Hoosiernurse

Hoosiernurse ADN, RN

telemetry, cardiopulmonary stepdown, LTC. Hospice

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  1. CAS necessary?

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    If I have my bachelor's degree in nursing and some experience, do I need to take the CAS? How will my skills be assessed when moving from US to AU. AND, if I were to just apply directly to a hospital...

  2. US RN planning moving to NZ, what's it like?

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in International Nursing

    HEY! I'm working in Cincinnati. The Christ Hospital, to be exact. I agree with Mark Twain. HAHAHAHA

  3. US RN planning moving to NZ, what's it like?

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in International Nursing

    WOW!! Thanks for the great post. Yepper, I sure do mean IN the hospital. I carry a cell phone. At a previous hospital, I carried a cell phone AND pager. I am contacted by the front desk concerning the...

  4. Boston area pay, acute care, 2yrs exper.

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Just curious to find out what the job market is like for nurses with hospital experience in acute care? I'm in Cincinnati, OH at a Magnet hospital, have worked 1.8 years in cardiopulmonary stepdown...

  5. Boston area pay, acute care, 2yrs exper.

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Oh, sorry for the ignorance on that. I misunderstood. We'll have to give a lot of thought and planning to a possible move. If it's that bad for nurses there, it's possible we're better off staying...

  6. Boston area pay, acute care, 2yrs exper.

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I don't know that a lot of the healthcare reform has even started to take effect yet. In our area, the problems are mainly that they have glutted the market with tons of nursing students to the point...

  7. Boston area pay, acute care, 2yrs exper.

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm aware that no one can tell me what the market will be like in four years, I was asking just about now. It's difficult to find the answers to the questions I have by searching, just because there...

  8. wound care without ostomy?

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Do any nurses do wound care without the ostomy part of the job? It's usually listed together, but I just wondered if anyone focuses specifically on non-healing wounds or wound consults in the hospital...

  9. wound care without ostomy?

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    That sounds like a wonderful partnership! I'm not against working with ostomies, I guess I just prefer wounds. In a few years I am planning on moving to the Boston area, and I presently getting my...

  10. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    Hoosiernurse replied to oxyjen's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I understand your concern, and I think in some cases it would cause damage, depending on the wound. However, I was just thinking about the couple of months I spent at our hospital's wound care clinic,...

  11. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

    Hoosiernurse replied to oxyjen's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    It's now 2010, and I worked for two months at our hospital's wound care clinic. I was instructed to do a w/d dressing for a patient, and this clinic is being run by a prominent independent wound care...

  12. Want to become school nurse...help?

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in School

    I'm a 40 year old "new" nurse. I've been working for 1.5 years in tele and cardiopulmonary step-down critical care, driving an hour to work each way and not liking that at all. I've learned tons, but...

  13. Non-clinical job wanted

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Okay, I know others have posted this before, but I'm not finding the information I need so far. I'm an RN in Ohio, am 40 years old, with 1.5 years experience in both telemetry and critical care...

  14. Considering a move to Canada from US

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    I'm a 40 year old relatively new nurse here in America. I have 16 months experience at this point on a medical/surgical floor with solid organ transplant focus (6 months) and a cardiopulmonary...

  15. rhythm question

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm relatively new nurse with critical care training and a new job on a tele floor. I had a patient who came in for syncope with collapse who bradied to 36 while in my care. I went to check on him,...

  16. rhythm question

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think you are right. Calling it a run of PAC's does imply it's much less serious than it actually was. And in response to another poster, yes, I should have looked at the strip on my own rather than...

  17. All that snow!

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I have thought about moving to New Hampshire, maybe, kinda (he hates the snow...hard sell!) We live in southeastern Indiana presently. We love living in the country, and because of that...

  18. What qualifications US nurse needs for work in AU?

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in International Nursing

    I am 39 and just got my nursing license last August. I'll be working here in Indiana/Ohio for another three years, but my family are considering moving to Queensland. What sort of requirements will I...

  19. When is my shift over?

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Firstly, I am 39 years old and a new nurse of five months on an extremely busy med/surg floor which focuses (somewhat) on solid organ transplant. I am still learning to put things together, and in...

  20. When is my shift over?

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's how I feel. If a med was supposed to be given on my shift, I stay to take care of it or let the next nurse know why it wasn't given (hasn't come up from pharmacy in spite of mult calls or...

  21. When is my shift over?

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree that it was my mistake. There simply wasn't time left to do all of that. There wasn't time left to cope with all my other patient's needs, the fact that my heparin pt had been taken down...

  22. When is my shift over?

    Hoosiernurse replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    She had NS ordered at 50/hr. Everyone told me that if the pt has anything else ordered she has to be given a second line entirely, even though I know last week I picked up a pt right at the end of my...

  23. Stupid mistakes!!!!

    Hoosiernurse replied to kit3375's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know this is an old post, but it so sounds like what I feel like a lot. I don't think you sound like a loser at all. I think you sound like "I" sound inside my head...and it's a bad habit to get...

  24. Being new just reeks

    Hoosiernurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Firstly, I want to thank this website for being a place I can come and cry and identify with so many people's experiences. I know I am not alone... I am 39 and decided to become a nurse. I fought my...

  25. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    Hoosiernurse replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I absolutely agree with another poster that, when thinking of your future in nursing while you're in nursing school, it's easy to believe that it won't be too overwhelming until you get there. I, for...