Cowboys_RN BSN

I have been a nurse a for 13 years. For the last 7 years I have worked in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine as the clinic RN. I do a lot of phone triage/advice but also some hands on pt care. Since covid most of my calls are all covid related and...

I'm transferring to the OR and they purchase shoes for us through Shoes for Crews. I'm torn between two styles and want to see if anyone has tried these. The first are similar to crocs: Froggz Classic II SFC Froggz Classic II - White Non Slip Clogs F...

1. You don't know everything, don't be afraid to ask. 2. You really do learn something new everyday. 3. Always expect the unexpected. 4. Never say "quiet" out loud. 5. Doctors are really just people too.

I've been a nurse for 9 years and am transferring into the OR. The peri-op program is one year, eight weeks classroom with modules and the rest with a preceptor. My educator said even after the one year some people don't feel like they're ready.

Thanks for the feedback :) The only way that the pharmacists can bill using 99211 is using something called "incident to" billing. It requires physician supervision but does not require a face-to-face with the physician at each visit. We do however n...

I am looking into setting up billing for a Coumadin Clinic we want to start in my office. It looks like most Coumadin Clinics that are ran by pharmacists are billed use the E/M code 99211 and they bill "Incident To" a supervising physician. The regul...

I made the mistake of leaving my hospital job after 6 months and I've regretted it ever since. Almost everything you apply for wants 1 year acute even if it's not an acute position. Stick it out for at least a year so you'll have more options in the ...

A lot of hospitals in my area (Orange County, CA) are only hiring new nurses that have their BSN. Some of the hospitals that are trying to get to Magnet status are requiring all of their nurses to have a BSN by a certain date. Even the nurses that ha...

I am in the WGU program and it is working out well for me. I have no plans of pursuing an NP so the pass/fail grading wasn't an issue for me. If I plan on pursuing my MSN in Administration or Education in the future I will just do it through WGU. I r...

I have nurses that will check off 7A, 7B, then also 7E. I am trying to explain that they can't skip and they have to choose the stage that the pt meets and also meets all the stages above. Is that correct? Also, do they need to check off multiple sta...

Outside of the acute setting, nursing homes are your best bet. In California, you can't work at hospice or home health without one year of "professional" nursing experience.

I was offered a hospice position as a new grad but thought I wanted to try working in a hospital first. I worked in a postpartum unit for 7 months and loved it but the 12 hour shifts didn't work with my daycare situation. I took the job at the hospic...

I spoke honestly with the owner about how I am feeling. He suggested I try working for their other company which is strictly home health. It is more task oriented but still allows for flexibility. It really doesn't sound all that appealing to me thou...

I took mine yesterday and also shut off at 75. It took me about an hour. I had a lot of priority, diabetes, cushings, isolation, and safety. There were 6 of us in the parking lot that stopped at 75. I'm in CA so no quick results. Hopefully I will see...

I was hired in postpartum for the night shift, 7:00 to 7:30. I have never worked night shift before and I'm trying to figure out when to sleep. Do you sleep during the day on the night you work then come home and go to sleep? Someone told me they go ...

I had a PPD last week for an adoption physical and it came back positive. My last PPD for nursing school was in July and was negative. I'm pretty sure I was exposed at a homeless shelter for the mentally ill that I was at for two days during my psych...

Thanks for all of the advice :) I think for the first week I'm going to try and nap when the baby naps and see if we can get by without using a sitter. He'll be 4 months old when I start. I can also have my 12 year old keep an eye on him if I need a ...

Thanks to everyone for replying. I went to the doc on Friday and she prescribed INH for 9 months. She said they don't do liver function tests anymore while on it which I thought was odd. She also didn't mention the need for me to take B6, neither did...

I came here to post a similar question. My heart is in gero as I have always volunteered in LTCs and love my gero pts. I'm in my 3rd semester and my instructor is recommending I go to work at a place right by my house after I graduate. It's a "contin...

I had a colposcopy the other day and the doctor said she was going to get the "nurse". I looked at the girl's badge and it said clinical assistant. The doctor's at Kaiser are always referring to their MAs as nurses.

I took A&P together and did well. As of last year my school is only accepting them separate. You will need them separate to go on for a BSN anyway so you should just do it from the start.

Same thing in my nursing classes. I always feel bad for the person that sits there with their hand up forever and the instructor never notices. The instructors are used to the rest of us just asking our questions.

I think it depends on whether the nurse is in the room already when this is happening. If the nurse can see that the mom has an arm and the dad has a leg I would assume she's in the room and number 2 is the correct answer. If she sees this from the h...

I volunteered every summer at a convalescent hospital as a child and always thought I'd grow up to be a geriatrics MD. I got married just out of high school and started my family right away. I somehow ended up in the computer software industry. I ...

It happened to me in my first semester. My hair was falling out in chunks. It eventually stopped happening. I was getting weird chest pain too that also went away. It's from the stress.