INN_777 BSN, RN

Psychiatry, Oncology

Oncology to Psych. PMHNP candidate.

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    New nurse, two job offers

    INN_777 replied to Nurse0705's topic in General Nursing

    One way to go about it would be to take the day med surg job at a good hospital and transfer to ICU after getting experience under your
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    Days vs Graves

    INN_777 replied to ccosta70's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals have different philosophies on nights vs days for new grads. I started as a new grad a 1+ years ago and work rotating days/nights. Our hospital has new grads work predominantly days for a...
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    Residency program question

    INN_777 replied to RBlis's topic in General Nursing

    Residency programs are ran by hospitals to help new grads adjust to their jobs, to provide them with additional knowledge, a sounding board etc. But these programs are not something you have to...
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    Adult Primary NP vs. Adult Acute Care NP program?

    INN_777 replied to sy000316's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    ACNP. Your clinicals in Adult Primary will, likely, all be in primary care/outpatient setting, so you might not get the experience you need for the hospital
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    Psych NP vs Adult/Gero NP

    INN_777 replied to Liz12345's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Does your state school have a Post Master Certificate in Psych? Or are there affordable online PMCs in Psych? If so, is the cost of doing Adult/Gero + PMC in Psych still better than $88k? In that case...
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    Transitioning from a student to a nurse

    INN_777 replied to Sonia B's topic in General Nursing

    Easy? Hell no! But doable with motivation, perseverance, diligence and, preferably, good support
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    A Nurse's Hands

    INN_777 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Crying. Beautiful. Blessed be your
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    How much do you work on your days "off"?

    INN_777 replied to Haijun's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3 12s at a major hospital and this is not an issue. Yes, as new nurses we had to attend one day a month of nurse residency training for a year. We were paid for that time. Meetings are not...
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    looking for career change

    INN_777 replied to drezqmn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there: As you rightly pointed out, your education options include and Accelerated BSN or a straight to MSN type of program. You will need to take science prerequisites again which should be easier...
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    How do you deal with the stress of being a nurse?

    INN_777 replied to coffeemamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi coffeemama, Second career here as well. A little over a year in nursing so far on a very busy very acute Med-Onc unit. I have to say, my first 6 months, including orientation were the most...
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    Scribes for nurses. Yeah I like that!

    INN_777 replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    Even if we had a device to convert voice to chart, so we could mumble assessment/i&o/etc while we do it or otherwise on the go and it would populate the chart, that would be great. And in today's...
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    New Grad to ICU / Multiple Job offers

    INN_777 replied to AC777's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Very impressive! Congrats! My only advice is not to cancel other interviews until you have accepted an offer. Life is funny that way. Infrequently, but things do fall through. Or you might go to...
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    Help with reference

    INN_777 replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    Good
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    Help with reference

    INN_777 replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    @dishes, sure and they will check references at current employer after an accepted offer. All offer letters have an escape clause "contingent on positive reference and background checks". If they...
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    Zofran: IV push or Piggy Back?

    INN_777 replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in Oncology

    By my personal choice, I always push all my IV pushes over at least 2 minutes. Yes, I am willing to take the time to do this. Me too. And usually add a little extra time to what is recommended by...
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    Help with reference

    INN_777 replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am in my first nursing job (second career) and I just went through the process. I offered two former managers from my prior career. Peer references were all from nurses. Employer I was interviewing...
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    Help with reference

    INN_777 replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    Heronurse, do not approach your current supervisor! What if you don't get the job. These checks do not require your current supervisor, rather someone who was your manager at some point. Employers are...
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    I made a decision!

    INN_777 replied to gemmi999's topic in General Nursing

    Your new employer, that
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    I made a decision!

    INN_777 replied to gemmi999's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your decision! There isn't a huge difference between 10 months and a year. In addition your 10 months in a busy ED can be worth more to an employer that someone's 1.5 years in a less...
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    Zofran: IV push or Piggy Back?

    INN_777 replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in Oncology

    One of our most frequently given medications. Our pharmacy instructions say "undiluted over 2 minutes". I trust they have evidence behind
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    New nurse getting passed over

    INN_777 replied to ramonaa's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with previous posters, this is likely a resume issue, all else being equal. Also, instead of sending your resume to.these programs "cold", reach out to your buddies who are now working and see...
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    Advice Needed

    INN_777 replied to NurseAdjoa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Med surg. You'll get better training and experience in a hospital setting. Usually there is so much turnover that you'll hopefully be able to switch to a full time position soon. If not, you can pick...
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    Healthcare-related "what the heck?!?!" dreams

    INN_777 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I get a recurring nightmare at times, that I take one of my patients off the floor for whatever procedure and stay there with them for a while. When I come back, it's later in the morning, I haven't...
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    Need Advice! Want to do oncology as a specialty

    INN_777 replied to RN1967's topic in Oncology

    I have not worked in radiation oncology, but think that, if ultimate goal is to be certified in oncology, working on a Med-Onc floor would, certainly, give you all the experience you need. You will...
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    Words You Hate

    INN_777 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Melena.