MrsICURN14

No advice but following this post! I'm curious too.

I have searched all over the Texas BON website and cannot find the answer to my question. I'm currently a stay at home mom and was licensed in June of 2014. How long can I stay out of the work field before my license expires from lack of working? Is...

Thank you. Unfortunately I can't get a PRN job as I only worked in a hospital setting for 6mo before quitting. I was doing part time for a private duty company after quitting the hospital and I guess I could pick up a shift here and there once my son...

Hey ladies, So I'm currently a stay at home mom with my newborn. I planned to stay home until about 6 months and then start looking for a job. I am still a new nurse, I graduated in 2014 and have only worked as an RN for about 6mo in a hospital. I wo...

I should also add that my experience giving birth is what has influenced me to want to get into L&D!!

I wouldn't do it. I graduated with my BSN may 2014 and had my first baby last month. There's no way I could have made it through school with a baby. And clinicals plus late nights studying and stressful tests would have been awful while pregnant. Pe...

This might be a really dumb question, but I am wondering if I can use my regular pocket pulse ox on pedi patients? Or will I need to buy a special pediatric one? Right now my patients are 10mo, and 5 y/o.

Okay, I'll talk to my manager. Thank you. I'm new to PDN so this is all good to know.

Both of my patients require O2 sats as part of the daily vitals, and one patient is new and we are waiting on the DME to send a pulse ox to the home. My other patient has one in the home but it's a POS and sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Seem...

I'm glad I'm not alone. I feel that my GN internship in the ICU helped me a lot, but those skills are like anything else If you don't use it you lose it!

I'm a new RN. Graduated with my BSN last May. I worked in the ICU for 6mo but couldn't handle the 2 hour commute and working nights. I'm almost 7mo pregnant and now working pediatric PDN. I'm afraid I'm losing my skills, but I don't want another ac...

I was trying to conceive and having problems during my OB rotation in school. For that reason, I HATED my OB class and rotation. All it did was remind of what I so badly wanted and couldn't have. I'm pregnant now, a year later, but before I got pre...

Hi all! I was hoping to get some advice from other peds nurses. I'm a new grad. I graduated with my BSN last May. I worked in an adult Level I cardiac ICU for 6 months. I recently quit due to the hour and half commute, and because I despised workin...

Thank you so much!!

Thank you! That helps a lot with my resume!

So I am a new grad in a cardiac/medical ICU with a very high acuity. We have lots of codes. I am still on orientation for another few weeks. I have been part of 4-5 codes since I've been there only in the last 2 months, but none have been my own pati...

Get out of my head!!!

Agree. Not much grosses me out anymore. I'm pregnant and cleaning up poop doesn't even make me gag. I thought it was common knowledge that nurses were the front line people with bodily fluids?

My phone is being stupid. I was trying to respond and say that was super helpful as i'm also looking into PDN and while I know it is difference from HH they do have similarities. Enjoyed reading it!

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Yes!!!! If someone could pay me to be a stay at home mom I would be in heaven!

Hi ladies, I'm really considering PDN. I want to leave the ICU/hospital setting sooooo badly but I've only been there 4 months. I'm trying my best to wait it out until the very least 6mo (December). I am newly pregnant and my job is really taking a ...

I really wish they could/would tell us a personal reason why we didn't get the job. I understand not everyone can handle it, but I've had job interviews that went so well (in my head I guess) and they were so encouraging and telling me I would be a g...

if #6 was legit I would call in every day.

I applied for an internal NICU position and I currently work adult ICU. I got an email for 2 phone interviews and set up a time. The first thing she asks me is if I have NICU experience, and when I say no, she says oh....well it's required for this ...