NurseNancy88

I've been working as a staff RN in a large federally funded community health clinic and a big part of my job is triaging walk-ins and phone triaging. In my experience, sure a book would help with the basics, but I have found that it ultimately comes down to with the providers at the clinic feel comfortable seeing and how they prefer certain patient situations are handled. While nursing judgment is needed, decisions on how to address most patient situations are very provider driven.

Well I am relatively new to my area and haven't been at working at my current workplace for very long. The only 2 nurse leaders I know are (who I think are incredible examples of nurse leaders) are my direct supervisor and DON, and as silly as it may sound, I am not comfortable with them knowing that I am pursuing a master's. My fear is that they will perceive me as uncommitted to the organization, or that I will leave as soon as I am done with school. Just a personal perspective I suppose.

I don't know why anyone would waste their time to thoughtfully respond to random interview questions if they're not even a nurse but I suppose you're right. Now, I don't mind sharing my personal reasons if you are wanting to offer helpful feedback as a nurse leader, otherwise there is no need to stray from the original post, thanks.

Hello, my name is Nancy, and I am a student pursuing my master's in nursing with an emphasis in healthcare systems leadership. One of our assignments is to interview a nurse leader. I would greatly appreciate if someone in this position would respond to the interview questions, as for I am not able to complete this interview with nurse leaders I personally know. I would greatly appreciate if any nurse leader is willing to take the time to answer the following interview questions. Here are the questions: 1) Describe the organization that you work in, including the culture of the organization and your responsibilities as a leader. 2) Describe your leadership style. 3) Describe the steps taken to get in your current leadership position. 4) What has been your biggest challenge as a leader? 5) What has been your greatest achievement as a leader? Thanks again! It would be very much appreciated!

Hi! I'm a new grad nurse, trying to find a position that offers variety and where patients aren't in too acute of a condition. The hospital near my house has a few openings in a progressive care unit and short stay. I'm not too familiar with either of those being as I did not do clinical rotations in either of those units during school. Will somone explain what I would expect in each of those? Are those areas that would be recommendable to start off on as a new grad? Any advice is appreciated, thanks!

Hey my fellow nursing peers! So just a quick introduction: I graduated this may with my BSN in nursing, landed my first job on on a medsurg floor in a hospital. My dream and passion as long as i can remember is to get my nurse practitioner or dnp license, run a private practice, and regularly team up with other health care professionals maybe a few times a year to provide healthcare services in third world countries or impoverished areas. I've gone a medical mission trips to Mexico and other countries and completely loved every minute of serving those in imminent need of health care services. However, I've realized that in order to branch out of bedside nursing, at least a year of hospital experience is required. I realize these ideas may seem a little far fetched but these are dreams really close to my heart as cheesy as that sounds and any advice and feedback is welcome. So here are my questions: how many years of bedside hospital experience should i have before pursing a family nurse practitioner or dnp? how many years of working in a clinic should i have under my belt?? any advice on how to pursue any of this?? I've looked into University of WA's DNP program but it didn't say much about what type of clinical or hospital experience is required. Any advice helps! Thanks!

Hey my fellow nursing peers! So just a quick introduction: I graduated this may with my BSN in nursing, landed my first job on on a medsurg floor in a hospital. My dream and passion as long as i can remember is to get my nurse practitioner or dnp license, run a private practice, and regularly team up with other health care professionals maybe a few times a year to provide healthcare services in third world countries or impoverished areas. I've gone a medical mission trips to Mexico and other countries and completely loved every minute of serving those in imminent need of health care services. However, I've realized that in order to branch out of bedside nursing, at least a year of hospital experience is required. I realize these ideas may seem a little far fetched but these are dreams really close to my heart as cheesy as that sounds and any advice and feedback is welcome. So here are my questions: how many years of bedside hospital experience should i have before pursing a family nurse practitioner or dnp? how many years of working in a clinic should i have under my belt?? any advice on how to pursue any of this??

Thanks for the feedback everyone! So in relation to responses, the most appropriate thing to do would be to call the nursing director who interviewed me, and explain that I will be accepting another job offer from a different hospital. Would it be inappropriate to explain the reason being a higher salary? I know this is a silly question but sometimes I think a fault of mine is being too honest to the point of being naive... Or is it best to leave that out? I appreciate any input!

So the deal is I recieved two job offers from jobs I interviewed for. I got called back from job 1, accepted, but have not signed anything but am "provisionally" hired waiting on criminal background check and references. Job 2 is what I really wanted, but was sure I wouldn't get a call back from them. However, they called back, I accepted that job and should be meeting with an employee specialist from HR to sign paperwork. My question is, what is the best way to go about declining job 1 without burning bridges there? Should I call the nursing director who interviewed me or the human resources manager? And what would I say to either one to not destroy any chance of getting hired by them again incase I wanted to relocate to that facility sometime in the future? Help?

I would say it can be done. People in my class worked part time as PCTs or CNAs on weekends and I had a part time job as a private caregiver with very flexible hours working 1-3 hours/day about 2-4 times a week with a stroke patient. There's no way I could have worked a rigid schedule, I needed flexibility because sometimes it is hard to predict how long and assignment or studying will take you. However, you don't want to burn yourself out either, I would say nursing school comes first and is priority while you're in school. It's not worth sacrificing that for a low paying job that barely gets you by.

So the deal is I recieved two job offers from jobs I interviewed for. I got called back from job 1, accepted, but have not signed anything but am "provisionally" hired waiting on criminal background check and references. Job 2 is what I really wanted, but was sure I wouldn't get a call back from them. However, they called back, I accepted that job and should be meeting with an employee specialist from HR to sign paperwork. My question is, what is the best way to go about declining job 1 without burning bridges there? Should I call the nursing director who interviewed me or the human resources manager? And what would I say to either one to not destroy any chance of getting hired by them again incase I wanted to relocate to that facility sometime in the future? Help?

I say no. In my opinion, you aren't paying for a more prestigious nursing program, but rather a '7th day adventist' education, the school's denomination.

Thanks for the input! My concern is recieving less training at hospital 2 just because I missed their deadline for a residency program I think, but it's an exceptional hospital, but then again I don't want to just go with that because of the "status" of working there if hospital 1 would make me less stressed out as a new grad. I'm stuck! I appreciate the feedback!

I just graduated in May and got two job offers and wanted some input as to what to consider as I make my choice. I'm going to list pros and cons of each and hope for some guidance as to which route I should go! Any input is appreciated! Hospital 1: -full time position + benefits - pay: $26.64/hr (haven't told me what the shift differential is yet) - type of unit: floating back and forth between pediatrics + med/surg floor - residency program - 6 minutes away from my house - high turn-over rate = lower job satisfaction Hospital 2: - prestigious hospital - part time position + benefits (they told me they will work on getting me on full-time, but no guarantee) - pay: $27.64/hr + $3.50 for night shifts and weekends - type of unit: post-surgical - lower turnover rate = higher job satisfaction - partial tuition re-imbursement for master's programs (very interested!) - 15 minute drive from my house - 8 weeks of training (less than hospital 1) I think they are both great options and I wish I could take both. A long term goal of mine is to be a family nurse practictioner, which makes me inclined to go with Hospital 1, but I want to start somewhere I will be a long time, and Hospital 2 seems to invest more in their employees. I'm stuck!! Are there any other factors I should be considering?