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  1. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    C-lion replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    cdsga, that last bit is exactly what I am worried about. I don't want to be a CRNA, but becoming a nurse practitioner has been an interest for quite some time. Any options after the OR for

  2. any advice for a new grad wanting to work out of state?

    C-lion replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    If you are in a compact state, all the

  3. Operating Room Nurse: Roles

    C-lion replied to BethCNOR's topic in Operating Room

    If one were to start in the OR as a new grad, would it be difficult to move to another area later down the

  4. Is 8 months too soon to leave a job?

    C-lion replied to C-lion's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will try to get close to a year, but if I get a great offer I can't say I won't take it. I am paying out-of-state income tax for the "privilege" of commuting to work, which is yet another reason I...

  5. Is 8 months too soon to leave a job?

    C-lion replied to C-lion's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I appreciate both your posts so far, thanks for the supportive answers. And sarakjp, I definitely know what you are saying, and have been doing some soul-searching. There are good aspects to this job,...

  6. Failed the Core Values Assessment?

    C-lion replied to C-lion's topic in General Students

    Hey barefoot_girl. So sorry that happened to you too. Do you think you could call the recruiter again and ask to come in? I know exactly how you feel, though, I started to think "maybe there is a...

  7. Med surg nursing getting more exhausting

    C-lion replied to stylishgurl's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would LOVE to be at 5:1 (w/an aide). When I started on my floor we were told the manager was trying to get the ratio to 5:1, but in the past few months that has happened only a few times. Now the...

  8. What is psych nursing really like???

    C-lion replied to ifhn10's topic in Psychiatric

    Can we talk more about different types of non-bedside nursing? I like the idea of dialysis, may look into that in the near future. I've only been on my job for 6 months (med-surg) and I already dread...

  9. did the md's pen go into v-fib??

    C-lion replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    This. Having to track down charts to get new orders, or wait for the HUC's to put in orders/do it my self (the ones that are legible) makes me crazy. It is dangerous. It is not expeditious. My...

  10. Weekend Only Nurse?

    C-lion replied to tambourine's topic in General Nursing

    I know where I work,they are not offering this position anymore. The people who already work this program keep their job, but there will be no more positions like this filled. I am fine working 3...

  11. Working Easter anyone?

    C-lion replied to SnowboardRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked. Where I work there is no extra holiday pay,period. Thankfully it was nice and quiet, a 180 from what it's usually

  12. Must move with only 4 mos in 1st RN job (hubby job xfer)!!

    C-lion replied to ReasonInTheMadness's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will say one thing that may be of interest here...I have about five mos. experience and am not loving my job. I interviewed somewhere else and was told if I was hired they would treat me as a new...

  13. Rule follower-how to survive

    C-lion replied to greetings's topic in Nursing Career

    Ugh...I wish I could be perfect in Nursing. Where I work (I am sure this is true for many of you, too), there are so many policies we have to follow that often I feel like a) I can't get it done, and...

  14. Naturopathic nursing

    C-lion replied to EarthwormRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, there is a lot of negativity in response to someone who seems to be genuinely interested in trying to practice preventative medicine, which is becoming more mainstream but in general is not the...

  15. Nurse Practitoner vs. Physician Assistant and Best Route to Become One

    C-lion replied to hanlie14's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    One thing you may want to consider was what I noticed when I looked at the requirements for a local PA program...they require certain science prereq's to be within the past five years. I take that to...

  16. New Grads, How much do you work?

    C-lion replied to babsy28's topic in First Year After Licensure

    3 12's per week. I am going to start putting myself on call, probably one-two shifts per month. Where I work, they are very careful about OT pay. Two former classmates of mine are working in a...

  17. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

    C-lion replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My friends and I joked about nursing school PTSD b/c for a while it always felt like there was something we should be doing, instead of just relaxing. I had a couple of dreams where I forgot to study...

  18. Which states are great for nurses to work in??

    C-lion replied to tua42321's topic in General Nursing

    I am also interested in the answers to this question! I work in the South, and am looking around trying to figure out where to move when I finally make that

  19. 8 Hour Night Shifts

    C-lion replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I might do 4 10's, but not 5 8's.

  20. Work bags: What do you take and what's in it?

    C-lion replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    I travel light...my clipboard, snacks, feminine products and my steth. One of these days I will get a lock for my locker and stash a change of scrubs in

  21. Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    C-lion replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am on days, we are almost always at 6:1. We usually have 2-3 admissions/discharges per shift, that goes for days or nights.I would love to find somewhere where the max is 5:1 on days, as even that...

  22. Worried about my future as a nurse, and afraid I'll be fired

    C-lion replied to j_tay1981's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I could have written this post myself, it so closely resembles my own story. I look around and feel like everyone else seems to be handling things just fine, when in fact, I know they are not. Not...

  23. Putting in orders

    C-lion posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have become curious lately about the percentage of hospitals where doctors put their orders into the computer themselves. It seems like there is a much smaller margin of error and would save time...

  24. Putting in orders

    C-lion replied to C-lion's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies. I am new to nursing, and hope to see a trend toward doctors entering their orders in the future. Where I am, the unit coordinators usually do it, but nurses are required to...

  25. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    C-lion replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work days in north MS on a Med-Surg observation unit. We are trying to move to a 1:5 ratio, but the hospital has been so full lately that we are usually at 1:6. With all the D/C's and admissions, it...