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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How do you get out on time?????

Nurse SMS replied to grahamd01's topic in First Year After Licensure

Are you clustering your care? If you have meds due at 8 and at 10, give them together at 9. If you have a patient with q4h blood sugar checks make sure you are giving meds or turning them or whatever...
Most stressful and least stressful nursing specialty in the hospital?

Nurse SMS replied to Donnuh's topic in General Nursing

ICU step down here. Moderately stressful but not 100% of the time. We have good ratios and good team work and are respected by and supported by most of the doctors. I like my job a
Suggestions for when I am overwhelmed

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

I have noticed at times I subconsciously try to project a message of " I am too busy, don't even think about engaging me let alone ask for something" demeanor. Obviously that does not go over well in...
Aggressive staffing person at LTC

Nurse SMS replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

"No. See you
New nurse feeling overwhelmed and miserable!

Nurse SMS replied to RN2012Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

Yup. Around month 8 I realized that I was no longer losing sleep over work. I still get a tad anxious when I have to work the next day but it is miniscule compared to the first few
My unit is desperate for nurses

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

I too am on ICU stepdown. We have a couple of openings at night, but are not hiring new grads for them. We did hire a few in June and they are now starting to get their feet under them. Our unit is...
As a nurse will I be exposed to dead patients a lot?

Nurse SMS replied to Mrs.Davis's topic in General Nursing

I see more people who probably ought to be dead or look dead than actually are. In fact in nine months I have seen one dead
How am I supposed to explain myself?????

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

Find a counselor that works on a sliding fee scale. Letters of recommendation are great but only if your issues are honestly under control. School nursing is a very different animal than acute...
Don't want to commit too soon...

Nurse SMS replied to k1p1ssk's topic in Nursing Career

You accept it and if you get another offer you call back and state you got another offer that better suits your needs. Then you thank them profusely and leave it at
Help!!! Caught btw rock and hard place--Instructor sending students home early...

Nurse SMS replied to meatballgirl's topic in General Students

Pretty sure the hospital would be saying something to the school if this were real. We floor nurses get pretty vocal when student nurses are committed to us and then just randomly disappear before...
The "Bench Program" and Prozac for me please...

Nurse SMS replied to MattRN81's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

No promotion is automatic. You have to earn it by doing more than putting in your time. There are not enough RN jobs to go around even for those already in the
New Grad Pay in Texas?

Nurse SMS replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Texas Nursing

HCA has eliminated second shift diff (evening) for those on day
Newly Qualified and Disheartened Already!!!

Nurse SMS replied to kittom's topic in Nursing Career

I do not know what to advise you to be honest. Your experiences to date have tainted your view of what is possible. I am "just" a 2 year RN. I work on a busy hospital floor, never have more than3- 4...
Discouraged new grad in orientation hell.

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

Things going "fine" and yet needing improvement are not contradictory. There are few nurses who don't need improvement in one area or another. You can be doing just fine for where you are, which is a...
Please read, I need advice

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

What the above poster said and keep applying
Subject that never seems to end.

Nurse SMS replied to RNbelth's topic in General Nursing

Worked at a plasma center. Capillary tube shattered with multiple puncture sites into my hand. Fortunately the blood was from a monogamous, married housewife looking for extra funds and not the hep C...
Any new grads having major employment problems?

Nurse SMS replied to lsid16's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

Other majors are having just as much
Searching for the right fit

Nurse SMS replied to renee924's topic in Nursing Career

I am a little baffled to be honest. You have a two year degree and are a new grad. The only job you are qualified to do in the hospital is to be a floor nurse. Some have internships, some simply...
Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

Nurse SMS replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

All white shoes and have to go all the way around the foot with no openings. No clogs and no crocs. Stethoscope you can buy now. I recommend a Littman. Scrubs you are required to buy through the...
Things dying patients say

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

I have so far only had one patient who was actively dying. Speech had left her and she was choking out bloody fluid from her lungs, death rattle, the works. She really didn't communicate at all for a...
Hourly wage with "normal" hours (South)

Nurse SMS replied to oldeddieboy's topic in General Nursing

No, it is not possible as a floor RN in the
Nursing Program, should I just not even try?

Nurse SMS replied to TryinginTX's topic in Texas Nursing

Some programs only consider and weigh in the classes that actually pertain to the nursing degree. However, the state of Texas has a limit on how many times you can attempt a class for actual credit,...
As an experienced RN, do you like/dislike having a student nurse assigned to you?

Nurse SMS replied to jamie32764's topic in General Students

Honestly? I love teaching. But having a student puts a real wrench in my day and makes my time management a lot more difficult. I try to be welcoming but there are days when having a student is just...
Family's responsiblity of taking care of older parents?

Nurse SMS replied to micstn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

This has as many answers as there are types of families. What is right in one situation would not be right in another. Not my place to judge
Collin College Spring 2013 applicants

Nurse SMS replied to pepper35's topic in Texas Nursing

It is more used as a tie breaker. If you and another individual were same/same everywhere else but they lived in Collin County and you did not, they would take the

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