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  1. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Samadamsnurse please read within the above quote I replied to your comments above. Thanks for your

  2. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I critically think everyday and I do well with it. I just need to hear if others have been told "they got it or they don't". To me that's over simplified

  3. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would just like to say that to learn critical thinking, one must have the tools they need to do their job. This entails the clinical educator to be present when needed and lateral support from...

  4. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    As far as using the nursing process, I am familiar how to use this in my practice. My problem did not lie with just that area but the orientation, lack of experience and general failure in putting the...

  5. Avoiding the "pecking order"

    LTCnurse11 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm looking for advice about workplace politics. This last year I got a job on a med surg floor and learned first hand what it is like getting caught in the so called political pecking order of the...

  6. Avoiding the "pecking order"

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The critical thinking statement came from another thread to which the other posted responded. Sorry for the

  7. Avoiding the "pecking order"

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I mean expecting the employer to do all the

  8. Avoiding the "pecking order"

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, part of the problem was with my effort to educate myself on team dynamics and not expecting the employer to do all of the work. I tried hard when it came to fitting in. My anxiety truly got the...

  9. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Grntea, I believe in your type of thinking. It's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing but what "critical thinking" really is. My whole purpose in posting this question was to point out how...

  10. New Grad interested in ICU

    LTCnurse11 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm interested to hear how nurses, new and seasoned got their start in ICU and qualities/ strengths possessed to work in this type of environment. Skills, critical thinking, prioritizing, all of the...

  11. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Very, very interesting. I'm enamored to hear this

  12. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My experience with patient care relating to critical thinking has drawn together through various experience in long term care, EMS and a little med surg. Surprised to hear the nursing manager speak to...

  13. New Grad interested in ICU

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks

  14. Critical Thinking: you have it or you don't. Agree or disagree?

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I agree RNperdiem but I've heard a few people make that statement. I'm a new nurse and I still need to learn many things. Some people get it easier but others have to work at

  15. Overwhelmed but scared to disappoint...

    LTCnurse11 replied to CGauvinRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There is no way I would ever have taken a job like that without experience. 1 year isn't even enough time to know how to manage tasks let alone run a subacute unit. Wow. Good

  16. How hard is it to get ICU position for new grad?

    LTCnurse11 replied to NRKB's topic in Nursing Career

    I get what you're saying about needing to know your stuff and have strong critical thinking, rapid assessment and analytical skills, but to say ICU nurses are the best of the best is just plain

  17. How hard is it to get ICU position for new grad?

    LTCnurse11 replied to NRKB's topic in Nursing Career

    No offense, but I think it is rather rude to believe ICU nurses are "the best of the best". Really? So how do these nurses consider themselves the best if that's all they've known? How do they know ER...

  18. New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

    LTCnurse11 replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    In honesty, this post is borderline offensive. Someday you might be siting in your own excrement. Sorry if you think I'm catty and mean by having just said that but honestly---I provided care for...

  19. Asking pertinent questions -- RN or 18 months

    LTCnurse11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know people have said time and again there is no such thing as a stupid question. But is it possible to have been through an orientation and struggle because the questions you're asking aren't...

  20. Asking pertinent questions -- RN or 18 months

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in General Nursing

    What do you mean....such as pertinent labs and diagnoses? Can you give me some

  21. New Grad of 18months seeking input on Travel nursing

    LTCnurse11 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello to all nurses of any experience level: I had a phone interview with a representative from an agency based out of California this past Wednesday. I was wondering how everything in the travel...

  22. New Grad of 18months seeking input on Travel nursing

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Travel

    I said no to American mobile and have made the decision to continue to apply to hospitals nearby. Hopefully I will find a place where I can gain more

  23. Interviewed for Travel Nursing Job

    LTCnurse11 posted a topic in Travel

    I had a phone "interview" with a representative from an agency based out of California this past

  24. New Grad of 18months seeking input on Travel nursing

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Travel

    Just to clarify, I do not work for American Mobile. I was interviewed last week and was contacted by a recruiter and she discussed setting me up with a contract. I was not quite sure about the options...

  25. New Grad of 18months seeking input on Travel nursing

    LTCnurse11 replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Travel

    I figured that was an expectation, however I just wanted to hear it from others as well. What about long term care facilities in travel nursing, does anyone know how the pay rate is for LTC RNs as...