RW23RN

RW23RN BSN, RN

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  1. University of South Alabama dual FNP/ENP Summer 2021

    RW23RN replied to andrewPRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in the AGAC/FNP dual program, started Fall 2020. If you don't get any bites here, there are some active FB groups you can search for by the school name. Good

  2. University of South Alabama BSN to FNP Fall 2020

    RW23RN replied to babyblue1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I emailed the help desk yesterday to see if they could give me my jagmail and they said there was no info on my account yet like it hadn’t been set up.

  3. University of South Alabama BSN to FNP Fall 2020

    RW23RN replied to babyblue1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yay-hopefully that means the rest of us will get them

  4. University of South Alabama BSN to FNP Fall 2020

    RW23RN replied to babyblue1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I had one through work, but you can go to any of the Request a Test or direct to consumer labs and order one. That’s what I did with varicella

  5. University of South Alabama BSN to FNP Fall 2020

    RW23RN replied to babyblue1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You might be right about that, and maybe I’m just a random outlier..but kudos to y’all for getting your apps in early and having great GPAs. I was worried about mine not being good enough but that...

  6. School Pretty Much Canceled Clinical

    RW23RN replied to Futurenurse7321's topic in General Students

    OP- I’m so sorry you are in this boat. You are entering nursing at a very strange time! Today I’m starting a new job at a new hospital (like my 10th new nursing job in my career!) and...

  7. University of South Alabama BSN to FNP Fall 2020

    RW23RN replied to babyblue1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I missed the email last Thursday because I wasn’t expecting it this soon! Saw it Friday-I applied for the Dual Role FNP/AGAC for Fall. I know several that are in or have gone thru the dual or adult...

  8. Precepting in the MICU... yikes!

    RW23RN replied to danceyrun's topic in MICU, SICU

    Depends on the hospital you are working in-if it is a large or small ICU. Don't be scared-just absorb what you can and ask lots of questions. The nice thing about ICU is that you have 2-3 patients...

  9. Can't believe the difficulty hiring CMs

    RW23RN replied to mclennan's topic in Case Management

    Interesting-I'm thinking of leaving bedside (ICU) and agency work (ICU, MS, LTC) and getting into Case Management but I have been worried that I wouldn't be qualified. (5 years as RN, with BSN). Maybe...

  10. Is health care a "right"

    RW23RN replied to tulip5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't know that its a right or not. But I can get used to the concept. I think done correctly it would lower hospital admissions for chronic diseases. However, I'm not sure we've gone about it...

  11. Nurses 6:1 Patient Care Techs 25:1 in an Acute Care Setting. Is this fair??

    RW23RN replied to KatieCutieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just be aware, before facilities go improving ratios in favor of long term cost savings, they will pass the buck to the nursing staff. Hopefully none of us lose our jobs when patients don't get...

  12. How often do bad references for good workers happen?

    RW23RN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That happens too. My point is, it doesn't matter if you're a good worker or not, still an employee or not. Bad references happen to good nurses and you just have to have some back ups and roll with...

  13. CNA at St Francis while in nursing school!

    RW23RN replied to sbear24's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I did the same thing, on a telemetry unit. The only thing I would add is to take advantage of their extern program. I externed in the ER there and an ICU, very helpful in choosing what I wanted to do...

  14. How often do bad references for good workers happen?

    RW23RN replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This happened to me today actually! I have been awaiting reference checks for a new job, I got a call today saying they needed another professional reference because I had a negative one from a...

  15. Seriously?!?!

    RW23RN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Oh, also you can thank the computerized EHR for that. On my initial patient screen all your info pops up-regligion, allergies, insurance-and sometimes a nice scanned photo of your insurance card. Its...

  16. RUDE!!

    RW23RN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So I've been do some agency work at some smaller outlying hospitals in my area. I've been working a couple of them long enough to recognize the frequent flyers which generally consist of nursing home...

  17. RUDE!!

    RW23RN replied to RW23RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agreed. But I am so sick of writing incident reports. The wheel fell off a bed with a patient in it yesterday, scared the both of us to death when it crashed to the floor but fortunately that's all-no...

  18. RUDE!!

    RW23RN replied to RW23RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't have the expectation when I'm out shopping or anywhere else that I frequent that I am always right. I recognize that I should have a certain level of expectation but that people have off days,...

  19. Seriously?!?!

    RW23RN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    My Ex used to work in the ER downtown...oh the stories!!! I could never figure out why this particular hospital's policy was to give homeless guys with headaches 3 times a week a bed overnight, 2...

  20. Excited about starting to travel but spouse is getting nervous

    RW23RN posted a topic in Travel

    I've been talking about traveling for awhile and recently started researching different agencies and such. When I started talking to my husband, who works as an ER Tech/EMT, about traveling, he was...

  21. Any ICUs or critical care settings where the standard ratio is 1:1?

    RW23RN replied to edogs334's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree. I quit that job for that very reason. I went to my manager and told her I didn't feel safe with those ratios, I didn't think it was good that more than half my shift was new grads or less...

  22. No gloves ever?!?

    RW23RN replied to dizzyray822's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sometimes when we have been on the job awhile, we get a little bit lackadaisical about policies and standards. There are times that I run into an insolation patients room quickly to stop a pump...

  23. Can I bolus this patient? A legal / practice question about sedatives and narcotics

    RW23RN replied to simvee's topic in MICU, SICU

    Interesting debate. I had the same problems with Cerner-maybe the bolus should be a seperate PRN order so we can chart them appropriately. At my new hospital, all of our patients on narcotic drips...

  24. Anyone have NPs in their ICU?

    RW23RN replied to jcurlygirl's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have NP's that work with the hospitalists. I wish Oklahoma would give NP's more latitude, because it seems like they run back to the hospitalist on anything and everything. But sometimes I can win...

  25. Should I Quit Now?

    RW23RN replied to NewTexasRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Don't be too discouraged. I started in the ICU as a new grad-its a whole different ball game. Fortunately I had a preceptor that liked to teach. I kept a notebook in my pocket and scribbled questions...