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I voted for longer commute based on what others have said - second gig sounds more like part time and no benies! I am a little biased however, in that I drive 49 miles one way. We bought our dream home in the country and I drive into the larger count...

This! Without giving too many details - when I worked med/surg a quadriplegic pt was refusing turns (and other forms of care too, dressing changes, compression stockings, etc) and later developed complications related to not being turned. Ended up pa...

This was exactly my thinking! This type of reaction raises red flags in my opinion.

I have nothing to add that may assist in helping the OP commit fraud in their attempts to obtain a nursing license. However, I am questioning if this post is violating AN Terms of Service which states 'You agree NOT to post false, defamatory, name-ca...

Sorry this happened to you Abbycat! I'm a firm believer that the nursing staff is 9/10 times the secondary victim to the situations we are placed to work in and the first to be thrown under the proverbial bus when said processes and situations ultima...

THIS! I work teletriage in an office setting with a large group of non clinical staff that take non symptom based calls, schedule appointments, print reminder letters and so forth. Now and then - a staff member becomes "too ill to work" and they alwa...

I am currently in this program and working toward "possible" forgiveness (there's question if the federal program will remain in place). From what I understand your loans have to be serviced federally and your HR person is the one to complete your ve...

I attended an LPN to BSN bridge program FT and worked FT. Work schedule Fri, Sat, Sun either 3pm - 3 am or 7pm - 7am (which meant sometimes leaving work and going straight to class/lab or vica versa if I had to work Friday at 3pm). This meant that I ...

Same policy at our facility! Curtains down after any patient discharged that was in isolation. Then they are using a UV disinfection process as well as hand washing "monitors" - literally staff with clip boards who stand in the halls to watch and mar...

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I do have experience with this. Was falsely accused of domestic violence/assault 2006 and the judge dismissed the case. However - fingerprinting will flag you in any employment back ground check regardless of the outcome of the case. So - I did write...

May I also recommend Hurst NCLEX review? She really focuses on the WHY's of the nursing process and not just memorizing data for the sake of test taking! Best of luck.

Oh boy. I remember going through this myself. Long story short, I was hired into my current position at 5 months pregnant. Short story long... I was so nervous to interview. Actually had applied to this department 3 times (twice before pregnant) and ...

For what it's worth...In my med-surg/tele days we had 3 RN's working on the night shift, all of whom were pregnant (myself included). We had to transfer a patient, to another med-surg floor , who was admitted with shingles dx - because of the risk of...

I actually left my bedside RN Med Surg position in 2011 do to the indifference with scheduling. It was a rotating shift when I accepted it 7p - 7am/7a - 7pm. But I had discussed with my UM wanting night shift only when I took the position. She said w...

I can't tell you what to do. I can tell you that I am very satisfied in my current position as a telehealth triage RN. The number of times I bid on my position before I landed an interview? 4 times. When I did get an interview...I was 5 months pregna...

I am currently working toward the 10 year government loan forgiveness program and am on the income based repayment plan. I do believe you have to have your loans serviced by FedLoan to qualify and make 120 on time payments (10 years obviously). Consi...

Highly recommend Hurst! Used it for RN NCLEX in 2008 and passed with minimum # of questions! Also, she's entertaining! Good Luck!

This has happened to me. It was when I was working as LPN in LTC/hospice and not as an RN. Anywho...it went like this. The LPN's in the facility were rotated into the role, usually when an assistant called off. When it was my turn, the other "assista...

This is a little tip from my bedside days, which to be honest was years ago now, but I do remember a little technique taught to me by an older instructor. It was to GENTLY swirl, twirl, rotate, however you want to call it, your syringe around in circ...

My current position preferred 3 years of hospital experience when I was hired in 2011. At the time of my hiring I had 2 years RN,BSN experience but had been a hospice LPN for 5 years prior to that and the hiring team took that into consideration. See...

If you have bed side experience, telephone triage is an option. Many insurance compaines and even hospitals are utilizing us in order to cut down on inappropriate office visits. You know the pt who needs to be in the ED but comes to the clinic just t...

"You'll never be out of work as a nurse!" ... I heard that when I graduated in 2003 with my LPN. Again in 2008 when graduating with my BSN! Knock on wood I haven't been unemployed but believe I thank my lucky stars when I walk into work considering I...

Our trauma facility recently went to black scrubs for all nurses and PT. This was voted upon by staff. Navy Blue lost by about 4 votes and a bunch of nursing running around complaining about the black and they didn't vote! Go figure. I am currently w...

We are now utilizing our MTAs for this. After nursing goes over d/c instructions with the pt. the MTA then schedules any of the appts/tests/procedures that the d/c forms state need scheduled.