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I recently applied for the and infection control nurse 2 position and they would like for the candidate that gets the job to obtain CIC certification in 2.5 years. I just want to know if anyone has taken this test and how hard is it? What would you r...

It depends on the hospital. When I graduated I had to rotate between day and night shift and I absolutely wanted to shoot myself! Thank god where I work don't require that. I think if you can provide medical proof why you cannot work night shift, th...

I have no idea what I got for nursing week since I am on leave!

You will gain an invaluable experience in the ER. We typically don't like nursing students who stand around with their hands in their pockets! There is always something to go do like starting iv's, putting in foley, NG tubes, straight cathing a patie...

As a former oncology nurse, I can tell you that you have 4 hours to transfuse a unit of blood and if you are worried about congestion then get an order for lasix from the prescribing doctor. Most of the time I am giving 2-3 units of blood with lasix ...

I only had a year and a half experience as resp/ medsurg nurse when I did travel nursing. If u r looking to buy I would suggest get a feeling for the area. I had a condo I'm Miami but now I want to buy a house in central Florida. Cost of living in Mi...

I felt that I made enough when I was single and childless. Now with 2 kids it gets pretty challenging. Cost of living is just as high especially in Miami. One or two bedroom can cost you from $1000 and up and to rent a house you would be lucky to ge...

I don't make the announcement that I am a nurse but when I had my c-section about 1.5 weeks my doctor did it for me. I work in the ED so I hardly would even go to the L&D floor for them to recognize me.

I moved to Miami back in 2002 and I first had to get my license endorsed by the state of Florida from my previous state. Not sure how much that cost now. I then looked into travel nursing in order to secure a job before I actually moved to miami. I w...

It's policy at my facility to recheck the blood sugar if low or high and it even directs you to do do on the machine in case you have a mental lapse in judgement

Each ED is different and so I think that maybe you should give yourself some time to adjust to your new surroundings. You mention that you want to maybe move further south. The ER that I work in there is a patient ratio of 4:1 but at night that tend...

I moved from Ohio about 12 years ago and I was able to secure a travel assignment after 1.5 years of nursing experience in a hospital setting. I must say that a lot has changed since then and it is a lot more competitive. Depending on the area of Fl...

I think you will be fine as long as you keep an open mind. I came from a med/surg oncology background and transferred to ER about 7 years ago. I am still there. You just have to remember there is no specific routine like on the floor and once your pa...

I don't do too much OT these days since to me it's not worth my sanity! Now if I picked up the extra two days each pay period then yes! It all depends on the type of unit that you work as well.

The art of just saying NO works for me too.

Our policy is first 15 minutes, then 30 minutes, then 60 minutes so you have 3 sets of vital signs within the first hour of the transfusion. Then at the end we do another set. I usually try to stay in the room for the first 15 minutes. We have a tota...

Our ER techs do a great job of stocking and they includes for both day and night shift. The nurses are responsible for restocking the med room since we are the only ones with access to that room and it's assigned daily. The techs also get assigned f...

The words lazy and crazy comes to mind

Sounds like I need to move to Cali

An education is an investment in your future so really do you want to stay where you are or make a better life for yourself. I see many ppl complain about the cost of education but have no problems spending ridiculous amounts of money on designer clo...

Maybe you should have your clinician set up a skills fair and brush up on all the basic nursing skills for your unit. My ED has a skills fair about two times a tear for that purpose. So far our department has 0 incidences of cauti and our er techs r ...

Well in our ER we have 16 beds and are also instructed to pull till full. There is usually one triage nurse on the morning and if we get slammed very early then the primary and the charge nurse helps out with doing the triage until we get our 10 0r 1...

She will just go to the next hospital for them to replace her g tube and get what she wants! I am pretty sure she doesn't even need the tube.

I share your sentiments but I think if we got to see both worlds we will have a better understanding and hopefully improve the flow for the patients admitted from the ED!