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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Looking for a job with only Ambulatory Care experience

Nurse SMS replied to nursejay622's topic in Nursing Career

My hospital runs programs that we call "Externships" that are a residency for experienced nurses looking to change specialties. They are very popular, extremely difficult to get into and most of the...
RN lacking confidence and assertiveness

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

Have you heard of SBAR? Use that framework when calling providers. Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations Situation: Dr. Soandso, your patient Mrs. Gillespie in Room 303 has a BP of...
old deaf nurse

Nurse SMS replied to emmafrancis's topic in General Nursing

If she isn't using hearing aids, she needs to get some. My mother just got them and they are not at all visible and make a HUGE difference. They have come a long way. Of course, they are pretty...
What should I do in this situation? (Very afraid)

Nurse SMS replied to LvlupNurse's topic in Nursing Career

Yeah, just move on. If you tell them that and for some reason ever decide you want to return to that organization, there is going to be a question mark in your head whether anyone in the organization...
2020-2021 influenza vaccine

Nurse SMS replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

Pretty sure it wasn't Covid, unless I had it concurrently. I had a positive Influenza A swab. It was in early February that I got sick. I will not accept the Covid-19 vaccine if it hasn't been...
2020-2021 influenza vaccine

Nurse SMS replied to JVBT's topic in Disaster Preparation

I will be getting mine, as required by my employer. I wish I could get it sooner this year, but we won't have it until late October it sounds like. Last year for the first time in my life I came...
Working as RN before going on to grad school?

Nurse SMS replied to nursingstudentwannabe's topic in General Students

I had 5 years of experience when I graduated with my MSN in nursing education. For my particular specialty, I feel in hindsight that I scraped the bare minimum of actual nursing experience one should...
Pregnant, refused an assignment

Nurse SMS replied to 5555555's topic in Texas Nursing

I agree with the above posters. Fear for your pregnancy, while understandable, doesn't excuse this. You should have stayed and worked it out with them. It is unlikely anything you would do caring for...
What should I wear to pick up paperwork on my day off?

Nurse SMS replied to medapop's topic in General Nursing

Neat and tidy. Not scrubs. I wore jeans in all the time, but not grungy ones. Look put together but not ready to be put to work. Policies only apply to time when you are getting paid. Few...
Old patients unsuccessfully clinging to independent living

Nurse SMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

I am confused. The content you posted was inadequate and deliberately misleading. You garnered reactions based on what you posted and took offense that it reflected on you as a person because what you...
Feel Like I’m Completely Failing...

Nurse SMS replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

Keep going. Bad shifts and good shifts are both cyclical. When you get one, you know the other will soon follow. So hang in there. As you get more time under your belt, your skin will grow...
Not sure what to do

Nurse SMS replied to love_of_sunflowers's topic in General Nursing

Ask if you can come in and shadow for five or six hours. That will tell you a lot of what you need to know. There are good places and bad places. Spend a little time there. Does it smell like...
Co-worker feels left out & referred to me as a bully today

Nurse SMS replied to Nurse162's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

There is a lot to unpack here and I can't begin to forecast how this all started or where it is all going or what the motivations are. You are right, she feels excluded. I will be honest - I can...
Acute care RN, but no acute care positions to be found

Nurse SMS replied to Wuulie's topic in General Specialties

I personally would jump at the MDS position. It's good work if you can get it and very
MSN careers

Nurse SMS replied to iheartnursing91's topic in General Specialties

It is good you are looking to switch. FNP is pretty much saturated and facing low job opportunities and falling wages. MSN can set you up for a host of different potentials. Leadership,...
Fired as student nurse, looking for RN job

Nurse SMS replied to Well that happened's topic in Nursing Career

You didn't screw your whole career. You made a horrifying mistake, one that you will undoubtedly have learned from. Ultimately responsibility for that bedpan lay with the nurse caring for the patient....
Best places to work in DFW?

Nurse SMS replied to Hannah2020's topic in Texas Nursing

All of the new grad internships/residencies will have things going for them. Parkland's is the most
Why is this LPN struggling so much to get into RN school?

Nurse SMS replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

If you had bit the bullet the first time you considered it you would be done by
Coping with depression and my job

Nurse SMS replied to Katniss88's topic in Health, Stress Management

They aren't entitled to know. Would you feel guilty if you were undergoing chemotherapy? If you had a broken foot? If your mother or father were ill and needed you? Those people don't get a vote...
Over $300k in student loans - help.

Nurse SMS replied to friendlyskies's topic in General Nursing

This is an extreme viewpoint. I never paid a raw cent for any of his materials. They are readily available on the Internet. I don't agree with everything he recommends soooo...yeah. I would not...
New Nurse Looking for New Job

Nurse SMS replied to QueenxRN's topic in Nursing Career

If you have bad references you are going to struggle. You will need to branch out from hospital nursing and/or relocate. Apply to less competitive specialties, such as SNF, LTACH, home health, jails,...
New Nurse Looking for New Job

Nurse SMS replied to QueenxRN's topic in Nursing Career

Because most hospitals don’t hire new grads direct to the floor. Most only hire them through internships/residencies. For a lot of places those aren’t happening right now due to Covid. The N.Y....
What should I do in this situation? (Very afraid)

Nurse SMS replied to LvlupNurse's topic in Nursing Career

I would stop trying to figure out where they are at and decide where YOU are at. If this job is this miserable, go find another
New grad- upset about first job

Nurse SMS replied to Leblanc0456's topic in First Year After Licensure

OP, Use this time to know all you can about cardiac conditions and care. Those people have babies too! :) In the meantime, make a point of joining some committees and getting to know the nurses on...
Orientation. Advice on precepting

Nurse SMS replied to Sweetheart2005's topic in General Nursing

You definitely should be keeping a log and rating her competence with brutal honesty. If she makes it past the orientation time period and everyone thinks she is competent, it falls back on you....

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