HURN BSN, RN

Just wondering....I'm currently seeking employment on a Progressive Care Unit. In the hospital I work in, the PCU is like a cardiac/med-tele med-surg unit. The nurses sometime take up to 6 pt, the same that I do on the surgical unit I work on. I have...

Hello all. Here to get some advice from my nursing professionals out there. I've been an inpatient bedside nurse for almost 2 years now and I'm feeling a pull to change directions in my career. I love the rewards of my career and am grateful for the ...

Yes I do. Been an RN for 2 years now and already feeling burned out. Actually thinking of leaving nursing altogether to become an RD/nutrition and to pursue my ultimate dream in culinary arts!

Okay cool. And I'll keep you updated as well. Good luck!

What a coincidence! I'm am looking to do the same exact thing. I'm an RN with a BS and my interest has been shifting to nutrition, health and wellness recently. I've been working inpatient acute care for almost 2 years now and I can feel myself getti...

I'm in Hampton Roads also. Graduated Dec.07. Working surgical (med/surg dumping ground) currently. Have mixed feelings about what I'm doing. More bad days then good. Looking to transition into cardiology somehow. Have an interview this week on a PCU ...

Okay so my next question is what are my chances of landing this position when I have no experience with cardiac/telemetry/step-down/pre-ICU pts? I'm 1yr plus out of school and work on a surgical unit (which lately has been the medical dumping unit). ...

Thanks for the input you all. In my hospital our PCU is like a cardiac stepdown pretty much how Eirene described it. The hospital I'm interviewing for PCU is more like our ICU here in my hospital.

I battle with doing adult focused nursing vs. peds sometimes. I see that nurse recruiter pointed out a good characteristic in you that would go well with the peds population. I like that she was honest with you about the type of environment you'd be ...

By the time I get home at night, I'm to tired to log on to rant. But on my days off I log on to see other posts that are going through the same exact things I did at work. This particular forum is a reliable source for me to vent and empathize with o...

Does heparin sc supposed to burn? I've had a few pt say it does. I always admin in the abdomen and grasps the fatty part between my thumb and pointer finger. Some of my pt say they don't feel a thing. Is this individualized to each pt or is it my tec...

Hi all. I signed up for an ACLS class this summer. I'm really looking forward to it, what do I need to do to prepare? I have no cardiac background and am a 1st yr nurse. I plan to open up my Med-Surg book, but I didn't really understand rhythm interp...

Thank you all so much for your advice. I will definitely get with tele monitor tech in my hospital and look at strips. We did that in clinical in nursing school and it was helpful. Thanks for all the great websites too. I'm currently working med-surg...

Scheduling sucks on my unit. Our scheduler for day shift turns the schedule in to the manager and she changes everything then put the schedule out a week before the current schedule ends. We're supposed to be on 6wk schedules but it's only posted for...

I would love to some day instruct a fitness class! I'm in shape and blessed with a fast metabolism but i'm not disciplined enough to hit the gym/trail the 4 days I'm off from the hospital. I need a day to recover from work, another day the catch up o...

Congratulations! Welcome the Nursing!!!! That was the easy part, the real journey begins

Heck it can take an RN or any nurse for that matter 5 years to feel confident and comfortable. We all have that freedom of choice especially when it comes to education and the opportunity is available. I, however, believe a nurse should experience wh...

Hi all, need some advice. A few nurses and myself on a busy surgical unit are displeased with how our scheduling is going. We would really like to adopt self scheduling on our unit as the other units are doing it and it seems to be going well. Our ma...

Thanks for the quick reply Katnip. Another nurse acutally mentioned breaking it up into teams. I know a nurse on another unit who self-schedules, thanks for the advice!

Thanks. Never thought to look up it's side effects.

I was offered a position in Norfolk for 19.50 and 20.50 in Williamsburg.

Okay this is gonna be a long post, so bear with me. I need to vent and whine....I have been an RN for 8mo. now, well really been working since RN-A 10mo. I work 12hr. 3 days/wk on a busy post-surgical 24 bed unit. I'm feeling what pretty much a lot o...

Yeah I am actually considering switching to nights. I worked a few nights already and I loved it, of course childcare is an issue. I'm trying to work that out so that I can switch. I've worked on weekends too and the vibe is a lot different. That's s...

Thanks guys for sharing your input. :)

OMG, I'm going through a similar thing. Same unit, but I work crazy day shift . Only have up to 6 patients, but night shift gets up to 8 and both shifts are almost always understaffed. Our resource or "charge" nurse usually has her own team, so she's...