mmc51264 BSN, MSN, RN

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    New Grad - Burnout

    Many of the things that you are describing are conditions that I would report via our safety system (computer documenting safety concerns) Something bad is going to happen and if you have been...
  2. Give it some time. I went through the same thing and I am still adjusting to fact that my husband and two boys (10 and 13) do just fine with out me. It may take a day for them to get used to me being...
  3. I blame pharmacy sometimes. If it is not formulary, we don't have it. Or I usually write a note in their chart and we have a text paging system for residents on call, so I just tell pt that message...
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    Anyone recommend a university to go for RN-BSN?

    If you are not going to do online, get a job first, if you can and then look where you are. You should try one course online. I loved the transition to online. Then you are not limited by
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    Question from a patient...

    We us IJ and EJs. MD has to take out the IJ because a-it is sutured in, and b-it is a central line and there are protocols to avoid what sounds like what happened to you. We are allowed to take out...
  6. We have a code that we can put into glucometer for emergency checks. All RRTs and codes get glucose checks done. I do them all the time w/o and "order". It is a protocol that if a pt is symptomatic,...
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    So I graduated...now what?

    NC we all started about 2 months from graduation. any had jobs pending NCLEX b/c of capstone or working in facility. I got my job because the DON where I got my first job had been my clinical...
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    Afraid of losing my autonomy

    I do not have your experience, but I do work in a large, magnet, teaching hospital. The residents that I see are usually 1st (maybe a few 2nd years) year residents who are brand spankin' new. They...
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    Tips for a New RN who starts soon !:)

    Be a sponge and learn the good AND the bad from the veteran nurses. Don't be afraid to ask questions or clarify.
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    RN-BSN or RN-MSN

    From what I understand, many of the advanced practice positions are starting to require a DNP in which case you need a BSN. You can go from BSN to DNP but not MSN only to DNP. I have a friend who is...
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    So I graduated...now what?

    My class of 30 almost all had jobs pending NCLEX by the time we graduated. We graduated in May and most of us got our ticket to test as soon as grades were in and we tested before mid-June. I started...
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    Career path

    I am not sure. That is why I am looking to see if it is worth it. My facility will pay the tuition, so that is not a huge issue. I have plenty of CDE that I can work with. It will also get me about...
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    Why can't hospitals do better?

    I think it is about money but not because of profit-we get pts all the time that are very complex and they don't have insurance. Somehow the facility has to find a way to cover the $500K bill. It is...
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    Nurses Enabling Substance Abusers

    I work in ortho and our pain meds are prn. Does that mean I don't give them?? No. I get frustrated at sickle cell pts, because they are on SO much medication I don't understand how they function, but...
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    Charting Issues

    We had a QC person that I could go to instead of bringing everything to DON. Chart what you see. I hate the copy and paste charting and I never do
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    working during a nursing program?

    Our only restriction was that we could not work the night before a clinical day. They advised us to not work if we could help it but they didn't say we COULDN'T. I worked home health while I was in...
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    Advice!!

    I am just finishing my 2nd year at my current job-I have been a nurse for almost 3 years. I have found it is more a personality difference than NETY. The people that intimidated me or I felt...
  18. I love my job. I know I am anomaly, but I am an ortho nurse, 2nd (3rd?) career so I started late, but I love where I work, warts and all, i am proud to work there and look forward to work. I get tired...
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    RN to BSN Online

    I am in the RN-BSN program at University of NC-Wilmington, we have no clinical. None of the programs here have clinical. We are already working. We may have to do some experience-based assignments,...
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    Did you attend your RN-BSN graduation?

    I have been debating. I finish in March-commencement in May. I probably will b/c it will round out the collage of the other three degrees LOL The school is very close to the beach. Good excuse to go...
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    Long Acting Insulins

    We never hold Lantus. 100 is normal. Pt should have a night time snack anyway ( a carb and a protein). Like others have said, I would have notified provider and
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    New Grad on Ortho Floor

    Dang, I had 6 months. We have an IV team, so I don't have to do that either. And we are only joints, no spine. Ask ALOT of questions. See if you can get more time. there is no way you will be...
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    Getting cut short on orientation

    Maybe you can ask for a lighter pt load. When I oriented, I started with 3 of my own and then worked up to 5. even if it is for one week so you can get the feel of the entire process w/o feeling...
  24. my hospital pays 5K per calender year for continuing
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    how long does it take to earn your DNP

    I have friend in a program now. It all depends on how many courses you can handle. She got her ADN in 2012, started BSN and MSN basically at the same time (didn't know what she wanted to do and you...