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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NAME Group One Employers.

Nurse SMS replied to mainyah's topic in Texas Nursing

Definitely not a comprehensive list. All the HCA facilities use them as do most of the local nursing
No opinions please just facts

Nurse SMS replied to wheresmyrights's topic in Nursing Professionalism

Mine drug screens any time there is a workplace injury and makes their substance abuse policy very clear a couple of times a year. It definitely would be a gamble to do recreational drugs with a...
Did I just sabotage my career before it even started?

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

Turning it down would be the very definition of
A waste of time getting ADN

Nurse SMS replied to workinprogress413's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

So find a job outside of the hospital and start on your BSN right away. There are too many new grads for too few job openings. They have to start weeding out somewhere and education is the easiest way...
Should I hold out for a hospital job?

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

Take the job but keep
No opinions please just facts

Nurse SMS replied to wheresmyrights's topic in Nursing Professionalism

Being a marijuana user and a healthcare worker at the same time does not work. The legalities that affect other professions regarding this issue are super concentrated when it comes to healthcare...
How do we feel about staffing agencies?

Nurse SMS replied to PCnurse88's topic in Nursing Career

Honestly staffing agency would be very ill advised for a new grad with no experience. We are talking no training, no orientation and getting the worst of the worst patients (common in many places to...
Group One

Nurse SMS replied to malenurse122879's topic in Texas Nursing

I have a friend who successfully got removed. It took two years and involved legal charges against the employer who placed
Nurses with a disability

Nurse SMS replied to SN2014's topic in Nurse Disabilities

Zoloft will be a nonissue. Being unable to physically handle the demands of nursing may potentially be an issue. Potentially being put on narcotics to manage pain could also be an issue. I hope you...
Hypothetical Situation

Nurse SMS replied to Bortaz's topic in General Nursing

I wasn't the one being hostile, but people who cheat on spouses and behave unethically with a vulnerable person while supposedly acting under their license in the best interest of their...
RN - $14.75/hr?!?

Nurse SMS replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

Young motivated individuals? So much for the retired nurse then, eh? Wow. Just...wow. I guess the only benefit of this is that SOMEONE is acknowledging the surplus in public. But yeah...bodes poorly...
Stuck with this interview Question!!!

Nurse SMS replied to happy9022's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

1. Set of vitals, 2L NC, call MD. If the facility has chest pain protocol I would initiate that. 2. Hand bleeder a towel or anything really and instruct the patient to put pressure on the site...
New Grad RN Interview...Advice?

Nurse SMS replied to countrygurl89's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

You are a new grad, so probably don't have a lot to offer in the way of experience. Be prepared to answer a few clinical questions, questions on describing a challenging personality and how you dealt...
increased statism for nurses

Nurse SMS replied to fatkitty's topic in Nursing Career

I work for a private for-profit hospital that required ALL of these things. It has nothing to do with the government. It has everything to do with the rising cost of offering insurance to employees...
Question for new grads...

Nurse SMS replied to Gaby_rmz77's topic in Nursing Career

Absolutely it is possible, but largely depends on what part of the country you are in AND whether you have inside connections. If you know someone on the inside who stands up and says you are awesome...
Incredibly nervous about finding a job in St. Louis after graduation. Advice?

Nurse SMS replied to Katja508's topic in First Year After Licensure

Yep, pretty much what the PP said. All you can do is control the things you can - your resume, applying, watching for internships, being open to ANY kind of nursing, not just hospital, being flexible...
~First week as a nurse~

Nurse SMS replied to Gaby_rmz77's topic in First Year After Licensure

Well, my first week was spent in a classroom, as I was hired into an internship that came with extra education. My first week with a preceptor was wonderful. Lots of hands on teaching, lots of...
Stuttering/struggling career start

Nurse SMS replied to nursesl2012's topic in Nursing Career

Just keep practicing. None of these skills came easily for those you see performing them easily. They all had to work at it too. Nobody gets to skip that part. It sounds to me like you are doing just...
PSB Test

Nurse SMS replied to scotjm's topic in General Nursing

PSB is an entrance exam meant to measure aptitude for health care as a career. It helps schools weed through applicants to those most suitable for acceptance into the program. Theoretically it...
Two Days

Nurse SMS replied to Cardiolyte's topic in General Nursing

Time to find a different
RN - $14.75/hr?!?

Nurse SMS replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

I can't imagine anyone would be willing to work for that, especially not the "flexible schedule" of evenings, weekends and
Wanting to get into an LVN program in Dallas

Nurse SMS replied to ms.lovely's topic in Texas Nursing

Collin has a two year RN program (ASN) and a bridge program for LVNs that want to become RNs. It is very inexpensive (relatively speaking) and VERY competitive for entry with over 300 applicants for a...
I'm tired if being the new "new" nurse

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

Being a new nurse is humbling, no doubt about it. It is a big serving of humble pie every work day for the next couple of years. You will need to work on not defining yourself by what others think of...
New grad delayed looking for work - any advice?

Nurse SMS replied to visionary123's topic in First Year After Licensure

It sounds as if you have enough experience from your other positions that you would be able to care for another home care patient. Just make sure you would have support if you run into trouble and...
Hypothetical Situation

Nurse SMS replied to Bortaz's topic in General Nursing

Hypothetically, that nurse is going to need a couple of really good lawyers and probably some depression medication and job training in a new

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