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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  1. Nurse SMS

    Do I mention that I am Catholic in a cover letter for Catholic Hospital?

    Nurse SMS replied to santina44's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I
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    What should I do?

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

    Call.
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    New Grad need a job for nclex

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

    Whatever you would be qualified to
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    What do nurses in Texas make per hour (Base pay)?

    Nurse SMS replied to Brewer,RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Don't move to Austin (or any of the major cities in Texas, but especially Austin, which is saturated) without a job lined up. New grad pay in Texas in acute care is 21.50-24.00 generally speaking. Not...
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    how do nurses wear nail polish?

    Nurse SMS replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure "real" nurses is the right word but perhaps "conscientious" is. I have heard but never seen studies done that it is a known infection source, so I don't wear it to
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    Patients overstaying their welcome in hospitals

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

    I had a patient this week with a mitt on. Just one, due to inability to keep from picking at a brace on their other hand. A facility refused this patient because of that
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    Is attending a patient's funeral overstepping "the" boundary?

    Nurse SMS replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Several nurses and doctors came to my son's funeral. It means a lot to me to this day. If you want to go, go.
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    Was this a fair consequence?

    Nurse SMS replied to danachap1's topic in General Nursing

    You say you got fired for $3.00 worth of supplies and are mind boggled. I say you risked your job for $3.00 worth of supplies and am mind
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    Patients overstaying their welcome in hospitals

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

    Yup. And I have not been a nurse very long. Every year starting in the next couple of months we have patients who cannot get placed due to being a charity case and all the LTACs having used up all...
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    Is this fair? Honest opinions, please.

    Nurse SMS replied to BC913's topic in General Students

    I read both of your posts, OP, and I am going to be blunt. No matter how you spin it, going to the dean to "find out how this will affect my education" is a pretty way of saying "I am going to...
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    How can I convince my husband that I NEED to go to nursing school?

    Nurse SMS replied to LifeIsGood76's topic in General Students

    There is no way to hold someone to discussing this kind of thing before a marriage takes place, since people go through many cycles of change. The commitment is that they then change together and that...
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    Denied employment at agency due to ordered prescriptions

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

    The only way the Americans with Disabilities Act would come into play here is if there were reasonable accomodations that the employer could make that they are refusing to. There is no reasonable...
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    Is this fair? Honest opinions, please.

    Nurse SMS replied to BC913's topic in General Students

    Welcome to nursing school, where the world stops being "fair". Do NOT go vent to the dean. Nursing school is highly political. You'll be marked before you even get started. If people who were...
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    How important is it to work as a Graduate Nurse first?

    Nurse SMS replied to heavenwith7's topic in General Nursing

    Your preceptor may be referencing that the hospitals in YOUR area may not hire outside of internships. Meaning the jobs are snatched up prior to even graduating and usually start just prior to taking...
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    Newly employed ADN nurses please read!

    Nurse SMS replied to AlexFutureMD's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    *shrug* I would not call it easy. I started laying the groundwork for the position I am in during my first semester of nursing school. I had some lucky bounces but also have put myself in a position...
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    How would you change Healthcare Delivery?

    Nurse SMS replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    I would include beginning the recognition of and planning for the inevitability of death for all human beings at a young age when good health is still intact, just as we start planning for discharge...
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    Concerns about knee and nursing career

    Nurse SMS replied to MAD HATTER's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that is kind of why I never got it fixed. I honestly have never heard of anyone who went through it having it last long-term.
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    Compassion?

    Nurse SMS replied to Buckaroo93's topic in General Nursing

    Compassion has a lot of different looks to it. In one situation it may be an emotional sympathy. In another, it may be the firm drawing of boundaries. I very often push back from what the definition...
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    New Grad RN and loving it!

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

    I too am adjusting well. I landed on an ICU stepdown unit and we have a great team full of people who enjoy teaching and have positive attitudes. There is minimal drama, lots of focus on good, safe...
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    Concerns about knee and nursing career

    Nurse SMS replied to MAD HATTER's topic in General Nursing

    Blew my ACL 20 years ago and never got it fixed. I am doing just fine. You probably will
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    Opinions Please!!

    Nurse SMS replied to TFos's topic in General Students

    Can be done. Won't be easy. Do what is best for you and your
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    Student loan taking forever to pay off...

    Nurse SMS replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you default on student loans your license can be yanked. I'd get that mess straightened out
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    Right job for BSN?

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

    The truth is CNA jobs are just as competitive to get as nursing jobs now. Best of luck OP. You may have trouble finding anything until you pass
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    Difficulty reading handwritten orders?

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

    It will get easier as you get to know their handwriting. I always just ask someone near me to help interpret and if clarity is still a problem I call the
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    Is working in the NICU the same as labor and delivery?

    Nurse SMS replied to CordaeP's topic in General Students

    You will still see infant death in L&D. Not frequently, but babies do still die at birth. You may also have to help deliver stillborns. Search your soul hard. Your patients deserve someone who can...