ThinkerBelleRN BSN, RN

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 experience. Right now, I am trying to transfer to...

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

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 requirements?

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 specialty.

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

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 up!

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 license, but have been applying for jobs because I...

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 could leave my current job asap and move halfway a...

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 just topical antimicrobials. Zinc oxide creams are...

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 people on the floors. I am currently working on the flo...

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 of July. I haven't heard from them until now. I hav...

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 which has a list of recommended books/references. Sin...

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 wound care nursing and hyperbaric medicine before ...

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

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 for resignation here in America. Overseas, where ...

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 really enjoyed it and think that it is a good area t...

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

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 hospitals buying out a contract, but perhaps you can us...

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 moving to another state, so I am just worried that the...

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. Most of my previous work experience was in hyperb...

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 she said they do need nurses, and that those who she...

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 previous facilities, transfers required permission...

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 hyperbaric/wound care nurse with no experience in inpatient...

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 units, and even in specialized areas. Of course these...

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 States. I prefer not to mention the name of the hosp...