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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    Documentation by PCT's

    Nurse SMS replied to jennilynn's topic in General Nursing

    Sure sounds like an assessment to me. But don't they sign their documentation? If so, it can only harm the nurse if she fails to document her own activities. Techs are not allowed to document at all...
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    States/Cities looking for New Grads?

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

    Yep, best place right now to get hired is anywhere along the Mexican
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    Help! Possibly relocating to DFW area

    Nurse SMS replied to RNin10's topic in Texas Nursing

    Medical City is a good hospital. Some floors are better than others, which seems to be the case at all hospitals, at least in the DFW area. I don't work there but had a sick child treated there. We...
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    5 twelve hour shifts in a row?? Is it safe??

    Nurse SMS replied to shipmanmisty's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The safety of it depends on your ability to rest. I am never able to sleep more than 3-4 hours after my night shifts. For me it would not be safe. But for some of the night nurse rockstars it would be...
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    Can't decide: Best shift for a new nurse?

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

    I think in this kind of a scenario the shift that works best with your natural biological rhythms is going to free up your mind for optimal learning. Honestly neither of those sound like safe ratios...
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    Need some career advice. - long

    Nurse SMS replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Nursing Career

    That's a conversation that should be professionally held between your manager and you though, not flipped at the charge nurse (or anyone else) on your way out after a hard day. One says "I have career...
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    Working RNs and the CNA are to blame for new graduate RN program shortages .

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

    I have to admit, I am laughing a little bit at the CNA being included in the title. CNAs make a paltry pittance for the heavy work they
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    Working RNs and the CNA are to blame for new graduate RN program shortages .

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

    Until one actually works as an RN, one can't begin to comprehend how much an RN deserves and earns every. single. penny. I would definitely hope if a nurse has been one for quite a while that she/he...
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    Chagas

    Nurse SMS replied to mmc51264's topic in Infectious Disease

    It says that vectorborne disease in the US is rare. Not unheard of. It is possible you were infected here or through contact with someone who has been to Mexico or while in Mexico yourself if you have...
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    Job offer and can't fullfill the shifts with the agency...

    Nurse SMS replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    You will have a much better chance of staying on good terms with them and staying employed by them if you are honest and give ample
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    Intermediate Care Unit assessments

    Nurse SMS replied to awsmrn's topic in General Nursing

    Define "high turnover"? The average stay on our unit is 1-3
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    Need some career advice. - long

    Nurse SMS replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Nursing Career

    Do not quit your job without another lined up. And it sounds like it is too late, but never give forewarning that you are looking for work elsewhere. They will seek actively to get rid of you so that...
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    ZOMBIE

    Nurse SMS replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is an Eeyore issue. For some working nights is just not ever going to be something they can deal with. For a large percentage of the population circadian rhythms are pretty firmly set...
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    What they don't tell you in nursing school...

    Nurse SMS replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    Is your beef with doctors or with other
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    Should I give nursing another try?

    Nurse SMS replied to almostmadeit's topic in Nursing Career

    As a reminder, please refrain from personal attacks and stick to the topic at hand. If you have concerns regarding the content of this or any other thread please utilize the report button in the lower...
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    Ummm ... is this normal?

    Nurse SMS replied to OSUgrad2010's topic in Nursing Career

    Are you unwinding on your days off? Are you giving yourself permission to NOT think about work when you are not at work and then actively keeping yourself busy so that you interrupt the natural...
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    Do Not Rehire List - Question

    Nurse SMS replied to cyb3rRN's topic in Nursing Career

    If you worked out your notice you probably have nothing to worry about. And yes, the market really IS that tight now. Given how long you have been gone it is unlikely the fact that you worked there as...
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    Help! Possibly relocating to DFW area

    Nurse SMS replied to RNin10's topic in Texas Nursing

    I work for HCA and am very happy. The suburbs have better school districts than the main city areas and most have two or three of their own hospitals including HCA, Baylor and THR. Best areas in...
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    Should I quit my other nursing job?

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

    The nursing home job won't do that much for you in terms of resume. Quit and find something else or start letting it be known at the part time hospital job that you are very much wanting a full time...
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    What about health insurance benefits?

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

    Not really, no. The benefits I had prior to working in the hospital were better than I have now, in cost, in coverage and in provider
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    New grad programs a new thing?

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

    Here in DFW this is the only way into the hospitals for the most part. I had three weeks of classroom with exams that had to be passed prior to moving on to eight weeks of precepting on my floor....
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    Very little orientation for new grad?

    Nurse SMS replied to Britt7's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I got the standard 8 weeks. By week 5 I was restless and ready to start trying it on my own. We have a ratio of 4:1, ICU Stepdown. Just learn everything you can and realize that once you are off...
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    jobs in new york city

    Nurse SMS replied to kim_093089's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My understanding is that due to hospital closures and many schools in the area that finding a job in NYC is nigh to impossible and actually impossible if you are an ADN and not BSN. You may have to...
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    What to do?

    Nurse SMS replied to Pat2012's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Approach every opportunity as if it is the one you really want. Until you have a job offer you have nothing to be hesitating
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    Nursing job with the least interaction

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

    PACU, OR, pushing papers at an insurance company. Definitely NOT pediatrics. In peds it is all family all the