

You are amazing for recognizing these things and with such detail. I am officially impressed. Be on the lookout for it.
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

I would be pleased to share this with you. It's pretty off topic for this forum though - how about I write an article about it and post to another thread? There was a LOT of problems with the nursing...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

Your descriptions make me smile. My son passed away at age 13 from AML, but he was exactly like that too. I am glad you have plans for him and I hope he is able to get back to his usual activities...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

Heck, he could have all three, but yeah...ASD for a kid who needs to be fiddling with something while he listens can look a lot like ADHD. And yeah, he probably has anxiety. The world is moving fast...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

I have a real soft spot for Aspie's. As a generalization, they tend to be super tender hearted. It isn't that they don't have emotions. They just can't see them like we can and don't have the...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

He was just such a weird kid. From about age 3 he was just.....adorable but undeniably strange. He could not learn at school unless he was doing something else at the same time. So we had him...
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

Just remember to listen more than you talk and be open to helping others who might need it and you should do fine
Coronavirus Second Wave?

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

My oldest son had Asperger's, now just called ASD. He was an exceptionally sweet and kind boy. He had trouble interpreting facial expressions and this often made his socializations wildly bizarre. He...
Texas Hospital making nurses resign or take care of COVID patients

Nurse SMS replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in Disaster Preparation

We just see this very differently. I disagree that this is "the mentality of the nursing profession that is holding us back because we don't stand up for ourselves". Its a pandemic. Expecting someone...
Which route?

Nurse SMS replied to BabyRN21's topic in Nursing Career

I have worked in informatics. It's pretty hit or miss as far as getting positions. You will have to be flexible for hours, as Informatics requires you to do a lot of teaching, not all of which is on...
Leaving my first nursing job in less than a year?

Nurse SMS replied to renee_marie717's topic in Nursing Career

Why wouldn't you go ahead and finish out your residency? Without that, getting another position in the OR will be very difficult. Surely you and your boyfriend can live apart for a few months? Or he...
"I think I made a mistake" ... 30 y/o Dies after Attending COVID-19 Party

Nurse SMS replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

Not to mention the enormous economical cost that is going to come home to roost in treating all the people who do get sick enough to need hospitalized care because of the undeterred spread from people...
What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

Nurse SMS replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

What are you majoring in? Congratulations on returning to school! I think you have every reason to be

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