choksantos

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 wait till you get a year in nursing then make a choice.Might not be a nursing but if you follow your boyfriend in his job and your relationship does not work-out,it will be an awkward situation.

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 even if at home or make sure they get discharge to an appropriate place. But yes, I have a general idea but I want to hear from PCC's

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 and I want to make sure it's a fit for me.

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 then expect me to follow your disorganize thoughts is funny. I like it that you tried to come at me sideways, making a pass at me for either having a knee jerk response or lack comprehension. It also amazes me when people who are so far advanced in their careers like 30 years or something have not developed a semblance of maturity.

Very well said.

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 certifications.

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 can be list after the RN title. Also, Doctors do display MD/DO, sometimes they display like a credietial to or if they are part of a certain fellowship of surgeons etc. lawyers are afforded Atty. are they?

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 this needs to be clarified unless you have a hospital policy or unit policy about it. Also please make sure you clarify with appropriate people. If it's an MD get their name and put it as comment in MAR or write a nursing communication order.

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 certifications, it help me understand the why's and how's and in turn help me anticipate and be better prepared on how to handle patients, in turn improve my nursing practice and improve the patient care I provide. I think if I do I have my certifs like maybe 2 on display, it may inspire other nurses to take the exam as well and in turn may improve not only their knowledge but practice as well, or it can inspire other nurses to hate me lol, whatever I don't care. I've been a nurse for more than 15 years, experience is something that other nurses can't take away from me, certifications though are a conscious choice. You can always learn new things, the day you start thinking you are too good to learn new stuff is the day you stop growing.

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 hopeless, the final straw that made me seek help is that I was changing, I have turned into a mean and a very aggressive nurse directed to the ANMs or my fellow nurses, I came to a point where I enjoyed seeing my coworkers fail or get in trouble, that scared me, I have never been like this, I am not this. About a year now in therapy and anti-depressants, I feel better, still struggling but ways better. I hope that nurses get help and take care of themselves as much as they take care of other person, we are worth it.

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

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, Seriously some nurses are jealous and bitter and they sure do horizontal bullying very well. Check your selves people.

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 versa..

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 what it is. It does not actually delineate whether or not you can use it if you are in a clinical setting or not. People don't get rewarded Ph.D's and get told where and when to use them. It's something that they are earned, but it can be gray as it can confuse patients without actual differentiation between a physician and an academic doctor in a clinical setting, although tags that specify like Nurse,Physician or NP can be used to clear the muck up.

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, doctorates are not limited to MD or DO. Although in this case, it's a gray area where the circumstance and location are factors where one might easily think of him as an MD or DO. Although is he functioning within a scope of being an NP?