rumwynnieRN

Let me preface this with yes I know this is the internet and you can find almost anything, BUT, since moving to Florida (I have no idea if this is uniquely a Florida thing or if other states have this issue, and if it is uniquely Florida, I don't min...

Yes it is. So I wonder about people who have restraining orders in place, and we see our fair share of crazy, and these aren't mentally ill patients. Just people who, if Arkham was real, probably need to be left there forever.

I'm fairly certain the appropriate response would not be to like that, but I worry about that from time to time.

I'm unchecking that option

That is true, but I thought it was just really disconcerting with that particular result. Hey from one of the previous posters, I know now NOT to put my email. Good grief -_-; and yes, until I started working at the current hospital I'm at, I never w...

I've given beer. It's the cheapest option for where I work 😂

I work at TGH now. I can tell you now that no, TGH, unfortunately does pay as well as the other hospitals, BUT, you have more pros working at TGH. If you find a floor you really like in the acute care rotation program, you can apply and if you do wel...

To answer your question about ICU-type pts being sent to the floor, the answer is yes, we've had that problem. It's easier now to make sure we don't get them with EPIC. I have mixed feelings about the ER not even bothering to call report (we have a p...

1) See if there's a nurse residency program at some of the hospitals. Those positions don't usually appear until around graduation time for the nursing schools. In some cities, you need to have a really good GPA and your interview would need to go we...

I'm Catholic, and prior to my present job, I worked at Baptist affiliated hospital. Yes they had things like "We believe in the power of Christ, and we strive to live his message," but other than the daily "prayer/huddle" thing (which depending on wh...

What bothers me about the release of her information is that now, if she survives (which I hope), everyone or anyone who has been paying attention, will know her as the "Ebola Nurse." What with how "educated" our public is, future patients would be w...

I do 4-3. At my previous job, I would do 4-4, but yeah, I agree the burnout is a lot faster when you work overtime a lot. At my current job, I've figured out this balance thing in my head -- one day off is too little, two to three days is preferable ...

I've always felt that way, and yeah, as someone before has said, my biggest fear is to be aware of what's going on but not be able to communicate. If I was told I had stage IV cancer, and it was incurable (after the second opinion), I'd say, "Okay, s...

When I was getting my BSN, I thought that was as high as I wanted to go, and I had no interest in becoming an NP. I still have no interest in becoming an NP, but I want my MSN. My question to myself now is what am I going to get my MSN in? I have zer...

They had the CNL at the university near my in-laws (which is where I live at the moment), but at the moment, they've stopped admissions. I'm happy with the responses I've gotten! Thanks everyone:)

During my orientation at the hospital I work in now, I found a lot of people were in the new grad program who were not from Florida -- a lot of them were from out of state. I wasn't a new grad when I started here. I moved to Florida from Arkansas (I...

For some of these roles, does it matter what I get my master's in? I guess it would depend on facility to facility.

BAHAHAHAHA.

Do you also do staff development with your master's? I know my position could very well change in 5 years, but staying bedside (and preferably at night) is my current goal. As you can tell by my original post, I'm completely ignorant of what can be d...

Can you explain how that works? If a pt exhibits signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder or has a history of schizophrenia, do they ask you to come and see the pt before the doctor? I didn't know that required a master's.

When you say consultant, you mean the legal nurse consultant, right? I guess I wouldn't mind too much being an adjunct clinical instructor, but then again, I'd be waking up at the butt crack of dawn again, and I hated doing that, unless there was a ...

I was looking at the same concentration, but when I saw the university close to where I live no longer offers it, I thought, "...well there goes the one thing I wanted to do." I could pursue the whole DNP route for that, but I don't know. I think I w...

I'm guessing there's no opening at the clinics on base? I didn't care for the clinics on base -- I was told it was hard to get a job there, but I like bedside, and I wasn't that into outpatient. How much longer until your husband will PCS? Is there ...

If you get into all three, assuming you want to graduate "on time," you may just want to look at TWU or UT. I'm a little cynical about nursing school (I started at another program and then transferred to PV to completely start over -- long story), an...

I'm a PV alum -- I graduated back in December '12. Their GPA requirement hasn't changed that much, and as I've applied in the past to all three BSN programs in Houston (4 if you count UTMB), they have the lowest GPA requirement. I think I had a ~2.75...