ThinkerBelleRN

ThinkerBelleRN BSN, RN

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  1. What skills/keywords to highlight for clinic/ambulatory job?

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I am a burnt out medsurg nurse. Was lucky enough to work at a wound/hbot center for a few years but had to leave the job to move to a different city. I have 6 years medsurg and 4 years ambulatory...

  2. 8 Work From Home Jobs

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    Can you share more about this? I have been looking for work from home

  3. 8 Work From Home Jobs

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    I know this is a very old post. At this point in my life, I feel like Id rather have this type of work from home job. What company did you work for and what are the

  4. EMORY Hospital WOCN PROGRAM

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to applepie2013's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Do the all didactic classes you choose to take then enroll for available bridge week schedule. Professional practice is required even if you only just want to do 1

  5. NY license by endorsement

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to chtzu's topic in General Nursing

    I just had to wait. Apparently theyre processing a lot of applications. I waited 4 months to get my license. Hope you get yours

  6. Relocating but can't find a job!

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Update. I found a job in a large teaching hospital, and just gave my notice at my current workplace. Will be moving to NY state after my 4 weeks is

  7. Relocating but can't find a job!

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am currently working as an RN in the medical floor in the midwest, hate it and already so burnt out. Last spring I finally made the decision to relocate to upstate NY and still waiting to get my NY...

  8. Relocating, deciding between jobs and shadowing

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    So I had a phone interview for 2 different jobs in the same hospital both of them have no previous experience in (oncology unit and endoscopy). I applied for these jobs during my desperate times so I...

  9. Ointments/Wound care for Geriatric Patient

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to tinilouise's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have not gotten my WOCN certification yet, but I suggest you refer your patient for proper evaluation of the wound bed and surrounding tissue. If it is infected, patients will need antibiotics not...

  10. Pigeonholed Wound Care

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to syronrs14's topic in General Specialties

    If only we can switch jobs. I have been doing wound care overseas 4 years of my 8 years as a RN. Moving to the US, I wasnt given an option to purusue wound because it turned out they needed more...

  11. NY license by endorsement

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to chtzu's topic in General Nursing

    Have you gotten your NY licenses? I thought it says on their website that they are not able to update status of application over the phone. I have completed all my papers and course works first week...

  12. Books for WOC?

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I will be starting the WOCN program through Emory and manuals will be included in the tuition, but they also have recommended books for the WOC core curriculum. I also looked at the WOCNCB website...

  13. Non-beside nursing jobs?

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am currently working in the medical floor, and hate every second of it. I dread going to work everyday and find myself crying after work, and have been feeling anxious before my shifts. I have done...

  14. Non-beside nursing jobs?

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you. I am curious about case management but have no idea what a case manager does

  15. Resignation, relocation, and getting a new job in the US?

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am an international nurse who recently just migrated and started working in the United States. So I am not familiar with the hiring process and timeline involved, as well as the timeline and process...

  16. Trying to find my niche in nursing

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a RN for about 10 years now, and I feel like I have not really found my true calling. I do know I never enjoyed any inpatient work, and when I did wound care and hyperbaric, I actually...

  17. Trying to find my niche in nursing

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you for the reply. I will definitely look into the areas you

  18. Residency Contract Buy-out

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to hoorayme's topic in Nursing Career

    Cant you request for a transfer? I am not a new grad, but extremely unhappy in my workplace. I am currently saving up to just buy out my contract and move out of place. I have not heard of other...

  19. Trying to request for transfer. Advice needed.

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Maybe your facility require wound certification prior to hire? Most postings I see just want med surg experience, and certifications to be done within a certain period after hire. I am looking at...

  20. Trying to request for transfer. Advice needed.

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi everyone. I'm a foreign educated RN just recently started working in the US. I signed a contract of over 2 years with my current facility, who petitioned me to come to the United States as a nurse....

  21. Trying to request for transfer. Advice needed.

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    This may be the reality in most institutions and it makes me feel even worse, because what you just described seems to really explain why I am in this situation. I spoke to the wound care nurse and...

  22. Trying to request for transfer. Advice needed.

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in Nursing Career

    There's a different manager for hyperbaric/wound care unit. I am new to the US and do not know how things work here, just like you saying I can just transfer without my managers permission. In all my...

  23. Career change

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    Hi nurseontheway, I am in a similar situation. The only difference is that I did not choose to do step down unit, I was assigned to the area despite having indicated in my resume that I am a...

  24. Job in an area where I have no previous experience.

    ThinkerBelleRN replied to ThinkerBelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    You might be right. I wouldn't have guessed that because in the other 2 countries I worked in, and 4 other hospitals in these countries, foreign nurses were placed in both inpatient and outpatient...

  25. Job in an area where I have no previous experience.

    ThinkerBelleRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello fellow nurses. Excuse this long post, but I just don't know how to go about my situation and would like to ask for your insights. I am a foreign RN recently hired by a hospital in the United...