Maladroit BSN, RN

Maladroit has 12 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Mother Baby RN.

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1. Legal consultation?

   Maladroit posted a topic in Nursing Career

   How does a nurse start doing legal consultation work? Is it just by being asked/word of mouth? Do you apply somewhere? How does all that work? Anyone with experience care to enlighten

2. What Makes Travel Nursing Amazing

   Maladroit posted a topic in Nursing Career

   At current, I am a travel nurse. My path to get here has not been easy and I am quite pleased to have “made it” finally. Every travel nurse has their own reasons for choosing travel nursing, all...

3. Adapting the "Gig Economy" for Healthcare

   Maladroit posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Fellow nurses, we have so many options for where and how we work, right? Is your current situation meeting your needs and working towards your goals? COVID-19 has changed so many things in the medical...

4. Side Gigs?

   Maladroit posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I've been weighing my options for a side gig for awhile and I want to know your experiences - pros and cons - about taking on a side gig. I've been looking at using MedHelperNow, but it's still...

5. Unexpected Side Effects from the Side Gig

   Maladroit replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

   This article perfectly sums up the "gig economy" and how one company/platform is addressing this need specifically for the nursing community. Anyone else excited to try it?...

6. Thoughts/advice?

   Maladroit posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm a current Med/Surg Peds nurse wanting to switch to either L&D or Mother-Baby at a large teaching hospital. Part of me really wants to be on L&D, but a large part of me is extremely...

7. Bad idea?

   Maladroit replied to Maladroit's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I forgot to say, I wasn't sure what I wanted to hear, just advice. I have a great job with very few complaints, honestly. I do know that I eventually want to make the switch to Mother-Baby, when is...

8. Bad idea?

   Maladroit replied to Maladroit's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Even within the same hospital? I only ask because there have been 2 new grad transfers into my department recently. It just seemed common to move around after a few

9. Bad idea?

   Maladroit posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Ok, so I'm a new grad and been working at my new hospital for 3 months and off orientation for one month. I really want to move to mother-baby. I think the pace would be more my style there. When...

10. I was so excited

    Maladroit replied to Maladroit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, I really needed that dose of perspective! I have always been a perfectionist and the big fish in little ponds...definitely not used to being the little fish in a big pond and the novice...

11. I was so excited

    Maladroit posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was so excited to start my job as a peds nurse! It was my dream job in my top choice hospital. I have been off of orientation for 2 days and have been feeling so overwhelmed and am dreading going...

12. Is this specialty flooded in your area?

    Maladroit replied to mmcc26's topic in Pediatric

    I'm a Peds nurse in Iowa and we have a shortage here! On my unit alone, we have 7 lines open for nurses...5 for New Grads. I'm a new grad, with 4 other new grads starting on my unit recently, too....

13. 15 month old getting 750mg Rocephin

    Maladroit replied to RaleighNurse's topic in Pediatric

    I'm a peds nurse (new grad) and have never given Rocephin IM, so I'm glad I came across this thread. Now I know and will be ready when I encounter this. Split into two doses, go for the VL.

14. Studying?

    Maladroit replied to Maladroit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What do you study? Nursing

15. Studying?

    Maladroit posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad RN BSN on a Peds unit at a major Magnet teaching hospital and have been on the floor precepting for about a month now. When I have days off, I feel like I want to research, read up...