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I have never worked med surg, but can totally relate to the surprise of how entitled a lot of people (and patients are people) can be. You really realize this as a nurse. I have been a nurse for about 10 years, and feel pretty burnt out. The good ne...

Clinic is definitely easier on the body, and although it can be stressful, it is generally lower stakes stress (pt has to wait 20min for his injection vs pt is crashing and you're waiting for rapid response to arrive). Depending on the setting you're...

Primary care/outpatient often hires LPNs-- Our organization just hired a handful. 9-5ish hours, no weekends/holidays, less stress. Some urgent care centers take LPNs as well. Also home health, community mental health/developmental disabilities take L...

Have you tried BMC? They're always hiring and still a teaching hospital. I hear the pay's good as well. BWH has a ton of postings and from postings, it looks like Tufts is definitely looking for people. What is your experience and where are you worki...

I should mention that this was a geri "med psych" floor. NUrses were iv cert'd, she was floated to tele, a lot of DNRs and very sick ppl. geripsych (like all psych) generally has a lot of turnover and it's hard to find people.

geripsych! my friend got a per diem job on a geripsych unit at another hospital. she learned a lot and after about 6mo to a year, transferred to a full time job on a med/surg unit in our hospital system. a year later and she is now working on the vas...

saw this after responding to your other post- good choice w cards/neuro! you will learn a lot. i don't know much about neuro, but i'd review basic ekg interp and basic neuro assessment procedures. abx (since you mentioned pneumonia) and cardiac meds ...

i would have to recommend starting in med/surg. it will be harder to go from psych or community to med surg if you change your mind, vs. vice versa this is coming from someone who started in psych also, unless youve worked in psych before, you may fi...

If you're open to working out of the hospital, you can work in outpatient 8/9-4/530. I transitioned from inpatient psych (in a regular acute care hospital) to the outpatient group with a very minimal change in pay (i am a float btw our difference, so...

8 wks is short for er. agree with the previous posts. speak up!

I've searched but all the threads/posts I've seen are older Looking for places you recommend or would recommend staying away from I usually use amazon but I don't like their search/website format as much when it comes to scrubs I like the work n gear...

JennBSN-- Do you miss bedside at all?

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No pto?? That is bad. Also how acute are thr pts? For ltac 18 is bad, imo

So I work as a float in an outpatient setting and have been asked to train at a small infusion clinic that is next to/part of our internal med/specialty offices. The center is open 3 days a week and staffed by one nurse, who has started to train me. ...

Is the company u work for in charge of this program? If so, they should not be charging you to hone a job required skill

Just apply. I got an inpatient psych CM job after being a psych nurse for about 5 years. I had about 1 yr of psych counselor assistance before that. I just got lucky. I applied and interviewed for a PD job and the FT person quit, so I was basically t...

Those of you who scrub in-- do you ever have to hold certain devices or clamp certain things for long periods of time? A weird question, I know, but I have tendonitis (which I am seeing a specialist for and is being treated) and have some recurring i...

that is scary...

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I hear more rural areas are good for getting jobs as a new grad. I would avoid major cities on the east and west coast, esp those w/lots of universities-- more competition.

adults vs peds is very different. keep on trying new things and dont rush the DNP until you know where you want to specialize

as the old adage goes, snf/ltc experience= nursing experience no job= no nursing experience apply! write cover letters and edit them based on the specific job.

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Besides for drawing up meds, the caps should remain on the needles until just prior to giving the injection. Unless the tray is sterile they should not be putting uncapped ready to be used needles in there. Why would you take the caps off before wipi...