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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Needing Advice...

Nurse SMS replied to Coppersmom's topic in General Nursing

Yes it's that hard. Yes it gets easier. Yes you should stick it out. No, you probably would not be a candidate for that GI job with your current experience level (usually requires 2years of critical...
Do you read hospital Yelp reviews?

Nurse SMS replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in General Nursing

Yeah, I have. I have to sit on my hands not to give scathing replies back about how they didn't belong in the ER in the first place and that doc/nurses aren't clairvoyant
Seasoned nurses

Nurse SMS replied to eaus's topic in Nursing Career

Lots of the nurses who are older in my hospital switch to case management, postpartum/women's services/nursery, telephone triage, palliative care. Insurance companies can be good too. School nursing....
In a bit of a relocation pickle

Nurse SMS replied to ArmstrongLPN's topic in Nursing Career

Yes I would move for it but not until I have a job offer in writing with a firm start
How often are you called off?

Nurse SMS replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

Almost
When You Request I Switch Shifts with You

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

Seriously?? Six days isn't enough time???? Sorry but unless you have tickets for something that is plenty of time. Most people don't know they need a change further in advance than that. They did YOU...
Nursing Student reading the hard to find a job after grad posts

Nurse SMS replied to amberbay_19's topic in First Year After Licensure

Jersey is much tighter than
Help with time management

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

Orders should always be checked with the off going
First RN job!! Need some tips please!

Nurse SMS replied to vil2290's topic in First Year After Licensure

1. Get report on all patients. Look up labs, make notes on abnormalities, check orders with off going shift 2. Bedside handoff. Ensure patient is breathing and comfortable, introduce myself if they...
Personal Information

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

You did just
How do you handle impending death of a child

Nurse SMS replied to kheadrick's topic in General Nursing

I am a mother who has been through this. I can tell you that as the nurse the most important thing you can do is to be there. Answer their questions. Present them with options. Let them do as much as...
Nursing Student reading the hard to find a job after grad posts

Nurse SMS replied to amberbay_19's topic in First Year After Licensure

I am in Texas. The major cities here are completely saturated. Rural areas and areas along the Mexico border are a little
New nurse just doing screening, frustrated!

Nurse SMS replied to Bikernurseof3's topic in Nursing Career

Keep going to work. Keep applying for other
Prioritizing infusions

Nurse SMS replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

Honestly? To me that just sounds like a whole lot of reasonable, understandable "Not my problem, here ya go day shift". If the patient throws fits about being awakened and the order came in that late,...
Nursing Student reading the hard to find a job after grad posts

Nurse SMS replied to amberbay_19's topic in First Year After Licensure

Yes, it really is that difficult, especially for ADN graduates rather than BSN. I don't have the studies on hand to direct you to, but recent reports have found up to 50% of new grad nurses are...
Is lying the new norm?

Nurse SMS replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in Home Health

Wow. That is just shady and an infuriating waste of
Prioritizing infusions

Nurse SMS replied to sistrmoon's topic in Patient Medications

I was thinking that too Wooh....that I would have hung the Vanc up to an hour early to get it in while I get ready to give the
"Job duties different than expected"

Nurse SMS replied to lahiri3's topic in Nursing Career

Given that you are a new grad and resigned during orientation with "job duties different than expected", yes, I would think this would make people question you. The main question that comes to my mind...
Tailoring the resume for the unit

Nurse SMS replied to gassy2be's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

You don't really have experience with those things because you are a new grad. However, you have been exposed to them in your clinical rotations. It is an important distinction and important that you...
Key words

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

Yes, it is true. Put in what they state they are looking for in the ad, in their own words as much as possible. Their key words will be the same as their ad for the most
Cover Letter

Nurse SMS replied to nataliya86's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

I use a very simple cover letter template for every cover letter I write. This is it: First paragraph - summarize what they are asking for in their ad. All resumes these days go through a computerized...
Nursing School Schedule

Nurse SMS replied to loverofall's topic in Nursing Career

Nursing school is a full time endeavor. At times it felt like 24/7. In the beginning it was more lecture and skills lab and less clinical hours, then over the course of schooling that slowly changed...
Biochem at wgu

Nurse SMS replied to karen597's topic in Western Governors University

Biochem has been probably the easiest class I have had so far. Just follow the rubric to a T (I put which section of the rubric each slide was addressing on the slide itself next to the heading) and...
WGU Background Check - How Long Does It Take?

Nurse SMS replied to TheCommuter's topic in Western Governors University

Generally speaking your tuition amounts aren't set until you have done the intake interview and gone through the Education Without Boundaries mini-course. Once that is set up and you are assigned a...
First RN job!! Need some tips please!

Nurse SMS replied to vil2290's topic in First Year After Licensure

Brain sheet, brain sheet, brain sheet. Saved my life as a new grad and frankly still saves me at times now that I am in my third year. A brain sheet is anything you use or create to keep yourself...

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