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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    What area of nursing works well for a mom?

    Nurse SMS replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Nursing

    I think the material point is that everyone would love a no nights/no weekends/no holidays schedule, not just people with children. One has to accept to some degree that you don't, generally speaking,...
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    Losing my 1st Nursing Job and I feel helpless & hopeless

    Nurse SMS replied to nulife4good's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Having a baby immediately after starting your first nursing position would challenge pretty much anyone. Take the leave to get better. Nursing will still be there after. Whether you will return easily...
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    Frustrated New grad RN, cant find a job, HELP in Dallas, TX!

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

    It isn't weird that the poster is having trouble finding work here in DFW. More accurately it is weird that Methodist would go with an out-of-state candidate when so many who live right here are...
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    NURSING CAREER, PER DIEM question... PLS help

    Nurse SMS replied to pennylane18's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree that their expecting you to work five days without actually hiring you on full time is nonsense. But I would suggest you review the schedule as far in advance as you can and let them know...
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    Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

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

    Nothing too dramatic, but had an elderly advancing Alzheimer's patient who had been rather agitated for a couple of days, worse at night. He was being horrible to the staff and to his wife and in...
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    The Elderly Are Devalued

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

    I will not consider working LTC but it has nothing to do with undervaluing the elderly and everything to do with how much care they need and how the corporate, profit driven nature of nursing homes...
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    New Grad Jobs? Tx? Anywhere?

    Nurse SMS replied to seungk5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The market in Texas is very tight and competitive everywhere except for the rural areas and along the Mexico border. Yes, new grads get hired but the application rate for internships and hospitals in...
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    Newish RN with new back injury - help!

    Nurse SMS replied to CranberryMuffin's topic in Nursing Career

    I was going to suggest NICU as
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    Shift Work is Taking a Toll

    Nurse SMS replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    If you enjoy bedside nursing, why not try days? Changing to days made a huge difference for
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    I am feeling the burden of not working as a R.N

    Nurse SMS replied to luv2's topic in Nursing Career

    Sorry for your frustrations. Unfortunately it is an employers market right now and there is a huge pool of nurses to choose from. There is very little incentive for hospitals to put out the money to...
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    Pursuing a job that would possibly lead to declining a job offer after accepting?

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

    Pursue the second job but definitely don't quit the first one until you have a firm job offer letter in hand that discusses start date and salary
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    Parkland Hospital, Dallas Texas.

    Nurse SMS replied to playmaker2008's topic in Texas Nursing

    Believe me, I am not arguing that there are problems at Parkland. I am arguing that the website placed here is there simply to stir up trouble rather than look for solutions. It is an amateur website...
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    Switching hospitals

    Nurse SMS replied to ADPIE2008's topic in Nursing Career

    No, I would not quit a FT position with benefits for a prn position unless benefits were available from my spouse. However, you can still take the prn position in addition to your FT position and try...
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    How much Cna work should an RN do?

    Nurse SMS replied to Bfts76d's topic in General Nursing

    How much "CNA work" should the RN do? Well, considering that everything the CNA is doing, the RN is responsible for it getting done, I would say however much it takes to make sure the patients are...
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    Chicago Nurse No Job

    Nurse SMS replied to gray07's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The only place in Texas not completely saturated is the Texas/Mexico border and impoverished, rural
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    Chicago Nurse No Job

    Nurse SMS replied to gray07's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Your comment about the US being the "land of dreams" implies somehow this country has let you down. This will sound harsh, but you chose to move here at a time when actual Americans cannot support...
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    The stuff you don't learn in school

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

    Esme posts brain sheets here all the time. Drop her a PM and I am sure she will be happy to give you the links to them. I am seven months in and on those crazy busy days they save my life by keeping...
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    New Grad Rn -- Case manager position!

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

    A classmate of mine accepted a position that sounds very very similar to this. She is outrageously happy, enjoys her set hours and found she loved it even more than the bedside experiences she had in...
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    Please HELP!! What would you do??

    Nurse SMS replied to Roskarin's topic in Nursing Career

    You need to give proper
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    How long do I have to be penalized?

    Nurse SMS replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Have they actually told you that is the reason you are not being selected? The market is super tight right now and employers can afford to be as picky as they please. It may not be as much about...
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    3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

    Nurse SMS replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Never put that Dilaudid you intend to waste into your pocket thinking you will do it sometime before shift end. Unless you enjoy heading back up to work at 10 PM when you discover it still in there...
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    Jobs with contracts

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

    If you quit before the contract is up they charge you for the amount of training you versus the amount of time worked. Pretty much every new grad position that offers a structured...
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    Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    Nurse SMS replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    Keep a cash
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    Employment Scams And Fake Job Postings

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

    Murders from Craigslist are the exception, not the rule. I have gotten several good jobs from several reputable places from answering Craigslist ads. Just be smart about it. Don't meet at personal...
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    Which shift do you prefer, 7pm-7am or 7am-7pm and why?

    Nurse SMS replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in General Nursing

    7a to 7p. I enjoy seeing the doctors and the other support staff. I like interaction with the patient's families. But most of all, I enjoy not gaining the weight that I was putting on from being on...