Mavrick

Is there any way to learn EPIC before you start a job? I'm going to a new hospital that uses EPIC. My current one was scheduled to go-live earlier this year but the COVID Plague messed that all up. Any on-line or Youtube tutorials you would suggest? I'm afraid I'm going to get shoved in front of a computer with 2 Post Op patients rolling through the door let the chips fall where they may. And the terminology is foreign. Narrator? Blank notes? .............................. help ................. glug, glug.

Would like feedback on an AZ PACU contract. $1600/week total package based on 40 hours averages to $40/hr. No extra for housing/medical/relocation/etc. Call is, of course, expected and is above and beyond the 40 hours at $56/hr. I'm not out to squeeze every last dime and am willing to fall for the "they pay you in sunshine" mantra. I'm thinking this gig sounds pretty reasonable. Go ahead, slap me up side the head if this contract is loony tunes. Anything I am being naive about?

It's not clear from your post but are you already an RN?

I applied for a job at Kindred in Kansas City in 2003. They had a mandatory 8 hour orientation shift for which you were paid NOTHING!! I am still a bit miffed I did it then never got called for a shift.

Well, I stand corrected. Based on the increase in "impaired driving" accidents in the state of Washington, I don't think it is a good idea to wait for an incident of "impaired nursing" to take action. How can you ****** prove it was the use of marijuana that caused the impaired nursing????

not regularly USE.

Totally irrelevant that marijuana is legal in any state. It is a federally controlled substance and it's use subject to criminal prosecution. Also, no BON will allow use of marijuana by its licensees. And also, no reputable healthcare employer will hire or retain an employee who uses an illegal controlled substance while on duty. Marijuana and Nursing do not mix.

I suppose OP didn't really ask a question just a very limited-option poll. I would agree, the BON in question will determine what is or is not a sealed record/felony. Unfortunately so many of these inquiries don't write follow ups here on AN so I'm not sure what happens in these cases. You could be the first.

Exactly what I was thinking. You still have clinicals just like everybody else. First things first .... take care of your back, you will need it.

Is this exactly how the question is written?? The body weight/day part is totally unnecessary and just sounds kinda weird. Anyway, I think your math is right. Can't explain why the book doesn't agree.

Also don't use your cell phone to write your resume. (The only reason I can think of that this post has so many typos and grammar errors)

I can't think of why a "direct entry" is so important to you other than you think once you get in you can just coast on through. If you haven't improved your study skills to better than "not the greatest", you will flunk out of a direct entry school and have nothing (no degree, no license, no job etc.) to pay your tuition loans back with. No fun.

All the posts were helpful but I think this boils down the essence.

This thread is just asking for trouble.

Without a Union to go up against HR you got nothing. Stop whining and complaining. Everything you say will be used against you. And they ARE out to get you. Company needs are prioritized way above yours. Keep your head down and move on.

OP you have revealed WAY too much about this patient on a public website. I had to stop because I felt like I was invading their privacy by reading any further. As PPs have stated you may have good intentions but you have to keep professional boundaries.

Not if you have a roomful of equally qualified new grads that don't have a picture of their ***** in their resume. Oh, and it's gonna happen.

OR is a perfectly fine job for a new grad. They have to teach you everything anyway as you don't learn much about OR in nursing school. The concern is your ability to honor a 3 year contract. I don't know how much you thought you would like ER but in 8 months you barely know what you are doing wherever you might have started. Talk with people that know you and seriously reflect on what you think your needs are. Nursing is always stressful in the beginning so don't let this one experience freak you out that you can't ever find a field that fits and be a good nurse.

You can sign and add that your signature only attests that you have read the paper and received a copy not that you agree or admit to anything stated in it.

You will need to contact the state in which your expired license is held. They will be most able to tell you exactly how to reactivate your license. It usually involves a renewal fee and CEUs (if required by that state) also, sometimes they will tack on a reactivation fee. In Washington State, it's $120 license renewal fee plus $40 expired license reactivation fee, plus evidence of 531 hours of active nursing practice and 45 CEUs. With that you're good to go for another 3 years!

Seriously. What do you expect a group of professional nurses to say? Grow up. You don't do that kind of thing just for fun. You do it for the money or the "exposure". I smell a Troll.

WOW!! This is the most productive thread I have read in forever. OP got to vent and put out there what is stressing her out. Many really good answers and suggestions. No judgement, over the top sympathy or criticism that nursing just chews people up and spits them out (for the most part). I can only summarize what I heard. Don't do anything rash. Take a vacation to separate yourself from the daily stress and think about what you want and don't want. With your year of basic nursing experience, you have positioned yourself to easily seek other employment in nursing. There are many fields of nursing that will meet differing needs for a social life or to have a family. Less physical stress, more fun or challenging in a good way, better or more flexible hours are just a few. It seems a shame to waste a perfectly good education but you can do that too. Nursing isn't for everybody. Certainly don't do it to please someone else. Best to you. (I kinda like the Endoscopy and Outpatient Surgery options.)

It's usually most helpful to ask what the student already knows. How have they tried to solve the problem rather than just to solve it for them.

I clicked on this link and it mentioned "theft or significant loss". If one Norco is considered "significant loss" that hospital is in more serious trouble than keeping a nurse for failing to scan one pill.

And you have clinical days how many times a week?? One day a week of having to stand most of the day is not cruel or unusual punishment. Many occupations require standing (grocery clerks, toll booth operators) or being on your feet for an entire workday. But like PPs have said you are not an employee. If you are not learning anything useful during your clinical hours then you are truly wasting your and your instructor time. Your instructor may be pushing you into the world of nursing too fast for your learning speed but I think she has the right idea. Simulations are sub-optimal in teaching clinical skills you will use on real people.