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  1. Please be prepared for your interview...

    muesli replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    I disagree that honesty won't win. Great interviews involve being honest, but knowing how to tailor your answer to be compatible with what they want in a candidate. What you just said is not anything...

  2. ED vs. ICU

    muesli replied to muesli's topic in Emergency

    Thank you! I love unpredictability, shifting modes. It keeps me excited about my job. However, I want to pursue a specialty where I can learn a lot, and be intellectually challenged. I feel I could...

  3. Nurse Calling In Scripts to Pharmacy Illegally

    muesli replied to nurse42long's topic in General Nursing

    You should be able to report this anonymously to your state BON. Call them first and ask them whether there is an anonymous method for reporting suspicious activity btu another nurse. That way no one...

  4. Please be prepared for your interview...

    muesli replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    Thank you for this post; I believe it to be helpful and I'm going to review the replies. As someone who's not new to nursing but new to ER nursing, I believe my best hope is to interview well. I like...

  5. I work with a pathological liar

    muesli posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't mean this in an insulting way. I've been working with a nurse since I started several years ago in this place. She's known to be a tad eccentric in demeanor but kind and harmless. I still feel...

  6. typical path to becoming a nurse case manager

    muesli posted a topic in Case Management

    I am a nurse with 4 years of med surg experience. I am just about finished with my BSN. What would be the next step in preparing to apply for an entry level job as a nurse case

  7. Sigma Theta Tau: worth the money?

    muesli posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm an RN going back to school to get my BSN, and I was nominated to be inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau. I was flattered until I went to sign up, and realized that they...

  8. Drug testing a RN while a patient in the er

    muesli replied to lori4367's topic in General Nursing

    Wait - they made you do an employer drug screen? The only way I could see this being legal (but I'm not a lawyer) is if because you went to the ED during work and it might be covered under workman's...

  9. Sigma Theta Tau: worth the money?

    muesli replied to muesli's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm just wondering how many connections I'll make given that it's an online program and I'm never on campus, and given I work 2 jobs and try to find time to take care of my kids, that leaves out...

  10. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    muesli replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow I had no idea what vet techs did before this post. You all really have my

  11. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    muesli replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I didn't learn Joint Commission standards until I went back to school for my BSN. Regarding the person who said they were going on a cruise in April: this happens sometimes that people have plans...

  12. ADN to BSN-- Advice on good programs?

    muesli replied to vanh0923's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    UMass Boston has an online program. However, they recently increased their community service learning clinical to 84 hours. This is something you coordinate in your own community. There are mandatory...

  13. Excited for a new job opportunity

    muesli posted a topic in Home Health

    I've been working at a hospital for a while and have been interested in HH for a while. I know some friends who have supplemented their incomes working for home health, but private duty - not VNA, but...

  14. CRNA army or no?

    muesli replied to bmp1260's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    In addition to the other advice given you, I would look at other branches and what they offer. I've heard they're better as far as frequency of deployments and benefits but I can't speak from...

  15. What is a good pay rate for PDN in Mass?

    muesli posted a topic in Private Duty

    I was looking forward to an interview I have at a local branch of a private duty nursing agency. However, someone told me the pay was only $31/hr... and I was talking to another nurse who works for an...

  16. What is a good pay rate for PDN in Mass?

    muesli replied to muesli's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks! I trust this person. I just don't know if I want to drive all the way to Eastern Mass to work - I do this 4x a week already. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth it. I was hoping to find...

  17. After my 12, I just want to go home! RANT

    muesli replied to SweetseRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What are you staying for? If a patient is declining, or having an emergency, then I will stay, because the nurse walking into this patient hasn't even assessed them or got to know them, and I am...

  18. medication to dry up breast milk?

    muesli replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Working a nursing job where no one covered my breaks and there was no lactation room for my shift helped my milk dry up really

  19. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    muesli replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Ten bucks says that those flat screen TVs were initiated because of the new rules for Medicare reimbursement being tied to patient satisfaction... I think we're going to see a lot more of annoying...

  20. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    muesli replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting point. For example, on the medsurg floor where I work, RTs are trained and allowed to do certain tasks (deep suctioning, neb treatments, ABGs) which RNs are not allowed to do...

  21. Anyone in a professional nursing organization?

    muesli replied to Kishi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    looks like Kishi has opened a can of worms lol. Regarding the ANA's position on encouraging foreign nurses to counteract (the very debatable) nursing shortage:...

  22. The happy policy

    muesli replied to Tepidorchid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Would it be a paid day off? Because that would be

  23. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    muesli replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Good point! I'm sorry if my post was also insensitive to LPNs, although that wasn't my intent. I confess not to know a lot about LPNs because I don't work with

  24. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    muesli replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    OK this is a great question, and I hope none of the responses are angry or defensive!!! lol. You mentioned a few tasks here that are replaced by ancillary or other healthcare staff: 1) administering...

  25. Clinical etiquette: card for nurse on the floor??

    muesli replied to njmomstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Without a doubt, write a thank you card! It might make the nurses on that floor more open to taking on other nursing students in the