Monkey Nurse ASN, RN

It sounds... normal. And on a bad shift these things might happen to me. We prioritize and do our best but patients sort of get in the way of the “ideal” we hope to provide. Your preceptor should be helping to mitigate any major mistakes. Just know ...

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But did the dilaudid work too well? #nursing fears

Hell Ive done the damndest things and some of mine ended up with an on call ob dr running in only to role his eyes and be grumpy because he is awake for... nothing. Spraying an unclamped antibiotic onto a sleeping patient in the middle of the night....

What about hospice nursing? I’m not sure if its going to be the same idea as home health but maybe the hospice agencies near you would be better employers?

I'll get back to you as I am about to start a new facility, but I can tell you what it looked like for me in a rural setting as the only OB trained nurse on my shift: Keep in mind we were a rural hospital so this probably atypical, but we had to be ...

Best wishes and congrats to the soon to be nurses ? I told my sister who just took NCLEX a few weeks ago-- did you do bad enough to fail in 75 questions and not be given additional questions to prove yourself? No? Great! You passed.

I don’t think Ive ever known someone to take OB positions for the challenge. Most of us have a passion for the field. IMHO being in this field and being good at it takes a certain amount of love for the genre of nursing. Do you have kids of your own ...

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/526562100 Winterhaven, Ca is near Yuma, AZ. Bit of a drive or bit of a move but maybe keep your eye on the federal job worksights.

Have you applied to VA? Are you willing to travel and stay somewhere during the week? What are you prepared to do? I left my area after 6 months of no job leads. i was really discouraged. I went to https://www.3rnet.org/ a rural recruitment website a...

Im a muslim woman. There are definitely fields where you wont run into adult female women if that is going to be an issue for you. Touching adult females non mahrams is frowned upon in Islam not just their breasts and vaginas. There are some among us...

I for one hate the 5 days a week and feel I'm more away from my family than when I worked 3 -12's. I am a federally employed nurse and have worked hospital and clinic. (VA and Indian Health Service are options for those that don't know). Your pay is ...

I work in a clinic and any major medical emergency is a code blue. Most of the staff aren’t knowledgeable enough to differentiate between what code to call and it would waste team. If someone scares the team enough to call a code its a code blue an...

The more confident you are the more you will be able to put your shyness behind. You might have to imagine you're an actress pretending to be outgoing. I am also shy and reserved but I came out of my shell little by little because I began to feel mor...

Its so hard to know! Let me tell you my recent experience is that I have applied for no less than 4-5 L&D jobs in the last couple months at this one hospital. They went on a hiring spree. I even interviewed for one of them. I have experience. I h...

Is there a particular method for bargaining over salaries. I'd really like to take this position, but base salary is $5k less a year and to have the same level health insurance I have now- it would cost $300 more a month. So I am actually going to co...

My sister landed a l&D job right out of nursing school because she preceptored with L&D and they liked her. I think that is rare and special situation though. I would network away and maybe see if you can teach some parents to be classes or b...

As everyon else has said- there are way too many fields to say i hate nursing. You don’t have to be in direct patient care. Maybe even phone triage would suit you? I know nurses that travel with Medical device companies and teach. Nursing research wi...

When licensing by endorsement, you just need to have a current active license in the state you came from which you achieved by passing the NCLEX. My original nursing school was also not accredited by the major agencies. It was pending accreditation a...

To the OP, I'm echoing what was said- if you don't have residency in a compact state, you only get a single state license for that state. I worked federal and had a compact state license but once I established residency in another state, I had to con...

I hear you N.d.y! I am trying not to make it harder than it needs to be. I'm just not the most assertive personality. I'm always afraid to push too hard or come off as annoying. I've got pretty good people-reading skills, but negotiations where I typ...

My facility is a little weird because we are not urgent care but we have a rule that everyone who walks in at least sees an RN. We have standing orders for certain routine illnesses (not needing antibiotics)-- like guafinesen and ibuprofen and protoc...

I started my RN BsN with them. I only had a few courses with them so take this for what its worth! I moved states after my first quarter so I couldn’t continue or I would have. I’ve done online classes with ASU and ITT and now Purdue Global (Kaplan)...

I need advice- need to talk this out a little with some fellow nurses. I'm torn on a decision I will be faced with soon as I'm expecting a job offer or two next week. My big concerns: 1) I've really been dedicated to my company and its mission in und...

P.S. I shouldn't have read the post "Why are nurses leaving the bedside in droves?" It made me depressed and scared, and wondering if I shouldn't stay at my nice clinic instead of going to work in a 'hospital system.' ? ? ?