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To those of you who provide conscious sedation for in-office procedures, what is your policy on recovery? Do you keep the patient on a cardiac monitor for an hour after the procedure? Or just until they are back to their baseline? Does an RN have to ...

I have never done telephone triage before, but I'm looking for a part-time work from home job. I'm planning to start FNP school in the fall and need to work 2 days per week if possible. Any advise on how to obtain work?? I've been looking online, but...

in my experience, "other responsibilities" referred to other patients. I have worked areas where the nurse put in orders for specimens/biopsies, etc without any issues. Of course, the specimen would be carried to pathology/lab by someone else or aft...

Hi all! I am applying to FNP program at Frontier but would also like to apply to CNM. If I could do anything in nursing i would become a CNM, but I'm afraid my job options would be limited by applying to this specialty instead of a degree like the FN...

Am I correct to assume that it is much easier to find a job as a fnp versus a midwife? I live in a small town in eastern NC. Also, can an fnp do anything ob related? Or just gyn?

Has anyone known any aesthetics nurses or just licensed aestheticians that owned there own businesses? I've heard that this is possible but I don't know if you have to work under a MD or what. I'm a BSN with 11 years of hospital experience. I would l...

I started a job less than 2 months ago at a large doctors office. They hired me when the nurse manager told them her role needed to be divided in to 2 positions. She has only been there a few months longer than me. Everyone continued to think of her ...

Update: the person they had in mind for the position turned it down. They have interviewed a few others but not made offers. I had assumed that they would've immediately approached me if they considered me competent for the position. Am I correct to ...

I should clarify that nobody called me a "side kick" or "assistant"...I just worried that they considered me as such. I will also update that the doctors approached me and it is now clear that they value me and want me to stay

Hi everyone, I've been a RN for 11 years. my background is ED, med/surg, ICU (small hospital),, but I've been a Radiology Nurse for the last 5 years (procedural nurse caring for ICU patients or anyone else except NICU and L&D). I'm considering lo...

what exactly is per diem?

Hi all! I have been a RN for 10 years. I've always worked in hospitals but now I have an interview with for an office nurse (it is an office run by university physicians, so it will be North Carolina state benefits). Has anyone else here worked for t...

Hi all, I have been a RN for 10 years. I almost took a job in post-partum as a new-grad but I decided I would be more marketable if I got med-surg experience before going in to a specialty. I have worked ED and procedural nursing since leaving the ge...

Im debating the same issue. Everyone says this degree doesn't offer much more pay than an RN, but I don't want to be doing RN work when I'm in my 60s....and I'm assuming I will still have to work at that age

does anyone know of midwives that have gotten jobs without L&D experience?

Hi all! I have been an RN for 8 years. I have a BS, but it is not in nursing. My BS is Environmental Health and my nursing degree is ADN. I am considering enrolling in an MBA program with concentration in Healthcare Administration. I originally consi...

I work in IR. Our department has hired all critical nurses for the last 2 years. Prior to that, the department was desperate for nurses and hired nurses from general floors and intermediate floors. The nurses from the intermediate floors generally we...

It limits your options in terms of having a MS that is in nursing vs a MS not in nursing. (If you want to go back to a clinical role that requires a MSN later)

I have worked in a free-standing ER. It had all the capabilities of an in-patient facility except admits had to be transferred to nearby facilities. The place I worked had CT, MRI, Ultrasound, diagnostic x-ray, a fast-track clinic(during certain time...

I have been an RN for almost a decade. I have worked in critical care, emergency care, procedural nursing. I want to eventually do non-clinical work and I assume I will need management experience to qualify for non-clinical jobs. My worry is that I w...

I think my biggest strength would be that I am fair. I definitely am able to delegate, because my current role as charge nurse is solely delegating and giving assignments. However, overall the nurses in my current department value a manager that is t...

MS Health Informatics will limit what you can do compared to a MSN with concentration in informatics. MS Health Informatics is geared for computer majors who want to work in healthcare(they assume you already have huge amount of computer background).

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Long term, I want opportunities that are don't involve clinical work. I work in a large hospital and would love to learn about finances. There are so many ways to help a hospital (and a patient) get fair reimbursement. I think nurses have some impact...

Hi all! I have been a RN for 8 years now. I am 37 years old, married with a toddler. I foresee myself working until I'm 70 years old because I am the bread-winner. I definitely don't want to be a nurse at that age, or even 10 years from now. So I'm ...