Amistad

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  1. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    Amistad replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    I will say my "clinic nurse" job may sound less impressive to non-nurses, but I couldn't care less about that!

  2. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

    Amistad replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

    I went from inpatient nursing to clinic. A lot of my inpatient colleagues are also looking for jobs away from the bedside for various reasons: burnout, different hours to meet the needs of their...

  3. Hope you can help

    Amistad replied to Mreed8959's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree with the other helpful posters on this thread. Contact your BON and school for assistance. It may also be helpful to take a nursing refresher course if there is one in your area. The ones...

  4. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    Amistad replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my first hospital job out of nursing school, we had a notoriously mean/nasty patient who I was lucky enough to have in my assignment on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day... At one point there...

  5. clinical job

    Amistad replied to nursellama's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Check indeed.com's postings. Also research the clinics and doctors offices in your area, look at their websites for job postings, or even walk in with your

  6. How long should I wait for transfer possibility?

    Amistad replied to tsm007's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would suggest asking the recruiter or your nurse manager if it would be possible to shadow on the prospective units to get a feel for them and see where you'd be a good fit. Also I always think...

  7. Drowning in prior authorizations... Help!

    Amistad replied to Amistad's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Yeah I've started using cover my meds and it helps save some time, but the meds still get denied half the time. Oh well. :-P Thanks for the encouragement

  8. Drowning in prior authorizations... Help!

    Amistad replied to Amistad's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I suppose I could delegate some tasks to the MAs.. I feel a little awkward doing this being new and I feel bad giving them more work to do. But I guess if it would benefit patients I should do

  9. Drowning in prior authorizations... Help!

    Amistad replied to Amistad's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I work between a few offices. we have 10+ providers, 2 MAs and 2 RNs including myself. I'm assigned to 2 of the MDs and take care of their refills, prior auths, phone calls, etc but we switch around...

  10. Considering applying for a BMT Unit, questions

    Amistad replied to srleslie's topic in Oncology

    Let us know if you made your decision and are working in

  11. Considering applying for a BMT Unit, questions

    Amistad replied to srleslie's topic in Oncology

    Srleslie, I LOVED working in BMT, and also knew very little about it before taking the job there. On my unit, our nurse-patient ratio was typically 3:1 or 4:1. Like Tokebi I am still learning,...

  12. Need help IV discontinue

    Amistad replied to melcolbstorm's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

  13. PT fell... Now I'm paralyzed with fear

    Amistad replied to mevsmom's topic in General Students

    I had an experience similar to SoldierNurse when I had my first patient fall... It was very traumatic for me to find my patient, who was not designated as a "fall risk" lying in a pool of blood. I...

  14. Pain medicine and bone mets

    Amistad replied to esrun00's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Does heat work at all for bone mets? Some of my patients find heated blankets comforting in addition to medication, but I haven't had someone with bone mets. I've seen some patients recently with...

  15. Taking a break from work for a few years

    Amistad replied to hlalo310's topic in Canada

    My aunt took several years off to raise her kids and she got a job working inpatient afterwards. It may not seem too promising now with the job market the way it is but you never know how it will be...

  16. Central Line Air Embolism

    Amistad replied to Amistad's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for your response core0!! Those theories make sense to me. I actually had a patient today who suffered a stroke a few months ago after a central line was pulled because he threw a clot....

  17. Central Line Air Embolism

    Amistad posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi there! I was recently reading about central lines and how the patient should be lying down while we remove them to prevent air embolism. Most of my patients have Hickmans and ports, but we do...

  18. pump vs gravity

    Amistad replied to nurmac's topic in Oncology

    I work in inpatient oncology. We give most of our chemos with pumps, except for ones given by slow IV push. I think the advantage to hanging by gravity is if the IV infiltrates, the bag will stop...

  19. Why OR nursing?

    Amistad posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi there! I recently had the opportunity to observe in the OR for a day. They were doing a live donor kidney transplant and the circulating nurse pulled me back and forth between the donor and...

  20. Don't go into nursing school if_____

    Amistad replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    Hahahah and definitely

  21. Don't go into nursing school if_____

    Amistad replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Students

    Don't go into nursing if... You don't mind working 8 hours straight without a lunch or bathroom break sometimes.. Or a lot of the time

  22. Very discouraged...I regret not becoming a CNA during RN school.

    Amistad replied to Cynnie24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think working at the same job for 5 years looks really good on a résumé actually. Shows commitment. If a hospital is going to train you as a new grad (which is very expensive) they're going to...

  23. Top Ten Reasons for Being Fired - Falsification of Documentation

    Amistad replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have links to the other "Top Ten Reasons.." articles?

  24. It is *not* a pannus...

    Amistad replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha omg laughing so hard at

  25. Fired at last week of Orientation and need advice.

    Amistad replied to Newgradrn13nc's topic in General Nursing

    I would put the orientation experience on my résumé. You learned a lot during that orientation and your future managers would appreciate your honesty. Med errors happen for many reasons, big and...