CharlieTaco

You should not move until you have gotten a job which probably won't happen without at least 1 year of acute care experience. The plasma stuff won't count. The job market in San Diego is really bad, new grad positions get 2000 apps for 10 spots. Your...

Everyones advice is completetly correct, the nurse was not supposed to give meds that way and she was probably not the best person to mentor you with the kind of attitude shown. With that said, you are done on that unit. If she is well liked, you jus...

It would make no sense for them to hire an LVN if they had to have a RN standing next to them the whole time. But at the end of the day, if you decide to push this issue, you will probably be fired by the end of the week. Do you really think a surgeo...

From your questions, it seems that you don't have any idea about the anatomy of the heart, the electrical conduction system of the heart and the various heart rhythms. If you don't understands these, you won't be able to understand what the question ...

Couple of things, This is not a stage 2, stage 2's don't have slough meaning that this is either a stage 3 or stage 4. You can't really tell because the slough is covering, you dont know if its just skin or if there is bone under there. Wet to dry dr...

I like to keep thank you notes short and to the point for example: Thank you for pooping in the bed or please come back soon we miss you. Things like that.

Your explanation was not really correct. If the pt had a high INR, she did not need sub Q heparin. It was probably started by protocol. Possibly by mistake. If she has a history of PE, she would need IV heparin to bridge if she ended up subtheraputi...

Many times RNs will ask a LPN why don't you get your RN. This will cause the LPN to think that this person is looking down on LPNs. In my experience this is not the case. The reason I would ask this question is because to me it doesn't make any logic...

Zoysn is supposed to be run over a four hour period. This is a new policy since most people used to run it as a rapid infusion 15-30mins. If your running it over 4 hours twice a day, what ever fluid is on the primary line would now be paused for a to...

lol, forgetting to change a dressing is probably the smallest mistake you could possibly make. If its supposed to be changed every 12 hours and you didn't do it, it was still changed that day. The Dr was blaming it on you because he didn't want to ma...

You ADN nurses have probably been working for a very long time and have not tried to get a new job lately so you are very defensive about your level of education because in your experience a very long time ago, it did not hinder your opportunities. T...

Being a CNA gives you no advantage in getting a job as a RN because of the difference of the roles. The advantage you get is that you will be considered an internal candidate and will get to know the managers who will be in charge of hiring you. This...

Lots of coffee because if you are still working, you won't be sleeping much.

When I was in nursing school I showered as soon as I got home. Now as a nurse I need to just sit down when I get home from work and watch a little TV and have a snack before I shower. I do take off my scrubs as soon as I get home. Some other nurses I...

Your state isn't broke because of welfare. It's broke because they invested their money with businesses that tried to get rich off crappy prepacked housing loans and when the whole system collapsed, so did your states money. The part that doesn't mak...

I really don't understand why any nurse would care if someone was paying for there health care. How is it any of your business? Your job is to take care of them, not judge them. And if you have that attitude, you probably aren't giving them the best ...

I'm not trying to say anything bad about LTC or the experience you get there. It's alot of work and it definitely shows employers that you can keep a job and that your a stable employee. I was not trying to say quit without another job secured, that ...

To be polite, curse word, curse word, curse word again. Some other words towards him that I won't say.

You should also being looking for a new job now. That one year experience that your talking about getting, your not actually getting right now. It's one year acute care experience, not LTC. After a year there you aren't anymore qualified in the eyes ...

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I agree with the advice given, but watch out posting things like this, if her family decides to sue for some reason, they will look on social websites for information and any doubt on your part that is expressed can be used against.

If the old employees are too stuck in their ways and won't change, you might have to clean house, otherwise they will poison all the new hires and you will have this problem forever.

Don't put your standard clinical experience on the resume. Everyone in your state has the same requirements so every hospital knows what you did in school. Writing down: Intro to nursing-took vitals signs and gave bed baths isn't going to help you. H...

Don't quit until you have another job but just know that one year experience rule doesn't apply to you because what they want is one year acute care experience. Your not getting that and will be considered the same as a new grad to nurse recuiters ex...

I agree with everyone else about this not being a problem you should have to solve, it is her responsibility to take care of her kids. Your manager is not going to be happy at all and will probably not let you transfer. Most hospitals won't allow tra...