BeachsideRN

Sorry for the late response ... but yes, I did do the bridge classes before applying. I was taking the last course the semester I applied.

Hey all. I have an interview lined up for a flight nurse position. I was just wondering if any of you seasoned folks could give me any tips or info you wish you knew before going into flight nursing. Also, if you can explain how your call v flight time/pay works, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

This is why I am so thankful my school assigns preceptors. Good luck OP

If she has a back issue like ankylosing spondylitis or hip joint issue this could be her only comfortable sitting position....

I don't mind students typically but sometimes the timing and/or placement is very inappropriate. I was barely a RN for 6 months and was fresh off orientation at my new unit when I got my first student. It was very awkward and uncomfortable. I wasn't confident in my own practice at that point to be teaching. Two years later, I actually enjoy having students most days. I enjoy teaching them especially in the NICU because everything is uncharted territory for them. It helps that we are a very small unit and most of our patients are really intermediate care and not NI status for very long. I know it will never be considered to be a student differential but it would be nice to have a heads up that we are expecting students before the teacher waltzes them through the door and drops them off.

Our facility just started hiring Clinical Health Coaches... the salaries are mid 40s-50s, M-F 8-5 type gig. They require a BS in nursing or health related field, and prefer a MSN or Master's in a health field such as Public Health. They also required health coach certification with in 6 months of hire from a NCCA organization or Wellcoaches.

Have you considered an accelerated BSN program?

This is so true. Maybe ask for a few shifts doing well baby assessments if you have a LD unit. That will help you differentiate normal from abnormal. Also, grab a copy of Merenstein's NICU handbook

I have been recently hired at the Cancer Center Infusion clinic. My background is trauma PCU and NICU - along with cancer research (pre-nursing). Aside from the ONS Chemo/Biotherapy Cert course and hospital policies, what do you recommend for a new infusion RN to brush up on?

Take a deep breath and *think* before acting. You are coming from adult nursing and it is way different than NICU. Your actions appear to me to be nerves getting the best of you and acting before thinking. Slow down. Pay attention.

Check your email. I just got my update... I'm in!!!

YAY! I am obsessively checking my email.

If you have the opprotunity to go to PP do it.

definitely include your retail experience on your resume. LD/MB is a hard unit to get into as those RNs typically do not leave. I would suggest learning as much as you can, maybe shadowing a LD/MB nurse at the facility you want to work for. I also I highly recommend a professional resume writing service. The professionals can tease out skills from your previous retail position that are transferrable to RN practice. Network with people in the unit you want to get into

I graduated in 2016. CSN is excellent for preparing you to function as a competent RN on the floor. You need thick skin and resilience to get through the program though. The instructors challenge you to the point of exhaustion and despair.

Did you apply? Have you heard anything yet?

Me too! Looking at the posts about last year's program emails went out first full week of March. So hopefully we should hear something by next week. I am so nervous since I am in the NNB track. Basically, if I don't get in I have to re-evaluate my plan of attack to get the FNP.

Anyone else here apply for UCF (Central Florida) DNP program? I applied for the FNP track for 2019. I applied through the non-nursing bachelor's path as I have a BA in chemistry, MPH, and an ASN RN. Hoping to find out soon!

When my grandmother was in an ALF, she had an order for Vodka, I believe she was allowed 2oz TID. She loved her bloody marys. She was a lifelong alcoholic and a big time smoker. She had no other major health issues. I asked to have her body donated to the local medical school when she passed because she should have had liver disease, HBP and other issues the way she drank and smoke. I was overruled by the rest of the family though. ETA: We provided the vodka for her, portioned out, she liked Skky. The home would take it and store it in the med room.

Nope. But CMS has changed the way they reimburse. That's why there are things that must be charted (like turns, pressure ulcers present on arrival os, etc)

Our priests will "puree" the host with holy water. If patient can't swallow or NPO they say a blessing the way they do at mass for those who can't or wish not to receive communion. Hospice patients are allowed communion even if they are on swallow precautions because it's comfort care, the ministers soften the host with holy water for them as well

UCF does not. There are 3 courses you have to take to "bridge" into the FNP portion of the DNP. They are the same 3 courses BSN students take in their final semester

I'm going through UCF. I have a Bs chemistry, MPH and ASN

Our hospital policy only exempts per diems if they are on storm duty at another facility, if you have a child under 2, are primary caregiver for children or elderly, etc.

This is true, my program was considered a professional program for FA purposes.