I need some help. Currently I am a travel nurse and thinking about taking a ED position at Baylor in Texas. They require a nurse to take this test and pass it with 85%. Does anyone out there know...
Connie Elder replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Nursing
This is for the person that started out her blog by saying let's be honest, who wears there PPE in a grcoery store? That is the worng mentality for you as a nurse to have. By you saying what you...
Connie Elder replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Nursing
Hospitals that I've worked at wear both. I've been told that you can wear a full face surgical mask. However I prefer to wear the N95. I don't don't if I mentioned in my response to thiis...
Connie Elder replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Nursing
Good morning to you all. After reading some of these stories, I felt compelled to write a response. I have been a nurse for 32 years with the last 5 years being a travel nurse. I have taken care...
Don't you think that before she writes the CNA up, is she should talk to the charge nurse that day? Yes the aide was insuboordinate but who this behavior in the first place? The nurse maybe by writing...
I have been a nurse for 32 years and I have to say that this is the first time I have seen where a nurse writes a note to a CNA about a few task that needs to be completed. I have been there many...
Connie Elder replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing
So my question to someone is, are these online courses legit? And if so when you print out the card does it say any where on there that it was an online course? Please let me know ASAP regarding...
Connie Elder replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency
You got that right when you mention pathphysiology. It's just like being in microbiology all over again but only worse. You have to learn things at a much faster pace, but at the end it makes you a...
Connie Elder replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency
I don't know which one has the higher failure rate, TNS or CEN but I think it might be the TNS. All I know is that I had a notebook with 3 inch rings in it that was full of papers, etc to study for...
Connie Elder replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency
Oop's I forgot to mention that when I worked at a hospital in Illinois, they wouldn't let you even take care of trauma pts. if you didn't have your TNS. I've never heard that about the
Connie Elder replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency
What a hot topic. As a travel nurse I have worked in some real large and very busy ER/Trauma Centers. From what I have seen, the hospital sometimes requires you to have the certifications that are...
I think we have all had these type of pts cause I know I have over 32 years in the field. What has worked for me is when you get pts/families like this and they are SO demanding, take turns going in...
Connie Elder replied to cptluciejensen's topic in General Nursing
Wehn a nurse contemplates doing something like this, she needs to first of all think of her pts and what harm can happen to them? A nurse calls to tell the Dr. that the current pain regime is not...
Connie Elder replied to cptluciejensen's topic in General Nursing
You have no choice but to report this. By not doing so you are enabling this nurse to continue being a thief, drug abused. This will most certainly cost her her nursing license. How will this look...
Connie Elder replied to gallicxy's topic in Travel
Welcome to the world of travel nursing. I have worked for 3 different companies. On the 23rd of this month I will start working for my 4th one. Each and every company has its perks. The one that I...