choksantos BSN, RN

choksantos has 22 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Cardiac TCU /tele/SDU.

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1. I need guidance

   choksantos replied to vanilla_brownie's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is not for everyone, it's good that you are starting to question your choice early on, it means you're not willing to be stuck on a wrong choice and be miserable, although my advice would be...

2. Patient Care Coordinator in ED

   choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   It's so far from a bedside nurse where I work, they are off bed side, I would assume care coordination, speaking to families, patients and doctors and all the team, make sure patient will get care...

3. Patient Care Coordinator in ED

   choksantos posted a topic in General Nursing

   Never been a PCC but I am interviewing for one, what does do job really entail, I mean I can google that but I want to hear from people that have first hand experience with it. I'm an acute care nurse...

4. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   Logical flow....yes you started talking about BSN then certifications, your response is not “BSN specifically”. My response to you was purely about certifications, for you to bring up BSN vs ADN...

5. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   Very well

6. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   I have a pccn cmc and csc and let me tell you they are not geared towards management AT ALL. I don’t know what type of certifications the people that you spoke with have as

7. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   If ur a nurse, common sense dictates u display related nursing stuff only and fyi when you do pass the certifications you are granted credentials, like ccrn, pccn cmc, the list goes on and on which...

8. Is this a Med Error?

   choksantos replied to AllyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Technically It is not but, think about it this way, if you get an order for Oxy 10 TID PRN, are you going to give every hour x 3 just because the order says TID PRN? I guess you won't. Orders like...

9. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

   choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

   I made up my mind, I WILL put them on my ID, not everything but some that really helped. I think the studying process led me to learn things I would not have learned without studying for the...

10. Depression and Nursing

    choksantos replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    I've been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder... I thought I was just tired from NOC shift and just stressed from my unit, I have no motivation to get out of bed, everything was just gray and...

11. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    I get what you mean but I always find answering a question with a question annoying.

12. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for more than 15 years, a lot of nurses have that capacity to tear down each other and they do, a lot of people tear down younger nurses instead of helping and mentoring them,...

13. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    But education and experience can go hand in hand. Just because you have an extra credential does not mean you are less experienced and vice

14. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    Not where I work at, It's the highest degree that one earned therefore it ends in your badge, John Doe Ph.D NP etc. It is within his right if he has the doctor's degree to back it up regardless of...

15. How do you feel on displaying your certification credentials on your badge?

    choksantos replied to choksantos's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah the original topic is about displaying credentials like CCRN,PCCN, CSC etc. on badges as a nurse. The Ph.D. has earned him the right to be called Doctor, he is a doctor of philosophy, after all,...