Hoosiernurse ADN, RN

I have been an RN for 12 years. In the rural area I live in there are primarily nursing home jobs to choose from, some home health, and some better choices if you are willing to drive an hour in either direction. While my experiences have been valuab...

Thank goodness. I really think I can shine as an NP. I just need a fresh start.

Hello! My husband and I are thinking of a possible move to NZ in the next five years. We're going to take a trip there in a year or two, but we're looking for a new culture and experience. I am 41, and my husband is 46. His job opportunities in ...

I've been a nurse for five years and have found that bedside nursing isn't my thing. I'm in the process of getting my BSN with the idea of getting my NP, but have lately thought about heading into a more diagnostic field like cardiac sonography. I'm...

I know this thread is a bit old, but it sure is all about how I'm feeling today. Would ambulatory surgical center be the same as same day surgery?

Wow, this is an older article, but you sure match my feelings on the matter. I did 6 months in an inner city hospital solid organ transplant and med/surg, then almost three years at another city hospital in cardiopulmonary stepdown. That was enough f...

I was a cardiopulmonary step down nurse for about two years. I didn't prefer the stress and the long drive to work. When I found a nursing home position in my home town I thought it was a great idea. Yeah...not so much. A year into it, I was beaten d...

I'm a nurse who is 5 years out now. I've been in tele/med/surg, home care, long term care and cardiopulmonary stepdown...yeah, been looking for my "niche". I started late in nursing and it's a second career for me. I'm 43. 'Nuff background... I've g...

I was told by other coworkers that there is indeed a bonus because she runs her staffing so lean. It's hard to imagine offering such a thing, when the consequences are so high. Recently there have been several complaints from patients that they are n...

Well, after moving to the new facility, the crapola hit the fan. I wish I had just listened to my gut and left during orientation. That would have been easier to explain later. In the new hospital, they had placed so much new technology they hadn't t...

I'm day shift, and since I lost posted, things are getting a little better, but not much. We are moving to our new facility on Saturday. I have been told by the manager that there will be a unit secretary on the weekends, too...and instead of leaving...

Yeah, that's kind of what I thought...but I didn't want to give up on this too easily. Stepdown was four patients in the cardiostepdown I worked in before, too. I can't see how they can ask us to deal with drips on people right from the ICU and give ...

Lots of employers like to hire nurses? Like employers that aren't healthcare employers?? I figured I am pigeon-holed in healthcare.

Everyone has their favorite shifts, but to me I find nightshift makes me just feel sick. I did 12 hr night shifts, and then you lose the whole next day off because of having to sleep through it until about 3pm. I didn't like that at all. But what can...

It's good to see that there are more jobs out there than the 12 hour shift in the hospital gig.

I had a best friend for 26 years who had borderline personality disorder. I finally couldn't stand it anymore and we don't associate any longer. I know what you mean about the exhausting aspect of it. I don't have psych nursing experience, per se, b...

O.M.G. How do I get your job???? Should I just check out the public health listings in my state?? That is a dream job, and my GOD....I mean, I can barely type....I have an ASN, two years in critical care, one year in long term care, and one year in h...

Probably because many nursing programs assure you that such jobs exist, knowing they are the extreme few. Did you think nursing school actually tells the truth about the nursing profession? No one would apply.

I'm so excited because I just learned I'll be getting an interview for an RN case management position I applied for. A friend of mine works in the department and referred me to the job, and after I heard the kind of work she does I was very motivated...

I had my interview today, and I don't think it went very well. I had memorized various stories I could relate to questions...a time I worked in a team, a time I had a difficult patient, how I improved things, my weaknesses, my strengths. All that typ...

I'm an ADN preparing to get my Bachelor's degree. I have three years experience in healthcare, two in critical care and one in long term care. I have found the bedside nursing experience is not where I want to be any longer, and am looking at a Bache...

Forgot to say, Esme12, that I'm open to getting the MHA that is being offered at the college I'm attending. I'm talking to my advisor tomorrow to get a better idea of what I want to do, but heading OUT of bedside nursing is a primary goal. I know tha...

Yes, Elkpark, I would like to remove myself entirely from nursing at this point, but not really from healthcare...however, I don't want to remove myself from being employable! I'm trying to figure out what to do with a healthcare administration degre...

Esme12, then I have a lot more investigating to do. I guess in regards to the communication I was thinking of the last DON and LTC Administrator I had and how they seldom paid any attention to the needs of the nurses and staff. They just told you wha...

Hello! I'm interested in talking with anyone who is involved in wound care at the Beverly Hospital Wound Center. I wondered what sort of facility it is, if they enjoy working there, what the neighborhood is like, etc. I'm an RN working towards my NP ...