Swellz

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    5 yr Nurse Burnout

    Swellz replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Almost 6 years in and I feel your pain. I moved to Florida, and healthcare culture is so different down here than where I started my career. Everything is on the nurses - nobody talks to eachother,...
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    Alexa, I need to go to the bathroom???

    Swellz replied to drkshadez's topic in General Nursing

    I posted about this before. They are trialing it at one of the hospitals in my health system; fortunately, when I was working there, it wasn't functional because of "internet issues" but there were...
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    Back on med/surg after 15 years

    Swellz replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure the IV thing will just take
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    PARTING GIFT

    Swellz replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    As a staff nurse, I wrote a few thank you notes to people who really went to bat for me at that job, and brought cookies in for the staff on my last day. As a traveler, whenever I leave a contract, I...
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    how often do you chart a note and PRIORITIZATION

    Swellz replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    Is this an actual policy? If there is no policy saying you need to do that, I would stop. That's insane, a waste of time, and impossible to do with 6
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    looking for my first contract

    Swellz replied to limepopsicles's topic in Travel

    Landing a first job in a specialty is not a fair comparison to traveling with only one year of experience. A new specialty is going to have a plan for training and support - in travel, you're hired...
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    Resume guidance for former traveler

    Swellz posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have a couple questions. I'm a travel nurse currently on a local assignment, but looking to change specialties and therefore get a staff job. I haven't had to do a proper resume in a couple years,...
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    Oncology NP

    Swellz replied to meilia's topic in Oncology

    This can be very facility-dependent. Check with the health systems in your surrounding area and see what they are looking
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    Skin/Wound rounds

    Swellz replied to JamiePedsRN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    We did this hospital-wide at my first job. We had skin champions from our unit who would go to another unit and check every patient and vice versa. Anything identified as new or worsening on that day...
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    looking for my first contract

    Swellz replied to limepopsicles's topic in Travel

    Yeah, I missed that you had only one year of acute care experience. That could be your problem. Most travelers have more experience, so they are more desirable candidates in comparison. Have you asked...
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    looking for my first contract

    Swellz replied to limepopsicles's topic in Travel

    Is it your first contract? Before I had a contract under my belt, it did take a couple tries to get a call. Are you only applying to oncology positions? If you're willing to work elsewhere in the...
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    Life in Prison for Doctor in Opioid OD Death

    Swellz replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Props to that pharmacist. I worked in a retail pharmacy for years before becoming a nurse, and most pharmacists would just refuse the prescription, but not report the doctor. I worked with 7 or 8 over...
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    Free teaching labor

    Swellz replied to Theresasnakeinmyboot's topic in General Nursing

    I've never gotten paid for precepting a student or a new hire, but I've only had a student on a one-day-at-a-time basis, not over a weeks-long preceptorship where I'm essentially their clinical...
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Swellz replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    At this point, whether OP should have chosen this job or not is irrelevant; nursing school costs time and money and it's already been spent. It only makes sense at this point to explore alternative...
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    Safe staffing vent

    Swellz posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday I was floated to a hospital I had never been to before. I walked through a new wing, past a lobby with a fountain, into new, single-patient rooms fitted with Alexa to assist you with paging...
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    Safe staffing vent

    Swellz replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    There were signs on the walls with specific instructions. It was something along the lines of, "Alexa, page my nurse". But like I said, it didn't work. Another hospital is piloting smartphones that...
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    Too soon to travel?

    Swellz replied to AdventuressRN's topic in Travel

    Preach, Hiddencat. I thought 3.5 years experience was enough, but I went from a major academic center to a community hospital, from oncology to ED holds/float, and from one "culture of medicine" (from...
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    How to become a clinical nurse researcher

    Swellz replied to PYCN39's topic in Research

    Can anyone share their path to becoming a research nurse? I have an interest in research in oncology; while I have oncology experience, I don't have any research experience, and every job seems to...
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    Med-Surg Negativity

    Swellz replied to jthoma43's topic in Nursing Career

    It depends on the environment. I haven't hated every med-surg floor I've worked on, but every floor I've genuinely hated working on was med-surg. If you have a good support system and a good team,...
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    Residency Contract Buy-out

    Swellz replied to hoorayme's topic in Nursing Career

    I've never heard of a hospital buying out a contract from another hospital, but I have heard of nurses paying back their contract. I've also heard of nurses simply not paying it and the hospital never...
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    Safe staffing vent

    Swellz replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I think this whole MS-tele-stepdown continuum I'm in just isn't for me anymore. Not that other specialties don't get dumped on, but it's been almost 6 years. Time to try something
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    HELP!!!!! PANICKING! Career change??

    Swellz replied to rn9687's topic in Nursing Career

    This is very true. I worked with nurses who would get write ups for things you wouldn't normally get write ups for, but that kept them from being able to transfer for 6 months. I was a traveler on a...
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    Safe staffing vent

    Swellz replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    You know the funny part is that Alexa didn't even work because of internet issues. My patients managed to get me with the call bell just
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    HELP!!!!! PANICKING! Career change??

    Swellz replied to rn9687's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd be surprised if their wasn't a policy. Every hospital I've worked at it was 6 months to a year in a position before you could transfer, and you couldn't transfer if you had write ups (tardiness,...
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    Already feel like giving up

    Swellz replied to Toaster2k18's topic in General Nursing

    Does your school have people that help with interviews/resume review? My nursing program had a small office that offered mock interviews and let you drop off your resume for them to critique. I...