BrookeeLou_RN

BrookeeLou_RN

Home health was tops, 2nd was L&D

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  1. temporary california license

    I thought CA was a walk thru state......I know it is quite timely to go to Sacramento and all but why would you wait 3-4 months? I must be missing
  2. Do we have an oath for nurses I don't know about?

    Been doing this 23 yrs..never had any oath! TV likes to make the public believe
  3. Protocol for comfort care

    Both my parents died in 2010 at home with me as sole caregiver with Hospice care. Dad in FL had roxanal sublingual and ativan liquid which was not quite right for him as his passing was rather...
  4. Another OB Interview, Brainstorming!

    Let's be positive and say it is because you all already cleared to work there..... Keep positive, Fill you time waiting with nice things and may the days fly by.. you can not change anything so it...
  5. Well I am sure this could be debated for years..but I for one and happy that Kartia911 and CaringRN made a decision for their lives. As a new grad many many moons ago I benefited greatly from an...
  6. Another OB Interview, Brainstorming!

    I will say a prayer for you..good luck. Go
  7. Another OB Interview, Brainstorming!

    Don't get upset. You are just a bit emotional..granted you are stressed and want to succeed. I just get a sense you are trying too hard..maybe not outside but in your mind.. You don't need to change...
  8. You are so right! Now more than ever employers will leave you high and dry at the drop of a hat.. Most states are right to work which should be called Our right to fire you at Time! You have the...
  9. Another OB Interview, Brainstorming!

    Jolie brings up excellent points. My addition is to stop seeming so desperate.. If I can "hear" it in your post, the NM will hear it in interview. Relax, if you choose to leave nursing fine but do not...
  10. Do you even like Florida? Cities there are not like Boston? And it will just be another job..not your dream!! The way I look at it is in 5 yrs will the 6 months of "Special Intern ICU schooling" have...
  11. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    Number one go to work for hospital with an agency attached,, better chance of maintaining census.. number two only work salary or hourly no per visit or you will not make enough....Number 3 Everyone...
  12. Obviously I had a very bad week trying to get my point across thru this posting and others.. So sorry.. Nurses should start at $25/hr and be making 100k/yr for experience over 10 yrs in most...
  13. Am I in the wrong Nursing home?

    Goodness sake..you all need a vacation. I was joking!!! You do not borrow meds legally in a nursing home..of course it is done. Speeding is illegal too and who has not hurried their way along to...
  14. What do newly graduated med students get as interns? Residents? This would be guiding nursing toward becoming a true Professional feld! I am always amazed every RN who graduates and passes NCLEX...
  15. Home health RN job possible w/ only NICU & psych exp?

    Yes, go for home health. I had 3 yrs L&D mostly High Risk at teaching hospital... I did great and still doing it 20 yrs later. You went to school. things will come back to you. Skills you never...
  16. Which Job would YOU rather have??

    To get paid for your dream. you need to go in to public health or become NP and go into rural public
  17. THAT USED TO BE ME!

    Gosh, I just asked because I did not
  18. Which Job would YOU rather have??

    AS new nurse..definately hospital...now as older nurse DR office for sure.Life changes and so do priorities!! Dream job.. business owner on non-nursing job with good hours, fun work and great...
  19. THAT USED TO BE ME!

    I am sorry, I was not trying to be stupid or silly.. My dad was on dialysis still 81 then got a transplant..kidney worked but immunosuppresants killed him,, but I swear a fcaility in Florida told him...
  20. Am I in the wrong Nursing home?

    Crakiness..maybe it has to do with NOT
  21. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    For me the key is flexibility... You plan your day ..if you want to have lunch at noon plan it that way..at two..plan it.. If you are good at managing yourself your plan will work out 95% of the...
  22. Unsafe agency, unsafe case. Need advice please!

    Most agencies that are larger..do not let nursing supervisors determine raises.. They give you evaluations.. these evaluations go to Administrative dept based usually on points, determines who get...
  23. Why do you like home care? What are the advantages?

    Don't be so quick to look elsewhere..learn to document for the majority of your patients while in the home..unless you ahve an admission you should be able to chart and still talk to patient and teach...
  24. Am I in the wrong Nursing home?

    I agree with all of this...... Except if you are my nurse and decide I do not need ordered Trazadone for sleep and I do not sleep and then have a rotten next day...you are as guilty as it you charted...
  25. MSN difference education vs. management??

    Great path if doing leadership...but not for education..other way would be a degree in education, but more $$ and