Miami---From my past experience, which is about 5 years ago, hospitals in that area always were low balling in salary, even with experience.
The other issue happening now is, obviously, a...
My first place of employment (eons ago--mid 90's--- ?) had a legal nurse do an in service about writing proper nursing notes. Back then, there was no Cures Act that allowed patients to see notes, but...
First thing, look at many of the posts here...a lot of people looking for preceptors. I myself don't understand the concept---you're paying thousands of dollars for a degree, and then you're on your...
I have always been an advocate for trying to get a job with your current experience. It seems that a nursing informatics degree opens the doors to interviews, but it does not guaranteed a job.
I...
do you know if your hospital reports the unvaccinated as the CDC does? If you took 1 dose of 2, for example, you fall under the unvaccinated category. Or do those stats consider 1 dose of 2 as...
You don't need to get an RN to go into informatics; I have worked with CNA's and LPN's who are now analysts or trainers.
Epic specialist---what specifically is your role with this job title? Are...
I actually laughed at this because I had the same question in my brain.
This could have just been written as,
Some/a few vaccinated patients are winding up in the ICU.
Future...
In the past 4 weeks, have had 2 family members who are boosterized with pfizer end up in the hospital with covid. One in her late 50's living in California, another one in her late 40's who lives in...
hahaha! Definitely not. But I still remember that shift so clearly because it really "shocked" me. That director always wore scrubs when I went to that floor. Don't think I ever saw another nursing...
Back in 2004 or so, was working as an agency nurse, and would mainly get sent to an orthopedics floor where everybody was very unhelpful.
One weekday, I was sent to a med surg floor. As soon as...