momof3lv

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1. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

   momof3lv replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical

   This is becoming a huge problem at the hospital I work with. Well i see it becoming a problem soon. Apparently there must be some secret initiative by management to only hire new grads or very inexperienced nurses with less than one year experience i...

2. Travel nursing with a tiny house?

   momof3lv replied to DeenieRN's topic in Travel

   I was just watching a show yesterday and though the same thing. How they think that is practical at 75 or so is beyond me.

3. Sick of night shift

   momof3lv replied to Jbetty's topic in Job Hunt

   You don't want to work nights but don't want to work days either? What other options are there? Most of the non bedside positions are usually bankers hours which is a lot of the appeal for some people. Not me but to each their own. If you want to st...

4. no reply from nurse manager

   momof3lv replied to tinybbynurse's topic in Job Hunt

   I would try applying for a peds position at the hospital and then you can transfer to nicu when you get some experience. I use to work in pediatrics and while they do hire new grads at times, most of their positions came from internal applicants or p...

5. Insight on Dilaudid?

   momof3lv replied to LifeIsBeachy's topic in Medications

   Oh you had the same patient as me. Lol

6. 2 yr vs 4 yr RN...starting over

   momof3lv replied to chrysalis2015's topic in ADN/BSN

   I've heard, and this is just from people talking so not sure if it's totally reliable but supposing Ny is not hiring anyone who doesn't have a bsn anymore. Maybe someone in that area will have some more info. I would say though it might be easier to ...

7. Does 1 month experience count against me to get into new grad residency?

   momof3lv replied to jellybeanjean's topic in Job Hunt

   If that's what it says then yes it will count against you. I've seen some postings where they say less than 6 months experience. But one of the big residency programs here always says must have no paid nursing experience to be accepted.

8. Nurse/Doctor Friendships

   momof3lv replied to RVRN2's topic in Relations

   Huh!?!?? I'm not sure why this is a question unless there is more to it? Assuming you are pass the age where your parents are setting up play dates for you it is okay to be friends and hang out with who ever you want. Now if your talking about hookin...

9. Job Shadow CRNA Las Vegas

   momof3lv replied to JAX0411's topic in SRNA

   I know the surgery center with southwest medical uses crnas. I don't know any personally though. You do realize that there are no crna programs here though so you will have to move to another state if that is something you want to do.

10. No pain meds in ER??

    momof3lv replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    I've had patients tell me the iv acetaminophen worked better then the other iv pain meds they were getting. Yet we hardly ever use it. Go figure.

11. No pain meds in ER??

    momof3lv replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

    This is the main problem. I think things need to be addressed with the prescribers. I get so annoyed when my patient has some minor pain complaint and the doc orders morphine as a first med. Seriously some dang Tylenol will work just fine or at the m...

12. Unable to endorse my license

    momof3lv replied to Mommynursegrace's topic in General Nursing

    California the state that won't accept excelsior grads but let's people who never go or finish nursing school to be lpns. Go figure.

13. MSN FNP 2016

    momof3lv replied to mikko.ringor's topic in Chamberlain College

    I'm starting in sept. Very nervous. Did you all have to have preceptors already lined up. My advisor is saying she can't enroll me until I set up my preceptors which is fine but then I see others posing how they don't anything set up a year into it. ...

14. How much do you work on your days "off"?

    momof3lv replied to Haijun's topic in General Nursing

    I don't hardly do any work stuff on my days off. Occasionally I will have to go in for an hour or two for training stuff or meetings but that is very rare. I work nights so I usually have enough downtime to do my computer training classes.

15. Non nurse to NP

    momof3lv replied to mishamo's topic in NP Students

    Why don't you look into becoming a PA instead of a NP? Seems like that would be a better route for someone with no nursing degree.