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Awkward title I know...anyway :) I'm applying to a hospital about 1.5 hours from major metropolitan area. Their website describes them as a 70-bed community hospital. Is 70-beds too big to be considered rural? I haven't been out that way yet to a...

Good day all! I've been working in psych for a little over two years now...and still feeling the urge to get some med/surg experience under my belt. I've tried a couple of LTC, but left shortly after always due to feeling like the conditions are un...

Please tell me that the writing load gets easier after 4510. Even just hearing that it gets slightly better would help. I simply cannot write a 3-4 page paper every week for the next year...

I still think it's more writing than even a 15wk course, nevermind the time factor. Again, I've never written 4 papers in one regular length class... Given I've already paid for it, I'm going to try to finish, and then see how the next one is. Any...

*sigh* :-( Thanks...

Thanks for the reply... So does that mean that all (or most) of the classes have a paper due for 4 out of 5 weeks? I can understand one or two, but 4 papers in a 5wk class seems like overkill. I have a prev BA degree in Art History (very writing ori...

Hey Glamgal, welcome back, do you remember me? Sorry I can't answer your question, I just think it's funny, because I'm here looking up the same info, on the RNC process. I'm coming up on 1yr in L&D in August, so I'm still a year or so from el...

I'm new (4months into orientation) to L&D. Coming from a short stint in med/surg (everything on a pump) and psych (what are iv's?) I was kind of in shock to see everyone running stuff to gravity. Most people even piggyback abx to the LR and sk...

The stringy description could just have been from the blood mixed with the fertile cervical mucous, since it resembles egg whites, and "stretches." Perhaps she was having her period, and it caught her off guard. After my second child, my periods ch...

You will lose some "skills" as others have said, but you will gain many others that will translate well to the ER. Thinking and acting quickly in an emergency, is a big one that I can think of. Time management is another, as you will often be manag...

Main Line Health does not require BSN for experienced nurses. I was hired there last month, with no BSN. Was told in the interview that it will possibly be a future requirement, so I should be certain to get started on it.

I hear ya, me too! If you can find an email address, you can send your resume/interest letter that way. Or if you just have a name, sometimes you can puzzle out the email address, just by looking at the way other people in the organization have the...

Try expressing your interest to managers directly, not just HR. Usually HR ends up as a hindrance as they have so many apps to sift through. Though you will eventually have to go through HR, the manager can get the process started if she is interes...

Thanks, that makes sense. And regarding rational/rationale that was a typo, or perhaps my phone auto-corrected without my noticing. I swear I can spell! :)

I've had trouble similar to the OP, and generally the air sets the pump off. So that would mean the bubbles are significant right? Also what is the rational for not aspirating in these cases? That is what i generally do, since at that point the lin...

This. I totally can relate to your what you are saying. After working as an aide in L&D in school, I wasn't able to secure a position on the unit, and ended up taking a position in psych 5 mo after I graduated. I was miserable to say the least....

I was lucky to get hired with "other experience." One (the job I'm taking) was mainly because I already had an established relationship with the manager. But the other job I got purely out of the blue, I did have to contact the director directly (c...

A 12 week orientation that includes cross-training to L&D, postpartum, and well nursery, and possibly also learning to scrub/circulate in C-sections (not totally sure about this part). Or a 6 week orientation that is just L&D and no cross-tra...

Why not make yourself a plan to go vet school, DVM, I mean? If working with animals is truly what you love, you are young, and I'm guessing childless. You could probably do it feasibly, and you could get loans since that is a graduate program (I th...

I feel the same. I've worked in psych for 3 years, and gotten screamed at more times than I can count, and threatened with physical violence nearly as much (thankfully not ever actually assaulted). And I've had days with that one patient that pushe...

Congrats! I'm in your position, starting my first L&D job next month. But it took me 3 years, so you are very lucky! I would also love to hear any tips from experienced nurses. The one thing that I heard in my interviews was reviewing basic f...

I'm choosing between two jobs, and length of orientation is really playing a factor. I know that longer is always better, but would 3 months be plenty adequate for someone with other nursing experience? I am really leaning towards the shorter orien...

I would probably do what cjcsoon2brn said...I'm not giving any insulin until I know the BS is stable. There could be myriad reasons why the pt dropped. Sure it could be something as simple as pt didn't eat much with his dinner insulin, or something...

lol, Lovely RN, I did the same, gave up a great detox job, went back to psych, which i don't like a lot because i thought it would get me closer to acute care, then I did get into a med/surg job and hated it! I was headed back to psych, when i final...

I don't think tele would be much different from med/surg, to be honest. That is not to say that you definitely wouldn't like it. But they are very similar, with the exception perhaps of slightly better ratios. BUT it would be experience that could...