myoglobin

myoglobin ASN, BSN, MSN

ICU, trauma, neuro

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  1. Do you have a side hustle?

    myoglobin replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in General Nursing

    I think this would work best with something you enjoy and or aspire towards becoming your second career. Thus authors, YouTube channel owners, documentary film makers, survivalist supply dealers,...

  2. Taking A&P 1&2 at the same time

    myoglobin replied to LD1289's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here's the thing if you need "A's" in both don't even consider it. Also, I wouldn't even attempt it while I was trying to work. If your professor falls toward the "easier" end of the spectrum and you...

  3. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    Also, along the lines of "sometimes nothing is better". At my current job when I transferred to ICU (from PCU/overflow) after two years at the hospital my preceptor didn't seem to like me. According...

  4. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    It would be fascinating and perhaps informative to see a study comparing a large number of nurses who felt a low degree of "bullying" verses those who felt they experienced higher rates and to see if...

  5. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    Confronting someone in authority over you is psychologically difficult. When I was being oriented I remember feeling that escalating conflict might cause me to be "targeted", and my paranoia was fed...

  6. MPH/MBA or Psych NP?

    myoglobin replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    The MBA route means management while the PMHNP means clinical practice. I would be hesitant to take the tuition reimbursement. Why? Well many hospitals (at least in my area ie Florida) do not hire...

  7. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    Your story and my personal experiences causes me to ask the perpetual question of "why"? Is it that this behavior occurs in all industries and is just undereported or is their something unique to...

  8. ICU Nursing

    myoglobin replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    The only negative that I see about CRNA school is that it is a "high risk/high reward" strategy. I have known two individuals (nurses in my ICU) who returned after failing out during the "clinical"...

  9. ICU Nursing

    myoglobin replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I have always told my SO that if I wasn't able to go the NP route (PMHNP) in my case and would thus stay in bedside that there is no substitute for California. Why? Ratios mandate no more than 4 to 1...

  10. ICU Nursing

    myoglobin replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Okay first my standard mantra. This is another reason why every facility needs unions. One of the things that unions require is that managers approve vacations by a certain time, and if they are...

  11. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    Why would it be fraud? I pay for a room where my stuff is stored while I’m away on a travel assignment. It resides in the state I’ve lived for ten years and plan to return to. My prn job is in...

  12. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    What fraud are you talking about? There was no fraud in my friend Travis living with me (he wasn't even working as a travel nurse). My buddy Dave made a serious offer to rent a room at his house for a...

  13. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    My point is that most people who do travel nursing will be in one of two situations. They own a home in which case they would want to rent the home both to offset expenses and to ensure that it...

  14. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    I'm not sure that I meet most of your criteria even now (and I've lived here for 10 years in Florida). a. I'm not registered to vote (don't want to get called for jury duty). b. I do not have health...

  15. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    We would have to get legally married first. If she was going to go that route then she would have probably done so sometime in the past 23

  16. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience in the ICU you are often "multitasking". Thus, I can be having a serious conversation with my manager over something I missed (say an NIH on a patient a month ago which she might...

  17. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    My main point is that in my experience surviving orientation if by far the most difficult part of the job as a nurse. No doubt part of the problem for me is that I am stubborn, anti-authoritarian and...

  18. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    The friend that I was referencing would actually designate a "room" as ours. Also, we would be able to use his address. Technically, we could return there anytime we wanted and when we actually "did"...

  19. My first medication error, I'm freaking out

    myoglobin replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    I think one of the main take away lessons is that pharmacy should also use scanning when dispensing medications and as importantly the bar code used should be integrated from the smallest packaging...

  20. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    You could also rent your home as an Airbnb or VRBO vacation rental to offset the mortgage. Here in Orlando many homeowners earn around $5-7K per month on typical 4 bedroom homes as vacation rentals...

  21. Travel Nursing is Always an Adventure

    myoglobin replied to tinyRN72's topic in Travel

    I've had coworkers offer to let me "rent on paper" for $50.00 per month and also let me use their home address for mail purposes. Even if someone charged $200.00 it might still be a good deal. Of...

  22. First E-Cigarette Ban: Mark a Win for Public Health

    myoglobin replied to Jill Weberding MPH's topic in Nursing News

    I would favor a law which "diverted" tobacco taxes towards ecigs/ and nicotine replacement products (in other words these would be very cheap almost free) while at the same time making tobacco...

  23. First E-Cigarette Ban: Mark a Win for Public Health

    myoglobin replied to Jill Weberding MPH's topic in Nursing News

    I am much less concerned about vaping than smoking. Here's a "thought experiment" if you could replace every smoker with a "vapor" by snaping your "cosmic" fingers what would be the impact on public...

  24. Bullied as a kinda new nurse

    myoglobin replied to allyyy's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is a matter of perspective. To me my primary job as a preceptor is to the best of my ability to equip the orientee to "survive" his/her new job and hopefully to prosper. I don't see myself...

  25. Am I Too Old?

    myoglobin replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I believe that like the RN in Southern California is experiencing that location may also be a factor. Ultimately, becoming an NP and getting your own practice or becoming a travel nurse, or moving may...