SGroRN87

I was adjunct for 2 years... spent 2 summer terms at my current employer and WOWed them so they hired me as full time! It's definitely tough to find a FT job as a nurse educator... Going for a doctorate is a great booster! Also, try to sit for CNE...

So a few weeks ago I posted on here about issues with a home care agency... basically, I gave four weeks notice that I was resigning due to things being the complete opposite of what I was told during an interview. Anyways, I had a few unlocked adm...

I resigned from my home care agency. I have completed all documentation but they want me to stay on for 2 weeks to have everything reviewed. I told them no that I did my documentation and they are threatening to turn me into the SBON. Can they leg...

As a nursing faculty, I carry liability insurance for my own protection even though our school has a blanket policy.

Essentially, they want me to wait until all of my OASIS documents are reviewed by QI/QA and then change answers according to their likes and preferences... which I think is fraud since I am the one that assessed these people. I have made correction...

I gave one month's notice!!! They want me to stay beyond that!

Yes, this teacher right here makes less (salary) than a brand new nurse in my area... But I love what I do... And only teaching 3 days per week with 5 weeks off at Christmas and summers off is a trade off for the lower wages...

Fellow allnurses, I need to share/vent/complain/etc.!!! I am full-time nursing faculty in an ADN program... LOVE my job!!! I wanted to get back to the bedside, but didn't want to be in acute care... 2 days of clinical a week is enough for me!!! So...

I have a MSN in education... for me it was a no brainer! I love teaching - that's why I went back to school. Just landed a FT tenure track position at the local community college... no summers!!! Pay is OK... I still have to work home health PR...

Congratulations! I, too, will be starting a FT tenure track position at the local community college. I have been adjunct for 3 years... FINALLY found a position!!!

Just accepted a full-time position at a community college teaching first year ADN students... $40k for a 9-month contract... This is after getting my foot in the door adjunct at 4 different schools after the past 2 years... It takes time, patience...

Well as an educator, I give all the patience and understanding to my students as long as they are performing at a reasonable level and aren't imminently going to kill someone. BUT... As a preceptor (in the past) I did not tolerate anything mentioned...

Just FYI, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing recently published a white paper advising all BSN programs to instill clinical hours into their curriculum. So if the program doesn't already have it... IT'S COMING!!! I strongly suggest tha...

I always tell my students... Take any experience that you can as a new grad. About 3 years ago, a student of mine told me flat out that she would never work in LTC. She would rather work at McDonald's. Well upon graduation, she had to take a job a...

Yes that too... It's all of those little things we don't consider...

Sorry!!! I got cut off... 7:30-8:30 assess patients and get vital signs 8:30-9:30 AM med pass 9:30-12:30 AM care, start blood products, check orders, round with docs 12:30-1:30 vital signs, meds, etc. 1:30-2:30 charting, take off more orders 2:30-3 ...

So here is what a typical 7-3 day on my medical/surgical oncology unit goes (with primary nursing) for 4 patients 6:30-7 review patient charts, orders, labs, eMAR 7-7:30 listen to report from night shift 7:30-8

Hello everyone! Just a quick question about heparin... I came from a hem/onc unit and we NEVER used heparin... I had a student, in clinical last week, who was assigned to care for a patient admitted with sepsis. The patient also had liver issues a...

Thanks for your input! I worked 8 years on a BMT hem/onc unit and as I said... we NEVER gave heparin to anyone. Just always like to know what my other colleagues do!

I'm in need of some comic relief this evening... As a brand-new GN, I took care of a young male patient after an overdose. His synapses did not recover well after being anoxic for several minutes. He was so agitated one evening that we had to put h...

Folks, I did not mean any harm by the post... I was simply pointed out my wrong choice of words in this situation... I still chuckle when I think about it... Of course the patient was taken to his room... My coworkers had the chuckle at MY expens...

I was focusing on my choice of words...

Hi! I teach clinical PT in their BSN program. It's undergoing some changes... BUT ONLY FOR THE BETTER!!! I would highly recommend the program to any potential students.

Hello everyone! I was offered a home health RN position yesterday. Since my experience had only been in acute care and education, I would like to have some input on the offer. This is a weekend RN position, working primarily Saturday/Sunday/Monday. ...

I graduated in 2005... During our final 6-week course we worked 1:1 with a preceptor (and no Pyxis code) we were expected to take a full patient load for that floor. I was on a step down unit with open hearts so that was 3-4 patients.