NightNurse876

Thanks. It's in my wallet I think but I took a photo of it same time. We will see. I'm hopeful that it'll com through this week.

How did they notify you? Gosh, all I have from my live scan is the confirmation code, nothing else. Which number are you calling?

I submitted my application on June 2nd for the multistate license upgrade and completed the background check same day. I also complete the renewal for my Florida license. I received my Florida license within a week but the multistate application just says open. And then there is a section to upload documents. What documents, I dont know. Does anyone have experience with this process? It says ut may take up to 30 days but the FAQ is lacking in information and the is no contact information to refer questions to. I just had a background check for work to get EMR access for one of my facilities so I know that's not the delay and I have confirmation the bank grounded check was completed. Any info would help! It's now day 21.

I am applying for telenet as well, but more so field than anything else. I want to get my clinicals and work at 2m if I feel, vs having to sit in one spot at home for 8 hours. Haven't heard from Aetna or Humana, have only applied to Sunshine Health otherwise. The on site reviewers and more seasoned case managers say its not even who you know, its who knows you. Lots of openings but they hire internally first, they by referral then the regular folks. Wishing everyone the best!

I will be starting June 1st! I've been looking for someone also starting the program. There is so much info/posting about RN-BSN and MSN but nothing much on MBA healthcare. Looking forward to following/sharing the journey!!

I long term plan is to open a holistic facility so I need to know business. And if in the meantime I can do something else after this degree, so be it. I've been provisionally accepted so I'll keep everyone posted on the process/progress.

Hey all! I see that most of you are BSN/MSN focused. And MBA's out there? I have a pllied and sent my transcripts in and am kind of nervous about all the mixed reviews I find on the MBA side. I have a BSN and no management experience in healthcare really. I'm actually a case manager now. I have plans to run my own facility one day so I know the MBA is a necessity regardless of the experience I have at this moment. Just looking for some others who have completed the program, are currently enrolled, or plan to soon. Wishing everyone all the best! Looking forward to hearing from you all!!

oh California, California...never been there, sounds ...interesting, lol!! There are lots of people wishing bad luck on this poor guy...sucks horribly. My mom would say stop putting your goat mouth on people children...hehe! OP nope, no positive from second hand. And you take the risks you are confortable with. Yea pot is illegal but we arent discussing legality. There are lots of posts with statements that I think are obvious considerations that the OP may have already contemplated and will deal with his way. Lots of judging here. Sounds like some ppl were deprived of a lil toke...may losen them up a bit, lol. Not trying to offend anyone but I do see lots of preaching and finger pointing that is backed up by a whole lot of assumptions and no attention to the details of the question posed...but I find on AN its hard to stay on topic... Loser and idiot aren't nice...just because YOU would feel that way about yourself or you live in a community that name calls that way... Thats why people aren't open about things...pot, sexuality, religion, shoot being pregnant....just afraid their co-workers will judge and finger point and label....a shame you can't even go on AN to ask questions or vent without the same things happening...can't escape the "that was dumb, and anyone can track you down and find you and rip your license away." But hey this is America...land of the most fearful free people... ready to give up all opinions, outlooks and liberities for what big brother says. OP do your thing, CYA bc I'm sure you know the potential consequences... then, move your family member to California. Just boought my ticket, lol j/k!!!

First is airway... then breathing... ventimask? non rebreather?.... no change...no hep. Document ()send labs this whole time.

MORE STRESSFUL!!! Nursing school did not prepare me for all the things I would face in the real world of nursing. I am not sure if I knew it was like this if I would have accepted a job an hour plus from my family. If you have a great support system then it helps. Having someone who is a nurse that is close to you helps...that means at least one person understands your problems. I worked Medsurg my first year in nursing....8 patients was the norm, 9 a good amount of the time, 10 once. Even remote telemetry patients with phone calls from the tele monitor tech about SVT, etc. (what to do! call the doc? give IVP meds that we arent supposed to give on MedSurg, but you can on tele?) I now work ICU, 2 patients, 3 once. Been here in critical care since October, productve in ICU since May. I run just as much as if I had 8 though....just rough sometimes but getting the bed experience for the same kind of slave labor...iho. But if you love it, go for it...

quote from mindlor first of all an american includes the canda, mexico, and all of the central and south american nations so i think you mean as a citizen of the usa. second of all...god given? i think not....you get your rights from the constitution and the bill of rights. that said you are correct. as a citizen you have the right to refuse. as a healthcare worker you have the right to get the shot or wear a mask all shift every shift. also, you have the right to change careers. mindlor...so sad you believe a piece of paper and a group of men gave you your rights. when someone does something you do not like you can turn away or tell them you don't like it...they can change it, move it, or tell you to turn away. we have that ability becuase we are human beings with a mind and likes and dislikes...the bill of rights didn't add to that or take it away. sorry its not about vaccines guys but i've already posted lots, lol

I was just toying with the idea of getting my nails done...going on vacay but will have to work and go straight to the airport so no time for nail between work and travel. Also I have worn polish to work...ends up chipped in 2hrs. But me personally, I try to not do a thing without gloves on anyways, not that its the ultimate protector but I dont just run in a room unprotected bc I dont SEE poop or blood...so yes chipped nails harbor bacteria but if I never touch my patient without gloves...I think my nail germs will stay mine...lol. And yes I know I can touch a chart and the bug jumps off and someone else touches and now their patient has my nail bug...but in a perfect world where we all wore gloves and did hand washing I think we'd be ok. I agree that some ppl do need to get a life and not be down my back bc I know the rules...if one doesn't know the rules then send on perfect patty with the megaphone reminders.

I do think I do things differently, but that's me as a whole generally, it just comes oout in my more. Thanks for that, but I would hope a family having an ICU experienced wouldn't feel that way. And I'll take a gamble and say they do feel supported and not managed, evidenced by the amount of food we get. Furthermore, I dont see why it would be a "black" thing, in regards to me work ethic. And I've only experienced nurses have moments of feeling burdened but there isn't a truely overtly "family managing" nurse in my unit.

Specifically to your post kcrncen: My opinion from what I read from the posts is that it's not about the power you have it's about the power of PR and customer service as a tool for your employer...and that in some places they prefer a certain look. For you it was a diffferent experience with your patient population...hear me out and again just my opinion...lol! I mean where I work there's a RT that will go down the hall and say "That black family is aweful," and he will say it to me as if he's not looking at a lil brown girl. But with families that are just as bad that look like him he will say "That family is aweful" When he said it my immediate thought was "why the distinction?" But me personally I try to forgive him bc there is no way he realizes what he's saying...even if he thinks he does. And it's hard bc I had to forgive him again today in my car when I thought about the same thing...lol, obviously that experience is still a work in progress But generally, I think: Everyone will have some kind of discriminatory experience. I get looked at consistently by my ICU patients families like I don't know a thing. I've had people ask me: Are you a RN; Are you a student; Where are you from; Where did you go to school; How long have you been a nurse.... And almost everytime when I see them in the hallway when I'm coming in for another shift after taking care of their family member they are asking me if I'm their nurse that night. I have had a family question my qualifications to my manager and by morning when I said goodbye as I passed her husband in the hallway he said "Thank you. God bless you." Days later when I saw them on the SDU they asked me if I was their nurse (diff unit and I work nights, this was 0745 on my way out). Their faces sank when I said no and that I was actually just finishing my shift. My point is some one will always be the minority. Their will always be a norm for a certain town, city, state. An expectation of what "their nurse" looks like, and yes it's unspoken because it tabu to discuss. If you know your clients and the comunity you target with your PR and you are in it to make money, you have a certain "face" for your brand, your company. Maybe because of the type of applicants you get or the exceptional quality of the employee who is not the typical expected "face" then you have a diversified mix but it doesn't change what people expect to see. Again unspoken but if you can honestly sit and think and say that it's the way of the world, then invite me to your bubble, I want in! And by the way, I am 25....I look 12, barely 100lbs, Jamaican with what society affectionately calls "dreadlocks" and I will be renewing my license for the first time this month, I worked a year medsurg almosts, got into critical care, did 2 months orientation and productive time in ICU stepdown and 4 months ICU orientation and have now been productive in ICU for a month an a half. And the fact is compared to my co-workers that have been doing ICU 35 years I know I dont know a thing...they joke about getting manually wedges, when yea I can get a wedge pressure but if my monitor/bedside machine wont do it I can't do what they can do. But that doesn't mean that I'm alone and can't ask for help and ensure my patient gets the best care I can give them. I'm jealous I want what's in these "seasoned" nurse's brains. I wanna be the best at what I do. But no matter what I look like or my passion or what my work ethic is, anyone can doubt me. And I do go home and fuss about it sometimes but when I go back and I see the relief on my families faces that they believe their family member will be taken care of, and even if things go wrong, that I will do my best, it's worth it and I can live with that right now. Some people can't do that, and I can't fault a soul. I don't have to deal with their real feelings or thoughts, just my own...

To each their own...however Most religious symbols are pagan symbols, taken from the conquered/converted groups so that they can maintain something familiar to them before these people came with warth to convert in the name of their 'God'...no? It is hard to say what is disrespectful when the true history and origin of these things are quieted in light of the dominant religious gospel or what have you. I dont have a religion, I have a relationship with the creator (whatever the world names him/her). My view is kind of based in perception. No one outside of you can have an effect on you because you dont know what their true intention was only how you felt about it. I control my reaction to things so if some one does something I don't like, I try to think about why I don't like it, and forgive them. I might need to forgive a situation a few times but its a work in progress undoing all these years of conditioning and ego. I don't think a particular religion can help me with that... but that's just me.