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  1. What happened to the Career Advice forum on allnurses.com?

    VU RN BSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    where is the career advice forum that was on allnurses.com? before allnurses.com changed their format and their look, there was a section for career advice, remember? i can't find it anymore! did they...

  2. What happened to the Career Advice forum on allnurses.com?

    VU RN BSN replied to VU RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, well I kept looking on the main home page, the General section, I clicked on New, Blogs, Articles, Students, Region, Specialty, etc. Could not find a link to the Career Advice section. In the...

  3. Nurse Career Battery Test

    VU RN BSN replied to MILESTONE11's topic in Nursing Career

    HUH????? What is a Nurse Career Battery Test?? I've never heard of this NCB

  4. how to explain a period of unemployment

    VU RN BSN replied to mherna36's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah, I know that you should never ever say a bad thing about your previous job or your previous employer. Some friends have told me that in their job interviews, they always say "I didn't feel I...

  5. how to explain a period of unemployment

    VU RN BSN replied to mherna36's topic in General Nursing

    I have the SAME exact problem! Well similar. I loved my manager and co-workers. But the job was all wrong for me. I burnt out too. Anyway, I never meant to take off so much time from work. But then my...

  6. Palliative Care Unit in a hospital

    VU RN BSN replied to VU RN BSN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Leslie, thank you so much for your reply, that means so much to me! I really appreciate

  7. Diprivan: push or not to push

    VU RN BSN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here in Florida, I've always been told an RN is not allowed to administer an IV push / IV bolus of Diprivan. A critical care nurse in the ICU can care for an intubated patient on a ventilator who is...

  8. Home hospice care ?

    VU RN BSN replied to Rascal1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Rascal, When I worked as a home hospice nurse, my job title was a "Primary Care Nurse", or PCN. I was both the case manager and the patient care nurse who made home visits. We were given caseloads...

  9. Hospice home care jobs ?

    VU RN BSN replied to Rascal1's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Rascal, When I worked as a home hospice nurse, my job title was a "Primary Care Nurse", or PCN. I was both the case manager and the patient care nurse who made home visits. We were given caseloads...

  10. Best Paying Hospitals in South Florida???

    VU RN BSN replied to alejandro175's topic in Florida Nursing

    alejandro, Stay up north! Stay up north! I grew up in north Jersey, very close to NYC. I have a lot of family in Queens and Brooklyn and Long Island. I lived in New Jersey for 20 years. I went to...

  11. Pulling arterial sheaths

    VU RN BSN replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    ItalianRN: OMG! That is a scary, worrisome situation you guys are in right now! I have worked in the past as a CCU nurse (Coronary Care Unit) and as a med/cardio telemetry floor nurse. As a night...

  12. Pt. on Peritoneal Dialysis...Private Rm or Not?

    VU RN BSN replied to retse40's topic in General Nursing

    I was under the impression that JCAHO mandates that all dialysis patients must be in a private room when hospitalized....

  13. "You take the BUS to work!"

    VU RN BSN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, I'd love to be able to take the bus or take a train to work! I live in Florida, in the Tampa Bay area, but about 40 minutes outside of the city of Tampa. So, we have no mass transit. We have to...

  14. Yes Virginia, there is a nursing shortage

    VU RN BSN replied to rhondaa83's topic in General Nursing

    rhonda, You're absolutely right. So true. You know what has been my experience? Those "bad nurses" or "mean nurses" who should never have gone into nursing are often rewarded by upper management...

  15. Does your hospital allow you to say "Merry Christmas"??

    VU RN BSN replied to VU RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    wow, i didn't know i'd receive so many replies! :loveya: thank you everyone for your replies and opinions. i have learned a lot. this has been very eye opening.

  16. Getting Stuck with Night Shift.

    VU RN BSN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Ooops, posted

  17. Getting Stuck with Night Shift.

    VU RN BSN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Hey GoLytely, I completely understand being worried about having to work a shift during a time period in which your body doesn't function well. For me, it is the early morning hours. I am not a...

  18. Getting Stuck with Night Shift.

    VU RN BSN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    okay, since we are on the subject of night shift versus day shift: in recent months, have you seen a lot of hospital staff nurses give up those "coveted" day shift positions and switch over to night...

  19. Getting Stuck with Night Shift.

    VU RN BSN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I must be a rare breed. I love being a night owl. When I worked in the hospital, in tele and in CCU, I worked night shift. I was very content being a night shifter. When I worked as a Patient Care...

  20. Has your hospital census been abnormally low this season?

    VU RN BSN replied to simplysusan's topic in Florida Nursing

    My father just spent a week at Brandon Regional Hospital, in the Tampa Bay area. Despite the economy, this hospital was busy busy. Had to wait several hours in the Rapid Admission Unit (their post ER...

  21. Need advice cooking for a diabetic father with cardiomyopathy

    VU RN BSN posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    my father was just diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (hocm) a couple days ago. he is most likely coming home from the hospital later today. he was diagnosed with diabetes a little...

  22. Why Does Everyone Hate Florida So Much??

    VU RN BSN replied to natkoz82's topic in Florida Nursing

    I grew up in New Jersey. We lived in North Jersey, very very close to NYC. I went to nursing school in Pennsylvania, right outside of Philadelphia. The only reason I am living in Florida is because of...

  23. Higher incidence of depression among nurses

    VU RN BSN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I believe there is a higher incidence of depression among nurses. I have personally experienced it myself. I was diagnosed with dysthymia (chronic depression) during my last semester of nursing...

  24. Where Is The Worst place to work in Florida?

    VU RN BSN replied to MsMorningGlory's topic in Florida Nursing

    Worst place to work as a nurse in Florida?? Any and every HCA facility. HCA is horrible to their nurses. At least, that has been my experience here in the Tampa Bay area of FL. Hillsborough County. I...

  25. Becoming a Nurse after becoming a Doctor

    VU RN BSN replied to LMiller2010's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was in nursing school, we had a professor who was both a nurse and a doctor. If I remember her story correctly, she began her career as a Registered Nurse with her BSN from college, worked as...