Boston-RN RN

I am an RN in an ED in Boston....and with the difficulty of new grads in MA getting jobs....especially in the ED it would benefit you greatly to keep up the cert. Any edge is still an edge. We have several RN's that were EMS before (and still are) an...

I finished EC almost 2 years ago. It took me 1 year total and I had a few gen ed courses. I got what I needed out of it. I found when interviewing if you take the time to explain to Nurse Managers how the program works and the kind of effort and s...

You might be in better shape to get a year experience under your belt before coming up. If you have a year there are plenty of jobs

How long from the time you graduated until you got your ATT? I know it varies by state but just a rough estimate....I've heard from 2-6weeks and that's a pretty big range. also how long did it take people that passed the first time to study for the ...

I depends on the tone in which the "I could never do your job" is spoken. My responses are normally... 1. It's the toughest job you could ever love (if someone is trying to compliment me) 2. it's not as bad as it looks (if they're just grossed out...

I think anything service related is helpful in dealing with difficult pts/families. I think the reason 2nd career nurses do pretty well is because they have a different perspective and know that the grass isn't really green anywhere. You need to fe...

Boston,MA is bracing for layoffs

What were the lung sounds and urine output? How were the I's vs. O's? What where their baseline vitals preop? Those vitals are just pieces of the picture.

Welcome to your first year as a nurse. Don't be too hard on yourself it's like this for EVERYONE. Your first year will be the one of the toughest of your career and you will here this over and over again. Time management is a very difficult aspe...

Shutting off the suction and plugging it with whatever is appropriate for your facility/equipment is considered "clamping" it. Depending on the type/size different options are available.

ENA..

I had to do it once, it was horrible. I was charge and she was going to be charge and I was giving her report and she smelled of ETOH. I finished giving report to her. I KNEW I could not leave I was fearful for my pts. I had worked with her for a...

I just got the email today that this is going to be starting in our ED..... I wish it was just to "check" on the pt. The responsiblity will lie with the tech and they have to check the "3 P's and 3 R's" Personal: pee/poo and asst if necessary Pai...

Our hospital requires all nurses and "essential" employees to get to work on time. We are near mass transit and they open up rooms/beds for people to stay over if need be. They also offer free meals to employees if it's really bad.

I have not heard of this. For those pts our facility was rolling out a glucose gel that could be given sub-buccal (sp) and can be absorbed without swallowing. Haven't seen it yet. Theres always IM injection. I would just worry with rectal admin ...

thanks for this thread....one problem I have (hopefully this isn't going to hijack) is identifing where the valves are....I have pretty decent success with my starts but more often than I would like I find a valve....any tips

Simple explaination: Free water would contribute to the hemodilution. Other beverages have sodium and other things in them. That's why sometimes you'll see someone on a fluid restriction and bet getting IVF.

I would agree with all the above. Isn't the point of having central access to have access and not need to have to find other access. Imagine this from the pt's point of view.

I agree with the above poster. I worked in an LTAC for a year (loved it). The biggies are trach, J/G tubes, HD patients and complex wound care (vacs). You will have patients that are there for months.

I recently put in a resume there through a friend. HR called and said they would be calling in a few days for a phone interview and a couple days later they called back and said the positions were filled for that floor but to put my resume in for an...

Did they give you a time frame on when the decision would be made. (or did you ask) If they did, I would wait until that day and follow up. If there was no discussion call now and ask if they have made a decision and if they have not when they wou...

OK I figured this would be a duplicate thread but I can't find one already started (if there is one please let me know) I have an interview on Tuesday in my hospital for an ED position. I have 2 years exp (1 as LPN and 1 as RN) on a med/thoracic-s...

There were 2 different things that were pretty good where I used to work... 1 was topic/sceniaro of the week we would be given a situation and we would discuss how it would be handled or how it would be handled differently than how it was handled.......

I had my interview today....with HR, the unit CNS and then the Mgr....it went very well ..... some of the questions - why do you want to work in the ED - what are your strong points / weak points - give an example of teamwork - give an example of a d...

Thanks for the help....I'll let you know how it goes.