TrevyRN
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Who knew the size of the colonoscope was the big change†administration was talking about for the GI Lab?
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I left my first nursing job with about 8 months experience for an equivalent job. Then I only worked at the new job for a few months before I had a medical problem, took a few months off, then got a third job where I work now. Extra, relevant certifications helped get my resume noticed. (CPI, TNCC, ACLS, BLS, PALS, ENPC, IV Certification, 12 lead ECG, blah blah) When people need employees and you have experience and qualifications, you can get hired. six months of experience makes a huge difference in a nurse when compared to a new grad. Think about how much you've learned since nursing school ended? How many meds you've drawn up and phone calls you've made and patients and doctors and other nurses you've interacted with. What are your reasons for wanting to work at the next place? Turn it more into wanting to work there instead of wanting to leave the other place. "I love the culture at your facility"... "I had a family member that loved working there "... "I had a positive experience as a patient at your facility"...or something. Turn the question into something positive. I dunno... why do you want to work at the other hospital? cuz it might not suck...? Not a very strong reason. :-p Have something genuine to talk about in that department, facility, whatever. Worst comes to worst, you don't get considered for another job for a few months while you get closer to that "magic one year" at your current workplace... at the very least, you will keep your resume and certifications current! :-) Don't let the fear of success or change stop you (unless you like maintaining the status quo). Best of luck to you.
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Kidney stone patients are legit. I would never get mad at a patient for showing up in horrible pain with blood in their urine and uncontrolled nausea and vomiting. If they didn't follow up then I would be disappointed. But geez... kidney stones suck! And N and V suck and severe pee pee pain really sucks! Hope it doesn't happen again to you !
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Cheeseburger in Paradise Lost...
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When it comes to studying in nursing school, I stuck with the habits that helped me succeed in other courses. What does the teacher emphasize? Are the tests and assignments out of the book, the power point, the lecture, or practice test questions from a test data bank? I would skim books, including boxes and diagrams to make sure I understood key concepts. If I had major holes in learning, I tried to fix them then and there. Some people are social when it comes to studying. I am happy locked alone in a room with a book or computer - but others thrive by bouncing ideas off each other. Do what works for you.
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Registered Nursing is a very diverse profession. There is not just hands on patient care, but also management, school nursing, education, legal nursing, insurance, public health, surgery, etc. They're all very different kinds of work. Good news is, even if you loathed it for some reason, just being a nurse gets you lots of respect points if you decided to go into other work. And the skills you learn as a nurse never leave you.
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" Due to medical expenses, my husband and I had to file bankruptcy. I'm terrified that my credit score will prevent me from getting a job :-/ " My *ahem* not so awesome credit never stopped me from getting work :-) . My honeybunches has no credit established and works in an awesome hospital in surgery. All it did was make it more complicated to get a lease to move next to the good jobs :-p
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Yes MOI = mechanism of injury usually MR = Mental Retardation Probably not Mitral Regurgitation or Muscarinic Receptor haha. Definitely not Mature Ripening or Moonlight Rising :-D I did my preceptorship in the ER in my last semester - was intense and fun! Lots more opportunity to practice physical skills and lots of assessments. Something that helped me was to write down goals for each day and share them with my preceptor immediately so they were on the same page as me. It also puts them in the mindset that you're not just there to help them with remedial things like changing the linens and wiping the beds all day. You're there to learn and puts skills you've practiced into action. eg. Today - look up all IV fluids and safe administration (rate, contraindications, etc), hang fluids, learn to use and troubleshoot IV pump, start three IVs. Give one IM shot (correctly, heheh). Call report and transfer patient to another floor. Complete an abdominal assessment. Start a foley cath. Sometimes you don't meet goals because no one needs a foley that day or something, but at least if there was one, you knew you were going to jump on that opportunity. Of course, ask lots of questions and be gracious for the opportunity to do things and respectful and professional and all that good stuff. Best of luck!
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This one fast food place has a french-fry-done alarm that sounds exactly like the abnormal BP alarm, instantly transporting me to imaginary work with all the imaginary stresses! Either that or whoever I'm eating with has to endure twenty minutes of bad BP related fast food jokes: "Burger Pressure is low - get another 44 oz bolus of Cherry Coke started" "This Fry suffered burns over 90% of its body - we better correct for the intravascular fluid volume loss before this BP gets any worse" "The high BP alarm is sounding and I haven't even salted my fries yet!" etc...
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Are you actually conducting a Twin Study or was that just one of the worst pick up lines we've ever heard?
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The only way he could tell Sara and Sharon apart is that Sharon constantly had her mouth open.
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Seriously? The first thing you say to a set of blonde twins is 'Now you can clean up the code brown in room 5 twice as fast'?
