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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    wgu texas

    Nurse SMS replied to trinabart5's topic in General Nursing

    I did RN to MSN in 2.5 years. However, I already had my two year degree. You cannot accelerate RN-BSN if you don't already have a nursing
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    HIPAA Violation, Fired

    Nurse SMS replied to kosmopolitan's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The fact that someone "could have" reminded someone about the law doesn't now make the person who didn't remind responsible. The individual in trouble is 100% responsible for their own behavior and...
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    Recent BSN graduate looking for jobs in OAHU, Hawaii! PLZ HELP!

    Nurse SMS replied to Britt92's topic in General Nursing

    When I lived in Hawaii it became painfully obvious that there was some bias against military wives, probably because it was likely they would not stay very long at the job. You may have to take...
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    Help me if you can

    Nurse SMS replied to hussein95's topic in General Nursing

    You need to be working, whether you find it the most ideal situation or not. You have one year to remain valid as a new grad. After a year passes, the newer graduates take your place, you are an old...
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    Aggressive family member

    Nurse SMS replied to Jerez's topic in General Nursing

    The motivation isn't for something to be done as much as to create a legal paper
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    New grad in outpatient surgery center

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

    That is a good job to have. Your experience, PACU in particular, is going to be useful to you and will make you an attractive candidate to hospital surgical units. You should be fine. I am a nurse...
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    struggling new grad: may not make it past orientation

    Nurse SMS replied to Sheika34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So in the future you will know - assess LOC, respirations, basic vital signs and if all is okay, round back on her in 15 minutes and see if she is any better and reassess again as needed. You did...
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    MSN looking for insurance job

    Nurse SMS replied to guest833402's topic in General Specialties

    You do not give enough information here. How much nursing experience do you have and in what specialties? What is an "amazing" pay rate to you? It is true that most positions with the kind of "family...
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    Advice for New Grad

    Nurse SMS replied to m0ckingbird's topic in First Year After Licensure

    10 weeks orientation for med-surg is a huge amount of time. Where I live eight weeks is average. Be aware that you are comparing your orientation to specialty units (ER and ICU) that typically DO have...
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    struggling new grad: may not make it past orientation

    Nurse SMS replied to Sheika34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Time management and anxiety management are the two biggest hurdles for new grads. What helped me was this. At the beginning of your shift, after you get report but before you start your med pass,...
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    Outrageous Complaints

    Nurse SMS replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

    Patient incensed that there wasn't an all organic menu option and requested "someone from food services" go to Whole Foods for
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    HIPAA Violation, Fired

    Nurse SMS replied to kosmopolitan's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    The law does not make accommodations for intent. PHI is protected on a need-to-know basis. Two people were fired in my facility just a couple of months ago for accessing patient charts for curiosity...
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    HIPAA Violation, Fired

    Nurse SMS replied to kosmopolitan's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Patient information is protected on a need-to-know basis by HIPAA law. You violated that law, as you were no longer in a need-to-know position, but rather were satisfying your curiosity. Sometimes we...
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    UMSON BSN to DNP Tuition

    Nurse SMS replied to x3liza's topic in General Nursing

    Why not go right to the source and call the
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    process of applying for certification?

    Nurse SMS replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Did you review the qualifications needed and submit proof of those as well as your application? When I had everything submitted it took about two weeks to get my permission to
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    Called off too many times?

    Nurse SMS replied to MS0298's topic in Health, Stress Management

    If your health issues are such that you have to call out this often, they are likely such that your current work position is incompatible with your physical ability. There are basic parameters in...
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    New grad quitting after 6 months?

    Nurse SMS replied to esrun77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Always approach your boss before you throw in the towel and see if they can work with you. That being said, if they cannot, working a different area of nursing will not be the end of your career. You...
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    Help me out here....

    Nurse SMS replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    What are your thoughts on the question
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    Leaving because of coworker?

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

    I agree with the above advice not to leave - you can't run forever. Staying is you keeping your power. HOWEVER - be smart. Be safe. You have already taken the step of notifying management. Keep well...
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    Dropped out of ASN Program. Advice?

    Nurse SMS replied to Isa95's topic in School, College Programs

    There really isn't much you will be able to use your nursing courses for, unfortunately, but you have the basics presumably and can use those on another path. Many people who do not care for nursing...
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    Float staff having a hard time

    Nurse SMS replied to nursiee's topic in General Nursing

    I think you are going to have to be more specific still after that post. Are these nurses included in staffing numbers? If so, then there is a HUGE problem. I do not understand how mixing IV...
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    Night nurse moving to day shift: Salary question

    Nurse SMS replied to CraftyKitten's topic in Nursing Career

    I have never seen a base pay adjustment made to make you earn the same on day shift as you did on nights. Generally nights pay more because they are a less desirable position for much of the world,...
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    planning to move to California

    Nurse SMS replied to r2d2's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of subjective info here. California can be difficult to obtain employment in and housing and cost of living are notoriously exorbitant. You will want to do a lot of research before you move. A...
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    Float staff having a hard time

    Nurse SMS replied to nursiee's topic in General Nursing

    My first question is "Why are nurses so inexperienced that they cannot prep a medication or an IV line properly being floated to other units?". Frankly, I do not blame Unit X nurses for being...
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    Nurses who provide inservices on new medical products?

    Nurse SMS replied to moomoobeach's topic in General Nursing

    They are often nurse educators and/or marketing representatives. Usually they want a minimum of BSN with a certain number of years experience in the specialty the product serves. Sometimes they do...