The Lady Kate

The Lady Kate specializes in Tele/Med Surg/Psych.

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1. How did you get your ER position?

   The Lady Kate replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Emergency

   I was a floor nurse first at level 2 community hospital. I made my connections but unforntunately that particular hospital did not take any nurses that don't have prior ER experience, even floor and...

2. Nursing Job Change: Jump Ship or Sit Tight? 5 Things to Consider

   The Lady Kate replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

   I disagree with the boredom point. I was a med-surg nurse on nights at a community hospital and for sure was bored. I transferred to ER and never looked

3. What was your scariest threat from a patient or family member

   The Lady Kate replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   My dad (respiratory therapist) was held at gunpoint by a patient's family member and asked to remove the patient from the ventilator. Won't give details but the case changed ethics laws and policies...

4. Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

   The Lady Kate replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

   Same specialty? No. Same hospital? Yes. I work on a combined med/surg tele unit that also takes psych and stroke patients. While it's interesting to see all types of patients, it's often too slow for...

5. Illinois Salary Update

   The Lady Kate replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in Illinois Nursing

   Edward/Elmhurst starts their new grads at $27/hr. Not sure about Adventist and AMITA. Naperville and the surrounding suburbs are expensive, and it's hard to afford on a nurse's salary. I would

6. New BSN looking for ER/ICU Job

   The Lady Kate replied to kruse's topic in Emergency

   For flight nursing, ICU experience is more valued. So if I were her I would start in the ICU right away if it was available. As amzyRN said, transitioning from ICU to ED would be an easier transfer...

7. Is my med-surg experience for nothing?

   The Lady Kate posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been a med/surg/tele/psych nurse in a 300 bed community hospital for a little over a year now, and I have my eyes set on ER. I feel like I got some great experience working here, and my manager...

8. Nurse vs Respiratory Therapist

   The Lady Kate replied to Lost and Found's topic in General Students

   My dad is an RRT, and helped me through nursing school way more than my mom (who is also a nurse- OB) ever could. RRTs have very specific scopes of practice, and their scope outside the hospital is...

9. BSN or ADN in The Chicagoland area

   The Lady Kate replied to Katbas's topic in Illinois Nursing

   For sure BSN. I work in the western suburbs, and the hospitals out there won't even consider you without BSN. The only ones who did get in with an ADN were already employees (usually former CNAs) who...

10. Nurses Humilated - Illinois

    The Lady Kate replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, I did my role transition clinical at that hospital. Doesn't surprise me at all so glad I didn't apply there. Patient satisfaction can't be the only thing driving reimbursement. This scares me as...

11. How fast did you land a job?

    The Lady Kate replied to johndough's topic in General Students

    I got a job in a nurse residency program at the hospital my parents work at close to my house. I interviewed with them 2 days before graduation and was offered the job 10 days after graduation. I...

12. New grad, need advice! CNA performing RN tasks

    The Lady Kate replied to The Lady Kate's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your comments! Greatly appreciated [emoji4] just wanting to do the right

13. New grad, need advice! CNA performing RN tasks

    The Lady Kate replied to The Lady Kate's topic in General Nursing

    We have what is called an unusual occurrence report, it's anonymous and goes to risk

14. New grad, need advice! CNA performing RN tasks

    The Lady Kate replied to The Lady Kate's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think we have MIDAS at my facility, but I will look into it! And yeah, I will definitely say something to the manager at minimum, it's unfortunate nothing has been done sooner

15. New grad, need advice! CNA performing RN tasks

    The Lady Kate posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I am a new grad at a large community hospital on a busy med-surg/tele unit with a great manager and mostly great staff. Everything has been going well so far except that a CNA on our floor who...