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Hi, I'm working on some bargaining issues with our district and one issue that has come up is RN probationary periods (how long after the first day of work until you become a fully protected member). I'm in the information gathering phase to determine the length of time that is typical in the industry. I would appreciate it if any current or former school nurses could let me know what their probationary length was. Also, for documentation's sake, if you can include a screenshot, URL, etc of something I can use to document beyond an online anecdote (for example, if your service district/union has an online contract). Thanks a lot, have a great weekend!

Do you know of a cite or anything for aromatherapies being nurse initiated, or how they are listed by the FDA? I tried searching on the FDA but with no luck. Thanks! Such a thing would be a huge help.

I agree, but unfortunately people view it as a medication administration, which is something I disagree with but at the same time understand the logic, and medication administration (unless directly ordered by a doctor) needs a standing order/protocol of some kind.

I'm working on changing our protocols in the organization I work with to start using isopropyl alcohol to help with transient nausea. I have found plenty of citations for it's use as well as researched safety concerns. A roadblock I've run into is my organization wants to know what specific protocols other organizations (hospitals, etc) are doing. Sadly while I have found paramedic and other pre-hospital protocols in writing, I have not found any nursing ones. I've found plenty of places that use this therapy, but none that have it as an actual protocol, where it's defined in any way. So, I'm reaching out, does anybody work at a hospital or other organization that has a protocol for this treatment and is willing to share it with me? Specifically I'd need the verbiage of the relevant part of the protocol as well as the organization name and unit. You don't need to give your real name, unless you prefer to, I just need something I can show them as a model. I really appreciate any help, we are a very low-resource organization who does a lot of work with kids and anything that can help them with nausea would be great, but getting this passed has proven difficult. Thanks again, have a good day!

So I have been a medic for a long time and have recently become an RN in 2013 and completed my BSN while working for an advice line this month. So now I'm out looking for other working opportunities. Now, in the past, other RNs I've worked with (I spent some of my time as a medic working within the ED) have told me that there are some jobs that will torpedo your career early on (the prime and most common example being a nurse at a nursing home). Now, my current RN experience is in telephone triage and advice, it worked for my school schedule. I'm out for other jobs right now and one job that looks interesting is working for the state for the school system (not exactly a school nurse, but similar enough that we can call it that). It has good pay, benefits, sounds interesting and provides more public health experience which is where I'm looking to go long term. However.. Am I destroying my chances of ever going back into the hospital, much less critical care/ED in the future? I don't necessarily see myself going in that direction, but then if you asked me a few years ago I wouldn't have seen myself being an RN either. Just curious, jobs are not exactly growing on trees out here, but I don't want to take a job that will harm my long-term prospects. Thanks! -Mike

I do to, in practice, however some countries list clinical requirements for foreign nursing programs to meet eligibility (for example, New Zealand requires something like 1200 clinical hours). I have a fair bit of experience working already as an RN but not sure if that will help if my program(s) didn't meet the initial requirements.

So I'd like to go overseas one day with my BSN, however many US nursing schools don't offer enough clinical time to qualify (I believe the average clinical time in a US BSN course is around 800 clinical hours). Anyway, I just have my ADN (RN) now and would like to know if anybody knows about any RN to BSN programs which have a lot of clinical hours for their requirement (I know this is probably the opposite of the typical question). Thanks for the help, happy holidays!