ivyleaf

ivyleaf

Ambulatory Case Management, Clinic, Psychiatry

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  1. Nursing outside of the hospital

    ivyleaf replied to PERIOPRN2015's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    outpatient clinic (depending on the job), urgent care, infusion,

  2. Anybody here??

    ivyleaf replied to MA Nurse's topic in Telephone Triage

    I am a a float nurse for a primary care group and often do phone triage- it's not my main gig, but depending on the office Im in, I can do a lot of it. How long have you been at your current

  3. ER Nurses: Do you think you can work in another specialty??

    ivyleaf replied to Cola89's topic in Emergency

    I know a bunch of folks who have side jobs at urgent care

  4. how bad is 11a-11p?

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Emergency

    i am really not a morning person and hate what nights do to my body. i love the idea of 11-11 hours, but Ive heard it's a tough shift. i would be new to the ed. thoughts? the idea of getting uo at...

  5. Ambulatory Surgery Center, NEW Grad

    ivyleaf replied to Nursey1108's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    what did you

  6. Is nursing a good fit for me?

    ivyleaf replied to undecidednewbie's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are able to get through clinicals, office nursing/outpatient/primary care does not require heavy lifting. there is a lot of sitting involved if you are doing phone triage or case management,...

  7. New Grad Psych Nurse Residency

    ivyleaf replied to emh21's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    At my hospital, new grads in psych go through the same 'new grad' orientation as med surg, but of course spend their time on the psych floor. In MA there are a lot of entry level psych positions-- no...

  8. clinical decision unit/observation/ short stay?

    ivyleaf posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone worked in this type of setting? what dxs do you see the most and what kind of treatments do you find yourself doing a lot (ivs, wound care, tele,

  9. New nurse beating myself up

    ivyleaf replied to Armywife08's topic in Pediatric

    I was not taught to do those injections by the z track method and never have.. Did someone tell you that you had

  10. Psychiatric Nurse to Firefighter and ER Nurse

    ivyleaf replied to Seeing Myself Out's topic in Emergency

    I like your plan to try firefighting and then transition to er. I am a former psych nurse who has always wanted to work in ed. A year ago I got out of psych by transitioning to my hospital's...

  11. Average pay for office RN

    ivyleaf replied to WSUnurse's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Nurse for about 10 yrs in mass (exp in psych, health teaching and case management): started at 33 last yr with 3$ diff for floating. Slightly less than I was !making at the affiliated hospital on...

  12. As a new nurse, how long does it take to get an ICU job?

    ivyleaf replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Critical Care

    is there a shortage in

  13. I am trying to decide between 2 jobs

    ivyleaf replied to lschock's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    what area do you live in and what do you make now? 72k does not sound like much for a DON position, at least in MA. VA, at least here, usu pays very well and has excellent

  14. day in the life of a tele/cardiac (not cvicu) nurse?

    ivyleaf posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ive seen lot of posts on cvicu nursing, but was hoping someone could give more info on the day to day of a tele nurse, non icu level.

  15. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    ivyleaf replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    i have done community psych, locked/acute psych, unlocked psych, psych case management in the hospital, and am now doing primary care. the lowest stress of these was unlocked community psych units...

  16. Changing jobs, again

    ivyleaf replied to hawksrn2014's topic in Nursing Career

    do you like working at the hospital? which did you enjoy more and what are tour long term career goals if any? also would it be different if u where on days or did 3 12s or 5 8s (more

  17. Subtle deterioration on the floor

    ivyleaf replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    10 minutes for 6 pts= a whole hour spent on extra

  18. Moving from psych to tele

    ivyleaf replied to jomardev's topic in Cardiac

    OP did you end up switching from psych? how was the

  19. Outpatient back to hospital? Am I crazy?

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am contemplating switching jobs from outpatient primary care back to the hospital I did psych nursing for about 8 years but got burned out and have always wished I tried med surg and wanted to work...

  20. A Day in the life of a Telemetry Nurse?

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hello, I'm considering applying for a job on a tele unit and am interested in learning more about telemetry. If anyone could answer these questions, it would be much appreciated! What is a typical...

  21. Best RN to BSN program for RN with BA in other field, looking to transition to ED nursing

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The bottom line: I am looking for a reasonably priced program that will let me transfer all/most of my gen ed credits and ASN nursing classes, ideally with online classes, that includes a clinical...

  22. Advice for psych RN w/ new clinic job interested in ED

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Emergency

    I have been working in psych nursing for the last 8 years, the last 1.5 in a hospital setting. I never intended to go into psych, but was interested in psychology and kinda fell into it through...

  23. Cross post f: Accepted a job and just started, but having 2nd thoughts : /

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Going to try to keep this brief... So I've been in psych for 8 years and have become burnt out of that field. I've always wanted to work in the ED, but hated med surg clinicals in school, so never...

  24. would having both of a BSN and a BS in..

    ivyleaf replied to CheyanneLawson's topic in Nursing Career

    I 2nd/3d/4th all of those

  25. Cross post from general nursing:: Accepted a job and just started, but having 2nd thoughts

    ivyleaf posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Going to try to keep this brief... So I've been in psych for 8 years and have become burnt out of that field. I've always wanted to work in the ED, but hated med surg clinicals in school, so never...